Welcome to the newest of the "FRIDAY THEMES" These themes will rotate as I see necessary. Sports, Wayback Machine and now Freakout. Others may also be thrown in...ya never know around here.
OK, this one I have been silent on for a while. Our friend Skittles challenged people about this recently. YES, we are talking about the dreaded WORD VERIFICATION. I understand that some of the large, incredibly popular blogs need W.V. because they become the target of spammers.
But unless you are getting 200 hits a day, or more, you probably will not get spammed. We hate having to type those dang letters every time we want to leave a comment. It also appears that the more you comment the length of the W.V. codes gets longer and more distorted...
FOLKS! We are old...my eyes ain't what the used to be... c'mon - give us a break... If you take it off and you get spammed c'mon back here and scream your head off and THE COUCH will issue an apology...but until then...TURN OFF THE DANG WORD VERIFICATION!
The Scientology Church ...Church Of Scientology...that collection of people who follow the writer of second rate science fiction...well they have gone and done it now.
You had to have heard that they have now claimed that Tom Cruise...yes, that Tom Cruise...he of the Stepford wife and mystery child fame.. is now being hailed at the "Christ" of the Church. He is the "chosen one" who will spread the faith.
A source close to Cruise told the London paper The Sun that Cruise "has been told he is Scientologies "Christ-like" figure. Just like Christ he has been critisized for his views. Future generations will realize he is right, just like Jesus."
This is the most ludicrous statement THE COUCH might have ever heard. We are not a practicing Catholic and have not been for many years, but this pisses me off. If you have been around for a while, you know I temper my speech around her but WHO THE F**K DO THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE??????
THE COUCH has a great idea.. get into your freaking space ships and leave us sane people alone....
Our friend Busy could not rant on the reasoning for this next item, but I will.
New York City is currently suing several gun-shops in the south for being a nuisance, for selling guns to people who eventually committed crimes in NYC.
The Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun owners right group and the gun shops in question decided they were going to fight back.
Here comes the "Bloomberg Gun Give-away," named for the Mayor of NYC, Michael Bloomberg. Go into a gun shop, spend $10,00 and get a free entry to win a gun!
Look, we understand hunters needing guns. And THE COUCH knows the Second Amendment calls for the rights of citizens to bear arms, but people please!
Is there any reason, whatsoever to have an automatic weapon to hunt? Is there? One of these gun shops is offering an automatic handgun as it's prize. Why in this whole wide world does anyone need an automatic handgun?
We am not saying outlaw all guns... not at all.. but lets's start to use some common sense here. Can it really hurt to put a 1-month waiting period into effect. Make the gun sellers responisble for doing complete due diligence on background checks on those wishing to buy a gun?
This is not about hunting rifles. Single action guns. This is about automatic rifles and even handguns. Unless you can show a real reason to own the gun...then you don't have a reason to own the gun.
Don't shoot me for this!
THE COUCH has been debating all week and has come to a decision that some of you may not be happy with. Some will say "who the heck really cares, how self-serving."
The Monday Matinee is moving away from HER FATE. We are going to continue writing, but need to do it without the pressure of putting something up each Monday. We also feel that, this is probably not the right medium. We have been having a conversation about this with our friend Travis who has been sharing his Fantasy Western with us the last two weeks.
The Matinee will go back to how it was originally conceived...two and three "reelers." No story will last more then three weeks and - most likely - most will be done in two episodes. Quick reads to spark your imaginations.
We are also not committing to Thursday Thirteens every week. With the Monday Matinee and Mid-Week Musical Meme taking up two of our five posting days, we want to leave the door open to not being confined to follwoing a theme. Doesn't mean it will not appear from time to time.
THE COUCH wants to get back to just sharing stories, events and weirdness with you, our guests.
Finally, THE COUCH learned something this week.. Wonder if the other guys who sit her noticed yesterday...
Simply... chicks dig guitars!
Man, the reaction to the posting of all the Les Paul Guitars got some real glowing commetns form our female guests.
As a former Bass Guitar player, we may have to feature some of those beauties soon.
Y'all have a great weekend...
CREDITS:
Banner: 2007VEM
Music Codes: Best Audio Codes
LE FREAK: Chic; Composers: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rogers
