Mac loving Sensitive New Age Guy to obey wife's demand for him to have a vasetomy.

Mac loving Sensitive New Age Guy to obey wife's demand for him to have a vasetomy:

"We have five kids combined - sort of like our very own Brady Bunch ... and we have two children together," Johnson explains. "And she had made me promise that I would get a vasectomy at some point. I love having children, so I always thought in the back of my mind that there would be a chance that she would change her mind. But she didn't seem like she was going to be convinced. She didn't really want to go through another labor."

Who could blame iWife?

When the family met up at Denver International Airport to complete the trip, however, Johnson was "pouting" and carrying on as children often do without their toys.

That's when the wheels were set in motion for one of the most infamous deals in the history of nerds.

The deal stipulated that Johnson obtain a vasectomy, putting an end to the idea of more Johnson children. In turn, Johnson would be allowed to splurge on his iPhone"

Your thoughts? I could and do blaim iWife: she is a domeneering female who should be shot for controlling the "purse strings" and daring to make ANY deal with he who should be her master.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_6552323

Apple mania impedes next generation

By The Denver Post

Article Last Updated: 08/06/2007 03:09:28 AM MDT

How crazy are people?

Off-their-rockers crazy - that's how crazy.

As someone who always seems to be two or three cellphones behind the times, I'll just refer to the mania surrounding Apple phones as the iLooney movement.

ILooney, as in standing in a line overnight to shell out 600 bucks for a 4.8-ounce contraption that will cost $200 in a year's time.

And when I heard Sean Johnson's story of sacrifice in the name of geekdom, I realized iLunacy can actually make the jump to religious fanaticism.

Vacationing recently in Colorado Springs for a family reunion, the self-proclaimed "Apple FanBoy" decided that making the ultimate sacrifice was necessary to procure, what is in reality, a fancy telephone.

Johnson, 40, tells me he's the kind of guy who as a kid used to show up at computer conferences featuring Apple co-founder Steve Jobs at around 6 in the morning only to watch the big guy talk on a screen hours later.

So getting his paws on the futuristic iPhone was, in essence, a moral imperative. And he was willing to pay - big time.

On the Idaho leg of his family's Western swing, Johnson had actually gone out, without permission from his wife, and purchased the phone.

Going solo was a mistake.

Wives, as they're occasionally prone to do, put the brakes on male absurdity, lest the world degenerate into an idiocracy of video games, football and 350-inch television screens.

iWife had already set yearly budgetary restrictions for Johnson. If he was interested in buying the phone - including canceling a Sprint contract for another $300 - he could do so on his own budget.

Johnson, naturally, had already blown his budget.

Husband was ordered to return the iPhone in disgrace.

Now, if you're under the impression that Johnson's wife is a domineering wet blanket, think again. As Johnson freely admits, his penchant for buying all the latest techie toys, pointless gadgets and computers necessitated some sort of budgetary restraint to save the family from bankruptcy.

We're talking about a substantial family here.

"We have five kids combined - sort of like our very own Brady Bunch ... and we have two children together," Johnson explains. "And she had made me promise that I would get a vasectomy at some point. I love having children, so I always thought in the back of my mind that there would be a chance that she would change her mind. But she didn't seem like she was going to be convinced. She didn't really want to go through another labor."

Who could blame iWife?

When the family met up at Denver International Airport to complete the trip, however, Johnson was "pouting" and carrying on as children often do without their toys.

That's when the wheels were set in motion for one of the most infamous deals in the history of nerds.

The deal stipulated that Johnson obtain a vasectomy, putting an end to the idea of more Johnson children. In turn, Johnson would be allowed to splurge on his iPhone.

So I ask you: Is voluntary urology surgery in exchange for an iPhone any worse than, say, a day's worth of self-flagellation practiced in some Middle Eastern nations?

Those folks are promised eternal bliss.

We're talking about a phone.

"So now that I've agreed to this, do I have to wait until after the procedure to get the phone?" Johnson asked his astute wife later on.

iWife looked at Johnson for a moment and replied: "You're good for it."

The phone is in hand as I speak to Johnson. He seems happy. The snip and tie is set for Sept. 12. We'll see how he feels in a month or so.

A deal is a deal. So I hope that Johnson doesn't plan on making a run for it?

"No. I'll get it done. I keep joking that I sacrificed my future offspring for this phone but that, you know, it seems fair," Johnson explains.

Yeah. Fair if you're iLooney.

The more important question, I guess, would be: Is the phone worth it?

"It's far from perfect, but it's by far the most perfect phone I've used."

Nice guy. Pithy quote.

Complete geek.

David Harsanyi's column appears Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Reach him at 303-954-1255 or dharsanyi@denverpost.com.

Good

Good, I hope this continues and escalates.
Death To women's Rights.
Viva Men's Liberties.
http://www.slanttruth.com/2007/08/15/feminist-bloggers-are-under-increasing-levels-of-attack/#comment-173

Feminist Bloggers Are Under Increasing Levels of Attack

Posted on 15 August, 2007 by Thin Black Duke
Filed Under Feminism |

Several feminist blogs have been the subject of DoS attacks lately, including Feministe, Shakesville, Women’s Space/ The Margins, and Bitting Beaver (only accessible by invite) . I suspect the only reason Pandagon hasn’t been attacked yet (if they haven’t already, I’m still out of it) is because they recently moved from their dedicated server (I’m not THAT out of it). As for Feministing, Culturekitchen, Women of Color Blog, and all the other mid-to-big sized blogs of a feminist bent, I wouldn’t be surprised if they were on somebodies list somewhere right now. This has nothing to do with whether or not I agree or disagree with any of the above mentioned blogs. This is…

Bullshit. Absolute. Fucking. Bullshit.

Are you people really so intellectually bankrupt that you can’t just offer your own (stupid and wrong, mind you) opinions on your own blogs or websites and leave it at that? DoS attacks? Anyone with an internet connection can learn how to do that (although thankfully most people under these circumstances are aware that DoS attacks are WRONG, and so don’t bother even Googling how to do it). Who are you impressing here? What are you trying to prove? You’re not that smart. The blogs you attack almost always come back online, and with more support than ever. The ones that don’t? Well ok, you managed to intimidate someone who doesn’t sit in her parent’s home 24/7 looking for lulz, someone who spends her time between going to law school, volunteering at shelters, teaching writing at their local prison, working a crappy ass job, AND blogging, into shutting down. You’re proud of this? This makes you feel good? Puhleeze!

You. Are. Pathetic.

When you attack these blogs that you hate so much, many of which have bloggers that freely give out their real identities, why do you feel the need to hide under a pseudonym or “anonymous”? What do you have to hide? If your cause is so righteous, why not openly stand behind your actions (and let it be known that the first person that tries to bring up the U.S. Revolution or any of the pseudonymous bloggers that I support will be schooled. It’s not even close to the same thing. Anyone following that so-called logic will be banned. And if you don’t know the difference between kicking someone out of your house and burning someone’s house down, I have no interest in entertaining you, either)?

I have refrained from providing links to the offending parties. I don’t see the need to boost their Page Rank, nor do I see the need to send more traffic their way. If you’re curious, you should follow the links above and find your way to the asshole sites. I will however say “fuck you Encylopedia Dramatica.”

You Google at your own risk.

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The South and Rising Again

I have to be frank with you; I really don't think that the South will ever "rise again".

That's just my opinion and you can hate me for it if you want. The South just doesn't have the will to rise again, sure the peeps of the South are always saying that they will acend from the twilight of military defeat and cultural imperialism... but every year the South recededs into the seldom read pages of history.

If the South is going to "rise again" then why hasn't the gurilla confederate army been terrorising us northerers since the crushing defeat of the Confederate States 150 some-odd or something there years ago? In COLOMBIA, even though they make no progress, Marxist gurrillas still constantly fight their bush-wa-zee enemies striking from the heart of the jungle, why then does the South FAIL to follow the path of the communists and strike from the heart of the byuuuuoos and swams?

The fact of the matter stands that the South doesn't give a damn. It doesn't give a damn about it'self, it sure as hell (and we northerners are not sure of hell) doesn't give a damn about others, and it doesn't give a damn about being a liar: BECAUSE IF THE SOUTH WAS _NOT_ A LIAR IT WOULD HAVE RISEN BY NOW.

One thing I'm somewhat kinda maybe been told sure of is that Jesus did rise again. The South sure ain't Jesus.

Yea, what you going to do South? Rise again?

No, the South is Dead.

It's a pitty too, you used to beable to marry girls younger then 18 there, now the South is just like the North in that respect.

South, hehe, even the word alone makes me laugh.

If there are any Southerners here: yeah.

I wish the vast majority of any taxes I pay could go to DARPA. The military has funded most technological advancements (including even flat panel displays such as LCDs (was for subs)) in the 20th and now the 21st century. It's a worthy cause :).

The purpose of women's rights is to turn men into the submissive class and women into the dominant class.

The only possible way to fight it is to do just that: conduct armed rebellion.
Unfortunatly Men do not fight to save themselvs so no armed rebellion will take place against women's rights.

When the feeling of immortality passes.

It is said that teenagers and younger have a feeling of almost immortality: that the likelyhood of dying is so slim that it gets no thought put to it: Dying is for the old. It is also said that once one becomes an adult one then loses this sense of imortality.

I can attest to that. However I do not think this happens because one "becomes an adult". I think this happens because one of your parents die. The teenage to young adult time is when often a parent will die, otherwise it's when a person is about 30 to 40 (which is cited as another time when someone gains a sense of mortality). When other people die it means usually not that much: they were bit players on the stage of your life. When a parent dies... well that person... that person was 1/3rd of your life. When a parent dies a REAL person dies, not some actor you see once in awhile.

You then realize that you too can die.
And you will die.

Maybe of a heart problem, maybe an auto accident, if you're lucky a muslim terrorist organization will personally saw off your head really really really really mega ultra slowly while filming it in high definition... but you will die.

Men are hated in America. End of story. When will we rebel and destroy this cuntry which hates us?