One of my pet peeves is the people that work at fast food. Have you ever seen Super Troopers where Farva jumps over the counter and grabs the guy working the register? Yeah, that

Schwarzenegger wins, Davis concedes

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Action movie hero Arnold Schwarzenegger, a political novice, is poised to tackle what may be his toughest role yet — governor — with his decisive victory in California’s colorful and rollicking recall race.

“California has given me the greatest gift of all,” said Schwarzenegger, 56. “You’ve given me your trust by voting for me.”(Schwarzenegger speech)

California voters, angry over a lackluster economy and disenchanted with Democratic Gov. Gray Davis’ leadership style, cut short his second term, recalling him less than a year after his re-election.

“The people did decide it is time for someone else to serve, and I accept their judgment,” Davis said in a gracious concession speech Tuesday night. (Full story; Transcript)

With about 97 percent of the state’s precincts reporting, voters were approving the recall of Davis 54 percent to 46 percent, and Schwarzenegger had opened up a more than one-million-vote lead over his nearest challenger, Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamanate. Conservative GOP state Sen. Tom McClintock was a distant third.(Results)

Schwarzenegger, an Austria-born bodybuilder who came to this country and made a fortune in the movies, will take office sometime in mid to late November, once the election results are certified. (Austrians cheer on their man; Biography: Arnold Schwarzenegger)

The governor-elect faces a formidable task: Bringing California’s fiscal house in order amid a projected $8 billion shortfall, working with a Democratic-controlled Legislature and healing political wounds incurred in the intense, two-month recall campaign. California is the nation’s most populous state and its economy ranks among the top 10 in the world. (Politicians’ reactions; Gallery: Reactions to the results)

“I will reach out to Republicans, to Democrats and Independents, to those who supported the recall and those who did not, those who supported me today and those who did not,” Schwarzenegger said in his victory speech Tuesday night. “I will let them know that my door will always be open, that I want to work with them together for the good of California.”(Schwarzenegger thanks voters for their trust)

Schwarzenegger’s victory was much more decisive than many political observers had predicted and there were no reports of widespread ballot confusion or problems, as some had feared. And, despite some pre-election statements, there was no indication Wednesday morning of any move afoot to challenge the recall in court. (On the Scene: Bob Franken)

Davis himself appeared to discourage the idea of challenging the election result.

“I am calling on everyone in this state to put the chaos and the division of the recall behind us and do what’s right for this great state of California,” he said in his concession speech. (Biography: Gray Davis)

The campaign ended with something of a Hollywood finish.

Comedian Jay Leno introduced Schwarzenegger at his victory rally with jokes and on the stage were members of the storied Democratic Kennedy clan. Schwarzenegger is married to Maria Shriver, a niece of President Kennedy.

Schwarzenegger made a point of thanking his wife for her support and for the “many votes” she helped him secure. Shriver defended her husband in the face of late-breaking allegations that Schwarzenegger, over a period of three decades, had groped women and sexually harassed them.(Full story)

Schwarzenegger both apologized for what he described as bad behavior and disputed some of the allegations, but he was never specific. He also refuted published reports that he had some Nazi sympathies.(Full story)

Despite the allegations, CNN exit polls showed that about 43 percent of female voters backed him. Men voted heavily for Schwarzenegger, according to those exit polls. (Full story)

A whopping 72 percent of those who voted Tuesday said they disapproved of Davis’ job performance, according to the exit polls, with only 27 percent giving the incumbent a positive approval rating.

Davis, 60, becomes the first governor to be recalled from office since 1921, when North Dakota voters ousted Gov. Lynn Frazier.

Schwarzenegger will assume office within 10 days of the official vote certification, which must be completed by November 15, according to the state elections code. The outcome gives the GOP control of the country’s four most-populous states heading into the 2004 presidential election. (Interactive: What happens next?)

Bustamante will remain in office as California’s lieutenant governor under Schwarzenegger.

Tuesday’s election was the climax of one of the strangest episodes in recent U.S. political history. The race was chock full of colorful characters, including former sitcom stars, a star of adult films and a publisher of a pornographic magazine

Election officials reported heavy turnout throughout the day, in addition to more than 2.2 million previously cast absentee ballots, California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley said. (Gallery: Scenes from the vote)

“People were angry at the governor,” Art Torres, chairman of the state’s Democratic Party, said in explaining the results.

California voters also defeated two propositions, including Proposition 54, a ballot measure that would have prohibited the state from collecting data about race. (Full story)

The proposition will be shot down by a 2-to-1 margin, according to CNN estimates.

She said she wasn’t going to run… this isn’t in the news either.

Click here for the site

Presented by the Federal Election Commission
CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM ID: P00003392

Office Sought: President
Election Year: 2004
State: Presidential Candidate
District: 03
Party: DEM (Democratic Party)

To find this yourself:

Go to the Federal Election Commission homepage at:
www.fec.gov

On the left of their homepage is a link labeled “Campaign Finance Reports and Data”, click it.

Scroll down a ways to Image/Query System, under that choose “View Financial Reports”…

Under the intro paragraph choose “Search the Report Image System”

In the dialogue box type “Clinton” and click “Get Listing”

NOTE:
Candidate listings may appear here as a result of Draft committees or independent expenditure committees
registering with the FEC. If no documents appear below, the individual identified here has taken no action
to become a candidate.

Credit:Krox morning radio.

Well, finnally we have begun to update the hosted sites. Last night MJ and I spent a bit of time tweaking a couple pictures in order to start getting his site back up. You can get to his site by the link on the right hand side or just click here. You’ll notice Helen. Decided to go with our arch enemies now… they must have offered her …. well more than we did..

San Antonio Pics: Yes damnit, they are coming. I work full time, run this site full time, am helping get the subdomains back up and running, and in my spare time I try to date. Tonight, I have a date so don’t count on it. I have 75 pics to resize and name and then upload, I’ll have them up before the end of the week, don’t worry.

Thunderstorm + WRX + Rainx = Fun.

Anyone that knows me, knows I drive a Subaru WRX. I bought this car after bickering with the Honda dealer about a Honda Accord that I wanted. Turns out they couldn’t get the color, or transmission I wanted in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico or Louisiana. A friend of mine suggested that I check out the Subaru Impreza, and thus, after one test drive, I bought it. AWD (all wheel drive), 227hp, 0-60 in 5.4sec. Yeah, you know what I’m talking ’bout.

Saturday, during the day, I washed my car like I normally do. I detailed it with my show polish, and then my roommate pulled out the Rainx. He was washing his car as well, and suggested we try it. Now I have had limited success with Rainx back 5-6 years ago, it just really was more trouble than it was worth so I was apprehensive at first. I went ahead and applied 2 coats to my windows, let dry and then buff off. That night we drove to San Antonio and then drove back so I didn’t get a chance to find out if it was worth the effort.

Sunday rolls around and after a long day we start noticing the clouds building. Jason, my roommate calls me outside to look up at the clouds and we see a bunch of circulation, the forming of a funnel cloud and then it dissipated. There were tons of updrafts and we could see these clouds just shooting up several thousand feet. Needless to say, it was going to rain. Quickly turning the weather channel on, my 2nd favorite channel on the TV, we find ourselves in the middle of a buildup of a bunch of powerful cells. The front was upon us.

Thirty minutes later, the sky opened up and let forth a downpour with thunder and lightning that was awe-inspiring. I looked at Jason and said, “I’m going to Wataburger.” He looked at me like I was crazy.

I slipped on my flip flops, grabbed my keys and made a mad dash to the car, pushing the alarm/door lock like a mad man as I became soaking wet in a matter of 15 feet. Reaching the door, I yanked it open and jumped in, sighing relief. A quick survey of my windows, the water was just running right off. A nod, a turn of the key and my engine was revving up to 3000rpm.

For Rainx to really be effective you need to be going 45+ miles per hour, that way the rain goes up the windshield and not down. At 60 + miles per hour the instant the rain hits the window, it rolls right up and gone in less than the blink of the eye. You can hardly tell that water is hitting the window its sheeting off so quickly. I came to the quick opinion that they fixed said issues and now had a product that was worth the effort. Who needs window wipers?

I slide to a stop at the stop sign at the end of my neighborhood. Turn out, hit 75mph or so before the light at Parmer. I take my right, drifting across the road as I did my turn, accelerate to 70mph or so. As I am driving, this red truck pulls up behind me in the slow lane like he is going to pass me. I can’t believe what the guy is doing, he must be crazy driving this fast in this weather! I accelerate to 85mph (yes I truly am crazy). At 85mph, torrential rain, it seems like a lazy Sunday drive. I turn on my mp3 player and put on some jazz.

Going in the opposite direction down Parmer, there is a car in the turn lane wanting to turn across my lane and into an apartment complex. I had already slowed back down to 65 or so, a safer speed, but when I saw this car, I could tell he had other plans so I accelerated a bit, the car turned right behind me and started to drive across traffic. One problem. That truck was still behind me, albeit a little ways back. I looked in my rearview mirror and all I saw was spinning headlights. They had collided. Normally I would have slammed on my brakes, turned around and checked if they were all right, but there were 4 other cars that stopped. I liked driving in the rain, but I don’t like standing out in it.

Continuing down the road, I zipped up to Wataburger, came back uneventful, and I stopped at the accident, emergency vehicles etc, I rolled down my window and told the cop I had seen the accident, and that if he wanted me to give him any info to let me know and I gave him my cell number. He said that 4 other cars had seen it, so it was ok but thanked me for stopping. Continuing on home, I had to laugh. It was typical of Austin traffic. Austin was voted as the worst traffic in this state, and one of the worst traffic for a medium sized city nationally. Turns out the woman that pulled out in front was talking on her cell phone, and doing her makeup at the same time. I laugh because my insurance is probably triple what hers is. Your thinking, “Hey, you were driving dangerously in wet weather.” Yes I was, but 1.) I am from Louisiana, so I am used to driving in the rain. 2.)I had both hands on the wheel and was paying attention 3.) I was taught when driving, always anticipate the worse, thus I saw that car with its blinker on, I assumed she was going to turn in front of me, so I accelerated to get out of the way before she could. 4.) I have the advantage of having a car that was made for extreme driving conditions. All this means, you should not be driving in the rain, it is reserved for crazies like myself that want to find out how well Rainx really works.

Buy it. It will increase your visibility in the rain ten fold and you won’t need your windshield wipers.

Left to right: Sanboi, Sherry, MJ, Chris, Pylorns, Srrav. We got the security cop to take this picture of us in front of the Alamo. We also got him to take a picture with us, but I’ll post that pic later. He at first didn’t understand MJ’s slurred speech. Came out something like this “hey ssschecurity, would ya picture take of us?” After a little translation, he agreed to take a pic with us, and then of us.

So, last night we treked down to San Antonio to go to Pat O’Brian’s, a bar that is famous in New Orleans, but just opened up on the riverwalk. If I wasn’t in a rush this morning I’d post the whole tale now. I’ll post more but when I get back, I’ll recount said adventure and post the host of pictures I got. I have something like 75 pictueres and 5, 30 second movie clips to post, the movies will only be available upon request. I am off on a date to Gruene, so needless to say my Sunday is filled up.

I’ll just say this about our little trip: Hurricanes, glasses, dragqueens, asses, city lights, drama and fights, thats what happened on our Saturday night.

Helen, has been made more than one offer to move her site to either here at wetwired or to Here where Don is hosted. We of course, want her here. Don I might add, owes us a drink, and a flight to Sweden if we loose. If we win, well he owes us just a drink. So I know Helen is asking what do each of these have to offer? Here at wetwired, we’ll pull out all the stops. Spared no expense. (jurassic park)

1. Your own subdomain, which, is already created I might add. here

2. Option of blogger as a posting method, or, Movable type (that clean look she so likes) ex. here

3. An active forum that is hosted at wetwired and not offsite, with the option of your own few to moderate.

4. DC comments, hosted here instead of offsite.

5. A separate page with your future cam and a link to your site.

6. Almost 24/7 support - since one of us is usually up at wee hours of the night.

7. The advantage that the majority of us are in the PC industry. That’s not the Politically Correct mind you. We belive in equality, offend everyone equally.

8. Your own email account , pop3 and webbased for your pleasure.

9. A partridge in a pear tree.

10. I’ll think of something else…

I bring this up now, because something really, really bothered me over the weekend. I am sure it was just her immaturity or her curiosity, but my privacy was invaded and it was what I like to call a relationship killer. Not to say that there was something there to begin with, but had I thought about it, this would have been the end all be all. Kind of like when I meet a woman with a child, she

It’s just about an hour after lunch, you’ve just come back from Chili�s and had those baby back ribs� a couple beers (that your boss doesn’t know about). You’re sitting in your chair relaxing, when all of the sudden, a rumble from below. Oh no! Yes, there is no escaping it, you’re going to have to take a dump at work. That beer and ribs is a toxic combination in your bowel. Your neighbors have already turned green and passed out from the toxic cloud you released 15 minutes ago.

So with your hand down your pants, you walk quickly to the restroom putting your hand out in front of you like a running back to a defensive backs helmet, you slam through the door. A quick survey shows both stalls are filled! “Oh for the love of GOD WHY ME?” you scream! Some guy stands up from the stall to look at you. The SINK! No!, you tell yourself you’ll hit the 1st floor restroom and then the sink if it doesn’t work.

Gaseous cloud behind you, you slam back through the door, hit the stairwell, three steps at a time, your close to meltdown. You jump to the landing of the stairwell, almost feel a nugget slip out, three at a time you sprint down the last flight, hitting the door, you knock some poor geek from accounting on the ground, his glasses and pocket protector go two different directions, you scream “Sorry I’ve got a special delivery that can’t wait!”

Bursting through the restroom door, ‘oh shit,’ Women�s. You were blinded by the buildup of impending doom and hadn’t noticed the picture or the blur of words. Creek, creek, creek, go your sneakers as you ease back out.

Bursting through the restroom door, the right one this time, you survey the surroundings, one stall open! It only takes you four steps to get thirty feet and into the stall. Pants around your ankles you look at the seat. There is liquid on it.. “Why does this always happen at these moments? They make movies about this shit.”

The recycled toilet paper pulls one sheet at a time and you cover the seat with such meticulous precision, the pope himself would put his old wrinkled ass on it. Ass planted, you look up at he Gods above and then, it dawns on you. You’re not alone. Poop Anxiety.

Why, could you go through all that trouble and then be worried about squeezing one off, with your neighbor there? Visions of you letting go, and him start laughing go through your head. “Why won’t he leave?” you think. You consider putting your hand under the stall and asking for toilet paper. Awkward things like that make people leave. It quickly comes apparent to you that the guy next to you is reading the paper. The pain is becoming increasingly unbearable. You give up, you say a prayer, and release. For some reason, you are now laughing a bit, causing the guy next to you to laugh. “I’m sorry he cries out.� That makes it even worse. If they had a red face meter, yours would be darker than a Washington apple. Even worse, the water is splashing and coming back up. “Oh God,” you exclaim. The guy next to you, flushes, gets up and runs out. ‘Peace’ he says as the door shuts.

“Ooooohhhhhh” you sigh. “Time to call in the men in the HAZMAT suits,” you say under your breath. You flush, raise up, walk to the sink to splash water in your face, yes its still red. “Never again” You say, as you open the door and trek back to your cube.

Logging back in and checking a few of your sites you visit, you come across a blog that starts “So I’m reading the paper in the restroom, when this lunatic bursts in screaming to the toilet Gods.”

I got to give this guy props for originality and for the difficultness of the record he broke.

Pretty cool

Man Sets Record for Eating M&Ms
Wed Oct 1, 8:22 AM ET Add Strange News - AP to My Yahoo!

OAKLAND, Calif. - Three minutes after Jim Hager started eating M&Ms with a pair of chopsticks, he was headed for the Guinness Book of World Records.

The 47-year-old Oakland resident gobbled 115 M&Ms in 3 minutes Sunday, breaking a previous record of 112 Smarties consumed by Kathryn Ratcliffe of England in December 2002.

The new record won’t become official until event organizers send documentation to the Guinness association, including a videotape, photographs and written declarations from witnesses, but it seems likely he’ll have his place in the list.

For his efforts, he received 25 pounds of M&Ms courtesy of a local candy store that sponsored the event.

“His kids were very happy,” said store owner Wendy Winter.

She said the association gave very specific guidelines: Contestants had to use wooden chopsticks, the M&Ms had to be of the standard variety and they had to be carried to the mouth

happy birthday magik!!!

Ok, thats out of the way. October is my favorite month aside from December. October is the month where the weather actually starts to change, the leaves start turning red/orange, and it officially feels like fall, football is in full swing, highschools have thier homecomings, pumpkins go on sale, pumpkin pie and pumpkin ice cream, candy corn, halloween costunes, harvest moons, crisp evenings, and finnally, October 1st means its only 30 days to my birthday.