Mishmash Musings

Well, this is kind of sad news. The world’s oldest dog, Pusuke, died recently at the age of 26. 26!!!! Can you believe that? Pusuke was a mixed breed dog that lived in Tochigi Prefecture, which is north of Tokyo. This dog was recognized by Guinness as the world’s oldest last December, and managed to hang on for another year.

I always feel sad when animals die, but it’s clear this guy had a long and happy life. I hope his owners are coping well!

It’s almost the end of the year, which means all the “best of” and “top 10″ lists are coming out. I like reading these things and reminiscing about what happened over the course of the past 12 months, which I guess is the point of these things anyway. I found it interesting to see what the top 10 searches of 2011 were. I actually did not search for any of those terms myself because the people, events, or products were always in the news to begin with.

Top 10 Searches of 2011:

1. iPhone
2. Casey Anthony
3. Kim Kardashian
4. Katy Perry
5. Jennifer Lopez
6. Lindsay Lohan
7. American Idol
8. Jennifer Aniston
9. Japan earthquake
10. Osama Bin Laden

Were you surprised that only one male made the list?? I certainly was. Isn’t anyone interested in male celebrities anymore???

… is a new job! So says my cousin, who graduated from college two years ago but still hasn’t found anything in her field. She’s been scouring a new site she found for Software Engineer Jobs, and has sent out quite a few resumes. She’s actually pretty confident about getting a callback for at least one of the positions, which has not been the case for other jobs she has tried to get.

Anyway, I’m really keeping my fingers crossed for her. She’s way too talented to be serving coffee at this point in her life!!

I absolutely cannot stand it when people write “prolly” instead of “probably.” There is NO SUCH WORD as “prolly” and you look like an effing MORON when you write that! How hard is it to spell out the whole damn word??? (Note: I’m not talking about occurrences in text messages or other situations where shorthand or abbreviations are expected. I’m talking about full-length messages, blog posts, forum posts, etc.

Ndamukong Suh of the Detroit Lions showed the entire nation yesterday that he is the dirtiest player in the NFL. During the Lions’ Thanksgiving Day game against the Green Bay Packers, he drove a Packer player’s head into the turf three times after a play, and then stomped on the guy’s arm before being pulled away. Suh was given a penalty and immediately ejected, all while bitching and whining to the refs about how HE was somehow the one who was wronged.

Suh then proved himself to be a freaking lunatic by later making comments to the media to the effect that he was basically forced to do what he did because he was “trying to get away” from the situation. He then refused to apologize to the Packer player involved in the incident, instead choosing to apologize to his teammates, coaches, and “true fans” for putting himself in a situation that “allowed” the refs to take him out of the game.

Wow.

The NFL should suspend this guy for at least 2-3 games and give him a massive fine. He is already out of control, and is clearly just going to get worse since he doesn’t even think he’s doing anything wrong. Get to him now before he hurts someone or ends a career!

Leave it to the EU to come up with something so incredibly, utterly stupid as this. Apparently, bottled water companies in Europe want to use the claim “drinking water prevents dehydration” on labels and in advertising, but after a THREE-YEAR study, bureaucrats have determined that there’s no scientific basis for the statement, and therefore it cannot be used in any kind of marketing.

Can you believe it? Is there a time when common sense would come into play??? Wow!

Of course, the rationalizations for the EU’s decision all come down to nitpicky minutiae and semantics, with their scientists saying you can stay hydrated without drinking water and that bottled water doesn’t have any special properties to prevent dehydration.

Whatever. They still look like fools!

Telegraph article here.

Here’s a wacky little ad I came across on Craigslist a while ago:

SEEKING Rap Coach/Rap Lyricist

SEEKING RAPPER TO HELP ME TIGHTEN MY LYRICS AND TEACH ME HOW TO RAP OVER BEATS FIRST TIME. MUST HAVE SOLID REFERENCES.

Location: BEVERLY HILLS
it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
Compensation: $100 PER HOUR

Lemme guess… this is some rich white boy (location: Beverly Hills) who doesn’t have to work and has time to dabble in trivial pursuits like this. Wow.

I like animals and all that, but this is getting to be ridiculous. PETA seems intent on cementing their status as total effing whack-jobs with their latest denouncement, this time against Nintendo’s Super Mario 3D Land game. In it, one of the power-ups gives Mario a “tanooki” suit that allows him to glide across the screen.

Instead of seeing it as cute and/or harmless, PETA claims that Mario is sending the message that it’s okay to wear an animal skin and that it might encourage animal abuse against real-life raccoon dogs.

Oh, give me a break already! No wonder normal people roll their eyes whenever PETA and their causes are mentioned. Good grief.