Cock Flavored Soup

I just can't make this kind of thing up, although some people think I make things up all the time(You know who you are. Yes, I'm looking at YOU Mrs. Scottish W!).

So tonight I had to go to Wally World with a Certain Somebody and as usual it was taking much longer than I would like. For some reason I found myself wandering down the ethnic aisle. I can't remember what the hell I was looking for when I happened to look up- and lo, and behold- there it was! COCK FLAVORED SOUP. Hence, the following exchange:

CS "Is someone calling you?" (as I'm scrambling to get out my cell phone to take a picture)

Xul "No."

CS "Why are you smirking? What's so funny?"

Xul "Look!" (Pointing, which was all I could manage since I was cracking the hell up.)

CS "Oh, for Christ's sake. I can't believe you're actually taking a picture of it." (Says CS with that disapproving tone.)

Well, I don't care. I think it's funny. And yes, I know I have the sense of humour of a 13 year old sometimes.

Bike Or Die!

Gah! I'm going so freakin' stir crazy that I can't take it any longer! Between all the work and the shit weather we've been having (Hello? Winter? Do we have to send out the search party?), if I don't get out into some fresh air and sunshine soon, I just might snap!


Some people may have buggered off to New York, and others to Naples, but I will be going bike riding on Tuesday and that is written in stone. I don't give a tinkers dam what else might be happening on that day, I'M GOING BIKING. Where the only slowpokes I'll be sharing the road with will be actual turtles.

Zednik Injury

I can't believe this has happened for a second time in Buffalo. Sunday night, in a game between the Florida Panthers and the Buffalo Sabres, Richard Zednik's carotid artery was severed by teammate Olli Jokinen's skate during a collision. It was absolutely horrendous.

Ironically, I had mentioned in the comments of my Hockey Pictures post the first time something like this had happened- to Clint Malarchuk- the Sabres goalie- back in 1989.

It has been reported that Zednik lost a half gallon of blood from his injury, but thankfully, due to the immediate medical attention that he received, will make a full recovery. Amazing, since the artery was severed 3/4 of the way through.

Here is the live footage of the accident:



In an interview with Clint Malarchuk, the former Sabres' goalie said, "Funny, but I've seen my accident, oh, maybe 100 times. You go to YouTube, punch in my name and you get three different angles of it. Pretty graphic stuff. I've seen it so many times I've almost become detached from it.

"But this ... ? I couldn't bring myself to look."

On March 22, 1989, during a game between the Buffalo Sabres and the St. Louis Blues, Steve Tuttle's skate severed the former Sabres goalie's jugular vein. Blood poured from Malarchuk as a trainer pressed a towel against his neck. Malarchuk needed 300 stitches to close the gash.

At the time, there were reports that 11 fans fainted and two more had heart attacks when Malarchuk's macabre accident took place. Three players vomited on the ice.

It really was horrific. Far worse than Zednik's injury, in my opinion. Take a look for yourself.

Follow Up A Rant With A Rant: Sharkwater

And while I have my dander up, I just thought that I'd mention a little documentary that I saw a few weeks ago. I decided to go out for a bit of diversion to the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum, not because I'm big into fishing or anything, but because it's a place I had never been to before (and because I had a coupon...yah, I'm a cheap fucker!).

The museum was showing a documentary called Sharkwater, a real eyeopener. The link for it is here. Please go check it out for yourself. It is about the plight of the world's many species of sharks and their possible extinctions due to ignorance, greed and poaching.

It really pissed me off and I'm still pissed off. Here's the trailer. Watch it and be pissed off, too.



Now that we're all pissed off, let's spread the word and do something about it.

Bad Blogger!

Yah, I know, I'm a bad, bad blogger. I haven't posted in nearly a month, boo-hoo-hoo! Well, I just got myself into one of those funks that I'm so prone to getting into. I had nearly two weeks off from work and I just couldn't seem to get my arse out of it's own way.

Part of the reason stemmed from all this elections bollocks. What a bunch of arseholes we have to choose from! I guess anyone with quality or substance need not apply when it comes to American politics (or any politics for that matter). People in this country are utter imbeciles when it comes to the issues. They couldn't be bothered with thinking in general let alone critical thinking. Gawd, pull your heads out of your arses!!! Grow the fuck up! I'm living in a nation of junior-highers! Does anyone mature beyond adolescence? Can we get beyond the popularity contests and whomever is the "coolest" and grow the hell up and use some fucking discernment? Does anyone even know what the fuck that means?

If you are voting for a candidate based on race or gender or party affiliation, you are thoroughly missing the point. Everyone seems to like this "change" buzzword, but can anyone tell me what exactly is it that we are going to change or how are we going to go about changing it?

Fuck me. It galls me to the core to concede that Americans in general are a bunch of clueless, narrow minded fuckwits. It's very draining living in such an environment.

Fuck it all to hell.