Today the internet seems a bit less shinier. It is most likely due to the fact that Wikipedia, WordPress.org and several other sites put their websites to dark in protest to SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act). If you have no clue what I am talking about you need to do some viewing.

Not only does SOPA hurt the free internet but also violates a couple of principles, which are core to a free and democratic society: freedom of expression and the presumption of being innocent until proven guilty.

In answer to this I would like you to offer a bit of a performance of Bill Hicks, one of my late discovered heroes, who in his way fought to keep the common man awake and weary of his government.

“Go back to bed, America. Your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control again. Here. Here’s American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up. Go back to bed, America. Here is American Gladiators. Here is 56 channels of it! Watch these pituitary retards bang their fucking skulls together and congratulate you on living in the land of freedom. Here you go, America! You are free to do as we tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!”

By the way, if SOPA would be in place you would be able so see this video on Youtube and my site would be blocked.

I’ll be testingout disqus on this blog. Since I am still figuring out how this will work with gravatar support, Akismet and the old comments it’s going to be a bit of a hot test.

Don’t worry, if comments break I got a backup.

This news item made my day. Apparently Sal the Cat must appear in court on march the 23rd for jury duty. The owners of the cat, Anna and Guy Esposito, received a summons for their feline companion. Apparently, due to a clerical error the cat, listed as a pet in the last census, was mistakenly registered as a human.

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Good news. The leak that has been plaguing my home has been plugged. After the roofer performed his fix the water has stopped running down my walls as soon as it would rain.

The repair wasn’t too expensive either. For just under 100 euro things were patched up. Now to fill out the paperwork for the insurance and hope they reimburse me. After that, the only thing left to do is reapply the wallpaper. That won’t happen for a while though, since the walls need to dry first.

At least no more weeping walls.

Today is ‘blue Monday’, supposedly the most depressing Monday of the year. Everyone seems to be talking about it: on the radio, at work, on twitter.

To all you folks that are willing to talk yourself into a depression. Take it elsewhere! Depressions are as contagious as the flu and the common cold. I don’t need it, I don’t want it.

So feel free to talk yourself into a depression, go sulk in a corner, feel sorry for yourself, curl up in a ball and so on and so forth; just do it elsewhere. You won’t ruin my mood.