Author Archive for Mark

After rounding the world four times and getting the piercings, but only having three earrings to show for it because he's too picky about what he'll actually put back in his ear, Mark attempted to settle down back in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee. This, of course, did not happen because, quite apparently, he has been biologically implanted with a PsychoMagnet™ which makes even the most stable of people batshit crazy. Mark is currently "hiding" in wildly public places, and making as much noise as possible, while throngs of anonymous nutjobs accuse him of every salacious deed imaginable, such as the unseasonable rainfall of 2011, the murders of several prominent people who are still very much alive, and the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania. Mark is a carnivorous smoker who is Politically agnostic, unable to reproduce, refuses all manners of Internet dating, and generally believes that Murphy was an optimist.

Back on Track with the “Weird” Taste in Music

October 15th, 2009 at 7:12 am by Mark
Tags: , , , , , ,

     While I’ve been spending practically the entire weekend trying to finish up a bunch of a music that’s been sitting around as unifinished projects for a few years, my music taste through the week has gotten a little … well, “Weird,” is what everyone tells me.

     Some of it came from playing a Fallout 3 on the Xbox 360, which features a rather kickass soundtrack from the 1940’s…

     Ya know, it’s pretty safe to say I would’ve bought the game for the soundtrack alone… but listening to it while scouring post-Apocalyptic Washington, DC makes it more than a little haunting.

     It’s even nicer when you get to do it for free, because someone hated the game and mailed it to ya…

Manspeak versus Womanspeak

October 15th, 2009 at 2:09 am by Mark
Tags: , , , ,

     I’ve been observing a lot lately, as well.  Watching the wildlife flirt and shoot each other down like crazy.  But it seems more and more like Women have the upper hand since I was in the dating crowd… In fact, they’re as bad as I remember guys acting back in the 80’s.
     So, for all you guys out there thinking about getting back into the dating scene, here’s a translation guide of the Top 10 things Men Hear that Women Say When Dating.

10. Man hears, “We Need to talk.” Woman means, “I’m gonna talk. You’re gonna shut the fuck up.”

09. Man hears, “I don’t want to have sex.” Woman means, “I don’t want to have sex WITH YOU.”

08. Man hears, “I don’t want to fight.” Woman means, “I’m gonna hurt you, so if your balls mean anything, they better stay more than an arm’s length away.”

07. Man hears, “No, I’m not mad.” Woman means, “In fact, I’m absolutely seething and I’m going probably going to go Lorraina Bobbit on your ass, so don’t fall asleep.”

06. Man hears, “I don’t want any drama!” Woman means, “I *am* the drama!”

05. Man hears, “I’m very family oriented.” Woman means, “I’d *like* to be family oriented, but I hate my family. Can I have yours?”

04. Man hears, “I’m STD free.” Woman means, “Except for the oral herpes, which you’ll find out about in three months.”

03. Man hears, “I’m bi-curious.” Woman means, “I’m gonna fuck a woman whether you’re there or not, because you are male, and therefore SHIT!”

02. Man hears, “Can we just sit down and have a civil conversation?” Woman means, “You sit there and be civil while I berate and call you an asshole, especially if you ask any questions trying to understand the crazy shit coming out of my mouth!”

01. Man hears, “I love you.” Woman means, “OMG, you turn me on…! Oh, god! Oh, god! Oh, god! Oh my god, that was fucking incredible! Now get out…”

     Tongue in cheek. Come on, you know some of them were funny. Don’t hate me for my dry sense of humor. 😉

     And do keep in mind … results may vary.

responsive_wp_468x60

Goading for Validation

October 2nd, 2009 at 2:23 pm by Mark
Tags: , , ,

Ya know, this whole Ubermouth bit is pissing me off.  And the odd thing was, nobody poisoned the well.  Nobody talked smack about her.  Nobody went off all half-cocked.  And I was clearly in the right when even I told her to leave me alone, which, she clearly won’t.  Regardless of the number of times she’s banned or blocked, she continues to return and attempt to make contact.
I’m pretty damn sure that’s what “stalking” is.  A “Stalker” crying “stalker” makes about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine.  And it’s also clear that Ubermouth will stop at nothing to force someone who doesn’t want to speak out in the open … so that she can revel in her list of dupes and “friends” ripping on someone else for a change.
To what end?

The fact is — I don’t even know this fucking woman, and for what she’s done — to me, even — so far, I sure as Hell don’t ever want to!

It amazes me how many people can jump on a bandwagon, believing such outlandish nonsense that she’s being stalked and victimized by one of the writers of this blog.  One of the reasons I asked said writer to write here, aside from the fact that she’s a pretty damn good writer, was so that I could observe the behavior in-depth.  And boy, did I, ever!

The thing is, Ubermouth and I were never friends.  She claims we were, and that is something I do not get.  What she did a year ago, and it’s just like what she does with other people, was find that I was going through some stuff, lent an ear (which I all but refused) and then asked me to “do” something for her.  In my case, much like others, she asked if I’d help her screw with Crushed, a guy I don’t even know, but who she’d made a solid two years of blog-effort at attacking in most vile and vicious ways.
Of course, I told her, “Hell no!”  And I ceased contact with her.

Then, of course, she comes back talking about what someone said about me, coming off like she’s giving helpful information, and again, I told her I didn’t care, leave me out of it, and leave me alone.

Then, I suppose as a last ditch effort, she started hitting on me online.  I said, “Hell, no!” and to cease and desist (she won’t deny it, either, but said that it was “uncharitable” in her comments here).  But, that’s exactly what happened.

For months, and with no recourse, she continued to post drivel and bullshit, knowing she’s not wanted in any way, shape or form.  However, apparently, for whatever reason, she just kept stoking and harrassing until finally, she posted this crap on a post where I’d ripped some threatening weenie (an unstable redneck who’d taken the time and money to drive 200 miles to “teach me a lesson”) a new ass over the woman I still very much love:

From: ubermouth
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009

New comment on your post #2127 “I Said Please…”
Author : ubermouth (IP: 195.93.21.98 , cache-los-ad02.proxy.aol.com)
Whois  : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=195.93.21.98
Comment:
Oh, please let ME be ‘the hottie!’

It’s a common thing she does.  She goads you to keep talking to her.  Any attention, for her, is good attention, apparently.  But it is a bit more sinister, you see.
Because if you look at the IP address, you’ll notice that it’s an America Online IP address on a comment she readily admits to making.  How on Earth could it be from AOL since she supposedly lives in the United Kingdom?

Well, two things are true.  First, she lies horribly about where she lives.  Second, she makes use of Open Proxies, like the one above, to make it “appear” that she’s coming from different IP addresses.  In the above case, an infected AOL customer running an open proxy used AOL’s outgoing proxy to show her as coming from AOL.
It sounds complicated, but any idiot can do it.  But she can play dumb, much the same way she uses calling cards to call people, claiming it’s cheaper, when anyone knows that direct dialing the US from the UK is dirt cheap for unlimited time… British Telecom’s international rates are dirt cheap, thus the only reason to make those calls is to mask the truth and make her more difficult to find.

It’s sad and telling how her and one (or more) of her cohorts continue to try and circumvent the security of this blog with their malicious comments using Open Proxies  and other tactics.  I mean, it’s the same tactics that are employed to “impersonate” another commenter…
Unfortunately, the commenter in question does not even have internet and lives in a place which is devoid of the usual technological niceties.

I’ll not even get to the pre-emptive strikes she makes.  Or her failed attempts at matchmaking in an effort to endear people to her in gratitude.  Multiple ploys, multiple failures, whereby the tiniest of minutiae is used against you to poison the well in case you start bitching about the woman’s behavior, which is clearly out of hand.

In fact, the only person to blame for my disdain of Ubermouth — is Ubermouth herself.
All of these things she did aside, and all of the times she’s been asked to leave me the Hell alone, she continues to telephone leaving frantically psychotic messages and continues to attempt to comment here.  As a matter of fact, after her scathing comment yesterday, she comes in right behind it attempting — no less than 180 times, mind you —  to hack the backend of this blog with failed password attempts.  And then on top of that, attempts to exploit my hosting company’s accounting system using the same manual password attacks — to the tune of hundreds of failed logins which is why I now use Swizznet for extra hosting security. (read more here)

Further, anyone who thinks making a false report to Child and Family Services to have someone’s child taken away is in any way acceptable or  amusing … should be institutionalized!
I have the Official list of allegations — and they are not pretty — and the subsequent details of the investigation.  This was clearly the work of a demented mind.  And the amusing part is, even though Ubermouth claims not to have done it, how on Earth could she have known when the complainant called if she didn’t do it, or have it done by some other “victim” she’s befriended?  Because everyone around her is a victim, aren’t they?

And to that “friend,” who she’s asked to do this…  Watch what happens when you don’t do what she asks of you.  Watch how far she’ll go to destroy your credibility.
You need to ask yourself one question after what you’ve done: How much character do you have left to assassinate?

Some things are just plain wrong.  Other things are inexcusable.

The “Official” Beers of Knoxville’s World’s Fair?

October 1st, 2009 at 10:51 am by Mark
Tags: , , , , , , , ,

     Umm… Okay, yes, we had the Strohaus, but …

The Official Beers of the 1982 World's Fair

     And there I thought, back in 1982, the “official” beers would have been any of those nine colors of World’s Fair Beer, which was easily as bad as the swill Jimmy Carter’s brother made

     Ahh, but who the Hell am I to argue with this beautiful — and oh-so-tasteful — mirror-placque from back in the day…?

Stock Photos

Asshat of the Day: Ubermouth

September 24th, 2009 at 6:38 pm by Mark
Tags: , , ,

     It seems the dear ol’ Ubermouth has just jumped the shark in such an entirely careless and sociopathic manner that the Internet may flourish, free of her constant harrassment.  She’s actually gone to some lengths to post the personal information and location of a minor child of one our bloggers right on her bash-fest of a website and when you want to rank your business website, consult with Rising Phoenix SEO.

     It is now perfectly clear that this woman has no qualms in violating any number of Federal and International privacy and Child Protection Laws.  If there is a God in Heaven, the bitch will rot in Jail.