More Pearls and Spanish

Since both the Spanish language (also here) and Pearls Before Swine (also here, here, here and here) (and sometimes both) have become a recurring theme in this blog, I figured I'd better put up today's strip.

Also, for those of you who are looking to waste a little time, here is an awesome site that shows things blowing up in a microwave. Absolutely fantastic.

Update 28 June 07:

New Tattoo

I just about have the wife talked in to letting me get a new tattoo.** So, now I need to pick exactly what I want. I have a couple of ideas, but am somewhat limited since I already have the whole pistol/bible thing covered.

Current front runners:

1. Dragon from shoulder blade over top of right shoulder.

2. Coulple of heads of wheat on left ribs.

3. John Wayne from True Grit below right shoulder or on right ribs.

4. Pheasant on right shoulder.

5. Battleship named U.S.S. Mother, center chest, with eagle flying over it holding an American flag in one foot and a naked lady in the other, and with Calvin standing on the edge pissing on Hillary Clinton.

**For all of my idiot buddies who are going to give me shit about checking with my wife to get a tattoo, don't bother. Tattoos are permanent, and thus, tattoos that piss her off would be a permanent problem. Like women don't have a Rolodex of everything we've ever done wrong anyway -- probably don't need a visual reminder. My wife is better than most about it, but that doesn't mean that the time I showed up late (and slightly intoxicated) for her birthday --- seven years ago --- doesn't occasionally get some play.

JMWWGGC

Johnnie, Merle, Waylon, Willie, George, George and Chris.

Fuel Up and Load the Guns

Now the news is that Paris Hilton, idiot that she is, got 45 days in jail for a misdemeanor probation violation. Some idiot judge felt like that was reasonable. Fucking stupid. People don't get that much time for their second misdemeanor conviction, much less a simple reckless driving and driving on a suspended license case. People actually think this makes sense?

However, the brilliant citizenry of this nation seems to have very little problem with allowing employers across the country to hire illegal aliens and get away with little more than a hand slap. Hell, in Texas, the fucking courts won't even let a town pass a law making it illegal to rent housing to illegal aliens. In Cali-fucking-fornia, they killed the same thing. You can go to jail if you hide your friend in the ceiling when the cops show up for aiding and abetting. But if you actually give a criminal a place to live, evidently that is fine.

I'm filling up the buggy, getting my guns, and heading for the hills. This "civilized" life is fucking stupid.

So Many Important Topics

I read this story (buried away at the bottom of the list of news stories) about this psychotic fucking bitch Shelia Phelps-Roper (a member of Freddy Fucking Phelps' inbred clan) getting arrested while protesting across from a soldier's funeral. She was charged with, among other things, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and mutilating a flag for allowing her 10 year old son to stomp on an American flag. That got me thinking about the constitutional protection for free speech and for expressive conduct -- specifically, the protection of expressive flag burning from Texas v. Johnson. I was thinking about posting a discussion about whether this type of behavior fits under Texas v. Johnson or whether it falls into a "fighting words" exception, given the location and the audience.

Then, however, I read this story (front and center as one of today's top stories) about Paris Hilton being released from jail 3 days in to her 23 day sentence.

I just don't know where to go from here.

Nope.

Is it Friday yet?