Cockiness

I like watching the reality cooking shows like Hell's Kitchen and Top Chef. One thing I have noticed a lot is the cockiness to the point of stupidity of some of the "chefs".

Take the latest Hell's Kitchen and two of the final four, Trev and Russel. In the individual competition to make a fusion dish Russel's wasn't that good. Three of the top local chefs were the judges. They weren't impressed with his dish. Of course that just meant that they were stupid according to Russel because he KNOWS he is the best. Even Ramsay commented on Russel being too cocky and thinking winning is a sure thing.

Then you have Trev. The worst of the final four. He is painfully worse than the rest. Yet he thinks he did the best. I don't know whether he was on some wicked drugs or is just that deluded. Odds are, he is just that deluded.

These asshats, and others like them, will go on and on about how great they are despite reality. One guy, in an earlier Hell's Kitchen, who got tossed left droning on about how he would open a restaurant beside Ramsay and put him (Ramsay) out of business. Confidence is one thing. Some cockiness is good too. These folks just make themselves look like morons.

Hearing about people.

When I don't like someone I don't care to know what is going on in there life. It isn't even that I hate the people in question, I just don't give a shit about them. For some strange reason a lot of people feel the need to try and fill me in on what people I don't like are doing.

My mother started to do it last night, which is what brought this to mind. For some reason she started to tell me what was new with the woman who gave me too much fucking information the first time I met her. Why she would think I wanted to know what the nutjob was up to I don't know. Even after I told her I didn't care and didn't want to hear about the woman she kept going. I had to be extremely blunt in order to get her to stop. Hopefully she doesn't do it again.

I have known quite a few people in my life who do this and it still boggles my mind. Hilda used to be horrible for doing it. She kept in touch with one of the South Africans we used to work with, so she could use her to dog sit, and would try telling me what that lying waste of space was up to. Why the fuck would I care? You could tell Hilda you didn't care until your face was blue and the next time she would do the same thing.

I guess some people like to gossip even when you tell them to stop.

Amazing Race

Just watched the latest episode of Amazing Race that took place in South Korea. It was a good episode. I liked the challenges they had to do. Speed Skating and ginseng are definitely South Korean things to experience.

Brook and Claire are idiots. One of them doesn't know how to skate so they choose to do the speed skating challenge. What morons. Jill and Thomas weren't much better. :)

It was hilarious to watch Brooke and Claire in the taxi after the speed skating. The taxi driver starts telling them how beautiful they are and asking if they are married. The only thing missing was him asking her to marry him. The camera must have had him on his best behaviour. :) Mind you Brooke did have to give him a kiss when they left the taxi, the 9th kiss she had to give a Korean man. The taxi driver then started making "woo woo woo" sounds.

Then you had Thomas getting on Jill's case for asking an old person if they spoke English. "You can't ask old people." What an asshat.

All in all it was a fun episode to watch.

What the ... warning label?!?!?

I love dry roasted peanuts. Planters makes the best. I didn't see any Planter's ones at Sobey's so i picked up some "Compliments" dry roasted peanuts. They were good but no where near as good as Planter's.

As I was preparing to throw out the empty bottle I read the back label and saw one of the most retarded warning labels I have ever seen.

Yes. you read it right. The warning label for a bottle of dry roasted PEANUTS warns you there are peanuts in it. What the hell? Seriously? I know there are some stupid people out there but THAT stupid? They can't understand that a peanut snack contains peanuts? Damn. That is rpetty fucking stupid.

Dog Mooks

It is nice to see people bringing plastic bags to pick up after their dogs. Nothing is worse than walking over a trail coated in shit. What I can't understand is the mooks who bring the bag, pick up after their dog, and leave the fucking bag on the path. Why the hell even bother if you are just going to leave the plastic bag sitting on the path (or the side of the path)? The whole purpose of picking up their shit is to dump it in the garbage. What a bunch of fucking mooks.

Interpol's Most Wanted

Reading the South Korea Times, aka An Idiot's Tale, talking about Julian Assange made me think of something.

As I type, Assange is now on Interpol's Most Wanted list for a rape charge in Sweden. Strangely enough, there is no photo on Interpol's site but it does say he is wanted for sex crimes and that if you have any information you should contact your local or national police.

Then you have someone like Roman Polanski. He raped and sodomized a 13 year old girl. Then he fled the US to avoid his sentence. He is NOT on the most wanted list. He is on Interpol's site, and a photo is included. The picture is from decades ago, not a current one. There is NO mention of his crime. He doesn't even have a Red Notice.

According to INTERPOL's website a Red Notice is issued in order "to seek the arrest or provisional arrest of wanted persons with a view to extradition."

I won't argue that Assange doesn't fit the criteria to have a Red Notice. He does,and he should have to answer to the charges and if guilty. Let's just say I have a dim view of rapists and if he did it I hope they throw the book at him. But Polanski, who some European countries have HELPED hide, who the US has been seeking to extradite for decades, does NOT even have a Red Notice?

Mr. Assange quickly made the Most Wanted list but someone like Polanski who has avoided extradition for decades isn't? I am not saying there is a conspiracy but something doesn't smell right.

Walking Dead

As I said before I am enjoying the show. But damn they make some pretty fucking stupid decisions. If I am even in a zombiefied world I hope I make better ones. ;)