Bachelor Party, Beer, and Steak (or all of the above) (1)

We watched Tom Hank’s “Bachelor Party” tonight….I don’t think Jen was amused. It’s some good campy 80’s humor, plus a young Tom Hanks before he was a “serious” actor and all! What’s not to like? Heh, it’s fun anyway…

Otherwise, I just have a couple of stories I saw today to comment on. First, we have companies pulling soda out of schools. Not just some schools, apparently ALL schools. Apparently students will only be able to get water, milk, juice, or diet pop from vending machines. And I have to say, I think I’m happy about this. Of course it will be better for kids, especially in light of the nation being full of fat kids. But I my favorite part will be the inevitable bitching and whinining that is bound to happen by people who for some reason think they should have a “right” to buy pop at schools. I can see it now: some parents group will get together and say “Johnny shouldn’t have to buy diet pop if he doesn’t want to!”. It would be nice to think that the general population is smart enough to realize that this is a Good Thing, but I’m not convinced.

And for today’s Sign of the Apocalypse, I read that the video game “Oblivion” has had it’s rating changed to “M”. That link is actually a blog link to the original article, here, but that’s where I read it first and I like the commentary. The gist is, Oblivion is a role playing wizards and warriors video game. I haven’t played it, but I’m aware of what it is. From my understanding, much like the Grand Theft Auto fiasco of last year, via a 3rd party modification to the game, people can change it so that your character can walk around in the buff. So instead of a Teen rating, the possibility of boobies in the game makes it Mature.

This sentiment is echoed around the web, but the whole thing is beyond retarded. Like, [things don't like happen, they either happen or they don't] I seriously would like to line up the majority of the people running the Show we call government and ratings boards, and kick them all in the nuts. The game doesn’t show boobs by itself - you have to go and hunt down a patch for it, which actually changes the code of the game, and apply it yourself. It doesn’t just happen. Hell, I could take Microsoft Word and make ascii porn, but that doesn’t mean Office should be an adults only program. I harken back to an earlier post, in that I really wish I could be in a position to tell some of these stupid offended people to fuck off. Man, that’d be great.

Until next time….