Guy McLaren

Over on Pedals.co.za, The pedal for charity site we are having a Tshirt design competition. I am looking for a Tshirt that will tell the tale of a man, a velobile and lots of distance. In order to raise funds we have decided that a T-shirt you can buy is a good idea.

Vince of Moral Fibre has offered to print the T’s at cost. So now we need a design and factually I know as design goes I am fairly limited in my abilities. I am more tech oriented than design so need some help. The designer that wins will get lots of Kudos and even some exposure.

Look at how much nice stuff I am saying about Vince Hoffman already and I don’t even have a T-Shirt yet

A single vote has no effect whatsoever on the results, It is thus a good idea for ANC supporters not to vote, Your single vote won’t make one little bit of difference. But here is the thing if you don’t vote don’t whine about who is in power,

Don’t stand in the bank queue whinging about the service since “these people” have been in power. Don’t tell me how the country is going to hell in a handbasket if you have not registered to vote. But lets take this a step further, You registered and voted for a party that has no chance of making a difference.

Let me explain this is short sentences. The only reason some parties exist is because it is the only way the party leader will get a job.  You see if they achieve the minimum number of votes required they have a job for the next 5 years.

Voting for no hopers just dilutes the vote that an opposition with teeth would have. I think voting on colour lines is foolish. Lets understand one thing, all politicians are lying scum, some just lie a  little less than others. I am thinking that a vote for the DP or the other mini parties is probably about as good as not voting.

A Vote for the ANC will lead to a South Africa I don’t want to live in.  I like the new party thats name has not yet been registered because  I like the idea that they want to change the system to allow us to vote for our local rep.

That would be bringing the power back to the people and would stop the kind of crap recently seen where the ANC fired and hired local people for being loyal or disloyal to the party.

I am calling on all tweeter to help remove the scourge of the magpie advert. Do not sign up and start sending them. To all that receive these horrible spammy tweets, Unfollow the culprit after a warning.

Its sad that nothing remains inviolate from the spammer community.

I have been staying away from the news, away from Politics and other things guaranteed to upset me. I heard about the convention via headlines, I thought so what another ANC breakaway, Remember the IDP? I did not think it could make a real difference.

Lets face it the IDP is like a flea on a dog, It worries and causes a scratch but generally the dog does what it wants despite the flea. The DA as an opposition is not a problem to the ANC, seriously it’s considered a white party. Our vote for the DA does not mean a lot.

Over the weekend the DA, the IDP, the ACDP and a whole lot of people from other parties including the ANC shared a stage. They spoke with a unified voice. I personally believe that this new party is a step in the right direction. I believe this is the most positive thing to happen in politics in this country in 15 or so years.

The last time I was this positive about anything political was when Nelson Mandela was released, and the time I got to vote for change, the first non racial elections. These to me were defining moments. I think we are now faced with a defining moment.

When this party officially launches, for the first time ever I will join and become a paid up member of a political party. I will campaign for the party and encourage every single person I meet to vote for the Party yet to be named.

Why do I think this party is so important? Lets start with the fact that they want bottom up representation. They want us to vote for our Mayor, for our local MP. They are saying that people that are placed by Party management is not beneficial to democracy. This is one issue that I already believe in.

They want to give the country back to the people. We will elect the person best suited to our own neighbourhood, not some fool that has a drink with the party secretary. If they get nothing else right, this will give us a say in how our town is run.

Face it we cannot do much about central government, Once those bastards are entrenched, they are entrenched. We can however call for the removal of our local councilors if we have the vote. If they are not doing their jobs we can fire their arses if we are voting for them.

Democracy never works like in the current format. We vote for a party and they then choose who gets the jobs. Thats not democracy, It’s an elected Dictatorship. We have an opportunity to throw our voices behind the voice of reason. Remember to register to vote next weekend. It’s important.

I was sitting here quietly minding my own business when there came a knock at the door. My son called me, he said someone for you, they say it’s business.

I loudly proclaimed, What the fuck is wrong with people, don’t they know it’s Sunday. Just leave me alone, while walking to the door. Two well dressed men were on the step. I spied the watchtower and the words just escaped. Just Fuck off, Fuck off now. I thought they were still in my head and was going to say something polite like Fuck right off.

The fear in those faces got me to thinking. How much abuse will someone take for their cult? Seriously my daughter MXit’d her BF and told him to lock the gate, There are brainwashed drones preaching in the area. His response was illuminating. He finds it humorous when his father swears at them so he was going to make sure the gate was open.

Now this brings to my mind that I am not the only person that roundly abuses these tards when they knock on my door. What goes through their minds when they get that abuse. As a salesman I get rejection but abuse is very rare.

I think I need to hire a couple of them as sales people. Because if I got the abuse I got I sure as hell would not knock on the next door. Those cult sales people just moved on to take some abuse from my neighbour. Here is my question to you?

When you spy Watchtower bearing people what is your reaction? Am I just a rude bastard, or are there a large percentage of us abusing these poor folks that are trying to convert you to their cult?

I have stayed out of religious arguments for a while now, but thought I would do something interesting over the next few weeks. I am not going to try and prove the existence or otherwise of God. I after doing some reading have come to the following conclusions about the issue. There is no way of proving or disproving God’s existence. The only people that know for sure are the dead.

Saying that God does not exist takes as much faith as saying He is. Seriously If you don’t think atheism is a belief system you are as deluded as Christians that claim that God speaks to them. I am not talking about the ones that find hidden meaning in bible verses, but those that have real conversations with him.

Religion is a personal issue, Chances are that if you were born in Saudi Arabia you are a Muslim, If you were born in India, you may be Hindi, and if you were born in Israel… you get the point. Very few people change religion in the course of their lives.

I read a book by Andries Theart and have had a good number of conversations with him. The book is called, God’s final call and can be found here. He believes that all these religions are a conduit to God and should not be attacked. He studies Revelations in detail.

Now I am not a firebrand Christian, As many know I have proclaimed myself atheist, but the box is not totally correct. As far as the matter goes I am undecided. Does God exist or doesn’t he. So what I am going to do in the coming weeks is show you the wisdom in the Bible. The basic concepts in the book are good. I don’t know that I would accept it all as being gospel. It is my belief that much of the Bible is allegorical.

You need to understand that at the time most of it was written, people were not very literate and many needed guidance. I am not going to study creation, nor am I going to go through all the begats and so forth. I am going to take a logical look at the bible and do a logical translation without all the thees thous and alleluias.

In effect I am going to show you how the Bible was designed to enrich and make the world a better place. I will not cherry pick verses. You see cherry picking allows you to make stupid statements like “Money is the root of all evil” when the actual verse refers to greed ie : “The love of money”

My next post is going to start with the book of Leviticus which many Christians use to justify their bigotry. I probably will not get into the whole fag issue for a few days but we will discuss the real issues.

This is not original but a rough translation of the post I have referenced at the end.

It has come to the attention of management that some colleagues are using unwanted language in the course of normal conversations with their peers. Due to complaints from members of staff this will no longer be tolerated. The following innovative suggestions for language use come to mind.

I think some more training may be of use to you
rather than You haven’t a fucking clue, do you?

She’s a dynamic worker
rather than she is a ballbusting bitch.

I may be able to work some overtime
rather than And where the fuck am I supposed to find time for this as well?

I don’t believe this is possible
rather than Theres no fucking way.

Really?
rather than Blow it outr your ass.

The problem is on my todo list for attention
rather than Who gives a rats arse?

I was not part of that project team
rather than Not my fucking problem

That’s interesting
rather than What the fuck? You got rocks in your head?

I am not sure implementation is an option
rather than Fuck that, this crap’s never going to work.

I’ll schedule it
rather than Why the fuck didn’t you tell me earlier?

He is not au fait with the facts
rather than, What? That moron has less knowledge than a dead fuckwit.

I beg your pardon?
not fuck you twat.

So, You are dissatisfied with the issue
not, Thats your fucking issue, not mine.

I am a little overloaded, can you find someone else?
not Fuckit, I am not paid enough for the crap.

I don’t think you understand
not Shove it where the sun don’t shine.

I love a challenge
not, What a crap job.

Do you want me to find a solution?
not Who the fuck died and made you god?

He is a little insensitive
not. Is that fuckwit still here?

Thank you for your co-operation
Human resources

Dear Mr. Mbeki,

A warning from Germany: You may have been bugged or framed during President Sarkozys visit to South Africa. I am writing from Frankfurt in Germany where there have been strange East German and French goings-on relating to Fifa 2010 preparations. If you ever have the feeling that you might have been bugged or feel High Frequency influence on you, don’t hesitate to ask me at the eMail above for further information or find out about microwave terror from former MfS, who may enter South Africa under false names, since East Germans are currently stealing identities in Germany in order to be allowed into the CIA, from where they cause nothing but trouble, Kind regards and all the Best to You, Irmgard Kronsbein-Bellchambers Matisseweg 4 60438 Frankfurt Germany.

I don’t want to say anything about the game. You know the whole Sharks vs Bull thing but …

Blue Bull Steak anyone?

This bloke is an ubergeek

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<k2xl> in 1998, i made a C++ program to calculate pi to a billion digits.
<k2xl> i coded it on my laptop (pentium 2 i think) and then ran the program.
<k2xl> the next day i got a new laptop but decided to keep the program running.
<k2xl> it’s been over seven years now since i ran it. and this morning it finished calculating.
<k2xl> the output:
<k2xl> “THE VALUE OF PI TO THE BILLIONTH DIGIT IS = ”
<k2xl> mindblowing eh?
<k2xl> i looked in the code of my program, and i found out that i forgot to output the value :(.
Comment: true story, i fixed the code and am running it again