Capitalism Marches On

Capitalism Marches On

Even though Christmas is over and the mighty god of consumerism has reached its climatic peak, doesn't mean that capitalism is at all ready to rest. Just look at a Danish law that was passed to make capitalizing on ad revenue so much easier for parents.
Making it so that naming laws now allow for company and product names for Children.

Over the course of a 80-year-long life a name will be uttered roughly 600,000 times. An estimate by the media agency IUM, experts in the field of advertising and product placement, shows that that gives it an advertising value of roughly $17,500 for the product or company. A name-change costs $85, so you could potentially make a good deal if a company is willing to sponsor you or your child as a living billboard.

Well, fucking hell. I just... wow. Well, Somebody actually typed those words and it's utterly amazing. I guess it's just a matter that in America we already have people who name their kids shit like ESPN so ha, fucking hell. I guess they're just looking to catch up to the rest of us. USA! USA! We don't just do it, we lead the way to it!


But hey, that's what we get for living in a world run by capitalism. One where even the NASA program is looking for a roomie to crash on their couch. 

ORLANDO, Fla. — Does anyone need a 15,000-foot landing strip? How about a place to assemble rocket ships? Or a parachute-packing plant? A launchpad?

Make us an offer, says NASA, which is quietly holding a going-out-of-business sale for the facilities used by its space shuttle program.

The last shuttle flight was in July 2011, when Atlantis made its final touchdown. That orbiter, like its sisters Discovery and Endeavour, is now a museum piece. As soon as some remaining cleanup is finished at Kennedy Space Center, the shuttle program will be history.

That has prompted NASA to advertise a long list of space center facilities and equipment available for use, lease or, in some cases, purchase by the right business.

The process is mostly secret because NASA has agreed to let bidders make their proposals out of the view of competitors and the public. NASA has at times published official notices seeking proposals and spelled out that they should be space-related, although the agency will consider alternative uses.

But information about who wants to do what may not be revealed until agency officials select finalists.

 So let's get this straight. NASA is selling all of its expensive and unique space shuttle facilities because its funding runs out for them at the end of the year. And since it's Florida, they won't last very long without someone taking them over. But hey, of course the negotiations are super secret.

So we have a motivated seller and absolutely no oversight. No way this will be used to take advantage of taxpayers, riiiiiiight?

Beer Education

Beer Education 

So it strikes me that we're in a new year, perhaps it's time to educate you on the wonderful world of beer. I don't mean that Natty Ice stuff. I mean the real stuff. So here you go. Watch and enjoy;



Now it's time for a drink, I would say.

Star Gazing

Star Gazing

For 2013 I think it's a nice thought to try to make goals. One of those for this year would probably be to see the aurora borealis sometime. It's one of those things that I want to do before I die. You know, that sort of bucket list. Then again, perhaps space travel will become commercially viable in my lifetime I suppose watching it from space would be a whole lot cooler.

In any case, let's focus on the present. And perhaps let's focus on the night sky for just a moment. Because really, it's one of the coolest things around. Living in the city means that it's not very common to be able to see any sort of stars. Not unless I manage to find my way 40 minutes out of the heavily lived in parts of the city.

But I remember one night when I was driving through Texas and it was completely dark and empty. I mean, completely empty. Not another car for minutes for miles around you. That in itself is a bit scary. The complete darkness of it all. I just sat there on the car and stared at the night sky and how utterly amazing it was. Especially since it made me feel like my problems, my lot in life was so small and insignificant.

It felt amazing. Thus reinforcing that the night sky.. it's so fucking cool.

Fuck It, Let's Blow Up The White House

Fuck It, Let's Blow Up The White House

It's only been a couple of days since the White House got a brand new 4 year lease to the Obama family and here we are about to face a year that has not one major incident, but two at the white house. I speak of course about the film industries desire to personify the right wing wacko's wild fantasy of blowing up the god damn White House.



Before I go into dopplegangers, I need to ask - What the fuck point was it to show the President's car crash and the death of the first lady(?) in that trailer? I mean, it seemed to have no baring on the rest of the trailer where the Chinese seem to take control of the White House


And while having a death from above bomber take out most of Washington is neat to look at, I have to wonder what's the point. Why not just get some predator drones to come in and level the place? In any case, I'm also wondering why even bother going to see this film when the trailer seems to show you everything impressive or enjoyable about it all in that two minute sum up.


Apparently this movie premise of taking over the White House isn't something that they felt the need to space out. Look at this other, completely unrelated film's premise is in the film WHITE HOUSE DOWN

White House Down is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The film will be released on June 28, 2013

When a paramilitary group led by Stenz (Jason Clarke) take over the White House, John Cale (Channing Tatum) a Secret Service agent, must rescue the President of the United States James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx)

I.... seriously? I mean, are you fucking kidding me? How could the market support TWO films with the same basic outline that it is almost parody of itself. Like, did they just try to see who could make it to the theaters first, or something?

I'm just glad that there's far more comic book films coming in 2013 so that I can overlook all these god awful films about blowing up the White House. I mean, it's not like they'd actually shoot down a commercial airliner before one would get anywhere near the White House. Not like they haven't done so already twelve years ago or anything...

The Worst New Years Event Possible

The Worst New Years Event Possible


It's not like KDOC is even has a chance of getting an audience. So me promoting them in this fashion is not really that helpful. But let's talk about New Years Eve... Okay, yeah. I realize this topic is fairly dated a whole 23 days later from when the year lost that new car smell, but here I am going to highlight what had to be the worst production value and executed New Years event in the history of... well, ever.

It's so bad that I can honestly say that the public access broadcast I worked on in the early 00's would have put it to shame. And here it is in all its glory.

Life is Stranger Than Fiction

Life is Stranger Than Fiction

This is the city of Angels and it's one hell of a place for a writer. Mainly because reality is often far more stranger than whatever stories you could make up.

Just look at this video and you tell me the likelihood of this ever happening most any place else?



Front row center to the police chase you're watching. Now that's pretty damn unique.

Why 2013 Will Blow You Away

Why 2013 Will Blow You Away

While it may not be some Mayan doomsday prediction, but here's one reason why 2013 will be one hell of an amazing year. For starters, in November-early December of this year, you can check this out...

that's kinda like what's going to be in the sky during that time of year i mentioned. probably. some people at kislovodsk observatory in russia were spying around looking for cool new hunks of ice hurtling in from the oort cloud, and found a new comet they're calling C/2012 S1, but that's not very catchy or memorable so another name for it is Ison. these things are kinda hard to predict accurately, but it's got a decent shot at being brighter than a full moon, and possibly the most visible naked eye astronomical event in the last 100 years. this could be really fucking cool. comparisons are already being drawn to the great comet of 1680, a comet with a tail that spanned an estimated thirty million miles. neat comet thing of note: the tail of a comet is not indicative of what direction it's traveling in. the tail always trails out behind the comet opposite the direction of the sun, as it's composed of material from the comet being heated by the sun, sublimating / outgassing away from its surface, and being blown away by the solar wind.