Jim's Guts

I am aware…

There's a new meme floating around the internets and as with the "series of tubes" and "my staff sent me an internet", you're most likely going to hear me and others say it so I thought some explanation might be in order. The phrase is "I am aware of all internet traditions", which if it were true then the writer had to know this was going to grow legs… Anyway, here is a good reference on the genesis of the phrase (I first saw it on John Cole's Balloon Juice) and here you can find any number of LOL Cats about it.

All your internet traditions are belong to us…

Star Command…

The new TV ads that the Zoomies are running about their new "Star Command", um excuse me, sorry, "Space Command" are disturbing on MANY levels, not the least of which is that it is so incredibly wrong. There's a great rundown of the commercial over at Wired's Danger Room, where you can also see the ad (there's no way in hell I'm putting it on my site).

John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, nails it, "I am at a loss to understand the statutory authority under which the US Air Force can spend my money in propagandizing to me that they are doing a great job of spending my money. This advertising initiative is without precedent, and if it is not illegal it should be."