For those who may not know, Frank Trigg is a Mixed Martial-Arts (MMA) fighter. He was fairly relevant in Pride, but hasn't done much, except lose, in the UFC.

I was just watching some Best of Pride on Spike, with Trigg as a commentator.

Two guys are fighting in the ring, and one inadvertently kicks the other in the balls. The fighter who did the kicking immediately stops the action instead of letting the ref stop it. He apologizes and acknowledges his mistake.

Trigg, as the commentator, points out the outstanding sportsmanship displayed, saying something to the effect "because that's what professional fighters do."

Fast forward a couple years to Trigg's second bout vs Matt Hughes. Sometime during the first round, I believe, Trigg kicks Hughes in the balls. Trigg doesn't even hesitate, even though Hughes clearly indicates he was kicked in the balls. The ref didn't see it, so doesn't stop the action. Trigg takes advantage of the low blow and nearly finishes Hughes. But Hughes manages to survive and goes on to beat Trigg for a second time.

So, we can surmise two things from this:

1) Trigg is not an honorable fighter.
2) Trigg is not a professional fighter.

If he disagrees with either of the above, then he is a hypocrite.

So a couple are driving in their SUV on a freeway here outside of Seattle yesterday. A pickup truck was driving in front of them with an unsecured load. Suddenly a pickaxe flies out of the back of the pickup and into the windshield of the SUV. The pickaxe smashes through the windshield and goes right between the couple, not injuring either of them.

When interviewed, the woman in the passenger seat says she thanks god for protecting them.

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Now, if I believed there was a god, I'd say it's more likely he just missed.

But, since I don't believe there is a god or gods, I can only shake my head ruefully at the sheer stupidity of such people who think there is a big sky daddy up there looking out for them, and why a middle-aged couple in a Mercedes SUV deserves his protection more than thousands of people in Haiti, or any other extremely pious country stricken by an "act of god".

Some say Seattle is one of the "smartest" cities in the US. I don't think so.

Apart from "god" hating Haitians, Chileans, Chinese, and cops, "god" apparently hates small children.

I'm talking about the little girl, Nadia, who went missing in Florida for 4 days, and was "miraculously" found yesterday.

Why does "god" hate her? Because he left her to rot in an "alligator-infested swamp" for 4 days, instead of guiding searchers to her within hours of her disappearance.

And apparently "god" did the guiding, because the guy who found her said so. On The Early Show this morning, he told the morons on that show [paraphrasing] "God led me right to her". However, after more questions were asked, he said that the family gave more information of likely places she'd go. When there, he found the only possible place she could have entered the swamp, next to a guard rail along the road, and then he spent 4 HOURS searching for her at that point. Great guidance there, "god".

And what about all the children who go missing who end up dead. Where was "god" then? This is the problem with religious idiots. They only attribute the hits to "god", the rest are forgotten about, even though millions are praying to "god" while the searches for those other children take place. This is the epitome of cognitive dissonance. Actually there's no cognition involved. I'm amazed that these people can dress and feed themselves.

I happened to see a link to this article the other day on the MSN home page, and decided to look at it.

It's a post on the Glamour dating blog Single-Ish. I had trouble finding the article again later, since it was written back in mid-november, and the blog gets a lot of posts. Anyway, I couldn't help but roll on the floor laughing when reading it. So ladies, here's a man's perspective on the situation.

Basically the reasons a man goes MIA are, because he did something wrong. Oh, right. There can't be any other reasons. Silly me.

The two reasons given are: 1. He did something wrong or hurtful… and 2. He suddenly realizes he’s headed toward a relationship…

The author highlights that these are based only on her own experience, sounds like she's got some issues.

Let me give some alternate reasons:

1) He realized what a controlling, psycho, paranoid bitch you really were.

2) He realized your body wasn't nearly as good as advertised.

To point 1 from the article, the author says:

I’ve never met a man who liked facing me and admitting wrongdoing. Neither have my friends. I once explained it to a girl like this: A lot of men are all about pride and dignity. Women are too, but we know we can’t survive that way. We might need to approach a stranger and ask her for a tampon. Men can’t or won’t do that. They would run across the street and buy the tampon themselves. But women are willing to show a little vulnerability, admit we’re empty-handed, apologize, and ask for help.

She sets up a nice straw man and then knocks it down. Nicely done!

There’s a book that really drives home this point about pride/shame/ego/dignity and dudes, and it helped me to really see what can go on inside a boy's pinhead. It’s Larry McMurtry's wonderful and short novel, The Last Picture Show. I read it a long time ago, so chime in if I’ve forgotten something. Anyway (spoiler alert), there’s a boy character who wrongs a woman he has been seeing. She is waiting for him to stop by and explain himself, and she is totally ready to forgive him. They love each other. But he never comes back. He is so ashamed. His pride and his embarrassment of his behavior keeps him away. To a woman, that makes no sense. What a waste of a good relationship! Just say “oops, my bad” and we’ll hug you and forgive you. We’re pretty easy that way. [my emphasis] But men just can’t face you for some reason. Next time this happens, just imagine him asking another dude for a tampon. That’s not gonna happen, either.

So, life is apparently about why men don't like to go buy feminine hygiene products. Who knew??

But the highlighted section is what REALLY gets me. "Just say “oops, my bad” and we’ll hug you and forgive you. We’re pretty easy that way." Ho-lee crap! This couldn't be further from the truth. If a guy fucks up, a woman will NEVER EVER let him forget it. Period. Even if she doesn't verbalize it, it's going to be hanging around in the back of her brain, nagging at her, and she'll take it out on him in other ways.

As to point 2 from the blog entry. If she falsely advertised that she wasn't looking for a relationship, then sure, the guy has the right to bail out when he realizes she lied. Plain and simple.

And some parting advice for women when dealing with men: Don't ask the question you don't really want to hear the answer to. If you ask him if your ass looks big in those jeans, when you KNOW you ass looks big BECAUSE it's big, just don't fucking ask. If he says no, you'll know he's lying and will hold it against him. If he says yes, then you'll be pissed at him for being honest. If you love your man, don't put him in that situation. That's pretty simple, isn't it.

I was walking inside an assisted living facility the other day. There was an elderly woman in a wheelchair who had no legs (amputated, most likely, perhaps diabetes, I don't know). Coming from the opposite direction I was walking was a middle-aged woman and three small children. As they were passing the amputee, one little girl (she might have been 5 years old) said to the middle-aged woman, "That lady doesn't have any legs." To which the middle-aged woman replied, "Well that's the way God made her."

I didn't hear if the little girl said anything more, but I would have loved to hear her say, "Why is God such a bastard?" because that would be what I would have asked. Why didn't the woman just say nothing, or "Well that happens sometimes." instead of filling a child's head with nonsense, and wondering what the lady did to piss off god.

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Three mountain climbers on Mt Hood were missing for several days here recently. The body of one was found, the other two were not found after 5 days of searching, then the weather forced the search and rescue teams to stop their searches.

The mother of the one who's body was found was on television afterwards, talking about her son to the rescuers, apparently trying to cheer on the search parties. She said things like "Luke loved to hike, he loved the outdoors, and he loved Jesus."

Well, apparently Jesus hated him, having skipped him off the side of Mt Hood like a flat stone on a pond.