http://www.Peon25.com random ramblings through life. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:39:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.Peon25.com/2012/01/20/anti-piracy-bills-sopa-pipa-have-been-shelved-for-now/ http://www.Peon25.com/2012/01/20/anti-piracy-bills-sopa-pipa-have-been-shelved-for-now/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:18:09 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=3969 This is a huge victory to everyone who uses the internet, whether it be surfing, blogging, or running your own business. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid postponed a showdown vote in his chamber on the Protect Intellectual Property Act, or PIPA for short, that had been scheduled for January 24th. Lamar Smith, the Republican chairman of [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2012/01/20/anti-piracy-bills-sopa-pipa-have-been-shelved-for-now/feed/ 0 http://www.Peon25.com/2012/01/17/wikipedia-blacks-out/ http://www.Peon25.com/2012/01/17/wikipedia-blacks-out/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:37:47 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=3966 Wikipedia goes black tonight to protest SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (PROTECT IP Act). Both are looking to be passed through Congress to give the government control of what we do on the internet, what websites we access, and who can view that access at any time. The Stop Online Piracy Act, considered the [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2012/01/17/wikipedia-blacks-out/feed/ 1 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/09/21/great-america-home-of-the-san-francisco-49ers/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/09/21/great-america-home-of-the-san-francisco-49ers/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:33:24 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=3449 When I was 15-16, I worked at Great America. It was the year the Drop Zone was put in, and I worked at several games booths directly across from the entryway. We got free rides nearly every morning when we were done setting up the games stuff, before the park opened. Fun times, I tell [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/09/21/great-america-home-of-the-san-francisco-49ers/feed/ 1 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/08/22/happy-go-topless-day/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/08/22/happy-go-topless-day/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:12:49 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2858 With the slogan, “Topless equal rights for all or none,” Gotopless.org is summoned men across America to cover their chests yesterday in the name of equal rights. For the fourth consecutive year, the U.S.-based organization will stage a national Go Topless Day protest to proclaim a woman’s constitutional right to go bare-chested in public. During [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/08/22/happy-go-topless-day/feed/ 2 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/06/27/and-the-carpool-lane-empties-once-again/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/06/27/and-the-carpool-lane-empties-once-again/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:32:47 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2577 Thank goodness, too, because I was getting tired of seeing freeloading drivers in the high-occupancy lane just because they purchased a specific vehicle during a specific time period. You’re no more carpooling than I am, why do I need to sit in horrendous bay area traffic? My largest gripe lies within 3 lane freeways; one lane [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/06/27/and-the-carpool-lane-empties-once-again/feed/ 1 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/06/23/is-the-tsa-going-over-board-with-the-pat-downs/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/06/23/is-the-tsa-going-over-board-with-the-pat-downs/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:45:53 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2530 Former Miss USA Susie Castillo said that she recently posted an emotional video about an airport pat-down she received that she equates with being molested because she believes “there has to be a better way.” “What’s next? How far are we going to let this go? Are rectal exams in our future?” Castillo told TODAY’s [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/06/23/is-the-tsa-going-over-board-with-the-pat-downs/feed/ 2 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/06/23/gas-prices-will-soon-plummet/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/06/23/gas-prices-will-soon-plummet/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:30:55 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2525 President Barack Obama has made it official for the United States – The U.S. is releasing 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of an international effort to make up for disruption in Libya’s oil production, a decision aimed at increasing supply ahead of the nation’s summer driving season. “We’re heading into a [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/06/23/gas-prices-will-soon-plummet/feed/ 1 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/04/catholic-priest-pornography-no-good/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/04/catholic-priest-pornography-no-good/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 00:09:17 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2392 A Canadian Roman Catholic bishop pleaded guilty Wednesday to importing child pornography, prompting the Vatican to say it, too, would impose disciplinary measures. Bishop Raymond Lahey, 70, entered the plea in an Ottawa courtroom, a rare case of high ranking Canadian Church official facing charges over sexual misconduct. The Vatican said Wednesday that with Lahey’s criminal [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/04/catholic-priest-pornography-no-good/feed/ 1 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/02/exxon-sets-record-earnings-while-consumers-suffer/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/02/exxon-sets-record-earnings-while-consumers-suffer/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 00:28:18 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2351 Exxon earned nearly $11 billion in the first quarter, a performance that will likely land it in the center of the national debate over high gasoline prices. Wait, what? Yes, that’s right. The world’s largest publicly traded company on Thursday reported net income of $10.65 billion, or $2.14 per share, in the first three months of the [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/02/exxon-sets-record-earnings-while-consumers-suffer/feed/ 1 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/02/too-hot-to-work/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/02/too-hot-to-work/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 18:15:08 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2334 I first saw  this story from another site. Everything about Debrahlee Lorenzana is hot. Even her name sizzles. At five-foot-six and 125 pounds, with soft eyes and flawless bronze skin, she is J.Lo curves meets Jessica Simpson rack meets Audrey Hepburn elegance, a head-turning beauty. In many ways, the story of her life has been about getting attention from [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/02/too-hot-to-work/feed/ 3 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/02/you-should-have-bought-an-xbox/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/02/you-should-have-bought-an-xbox/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 15:08:32 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2328 The hits just keep coming for Sony.  The maker of the PlayStation Portable and the PlayStation 3 announced last week that hackers broke into its PlayStation Network (PSN) database and stole its 77-million customer database. Sony waited an entire week while investigating the breach before notifying customers.  In the meantime the PSN was down. This week Sony revealed [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/02/you-should-have-bought-an-xbox/feed/ 7 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-1957-2011/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-1957-2011/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 07:14:26 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2326 Reaction to the announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed nearly 10 years after masterminding the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil was strong and swift from American political leaders: Former President George W. Bush stated “A victory for America, for people who seek peace around the world, and for all those who lost [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-1957-2011/feed/ 2 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/28/nfl-injunction-update/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/28/nfl-injunction-update/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:04:40 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2287 The latest NFL Injunction statement is here. This mainly applies to the training at facilities, mini-camps, and other activities that should have been taking place in a normal NFL year at this point. The NFL rookie draft starts tonight and extends for the next 3 days, so the 2011 season is definitely underway. Here we go, as [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/28/nfl-injunction-update/feed/ 0 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/21/and-the-lockout-continues/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/21/and-the-lockout-continues/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:03:29 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2244 Does anyone else think the individual NFL owners are just being greedy little bitches? Seriously. And now we’re going to talk again mid-May. FYI, the NFL draft takes place April 28-30. So we’re drafting rookies who may not even have a chance to play their rookie season. They’ll be on-par with next year’s rookies. Rubbish, [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/21/and-the-lockout-continues/feed/ 2 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/05/the-baby-boomer-generation-and-then/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/05/the-baby-boomer-generation-and-then/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 03:45:22 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2234 I am going to exclude the fact that my mother is already planning this as her retirement job in a few years. But seriously, where does this put my generation, being 25-35 years behind? Baby boomers facing retirement are worried about their finances, and many believe they’ll need to work longer than planned or will never [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/05/the-baby-boomer-generation-and-then/feed/ 1 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/05/the-barry-bonds-saga-continues/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/05/the-barry-bonds-saga-continues/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:11:36 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2225 Barry Bonds – Guilty or Not Guilty, of knowing he was using steroids? When she first considered the matter yesterday, Judge Susan Ilston strongly suggested that the newly-discovered tape recording of Dr. Arthur Ting and Steven Hoskins, allegedly discussing Barry Bonds’ steroids use, would not be admitted. Indeed, she characterized the tape as ”almost entirely [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/05/the-barry-bonds-saga-continues/feed/ 2 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/04/the-governator-returns/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/04/the-governator-returns/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:15:36 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2220 Oh, how we never get enough of Ah-nold! Ex-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his return to movies last week, saying a film version of his much-publicized cartoon project The Governator is in the works. “First will come (The Governator) comic books, then a (cartoon) TV series and after that we will develop the games and then a movie,” [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/04/04/the-governator-returns/feed/ 0 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/03/10/if-you-make-them-play-18-games-theyll-set-the-building-on-fire/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/03/10/if-you-make-them-play-18-games-theyll-set-the-building-on-fire/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:17:54 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2204 So once again we have the NFL and its Player’s Association wasting time with the Collective Bargaining Agreement – basically, we get paid too much money for 10 years of our life, and we want more. Sure. Okay.  Whatever floats your boat, and feel free to raise ticket prices as well, to ensure we all [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/03/10/if-you-make-them-play-18-games-theyll-set-the-building-on-fire/feed/ 1 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/03/08/adios-phone-numbers/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/03/08/adios-phone-numbers/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:01:22 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2199 Apparently we’re having yet another new telephone area code in the San Francisco bay area. Go figure, all of the new cell phone plans outweigh the downward trend of home phone lines and complete lack of pager numbers. Represent the 669…! I can only see numerous sexual innuendos coming out of this. The past four [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/03/08/adios-phone-numbers/feed/ 1 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/02/10/traffic-fines-gone-wild/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/02/10/traffic-fines-gone-wild/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:09:08 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2088 How many of you spot a police officer, of any uniform, and feel a sense of trepidation more than a sense of relief? Let’s say you’re driving on the freeway, at a comfortable 64 miles per hour, and you see a California Highway Patrol officer sitting on the side of the freeway. Engine on. Radar [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/02/10/traffic-fines-gone-wild/feed/ 1 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/02/09/what-is-this-world-coming-to/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/02/09/what-is-this-world-coming-to/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:42:51 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2077 So here I am, sitting in my silly Statistics class, a mathematics course that is substantially lower than any other I have taken in the past fifteen to twenty years. A friend of mine states that this will become more difficult in the end, as I roll my eyes and hope that it does. I [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/02/09/what-is-this-world-coming-to/feed/ 6 http://www.Peon25.com/2011/02/04/the-sad-life-of-albert-haynesworth-continues/ http://www.Peon25.com/2011/02/04/the-sad-life-of-albert-haynesworth-continues/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:48:20 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=2071 Albert Haynesworth will be turning himself into police next week after an arrest warrant has been issues for him. Yesterday in the Washington D.C. area, the over-paid pro bowler put on a little road rage with another driver, and apparently assaulted the driver when the two were at a stop light together. Albert was tail-gating [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2011/02/04/the-sad-life-of-albert-haynesworth-continues/feed/ 0 http://www.Peon25.com/2010/08/16/way-to-go-california-again/ http://www.Peon25.com/2010/08/16/way-to-go-california-again/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:37:18 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=1461 Seriously. Can we stop over-ruling the decision and people of California for once? A federal appeals court in San Francisco has blocked same-sex marriage in California, until it hears broader questions over the constitutionality of such marriages. The brief order from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals set aside a federal judge’s decision August 4 [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2010/08/16/way-to-go-california-again/feed/ 2 http://www.Peon25.com/2010/08/12/human-marriage-rights-restore-next-week/ http://www.Peon25.com/2010/08/12/human-marriage-rights-restore-next-week/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:35:32 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=1453 If you have not heard from earlier, California stated that gay marriage will begin again August 18th. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage last week, ruling that voter-approved Proposition 8 violates the U.S. Constitution. Walker had issued a temporary stay on his decision, which [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2010/08/12/human-marriage-rights-restore-next-week/feed/ 2 http://www.Peon25.com/2010/08/06/bootlegging-lemonade-as-a-7-year-old/ http://www.Peon25.com/2010/08/06/bootlegging-lemonade-as-a-7-year-old/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:00:26 +0000 Jason Zajdel http://www.Peon25.com/?p=1404 When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When health inspectors cite you for it, get famous. Julie Murphy, a 7-year-old Oregonian, set up a lemonade stand on July 29 at an art fair in northeast Portland. County health inspectors shut her down, however, telling Julie and her mother, Maria Fife, that they needed a temporary restaurant [...]]]> http://www.Peon25.com/2010/08/06/bootlegging-lemonade-as-a-7-year-old/feed/ 0