Jon Heder's Tragic Death

I found some more articles about Jon Heder not being dead.

Cleveland.com
Snopes.com
NinjaPirate.com
The last one is fake but funny. The whole site is funny in a mildly offensive sort of way.

Killing People Is Consuming Me

I have gotten quite a few contracts to kill people recently. I have been trying to do it with as much stealth as possible so that I don’t have to kill a lot of other people. Witnesses are a pain. It is pretty stressful. It is consuming me. I think about it day and night. I can’t get away from it. When I am not killing people I am thinking about the best way to do it without getting caught, or different ways that I could accomplish it, or different weapons that I could use. I didn’t realize that it would be so stressful. I am, of course talking about a great video game called Hitman: Contracts. You should check it out so you can be a hitman like me.

A Star is Born

I am going to be a dad soon. I never thought that this day would come. Spiz is due August 25. This will be a great opportunity for me to start living vicariously through my children. I can't wait. It doesn't even seem real yet. It seems so weird to think that this little thing growing inside of my wife is part me. There will be a little Ben or a little Kim running around in no time, then before you know it we will have a family band. Here is Spiz's first picture.

Napoleon Dynamite Dead in a Car Accident?

Recently just about everyone that happens across this blog ends up here because they think that Jon Heder died in a car accident. It just so happens that a combination of my posts puts me high on the search findings. I thought that I would try and do everyone a favor and see what I can find out. I have spent a few hours doing research and I cannot find anything to substantiate these rumors. I believe that he is alive and well. I think that if it were more than a rumor then there would be more information out there. I found some photos of him at the Sundance Film Festival and he was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 2. If I find out anything more my readers will be the first to know.

Social Security and You

Following are two quotes that I found concerning Social Security reform.

"Most of us have no problem with taking a small amount of the Social Security proceeds and putting it into the private sector."[1]

"[By] 2013, payroll taxes will no longer be sufficient to cover monthly payments. And by 2032, the trust fund will be exhausted, and Social Security will be unable to pay out the full benefits older Americans have been promised... I propose that we... [invest] a small portion in the private sector just as any private or state government pension would do. This will earn a higher return and keep Social Security sound for 55 years."[1]

Judging by today's political climate you might think that these quotes came from Republicans. You would be wrong. Both of these quotes were made in 1999. The first was Senator Harry Reid, current Senate Minority Leader. The other was made by Preisdent Clinton during his 1999 state of the union address. This brings an important question to my mind. Has the Social Security situation changed so much over the last six years that it no longer needs reform? My understanding is that it continues to get worse. My opinion on the matter is that if I know something is going to go bad, then I am going to do what I need to to correct it, no matter how long I might have until a catastrophic failure. I wonder if Democrats are getting so desperate that they have to change their views on issues just to disagree with President Bush.

[1] Babson Free Press

The kipper

That is how I like to refer to him. My wife told me that Aaron Ruell doesn't look anything like his character, Kip, in Napoleon Dynamite. I wanted to find out for myself so I went looking for pictures of him. I found some at the Internet Movie Database. He looks like he listens to emo. I also heard that he presented a short film at the Sundance Film Festival this year. It turns out that the movie is called Everything's Gone Green. I'll let you know if I can get my hands on it.