Bill Nye's new "show"

So I have been attempting to get through "Bill Nye Saves The World" and it's been really tough.  I mean more tough than I thought it would be since I actually had a decent amount of respect for Bill Nye... Yes, I said "had" because I watched this giant bag of purposely crippled puppies.    Bill Nye proves even through the title that he may be a bit narcissistic, if he thought his grandiose title would intrigue people into watching and changing their minds, he should use other tactics!  

"What's so bad?" I can hear someone asking.   Well, he starts off with the most polarizing topic he froths at the mouth over which is climate change.   His entire show was 97% of scientists blah blah blah, so that episode was a giant appeal to authority fallacy when it comes from arguments.   Now I knew I would disagree with him on a lot of stuff in that episode because I am a rational human being who has looked at the data, and agree that humans are likely contributing to warming trends, but in no way have I seen any evidence that it's going to end the world.  In fact, I have seen evidence that would say attempting to "fix" the "problem" would kill more people than not trying to fix it.   Fixing it, requires increasing the price of energy, and in a world where energy plays a big role in economic prosperity, I would say increasing the cost of energy would significantly increase poverty.

He proceeds to cover every topic that Penn and Teller already covered in "Bullshit" but does so in way much more palatable to progressive liberals.   Yes, on his show, the words "social contract" do come up and not the way Locke described it, but in a manner suggesting that people must give all their freedom up to government authority in order to achieve safety.

In his vaccines episode he correlated seat belt laws with pushing for legislation to force people to be vaccinated.   Here's the problem... I feel like seat belts do a great job in saving lives, but I think legislation for them is a violation of personal liberty.   If you get in an accident, you are extraordinarily unlikely to harm anyone else, it is therefore a personal choice and not able to be legislated while still claiming to defend liberty.   Not getting vaccinated can cause harm to someone else, which means that it is something that could be legislated.  The issue I have is he used a terrible argument that he assumed everyone agreed with to push a separate argument that was not similar at all.   He does it over and over again throughout different episodes.

I had terribly high opinions of Alton Brown, and Wil Wheaton, but after seeing them on this show... I just don't know anymore.   It's like the cringey nature of the show has somehow made me see the world through shit colored goggles.

That along with the "sex junk" video portion makes a lot of these episodes extremely cringeworthy.  Great example: most cringey quote of the show: " I used to be a kid's show host, not anymore bitches."

Dinner Finished

Well, I think I did pretty well.   It tasted good, and looked good!  If I keep up on having that much broccoli this diet will for sure work!  That's about 425 calories worth of Steak, and 100 calories worth of Broccoli.   Good sized dinner.   I would say the best thing about it is that the kitten would not leave it alone.   I know, my cat ate a cat food that was Friskies "Whitefish and Sardines in Sauce" flavored.. but I like to think that he really begs for things that are legitimately good.   There might not be any evidence to support that, but it makes me feel good, so I'll run with it.

Seriously, he wanted it really really bad!   I gave him a bit of the meat, it's good for him!   He thanked me by immediately after dinner going to his bed to ignore me.   Such a loving pet!  <3 p="">
Yes, there's beer there, but if I limit it to 1 pint a day, I believe it's actually healthy and good for you.   Some other sources agree with my idea!  So I will continue the habit, and attempt not to exceed that "healthy" amount.   Yeah, there are a lot of weekends where I probably won't limit it... but I should!

Other news, my doctor's blood pressure cuff was misplaced and therefore I didn't get it.   It was 150/110... which they are worried about.    Pulse pressure was 40 though, so I'm not worried... Besides, I have a cat!  And they claim that lowers your risk of heart disease by 33%!   Plus, I drink a glass of water before bed, so they say that reduces risk by 50%.   I'm working on near zero risk according to those things.. hell, I must be damn near immortal!   You can rub this post in my face if I die.

It's been forever but I'd like to write again!

Yeah yeah, I know... I hit it hard in 2004, and then dropped off the face of the earth.   Too much has changed, and a lot of political stuff went through my head and started to cloud what was important, which is who I am.   I'm not an ideology, or a style, or something that can be fit in a neat container.   So I will continue rambling on about random stuff, and I promise to attempt to keep the political divisive crap away!   So we'll be spending the next couple weeks just catching up, okay blog?   You and me, serious bonding time.   Got it?  

I'm currently on my 58th attempt at a diet, so I'm making steak and broccoli, which is surprisingly good for you.  I did not realize this, but Broccoli has more Vitamin C per gram than Oranges!   Did you know that?   I didn't know that until today!   It was an amazing discovery.   I also confirmed what I long suspected... the vegetables I hate the most, like Asparagus, and Brussels Sprouts... have the least nutritive value!   Yeah, I'm totally vindicated... Oh yeah, and Potatoes... are awesome for you as long as you don't slice them up and fry them.    So we're trying the thing where I eat what's good for me... avoid or extremely limit things that are bad for me, and tell the world to stop trying to tell me what's good and bad because I've noticed something world... none of you agree with each other.    As we learned from Mark Haub, losing weight and getting healthier can be done eating only Twinkies, nutty bars, and Powdered Donuts, so stuff it health advisers!  So my kitten says I can eat anything I want!  How's that for permission?  Beer is healthy too... I'll keep myself posted on how this diet goes.

As for that, I'm off to finish cooking dinner.   Keep you posted on the progress of said diet stuff and the future of everything.   I'm really just going to be introspective here so I can later either call myself awesome, or a dumbass.