The Bad, The Funny, The News

Earthquake

2009-03-30T11:53:00.000-07:00

As I was sitting in my room, watching TV, suddenly I hear a rumble. At first I thought someone broke down my front door, but then, my drawer started shaking, my lamp wobbled, and my window creaked. I jumped from my desk chair, ready for action, prepared to dive under my desk or go hide in the bathroom.

Alright! It's an earthquake.

The 4.6 earthquake happened around 10:40, but as far as I can tell, damage is minimal, if any, in Santa Clara. Really, it was WEAK.

I wonder what a 7.0 earthquake is like.....

Lights Survive Earth Hour

2009-03-28T22:33:00.001-07:00

Well, as everyone knows, today is Earth Day, and ever since a couple years ago, Earth Hour is today as well.

Supposedly every major city (or participating cities) are supposed to turn off their lights for an hour to set an example to the rest of the world and save energy.

Well, expecting a pitch dark city at 9:00 p.m. tonight, I waited and waited, only to see the noxious yellow glow in the sky remain in my neighborhood in Santa Clara. My family had some friends over and we ate dinner earlier at Milbrae around 8:30 as well, and even there the buzz of street lamps filled the air.

Agh, the lights.... dizzy

Without the light pollution, tonight one might have been able to see stars in the sky. But since Santa Clara apparently is not green, it chose to waste that energy, no participation.

I guess I would understand though, Santa Clara is not exactly the safest place, I think I actually saw a gang gather in the park, and there are some retarded gangster wannabes that swear and drink sometimes near my house at midnight. Not only that, I hear gunshots in the distance sometimes and motorcycles racing. Exciting. I guess a riot would start and people would start stealing everything. Even then though, it would be kinda fun.

In the end I describe this day in one word: DISSAPOINTMENT

The Smart Teeth

2009-03-27T22:03:00.000-07:00

I felt compelled to find an article about wisdom teeth since I am having mine yanked out next Tuesday.

(photo credit to http://www.extremefunnyhumor.com/pics/doggy_dentures.jpg)

An article from the dailygleaner.com reports on the ongoing debate of whether or not to pull out those third molars.

Apparently, two thirds of all wisdom teeth pulled are unnecessarily done, and is a waste of money, becoming just a routine surgery and paycheck for oral surgeons.

After a convention on the topic, the consensus was that if wisdom teeth caused direct problems, then they should be pulled out (hm... took a convention to figure that one out?).

Well, in my case, I have not really thought much about the surgery, in fact, I should probably mull over the concept a little more before I have my gums cut open. The surgery is safe, harmless, but still, having something removed from your body feels weird, feels wrong. I cannot imagine how cancer patients and organ transplant patients must feel having things cut out from themselves. One can never feel whole. These four teeth, however useless, feel like a part of me, and I guess somewhere, somehow I feel like I will lose a part of myself with it.

This kind of screws up my spring break. It takes about a week to recover from the cutting and the sawing and the pulling and the stitching and the bleeding and the pain. That, and taking 800 mg of ibuprofen a day (hooray). I wonder I if my bike counts as machinery, I really do not want to end up stuck in my house all week because of some painkillers.

Anyway, expect to see a different person two Mondays from now, expect to see a person that was hopped up on pain killers for a week, expect to see a person missing something, expect a person with 28 teeth (maybe less than you).

Pizzeria on the Go

2009-03-26T18:32:00.000-07:00

Is tomato sauce your ambrosia? Do you love melted cheese? Does the crunch of warm crust stimulate your sense? Is "Pizza your Heart?" (get it?)

Well if your tongue relishes the baked Italian pie, here is a new vendor on the market selling it, according to an article on Reuters.com.

(photo credit to wallstreetfighter.com at http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/2841485614_45ffe7d8e7.jpg)

Computer controlled, at a cheap price (4 euros a pizza), and open 24/7, the new Italian insipred pizza vending machine by company Let's Pizza has been released to the public, planning to take its place among the preexisting, intimidating, fast food chains.

However, the pizza machine is much cheaper and faster than any pizzeria, serving up a pizza in under 3 minutes.

Amazingly enough, the computer tells the machine, upon order, to mix the dough, add the sauce, cheese, and toppings, and bake.

However, American company Wonder Pizza also has a similar machine that has been around for a while, being able to cook pizzas even faster, though I am not sure how they compare in quality.

In any case, after a week of searching, I finally found an interesting story about pizza.

According to the creators, it is supposed to be great for the recession, cheaper, faster food.

But at the same time, it comes into competition with pizzerias and food chains everywhere, and since no manual labor is needed, this means lay offs, firings, and overall, less jobs.

I doubt the quality would be that great either, pizza experts criticized it as well (though I can only be sure if I can get my hands on one of these vending machines myself).

Even if the quality is questionable, don't you want one too? With one at school, or one in my room, pizza would be a no brainer. I could make it whenever I want, however I want, and I would only have to push a few buttons.

Actually, we should all invest in one for Mr. Daren's room, it would solve the problem of food for Winged Post and Talon, and it would not be messy, and it would be cheap, and it would be HELLA SICK.

-Anyway, I'm gonna go eat some pizza-

Berries Grow Sweet on Taste Buds

2009-03-25T19:08:00.000-07:00

Do not be mislead. The title does not mean berries are being grown on tongues, or that they are sweeter if grown there either.

Rather, it is about, well, a berry that makes things sweet.

(Photo credit to http://buzznext.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html)

I saw an article about the "Miracle Fruit" on CNN.com about it, but really, it has been around for a long time (i am pretty sure I saw a report about it about a year ago)

The berry does not taste like anything actually, more like a bland jelly bean. But after eating one, everything, and anything, will taste sweet, for a limited time of 15-30 minutes.

The people who produce these berries could potentially make billions of dollars.

Why? Well, the people who diet, have rotting teeth, or have diabetes can still please that sweet tooth. Just chew a berry and eat something, it would taste just as good as chocolate cake.

At the same time, if dared to drink a bloody mary in a truth or dare contest (i think the concoction is composed of vinegar, salt, pepper, hot sauce, soy sauce, mustard, ketchup, wasabi, and anything else you can think or find, mixed together in water of course), no problem. Just eat a berry and, its a miracle, ur tongue isn't burned off when you drink it. Of course, ur throat, nose, nose hairs, stomach, intestines, and liver will feel the pain.

So go out, get some berries, this could get pretty interesting.

Forget the Apes, Here are the Dragons

2009-03-24T19:56:00.000-07:00

Yup, the animals are revolting again.

Rather than our more related species, the ape, lizards are the new leaders of the revolt to get back at humans.

According to an article on CNN.com, "Muhamad Anwar, 32, bled to death on his way to hospital after being mauled by the reptiles at Loh Sriaya, in eastern Indonesia's Komodo National Park, the park's general manager Fransiskus Harum told CNN."

Anwar was supposedly looking for sugar apples when he was attacked, later bleeding to death.

(photo credit to Asian Keng of asiankeng.blogspot.com)

Hmm... sugar apples... sure look tasty. Isn't that worth risking your life to go hunting for?

You wind up dead, but hey, at least u got some rough, juicy looking fruit (no really, they look dry as hell)

Not only that, the park was forbidden to outsiders since many dragons inhabited the area.

How stupid is that? And who would have thought: komodo dragon territory, many komodo dragons,

person invades komodo dragon territory, person gets mauled, person bleeds to death, person stupid.

Well, I give my props to this guy. I'm sorry that he died, but still, not the smartest thing in the world to do.

Burgers mean Death

2009-03-23T19:47:00.000-07:00

My life is maintained by one thing: to eat.

It is what I have always done, what I always will do.

I am not a big fan of vegetables, in fact I probably eat way less than I should (I make up for the fiber through eating around 6 bowls of raisin bran a day, it actually tastes like cookies).

Number one on my list of foods is meat. Burgeres, steak, rack of lamb, it's all good. I could eat the stuff until I get sick.

But well, all tasty things have an unhealthy factor. MSG for one, makes everything tasty, from cup of noodles to that chinese take out.

Everyone already knows that eating a lot of red meat is unhealthy, and this article on a recent study backs this claim up. That little ground beef patty in those white grain buns is just another way to say heart failure.

"The study of more than 500,000 middle-age and elderly Americans found that those who consumed the equivalent of about a small hamburger every day were more than 30 percent more likely to die in the following 10 years, mostly from heart disease and cancer. Processed meats also increased the risk."

Us Americans, with our McDonalds and Burger Kings, really we are just killing ourselves, in a tasty way.

I guess if I want to live a longer life, I might have to change my eating habits.

Still, even with the lifestyle update, I can still enjoy fish and chicken, and hey there's even duck.

Dripping with fat, duck might be even worse than that medium rare filet mignon.

I guess the best thing to eat as a replacment that is still healthy and nutritious is... sushi.

Internet Revolt.... of Swearing

2009-03-19T19:49:00.000-07:00

WARNING GRAPHIC SPEECH, though its a serious issue... and a tiny bit disturbing (If you are chinese, do not play this loud when your parents are around.... you might get pulverized even though its a legit story from CNN because there's some serious swearing in mandarin that I have never heard before.... ever.... until now)

I will not actually link to the music video itself, but if you are really so keen on listening to Chinese swearing, go to youtube and search it up for yourself.

It would be better if you did not read this, but I just have to post about it... it is just too... interesting... since I am chinese

This story has taught me many things.

Today, I learned how seriously people living in China feel about their limitations on human rights.

So basically, the citizens of China have started a revolt for freedom of speech over the internet. Nothing wrong with that, just basic human rights. Being an American citizen, I am unable to comprehend not having the right to say whatever I want (though there are some limitations, but still). I cannot understand the oppression that such restrictions might present to a populace. I cannot understand how this might provoke rash and questionable actions, how it must feel not to be able to question authority figures, not be able to have a say about the government, their future.

Some people have released a chinese rap video titled "grass mud horse" as a slap in the face to the chinese government. The creators have even created merchandise to promote the video and discredit the government further. It basically puts a play on words in the form of chinese puns.

In any case, my incredulity was through the roof when I watched the video. Sure, the American media pokes fun at the english translation of the chinese f-word phrase, it is ok for us to put this in place of the f-word since it is not swearing in English. But in Chinese, this is THE taboo phrase. A Chinese person never, ever says this, unless he or she is a rascal (I did not know how else to put this, since the Chinese to English translation has rascal as the closest in meaning). In China, being a rascal is a horrible title, it means one is unbelievably uneducated, bad mannered, and unworthy of society.

Having grown up in the USA, bilingual (mandarin and english, still learning spanish), I have a good command of both mandarin and english. Of course, at about middle school age, I learned almost all the swear words in the english dictionary. It is not that I seeked to do so, but it just happens with school life. I also know swear words in mandarin... but I never learned the chinese version of the f-word... until today.

In Chinese, saying a "yo momma" joke is a serious insult. The Chinese culture is just too different than the more liberal American multiculture. Swearing to an elder person, to anyone, may be grounds for a serious brawl to start for honor. Maybe that is why a chinese stereotype is the "family honor" comment.

Promoting swearing is not the way to go. In an argument, the person who starts swearing first is probably the more uncultured, is probably the smaller person. Sure the video sends a message, but at what cost?

Swearing just demeans the cause, it is not a respectable thing to do, though I can understand how people in China are at their witts end debating the government.

What is funny about all this is that I finally understand what some of my classmates have been saying in Chinese. They somehow found out about this swear word before I did, and they do not even know how to speak mandarin.

My question is, where did they learn it?

In the end, this just goes to show how taboo these words are, and for China to become a more capitalistic state, it needs to reform its human rights.

LOOK, IN THE SKY

2009-03-18T19:57:00.000-07:00

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it Superman?

Nope, more like a car.

On this very slow news day, an article on cnet.com reports about the Terrafugia Transition, the world's first flying car, spread its wings and flew to the skies for the first time.

Resembling something like a mini jet plane, the Transition sports foldable wings and an engine that lets it go up to 115 mph in the air.

Finally, a way to beat highway traffic. Car crash? No problem, with this car I can just unfold my wings, rev up the engine, and fly over everyone, laughing.

It'd be pretty cool to just be able to go up into the air without the hassle of an airport and enjoy the view.

However, I doubt this land-air hybrid has very good fuel economy, also only able to seat two people.

As a car, i doubt it would survive test crashes, and i doubt air traffic control would allow this vehicle to take the streets. People just flying into the air, potentially millions of blinking dots to monitor on their screens.

Plus, no mention of seatbelts? This thing is going to need a serious redesigning if it wants to pass safety tests of any kind.

A good idea, but keep trying Terrafugia (latin meaning "escape from land").

Can you say DinoBirdSquirrelsaur?

2009-03-17T19:24:00.000-07:00

Roaming the Earth millions of years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Their king? The Tyrannosaurus Rex, a vicious, massive lizard with a brain the size of a walnut.

Well surprise surprise, according to CNN.com, Canadian scientists have found the smallest dinosaur that roamed North America, the Hesperonychus Elizabethae.

Running on two legs with sickle claws and dagger teeth, the artist's renditions of the dinosaur portayed something along the lines of a cross between squirrel, goose, penguin, and dinosaur.

Complete with bushy tail, duck beaked head, two legs, and beady little eyes, these chicken like animals coudl be dangerous predators.

Small as it was, the dinosaur also preyed on the weak, the scientists assumed its diet consisted of insects, smaller animals, and... interestingly enough... baby dinosaurs.

I wonder if these things are edible, have roasted birdsquirreldinosaur for lunch. Looking something like a partridge.

But I will refrain from going back in time and hunting one down, since they are probably more dangerous than they appear

Incinerate the Bugs

2009-03-16T19:26:00.000-07:00

With spring just around the corner, billions of insects, complete with antenna, legs, and stingers, are waking from their frosty winter slumber to torment unlucky passerbys in the afternoon sun.

And along with the birds and the bees, mosquitos too are taking to the skies. Infernal buzzing blood suckers, parasites by the millions, spreading disease and itchy swollen bumps in their wake.

But, according to an article on CNN.com, in spite of the seemingly infinite population of the mosquitos, scientists have developed the weapon of their demise.

Developed like the Star Wars (the Strategic Defense Initiative during the Cold War) anti-missile program, the scientists developed a laser to effectively locate and cremate millions mosquitos on the spot.

Surprisingly enough, Bill Gates himself, the number one billionaire in the world, originally funded this project.

Not only will summers be more bearable, but the spread of malaria will be prevented as well (mosquitos being the number one carriers).

However, this new technology is basically promoting the mass genocide of the insect population, and I do not doubt that environmentalists will soon be yelling in protest against its eventual release to the public.

I am thinking this lock and zap laser could also eventually be used to combat alien terrorists, if they ever try to annihilate the Earth (assuming their technology cannot repel high frequency light beams).

Until its release however, we can dream of frying mosquitos in the summer sun.

The Tears of Chuck Norris

2009-03-15T18:04:00.000-07:00

According to an article on Reuters.com, Chuck Norris has finally had enough.

The Texas Ranger sued publisher Penguin and www.truthaboutchuck.com for basically, publishing libel about his person.

Everyone knows the "Chuck Norris does not sleep, he waits," and the other imaginary facts about him on the internet.

But, since he finally snapped, there may be no more poking fun at the martial art movie star.

Apparently, the mythical fact about Chuck Norris' tears curing cancer was the last straw; Chuck Norris does not cry, he sues.

The PS3: a Tool for Pedophiles

2009-03-14T20:14:00.000-07:00

These days, anything can be used for porn; pc's, macbooks, iPhones, iPods, and now, even the PS3.

Now this is not just any porn, this stuff is child porn: that stuff pedophiles like to look at while sipping iced tea in their livingrooms. And of course, there is the illegal factor.

It really is unnerving knowing there are child predators out there, sometimes in trenchcoats, wearing walrus mustaches, or sporting those special glasses.

But now, one pervert has taken his obsession to the next level on his PS3.

According to an article on news.cnet.com, Anthony Scott O'Shea, age 24 of Kentucky, contacted an 11-year-old Texan girl over the game WarHawk for PS3 and managed to persuade her to send nude photographs and "perform via a webcam" for him.

Eventually, the girl told her parents and O'Shea was arrested and charged for "promoting child pornography, online solicitation of a minor, and sexual performance of a child."

Now there are many things wrong with this picture.

First, why would an 11 year old girl play WarHawk, a PG-13 game with militaristic violence, in the first place? Why would her parents buy this game for her in the first place?

Second, common sense anyone?

Internet predators are sick people, they should be avoided, and at first sign a person on the internet is a predator, they should be blocked.

What does that say about the girl? She was somehow convinced to doing these things and continued to do so probably knowing, deep down, that something was wrong. Is her libido in overdrive or something? Did she want so much attention?

Third, the man from Kentucky was an idiot. I mean come on, child pornography? Find a better hobby fool. What is his prize for this? He got SCREWED (as in, many many years in jail).

The funniest part is that since O'Shea was in another state, he is faced with extradition.

Fourth, PS3? Seriously? Its a game console, not a kiddy porn hookup.

So the next time you play that game on the PS3, or blog and have an anonymous creepy old person comment on your blog, be wary, because those people just might be out to get you.

Vampire for Your Thoughts

2009-03-13T08:15:00.000-07:00

I VWANT TO SWUCK YOUR BWOOD!

After reading this article on Reuters.com, I now know the truth behind the monster known as Dracula.

Apparently, the blood sucking lunatics made an appearance during the Black Death in the Middle Ages.

The report comes after the discovery of an "actual" vampire in a grave in Venice.

No blood for you!

Excavators unearthed the skull of a female resident of the city with a brick in her mouth believed to be a vampire. But what made a person a vampire?

Well, back in the day (1500's), plague victims, buried in massive graves, would be uninterred by grave diggers to reveal "bodies bloated by gas, with hair still growing, and blood seeping from their mouths and believe them to be still alive."

Freaked out by the sight, these grave robbers spread their stories.

GRAAAAH!

The sharp fangs of the vampire are explained by the decaying teeth of the corpse, revealed by bacteria from the mouth which eats away the death shroud used to cover the face.

In this way, the vampire obtained the name "shroud eater," and the walking undead with an urge to eat the living to remain in some sort of existence.

But, the original method to kill a vampire was not what we accept as a stake and garlic, but to shove something unedible, e.g. the brick, into the vampire's mouth.

This myth about the blood suckers seems to make vampires appear more like zombies rather than the superhero like, bat-changing, forever young, glamorized, pale skinned version we see today, ex. Twilight.

But really, those gravediggers must not have been very smart, digging up the graves of plague victims, who may still have had the disease carrying fleas on them, and to look for....???

Then, they are scared by the dead bodies. Pathetic really. Were there really rumors of people being killed by vampires going around? Because without that backup, how could the stories about such monsters spread?

Mystery solved. Have a nice day.

MAN: Shark Slayer

2009-03-12T19:32:00.000-07:00

WILL CHANG, SHARK SLAYER.

Now that would be a cool title.

Unfortunately, I will have to settle for fishing 4' leopard sharks in the San Francisco Bay.

However, for the more adventuresome, 12' tiger sharks are the cure for that need of adrenaline.

On a recently popular news video from CNN.com, Diver Craig Clasen stars in this epic battle between man and fish off the Gulf of Mexico.

Caught on the camera of a diving film maker, Clasen wrestled with the giant shark after it attacks the film maker.

Clasen was originally hunting for yellowfin tuna, carrying with him a harpoon gun.

Making a split second decision, he shoots the shark in the back, then hangs on for a two hour ride for his life.

Finally, the shark dies from its wound and everything is happy slappy.

Once again, Man triumphs supreme over the animal kingdom, with the help of technology.

Doesn't that sound like fun? Fighting a vicious animal several times your size and two times your height? Not to mention the three rows of vicious teeth, the shear muscle power in its tail, and and its insatiable desire for blood.

Fishing can be a dangerous sport, so if you ever go, bring a harpoon gun, you never know when you might need it.

Now This Should be on House

2009-03-11T20:47:00.000-07:00

When I looked through the day's top stories, nothing really caught my eye.

Stem cell research? We all know Obama's working on that.

Kellogg's and Phelp's Bong? Give the guy a break.

Murder? Eh... just posted about that.

But in the end, I found something I was certainly not looking for.

Once again, drawing from an impressively detailed article on CNN.com, I give you Heather McNamara, a seven-year-old girl who survived a miraculous surgery involving first the removal of six organs, stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas, large intestine, and small intestine, in order to then safely remove a "tennis ball-size tumor."

Heather was operated on by various teams of surgeons, including Dr. Tomoaki Kato and Dr. Devon John for a whopping 23 hours in the New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital.

After removing the tumor, the seven-year-old's organs were then retransplanted into the girl's body, a self donor.

Unfortunately, her spleen, pancreas, and stomach could not be retransplanted. Instead, the doctors made a pouch out of intestinal tissue as a substitute for her stomach; however, she will still be forced to take insulin and medicine for the missing pancreas and spleen.

That is some hardcore medical action going on, nothing short of an hour long episode of House.

Though the diagnosis was clear, the operation itself was quite a feat, and I bet Dr. Gregory House would be begging to take up the challenge of curing a cute little girl's ailment.

But, I could not imagine having my guts cut out and then sown back in, even if it was to save my life. It reminds me of part of a Rambo movie last year, where the crazed military maniac pops out from behind a tree and slashes a Vietnamese officer's abdomen open, spilling organs everywhere... It is quite a scene.

I guess Heather is not exactly lucky, having the tumor in the first place, but she is fortunate for recieving the correct medical treatment that let her live.

Even so, her new life, filled with popping "meds," maybe even painkillers, is surely not an ideal way to live.

However, ultimately, I think anyone who is willing to go under the knife and be operated on is truly brave, and I wish this girl a speedy recovery and a brighter future.

Just Some Heads Looking for Some Bodies

2009-03-10T09:02:00.000-07:00

Who is the head of the pack? More like: whose heads are in those packs?

According to a report on CNN.com, five human heads were discovered in ice chests under a tree in Jalisco, Mexico today at 2 a.m.

Another result from convievably epic drug cartel wars, the heads were left with eyes taped shut and their bodies nowhere to be found.

What is more disturbing is the messages attached to the chests promising future violence, and conversing with a mysterious man named Goyo, who the messages suggest could now be chopped suey (dead). How far will these drug lords go?

However, some interesting observations can be made from this incident.

Why tape the eyes?

Either the drug lords have a sick sense of humor, or the guilt that comes with "waste management" has finally caught up with them. They kill and kill and kill, but when faced with the result, they just cannot seem to handle it.

Decapitated heads can be somewhat unnerving, so I guess the manly, cutthroat agents of the drug cartels would be afraid of staring into the blank, dark, potentially "soul peering" eyes of the dead.

Ice chests

How sick is that. Imagine opening a fridge and seeing a head poke out at you. Now this head is not just any head. See, with a decapitated head, there's first, the swelling, the gaping mouth, complete with tongue sticking out and yellowish teeth, then the disconnected blood vessels, spinal cord, and of course, the blood.

Overall, that is just not cool.

2 a.m.

Either Mexicans like to wander aimlessly by the road in the early mornings, or there's something suspicious going on. The bodies were discovered way too conveniently only hours after the percieved time of decapitation. A potential set up?

Sorry for the dead?

On one hand, the five unidentified men who were murdered probably had families, jobs, lives. The community knew them, their kids probably loved them, and they used to be alive.

But, as television has taught us, there is always more to the story. Why would these people be targeted? Were they drug dealers themselves or advocates for a drug free Mexico?

In the end, we can only be skeptical, and know that involvement with drugs is bad.

Apes at Arms

2009-03-09T13:19:00.000-07:00

After Travis the Chimp mauled his owner's best friend, chimpanzees across the country are stockpiling their weapons, ready to overthrow the human oppressors... well... not really... but one can imagine.

Other than throwing feces and eating grapes, the intellegent chimpanzees, sharing 94% of our DNA, have been shown to be able to plan ahead, and potentially conspire against.

According to a recent news report, Santino the Chimp, a much wiser 30 year old ape caged in a zoo in Sweden, avoids execution by humans, taking a somewhat less aggressive approach to attacking us.

Wise in his years, this chimp realized that feces just would not do as projectiles.

Effective in nastiness, brimming with disease causing bacteria, and horrible in smell, feces just do not hurt enough on contact. Sure, a child hit by the nauseating brown stuff could be scarred for life, but lets face it, no bruise possible, no blood.

Aggressive and territorial, Santino discovered the rock.

Yes, rocks, those hard, round things on the ground that are scattered everywhere you go. But for a chimp, it is still a big discovery. Think about our cavemen ancestors, what jump in imagination it would have been to actually pick up a rock, hurl it at the next caveman, and laugh while he writhed in pain.

As the United States and the Soviet Union did during the Cold War with nuclear weapons, the annoyed Santino stockpiles rocks and pieces of pointy cement he can get to throw at unsuspecting visitors.

Sticks and stones might break your bones... and words are overrated.

The cause justifies the means;You would be annoyed too if skinny, knobbled kneed, alien looking, clothing wearing, hairless apes pointed and gawked at you sitting in a pit all day.

Since the ape is not life threatening, rather becoming a celebrity in the Furuvik Zoo, the zoo keepers have kept him as a good cash animal.

In the end however, Santino wreaks his vengeance on the visitors, so I do not see why people would continue to go watch him.

In any case, Santino has found a way to get back at society, and I applaud his efforts.

-W