RIP Jacob Neal

A friend of mine and a very close friend of the other Paul was recently killed serving our country in Iraq. I did not know him as well as many others did, but I feel it is important we show him the respect he deserves for believing in something that he was willing to risk his life life for.

This is the first Iraq War death in which I was acquainted with the fallen soldier, and it is a weird feeling. I can only imagine how his relatives and close friends feel, and I give them my blessing. Death of any young man is tragic, and it feels worse losing a soldier willing to dance with death in a battle to secure our freedoms. RIP Jacob

Borat Costumes

They are whack.

And that's a shame. They never had time to truly blossom the way cool characters sometimes do. Borat is now a status symbol outside of it's initial realm (at least in the U.S.).

In England, it's popular all over and has been that way for some time. Well, maybe more so for Ali G than Borat, but that's not important. There was a perfect number of people who appreciated Borat in the States before the movie and those were the perfect times for Borat costumes. It wouldn't have been the "cool" thing to do, in my opinion. It would've been done as a respect to a great performer. Now, it's become the thing to do so everyone else associates you with the cleverness that the creation of the character is.

It's a shame, but we all must move on and I trust we will...