John Corzine, as you may have heard, was involved in a traffic accident last week. As the post title says, I don’t particularly feel bad for John Corzine — after all, he wasn’t buckled up and the vehicle he was in was being driven at nearly thirty miles over the speed limit.

You’ve obviously got brains, Governor Corzine - after all, you’re the governor of the Garden State. So what the hell were you thinking not buckling up? You’re a politician — not wearing your seat-belt isn’t going to get you more votes, and, now, you’ll be lucky to ever be in a position to have people voting for you again. And with all of that, think of what you’ve put your family through.

Buckle the fuck up. You don’t have to be the pizza guy to know that.

(Yeah, I know, “Un-Current Event Night” here…)

So I got a trackback referral from a site called Damon & Klitt’s Two Cents yesterday, and I surfed on over to see what they were saying about me that earned a link. Turns out they’d just hotlinked an image from my blog, so I posted a comment kindly requesting that they take it down. And, in addition to removing the photo, they also removed my comment (and you know how I feel about comment deletion). In addition to all of this, they removed the photo they were hotlinking from me … and replaced it with an image they’re hotlinking to from horrordvds.com.

Damon & Klitt, you actually haven’t written a bad review of George Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead”, but I guarantee your continued use of hotlinking isn’t going to make you many fans in the world of the blogosphere. A quick glance at your archive list shows you’re pretty new to this, as if your continued and unrepentant use of hotlinking wasn’t a big enough clue.

You guys could use one. A clue, I mean. I sort of figured leaving you a comment about it might, y’know, “clue” you in, but I guess it didn’t. I really, truly, hope you make use of some free service — flikr? — to host your images in the future so that you don’t risk further alienation of your fellow bloggers.

Best of luck to the both of you in your future endeavors. May they be hotlink free.

(And seriously - you’ll post your phone number but not an e-mail contact? Goodness gracious moi!)

You Are the Middle Finger

A bit fragile and dependent on your friends, you’re not nearly as hostile as you seem. You are balanced, easy to get along with, and quite serious. However, you can get angry and fed up with those around you. And you aren’t afraid to show it! You get along well with: The Index Finger Stay away from: The Pinky

I always said the middle finger was misunderstood, unappreciated, and a little bit malnurtured.

HT: Kerpupples.