Like most everyone today, I’m a hardcore Internet news junkie, but it seems that every week the same story is reprinted and after a while this gets pretty annoying. This is why I’ve put together a list of things I never ever want to read ever again on the Internet.

The Beatles And Paul McCarthy Story

The Beatles broke up in 1970, they made a few good songs, and for the most part I think they sucked! I don’t care if their music is ever available on iTunes and care even less about McCarthy and his lawsuits against Apple. I never ever want to see another Digg story on The Beatles ever again! The only Beatle that was ever cool was George Harrison anyway.

Lindsay Lohan

A short and ginger girl who parties all the time and who can’t seem to control herself. Why is this news? She’s got some talent, but so does Mandy Moore and and Moore is actually better looking. Don’t these young actresses know that alcohol makes you look worse, not better?

Paris Hilton

Worse than Lohan is Hilton. The world does not care how rich or untalented Hilton is, so why does the media flood us with stories of this sad woman?

WMD Story

After billions of dollars spent on the Iraq war and countless lives lost, I think anyone who still saids there were huge stockpiles of WMD’s in Iraq is a total idiot. Let’s face it, Saddam was a small time dictator and not the giant threat that the Bush administration made him out to be. There is no need to continue talking about why we started this war, the conversation needs to be about how we end the war and help solve this huge mess.

Apple’s iPhone and iPod

Yes, Apple’s iPhone and iPods are cool, but until you actually have something important to write about, do not publish another story on how Apple might update the iPod or how the iPhone might have this feature, just freaking wait until Apple saids it. Stop giving Apple all this free publicity.

Celebrities Getting Married or Pregnant

No one cares about anyone getting married anymore, we just care about the divorces. So just publish the divorce stories and we will be happy with those. Use to be a time when people would not talk about getting pregnant, nowadays, having a baby is like having a fashionable accessory. If you don’t have an iPod and a baby, somehow you are not a fashionable celebrity. Stop it. Having a family is not a fashion statement, so please no more pictures of so and so’s baby. Just let celebrities have their families and their private life.

Microsoft Versus Linux

Microsoft is no longer an innovative company. It has become stagnant and predictable. There is no need to publish any stories about how Microsoft hates Linux and open source, everyone knows that Microsoft is expensive and open source is cheaper. The constant chatter about the whole debate is pointless. Microsoft sucks, and so does Linux. Just pick the one that sucks less for you.

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been running in circles it seems with all the work I have, and so to relieve some stress, I bought God of War for the Playstation 2, and have been playing for some time now. I’m not much of a gamer, in fact, I had not turned on the PS2 in over four months! After playing this game though, it is hard not to get addicted. This is the best video game I have ever played. It is completely cool in every way, from the way you control your character, to the graphics, to the storyline, to the music, and so on. Of course most other games suck compared to God Of War, and while I know God of War 2 is out, I’m not forking over $50 for a game.

God Of War is mature rated, mostly because of the topless nudity it has, but my kid and I had a great time playing it and finishing the game. It was a good bonding experience, and I currently picked up Shadow of the Colossus to see if that would be any fun.

I guess between a hefty work schedule, the NBA Playoffs, my guitars, and trying to get some sleep, I hardly have any time to bond with the family this month. Who knew video games would be the one thing to rescue me from going totally insane this month!

If you do get God of War, make sure you play it with your shirt off, to get the full Kratos experience.

The White House announced their new budget plan and it lays out exactly how The New Economy works. In case you don’t understand economics or are not an accountant, here is How The New Economy Works For Dummies:

Companies pay less taxes, but continue to get great subsidies from the government. This is great because companies can have better profit margins and hopefully hire more people. On the other hand, employee wages in comparison to CEO salaries have been stagnant and there seems to be a sense that businesses do not need to share the wealth with most of their employees, just their executives.

Government continues to shrink domestic programs, because we all know that citizens should not expect anything from their government. Killing job programs, education, and unneeded services forces people to become more self-sufficient. If you can’t afford your prescription drugs, too bad, maybe you should have taken better care of yourself. If you can’t read, too bad, No-Child-Left-Behind will surely fail you and whatever school system got stuck with you. And of course, if a big giant force of nature comes down and destroys your property, too bad, don’t expect FEMA to come to your rescue. See all this makes you self-sufficient.

The New Economy is all about dumbing down Americans and bankrupting the nation.

Here’s a helpful parenting tip I wanted to pass along to young parents. Every time we were about to eat out as a family, my four year old kept insisting on going to McDonald’s. Not because the food is incredibly delicious, but because McDonald’s has the market cornered on kids. Their Happy Meal toys are a great incentive for kids and a terrible curse on parents who deny their kids the privilege of McDonald’s fast food. As an adult, let me just say that the McDonald’s menu is not entirely suited to our dietary needs. After constantly being the bad guy for telling my kid no, I decided to just tell him that McDonald’s was closed for the winter season and that they would reopen in the Spring. For a few months, my kids never asked for McDonald’s and they even started to like other restaurants that served a more adult menu.

Now I’m sure some people are saying that lying to your kids is just plain wrong, but I would argue that all that advertising on television aimed at kids is not entirely trustworthy. My kids eventually realized that McDonald’s wasn’t closed, and at that time I told them why I did not want them eating McDonald’s all the time and by this time they were older and understood my intentions.