HaloScan.com - Comments: "My values are based on one principle: loving others as I love myself, or as Buddha taught, trying to view all beings as having been at one time your own beloved mother. When you strive tolive with this thought uppermost, then you naturally strive to eliminate others' suffering, not create suffering. You do not lie, make war, steal or despise. You don't ravage the earth and its peoples, you don't ignore poverty and pain. You don't strive to enrich yourself or your family and friends at the expense of others toil and sacrifice. You do not try to force anything on anyone. You live mindfully and with compassion. You care. You do not judge.
You do not live this way because you fear retribution in an afterlife. You live this way because it is right."
5.18.2005
not bury me with it
for your sake, i really hope that heaven and hell
really exist, but i wouldn't hold my breath.
you wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death?
you wasted life, why not waste the afterlife?
built to spill
really exist, but i wouldn't hold my breath.
you wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death?
you wasted life, why not waste the afterlife?
built to spill
5.17.2005
5.16.2005
yoshimi
i don't know where the sunlight ends
and the starlight begins,
it's all a mystery.
i don't know how a man decides
what's right for his own life,
it's all a mystery.
-the flaming lips
and the starlight begins,
it's all a mystery.
i don't know how a man decides
what's right for his own life,
it's all a mystery.
-the flaming lips
5.12.2005
First Draft - Holy Shit!
First Draft - Holy Shit!: "I agree with the troll who said this isn't, exactly, comperable in scale to Civil war casualties. But I also agree with the poster who pointed out that the casual contempt for the lives of our soldiers and their families encoded in that cheery dismissal is disgusting. I've said this elsewhere on this same subject, its a quote from one of Lois Bujold's Vorkosigan books 'Lives don't add as integers, they add as infinities.' Every one of the dead, on both 'sides' of this sideless, incoherent, conflict adds as an infinity of loss to someone. More or less than the Civil war? More or Less than Vietnam? Averaged? By percentages? by time? by heat? I don't care. But add them by sorrow? Add them by love and hope lost, by demolished futures, by weeping children? Then, indeed, this is comperable to the Civil War, to Vietnam, and to all conflicts.
Mission Accomplished, indeed.
aimai"
Mission Accomplished, indeed.
aimai"
but now they have grasped great power
Daily Kos :: Political Analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation.: "'Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are [a] few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.'
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 11/8/54"
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 11/8/54"
5.11.2005
jeebus fucking christ
Update: Father Charged In Murders Of Daughter and Her Classmate - May 11, 2005: "Officials say Hobbs confronted his 8-year old daughter, Laura, for leaving the house after being grounded for allegedly stealing money from her mother.
Hobbs reportedly said the confrontation escalated and he punched his daughter in the face, knocking her down. Her friend, 9-year old Krystal Tobias, pulled a small knife to try to protect Laura. Hobbs says he punched Krystal, took the knife and began stabbing them both.
Officials say Laura was stabbed 11 times, including in both eyes. Krystal was also stabbed several times. Hobbs says he dragged the bodies further into the woods of Beulah Park and cleaned up the alleged murder scene."
Hobbs reportedly said the confrontation escalated and he punched his daughter in the face, knocking her down. Her friend, 9-year old Krystal Tobias, pulled a small knife to try to protect Laura. Hobbs says he punched Krystal, took the knife and began stabbing them both.
Officials say Laura was stabbed 11 times, including in both eyes. Krystal was also stabbed several times. Hobbs says he dragged the bodies further into the woods of Beulah Park and cleaned up the alleged murder scene."
5.06.2005
fun!
Natural Sciences Faculty
Apparently, she's done a lot of research on the mudskipper. I can only think of Ren and Stimpy when i hear that word.
Apparently, she's done a lot of research on the mudskipper. I can only think of Ren and Stimpy when i hear that word.
5.05.2005
apocalypse soon
t r u t h o u t - Robert S. McNamara | Apocalypse Soon: "Nuclear weapons, with roughly one seventieth of the power of the 1 megaton bomb just described, were twice used by the United States in August 1945. One atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Around 80,000 people died immediately; approximately 200,000 died eventually. Later, a similar size bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. On Nov. 7, 1995, the mayor of Nagasaki recalled his memory of the attack in testimony to the International Court of Justice:
Nagasaki became a city of death where not even the sound of insects could be heard. After a while, countless men, women and children began to gather for a drink of water at the banks of nearby Urakami River, their hair and clothing scorched and their burnt skin hanging off in sheets like rags. Begging for help they died one after another in the water or in heaps on the banks.… Four months after the atomic bombing, 74,000 people were dead, and 75,000 had suffered injuries, that is, two-thirds of the city population had fallen victim to this calamity that came upon Nagasaki like a preview of the Apocalypse."
Nagasaki became a city of death where not even the sound of insects could be heard. After a while, countless men, women and children began to gather for a drink of water at the banks of nearby Urakami River, their hair and clothing scorched and their burnt skin hanging off in sheets like rags. Begging for help they died one after another in the water or in heaps on the banks.… Four months after the atomic bombing, 74,000 people were dead, and 75,000 had suffered injuries, that is, two-thirds of the city population had fallen victim to this calamity that came upon Nagasaki like a preview of the Apocalypse."
5.04.2005
your plastic pal that's fun to be with
Original Hitchhiker's Guide: Radiophonic Blockbuster - createdigitalmusic.com: "Douglas Adams was infamous for 'raising procrastination to an art form.' (Favorite quote: 'I love deadlines. I like the wooshing noise they make as they go past.')"
4.29.2005
too much coffee
Daily Kos: "In my lifetime I have gone from John F. Kennedy to John F. Kerry, and from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush. If that's the evolution of leadership in this country, in just a few more years we'll all be voting for plants. Which might not be so bad. After all, thanks to their ecological purpose in this world, at least plants try to clean up the air. And that would certainly be an improvement over what we've got now."
4.28.2005
looks like nixon
First Draft - Afternoon at the Captions: "Re: Afternoon at the Captions (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Thursday, April 28 @ 11:05:43 EDT
I've long advocated that there are enough intact brain cells floating around in his cranium that by mere chance there could be occassions that enough of them connect to allow George W to realize what the hell's he's involved with.
Then, of course, they soon go about their merry random dance allowing George W to mount another assault on our collective sanity.
jimmiraybob"
by Anonymous on Thursday, April 28 @ 11:05:43 EDT
I've long advocated that there are enough intact brain cells floating around in his cranium that by mere chance there could be occassions that enough of them connect to allow George W to realize what the hell's he's involved with.
Then, of course, they soon go about their merry random dance allowing George W to mount another assault on our collective sanity.
jimmiraybob"
4.25.2005
4.24.2005
4.20.2005
not entirely true.... my downloading has all but ceased with a local girlfriend.....
The Porn Myth - Naomi Wolf - Cover Story: "“For the first time in human history, the images’ power and allure have supplanted that of real naked women. Today, real naked women are just bad porn.”"
4.19.2005
my ripple continues
My comment was mentioned on Gizmodo today, and the editor of CreateDigitalMusic thanks me for the tip on the DJ Kreemy table!
Economy of Scales: Turntable Furniture : Gizmodo
Economy of Scales: Turntable Furniture : Gizmodo
4.18.2005
impact on the ether
I made a ripple on the internet today. Check out the comment i left in this article, the fourth one where i mention the DJ Kreemy turntable stand: createdigitalmusic.com :: Dream DJ Furniture
Then, go to this article, where the editor put up a whole new entry about the table, and thanked the anonymous me for reminding him of it!
Neato!
Then, go to this article, where the editor put up a whole new entry about the table, and thanked the anonymous me for reminding him of it!
Neato!
4.15.2005
Iowa Underground :: View topic - Culture of Life Trading Cards
Iowa Underground :: View topic - Culture of Life Trading Cards: "'These are the fruits of thirty years of culture war. Hell-bent to get government off our backs, you installed a tyrant infinitely better equipped to suck the joy out of life. Cuckoo to get God back in the schools, you enshrined a god of unappeasable malice. Raging against the snobs, you enthroned a rum bunch of two-fisted boodlers, upper-class twits, and hang-em-high moralists. Ain't irony grand.'
- Tom Frank"
- Tom Frank"
4.08.2005
red sparowes
Track Listing:
1. Alone And Unaware, The Landscape Was Transformed In Front Of Our Eyes
2. Buildings Began To Stretch Wide Across The Sky, And The Air Is Filled With A Reddish Glow
3. The Soundless Dawn Came Alive As Cities Began To Mark The Horizon
4. Mechanical Sounds Cascaded Through The City Walls And Everyone Reveled In Their Ignorance
5. A Brief Moment Of Clarity Broke Through The Deafening Hum, But It Was Too Late
6. Our Happiest Days Slowly Began To Turn Into Dust
7. The Collapse Crept up Slowly, Like The Sunlight Through The Shutters, As We Looked Back In Regret
redsparowes.com
1. Alone And Unaware, The Landscape Was Transformed In Front Of Our Eyes
2. Buildings Began To Stretch Wide Across The Sky, And The Air Is Filled With A Reddish Glow
3. The Soundless Dawn Came Alive As Cities Began To Mark The Horizon
4. Mechanical Sounds Cascaded Through The City Walls And Everyone Reveled In Their Ignorance
5. A Brief Moment Of Clarity Broke Through The Deafening Hum, But It Was Too Late
6. Our Happiest Days Slowly Began To Turn Into Dust
7. The Collapse Crept up Slowly, Like The Sunlight Through The Shutters, As We Looked Back In Regret
redsparowes.com
4.01.2005
3.29.2005
3.28.2005
3.26.2005
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWbillWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
M A S T O D O N : T O U R S: 05/03/05 Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL
3.25.2005
shoot the friggin' gangster!
If i see one more goddamned flash animation ad telling me to shoot the fucking gangster, squish the bug or target some goddamned fox, i swear i'm going to come undone.
wisdom found in a car audio FAQ
Honda-Tech.com: Some Car Audio FAQs.: "'The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.'
-Benjamin Franklin
'I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.'
-- Stephen Roberts"
-Benjamin Franklin
'I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.'
-- Stephen Roberts"
the plan keeps coming back again
Gothamist: Sell Outs: "-Built to Spill @ Irving Plaza May 11th, 12th and 13th"
chultcher of flife
First Draft: "That's Bush's Base, for you (or Bush's al Qaeda in Arabic): venal enough to kill in the name of life, stupid enough to try to rob a gun shop with a box cutter."
3.24.2005
3.18.2005
you boys been drinkin?
Boing Boing: Police lie about drug dogs to rob drivers' rights: "Cops rely on driver ignorance of the fact that evidence will be suppressed if drivers are detained longer than it takes to complete the traffic stop (e.g. write the ticket)."
3.17.2005
A Wink and a Fraud
The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: A Wink and a Fraud: "And, of course, this is a White House that never makes up facts to suit its purposes or sell its programs. It serves its propaganda baldfaced, with no hint of its real agenda."
3.10.2005
3.07.2005
fishman as opera diva
listening to Phish's cover of Dark Side Of The Moon (yes, the entire album).... jon fishman singing Great Gig In The Sky.... laughing tears that this band will never play again.
2.25.2005
ummm. ha ha haaaaaaha
Making it big: Kirstie Alley, the new face of Jenny Craig, at the post-premiere party for her new Showtime comedy "Fat Actress."
Have you seen her? she is a landwhale.
Have you seen her? she is a landwhale.
2.20.2005
Personality Disorder Test
Personality Disorder Test - Personality Test
I don't know about the histrionic part, but they nailed the narcissism.
I don't know about the histrionic part, but they nailed the narcissism.
| Disorder | Rating |
| Paranoid: | Low |
| Schizoid: | Low |
| Schizotypal: | Low |
| Antisocial: | Moderate |
| Borderline: | Low |
| Histrionic: | High |
| Narcissistic: | High |
| Avoidant: | Low |
| Dependent: | Moderate |
| Obsessive-Compulsive: | Moderate |
-- Personality Disorder Test - Take It! -- | |
2.18.2005
russ's handle
Mobile PC - Features - The Top 100 Gadgets of All Time: "9. ATARI 2600, 1977
We've got two words to describe the majesty of this device: Yar's Revenge."
We've got two words to describe the majesty of this device: Yar's Revenge."
2.11.2005
did you feed the cat?
Welcome to Bitter Films: "temporary anesthetics"
From the guy that got turned down to do some commercials for something or other. It doesn't take too long to figure out why. Singularly awesome.
From the guy that got turned down to do some commercials for something or other. It doesn't take too long to figure out why. Singularly awesome.
long time coming
Treehugger: Quote from R. Grudin's book Time and the Art of Living: "'The future is like a friendly stranger, polite and patient, forever trying to get acquainted with us, forever being rebuffed. If we did simple exercises for thirty minutes a day, we would greatly improve our strength, health, beauty, and life expectancy. If we studied for one hour a day, we could relatively soon learn languages, master wide knowledge, and..
..develop new professions. If we sensibly invested $1 a day, we would in thirty years control substantial wealth. If we did ourselves the almost absurdly simple honor of planning our free time, we would enlarge ourselves into a whole new dimension of freedom. Yet we often fail to do any of these things, so great is our contempt of the future, so massive our ignorance of ourselves. It would be for most of us a highly disagreeable experience to meet, in the flesh, our future selves. Not just for the visual shock of seeing our own spirits animating bent limbs, watery eyes, and sagging jowls; but for the moral shock of meeting individuals whom we have daily and disgracefully wronged.'"
..develop new professions. If we sensibly invested $1 a day, we would in thirty years control substantial wealth. If we did ourselves the almost absurdly simple honor of planning our free time, we would enlarge ourselves into a whole new dimension of freedom. Yet we often fail to do any of these things, so great is our contempt of the future, so massive our ignorance of ourselves. It would be for most of us a highly disagreeable experience to meet, in the flesh, our future selves. Not just for the visual shock of seeing our own spirits animating bent limbs, watery eyes, and sagging jowls; but for the moral shock of meeting individuals whom we have daily and disgracefully wronged.'"
one more time around
I woke the same,
as any other day except a voice was in my head.
It said, "sieze the day,
pull the trigger, drop the blade and watch the rolling heads."
The Day I Tried to Live,
I stole a thousand beggars' change and gave it to the rich.
The Day I Tried to Win,
I dangled from the power lines and left them all astretch.
One more time around, i might do it.
One more time around, i might make it.
The words you say,
never seem to live up to the ones inside your head.
The lives we make,
Never seem to ever get us anywhere but dead.
The Day I Tried to Live,
I wallowed in the blood and mud with all the other pigs.
I woke the same,
as any other day, you know i
should have stayed in bed.
The Day I Tried to Win,
I wallowed in the blood and mud with all the other pigs.
and I loved that i was alive.
The Day I Tried To Live
just like you.
One more time around.
-- Soundgarden
as any other day except a voice was in my head.
It said, "sieze the day,
pull the trigger, drop the blade and watch the rolling heads."
The Day I Tried to Live,
I stole a thousand beggars' change and gave it to the rich.
The Day I Tried to Win,
I dangled from the power lines and left them all astretch.
One more time around, i might do it.
One more time around, i might make it.
The words you say,
never seem to live up to the ones inside your head.
The lives we make,
Never seem to ever get us anywhere but dead.
The Day I Tried to Live,
I wallowed in the blood and mud with all the other pigs.
I woke the same,
as any other day, you know i
should have stayed in bed.
The Day I Tried to Win,
I wallowed in the blood and mud with all the other pigs.
and I loved that i was alive.
The Day I Tried To Live
just like you.
One more time around.
-- Soundgarden
2.09.2005
Carrots fungus helps stop cancer
Carrots fungus helps stop cancer: "Carrots fungus helps stop cancer"
Check the first line of this article. That's a LOT of carrots.
Check the first line of this article. That's a LOT of carrots.
2.08.2005
Sleaze crisis in Kenya
Sleaze crisis in Kenya: "Sleaze crisis in Kenya prompts withdrawal of US funding"
Like the US has anything against sleaze! I love sleaze!
They keep referring to "sleaze". What do they mean, they never really define it! Just "sleaze".
Like the US has anything against sleaze! I love sleaze!
They keep referring to "sleaze". What do they mean, they never really define it! Just "sleaze".
2.04.2005
the saga of Bloodninja
The Saga of Bloodninja
This is some of the funniest shit ever. I am literally laughing out loud at work, and have to stop reading it. It's a guy on old-school instant messgener, not sure the exact era... A sample:
This is some of the funniest shit ever. I am literally laughing out loud at work, and have to stop reading it. It's a guy on old-school instant messgener, not sure the exact era... A sample:
Bloodninja: Wanna cyber?
DirtyKate: K, but don't tell anybody ;-)
DirtyKate: Who are you?
Bloodninja: I've got blond hair, blue eyes, I work out a lot
Bloodninja: And I have a part time job delivering for Papa John's in my Geo Storm.
DirtyKate: You sound sexy.. I bet you want me in the back of your car..
Bloodninja: Maybe some other time. You should call up Papa John's and make an order
DirtyKate: Haha! OK
DirtyKate: Hello! I'd like an extra-EXTRA large pizza just dripping with sauce.
Bloodninja: Well, first they would say, "Hello, this is Papa John's, how may I help you", then they tell you the specials, and then you would make your order. So that's an X-Large. What toppings do you want?
DirtyKate: I want everything, baby!
Bloodninja: Is this a delivery?
DirtyKate: Umm...Yes
DirtyKate: So you're bringing the pizza to my house now? Cause I'm home alone... and I think I'll take a shower...
Bloodninja: Good. It will take about fifteen minutes to cook, and then I'll drive to your house.
**pause**
DirtyKate:I'm almost finished with my shower... Hurry up!
Bloodninja: You can't hurry good pizza.
2.02.2005
I haven't laughed like this in a while
Cheston
just click everywhere. multiple strips at each point i think.
just click everywhere. multiple strips at each point i think.
Read This Now
Futurismic: Fiction
Really cool near-future sci fi, about perpetual motion machine. It is kinda confusing at first, but stick with it and it clears up (a little).
Really cool near-future sci fi, about perpetual motion machine. It is kinda confusing at first, but stick with it and it clears up (a little).
1.27.2005
t r u t h o u t - Seymour Hersh: "We've Been Taken Over by a Cult"
t r u t h o u t - Seymour Hersh: "We've Been Taken Over by a Cult": "Another salvation may be the economy. It's going to go very bad, folks. You know, if you have not sold your stocks and bought property in Italy, you better do it quick."
even the greatest man is but a ripple in the fabric of the universe
Kevin Kelly -- Cool Tools: "'Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory? Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty.' -- Jean Shepherd, 1975"
1.26.2005
the first few results from googlism for cascone
I've bolded the fun ones
Googlism for: cascone
cascone is one of
cascone is perhaps best known as david lynch's assistant music editor
cascone is a creator
cascone is a sound designer and composer based in california
cascone is in his fourth season as head coach of the men's tennis team at monmouth university
cascone is in his third season as head coach of the men's tennis team at monmouth university
cascone is from usa
cascone is working to restore electricity in a more pure form to the creation of sound art
cascone is our keynote speaker and performer
cascone is the accomplished artist behind hmc
cascone is internationally recognised as an innovator in experimental electronic music
cascone is a rising star at cnn
cascone is doing a workshop on max/msp in germany
cascone is a 1995 graduate of seton hall university school of law
cascone is one such artist
cascone is among the riders featured in "that is my victory" ads
cascone is a senior designer at interaxis
cascone is just the most recent reinforcement in hoshall's battle against county government
cascone is the man of the moment
cascone is also seeking to acquire other capabilities that will help the company hold down costs or increase revenues
cascone is also well known for being david lynch¹s assistant sound editor for wild at heart and twin peaks
cascone is one of the co
cascone is one of learn the
cascone is operating this service
cascone is also survived by another daughter
cascone is the content manager at ligardening
cascone is ligardening
cascone is interested in pushing software such as max to its limits in order to investigate the "aesthetics of failure
cascone is probably best know to music fans over the age of 30 as the founder of san francisco's pioneering ambient/experimental label silent
cascone is indeed the best reference point for some of the darker and more abstract moments on this disc
cascone is also on the program
Googlism for: cascone
cascone is one of
cascone is perhaps best known as david lynch's assistant music editor
cascone is a creator
cascone is a sound designer and composer based in california
cascone is in his fourth season as head coach of the men's tennis team at monmouth university
cascone is in his third season as head coach of the men's tennis team at monmouth university
cascone is from usa
cascone is working to restore electricity in a more pure form to the creation of sound art
cascone is our keynote speaker and performer
cascone is the accomplished artist behind hmc
cascone is internationally recognised as an innovator in experimental electronic music
cascone is a rising star at cnn
cascone is doing a workshop on max/msp in germany
cascone is a 1995 graduate of seton hall university school of law
cascone is one such artist
cascone is among the riders featured in "that is my victory" ads
cascone is a senior designer at interaxis
cascone is just the most recent reinforcement in hoshall's battle against county government
cascone is the man of the moment
cascone is also seeking to acquire other capabilities that will help the company hold down costs or increase revenues
cascone is also well known for being david lynch¹s assistant sound editor for wild at heart and twin peaks
cascone is one of the co
cascone is one of learn the
cascone is operating this service
cascone is also survived by another daughter
cascone is the content manager at ligardening
cascone is ligardening
cascone is interested in pushing software such as max to its limits in order to investigate the "aesthetics of failure
cascone is probably best know to music fans over the age of 30 as the founder of san francisco's pioneering ambient/experimental label silent
cascone is indeed the best reference point for some of the darker and more abstract moments on this disc
cascone is also on the program
1.25.2005
nothing is holy
It is really unbelievable just how much pee my body creates after a good workout. I swear, every five minutes i have to go for a full-length snake-drainage like i haven't peed all day, but it's only been five minutes.
1.24.2005
insomnia - it's what's for dinner
I have had the hardest time dragging myself into bed since the split. You know it's bad when internet porn loses its attraction. (It can also be good when it does, like when one has a relationship that creates its own porn. But this case is the exact opposite.)
1.21.2005
constant velocity is as natural as being at rest
Someone at CNN realized all this fluff about SpongeBob is ree-god-damned-diculous.
Quick Vote
SpongeBob SquarePants is:
- Promoting the acceptance of homosexuality
- Promoting tolerance and diversity
- Absorbent, yellow and porous
Quick Vote
SpongeBob SquarePants is:
- Promoting the acceptance of homosexuality
- Promoting tolerance and diversity
- Absorbent, yellow and porous
1.20.2005
don' chase 'em replace 'em
i have to change more than half of my passwords. They contain her initials.
the depth of the chasm is infinite
wrote down some more patent ideas tonight.
Also did some real intricate work juggling my credit card balances around... pretty proud of that. I can get an actual check to cash from CitiBank at 0%, which I'll cash and send to AmEx which should count towards rewards points... should bring me over 50K points.
The Haunted (swedish metal) is really good.
Definitely depressed. Slow burn of depth. Sleep only brings another day to deal with.
Also did some real intricate work juggling my credit card balances around... pretty proud of that. I can get an actual check to cash from CitiBank at 0%, which I'll cash and send to AmEx which should count towards rewards points... should bring me over 50K points.
The Haunted (swedish metal) is really good.
Definitely depressed. Slow burn of depth. Sleep only brings another day to deal with.
1.19.2005
gregory's photographic SHUT THE HELL UP
If you are one of the three people who will ever see this blog and happen to need a wedding photographer and don't mind paying a lot for it, take our date of July 9 2005 in Madison. Gregory's Photographic Arts won't give us our deposit back until someone else rebooks that date. And even then, i imagine we'll have to beat it out of them.
Everything old is... still old
Her life doesn't have to change, her momentum is carrying her now.
For me everything changes, future unseen.
For me everything changes, future unseen.
1.18.2005
spinBlog is crushing your body
Well, that's over with. Can't really tell how i feel about it now. Everything is so imbued with her presence that it will take a long time to be able to not be reminded of her smile and her beauty. I've already cleared her pictures out of my cubicle, which I'm sure will not go unnoticed by some of my closer peeps here. Everything at home is covered with her presence though so that will be harder. Neither of us know if we're making another huge mistake, or if we're wise and courageous for being able to call a spade a spade. Probably somewhere in between.
Why is 95% of a good thing such a bad thing?
Why is 95% of a good thing such a bad thing?
12.21.2004
Saw (hed)p.e. last night at the House of Blues in Chicago. They're a pretty good band with a rap-metal vibe that doesn't suck, and even though they seem to have lost one of their guitarists they keep it pretty heavy. Their dj looks like he's been living on the street for a while. The music is good and i like most of what the frontman Jahred is saying, but he did a pretty good job of alienating gays and Christians throughout the show. Enough with the tough-man talk, get on with the music.
Strangest thing was, after the show we were hanging out in the Foundation Room, a kind of vip room at the HOB with Matt, Greg, Sean and his girlfriend of nine months Joanna. As we're winding things up Joanna gets up and leaves in a friendly way, and then sean starts talking about how she didn't include in him in their new year's eve plans. I asked him, "wait a minute. did you just end it with her right now?" He said yes and at my request of Are You Serious, he explained that not only did she not include him in her nye plans - she said he was welcome to come along, but that wasn't cool with him - that after nine months, she still didn't call him her boyfriend, and didn't want him calling her his girlfriend. So, i guess the nye thing was the proverbial straw on the camel, but I've never seen a relationship end so abrubtly and almost unnoticeably.
So, that was the strangest part of the night.
The saddest part of the night was afterwards when I removed the last remaining pieces of gear from matt's house. Ah, how things are changing.
Strangest thing was, after the show we were hanging out in the Foundation Room, a kind of vip room at the HOB with Matt, Greg, Sean and his girlfriend of nine months Joanna. As we're winding things up Joanna gets up and leaves in a friendly way, and then sean starts talking about how she didn't include in him in their new year's eve plans. I asked him, "wait a minute. did you just end it with her right now?" He said yes and at my request of Are You Serious, he explained that not only did she not include him in her nye plans - she said he was welcome to come along, but that wasn't cool with him - that after nine months, she still didn't call him her boyfriend, and didn't want him calling her his girlfriend. So, i guess the nye thing was the proverbial straw on the camel, but I've never seen a relationship end so abrubtly and almost unnoticeably.
So, that was the strangest part of the night.
The saddest part of the night was afterwards when I removed the last remaining pieces of gear from matt's house. Ah, how things are changing.
12.16.2004
I thought Chicago was a happening city! There is nothing really going on in this city more than halfway exciting for New year's. WTF? It's all hotel and club parties with C-List DJs (Any DJs I know excluded of course - they are all world-class). Me and the wifey and a hot friend are going to one of the more pretentious clubs, Rive Gauche, since they have open bar till 4 am for $100.
12.09.2004
population reduction grindcore metal
It's really unbelieveable. This has sent shockwaves throughout the entire metal community. I for one am going out to down to Jaeger with some buddies, in memory of Dime. It hasn't gotten any better with the passage of the day - some jaeger can't hurt.
RIP Dime.
He kicked the ass of every day had, and died doing what he loved.
Damageplan was growing on me - i just saw them three weeks ago. Dime was on the upswing of a second peak.
I can't say anything that hasn't already been said, i'll just say FUCK and make sure to drink some Jaeger tonight for Dimebag.
He kicked the ass of every day had, and died doing what he loved.
Damageplan was growing on me - i just saw them three weeks ago. Dime was on the upswing of a second peak.
I can't say anything that hasn't already been said, i'll just say FUCK and make sure to drink some Jaeger tonight for Dimebag.
"Keep rippin'" - Dimebag Darrell
dude... are you fucking kidding me... dimebag - i can't even begin to describe this. I've been watching the story unfold here for the last 20 minutes and i just can't believe it. It's not on the teevee and it's buried on the web... but it's real... GAAAAAAAAH!
I don't know, I dont know, FUUUUCK. And here i was about to go to sleep.
I don't know, I dont know, FUUUUCK. And here i was about to go to sleep.
6.08.2004
Think of how bright this country could be with all of the money we've wasted. It is dark now, there is a pallor hanging over our souls and it is because we have been failed by our leaders. While I think it's best for President-In-Waiting Kerry to lay low for the time being while Chimp implodes, I hope that he can start a positive campaign soon; I can't take too much more of the dreary malfeasance oozing out of our halls of power. A simple, honest, positive message would be so powerful against the Right and their lies, and would help us start our country on a new road to the light.
1.15.2004
11.21.2003
"Your style is played-out like a two-toned down goose,
You couldn't Converse if you had fuckin' React juice.
So hold your corner as I hold this mic up in the air,
I'm eatin' through your crew like Stven King's Langoliers."
-- Pfife of Tribe Called Quest on "Motivators"
That is so awesome and makes me laugh every time.
You couldn't Converse if you had fuckin' React juice.
So hold your corner as I hold this mic up in the air,
I'm eatin' through your crew like Stven King's Langoliers."
-- Pfife of Tribe Called Quest on "Motivators"
That is so awesome and makes me laugh every time.
Ah, yes. The old blog. Thought I'd dust it off and just try to write alittle bit every day or so. I am definitely intimidated by all the great blogs out there, but as I need to teach myself with song writing, I've just got to start and get some momentum, and see where it goes. It'd be nice to have a kind of diary to remind me of my life.
So. Band practice today, didn't go to Transit afterwards. We were hoping to play with a new drummer, but he couldn't make it. Mark has gotten a little better but he just doesn't have the confidence to go much further.
Ok, that's a good start. Let's see how long I keep this up.
So. Band practice today, didn't go to Transit afterwards. We were hoping to play with a new drummer, but he couldn't make it. Mark has gotten a little better but he just doesn't have the confidence to go much further.
Ok, that's a good start. Let's see how long I keep this up.
3.17.2003
Standing before might
brave and True
Knows no one course is right
Peace crushed by metal
In the Dirt of Failed Men's arrogant power
The Bull of fearful power
Deaf to Truth
Surrounded on all sides
It crumbles from the inside
Closed eyes and dead minds
Grasp for Power and Wealth
...When Light breaks through
Power and Wealth will not save you
-- Dedicated to Rachel Corrie, American, 23, crushed by Israeli bulldozer while peacefully protesting against demolition of Palestinian homes
brave and True
Knows no one course is right
Peace crushed by metal
In the Dirt of Failed Men's arrogant power
The Bull of fearful power
Deaf to Truth
Surrounded on all sides
It crumbles from the inside
Closed eyes and dead minds
Grasp for Power and Wealth
...When Light breaks through
Power and Wealth will not save you
-- Dedicated to Rachel Corrie, American, 23, crushed by Israeli bulldozer while peacefully protesting against demolition of Palestinian homes
2.10.2003
2.04.2003
"This tax relief is for everyone who pays income taxes. ... Ninety-two million Americans will keep this year an average of almost $1,100 of their own money."
One third of all Americans will never see a dime of that tax cut. Half of all taxpayers will get less than $100 from the Bush tax cut. Those who make more than $1 million a year will get an average cut of $92,000. That may average out to $1,100, but it ain't going to the average family. As The New Yorker recently noted, if Bill Gates walked into a soup kitchen serving 60 bums, the average worth of the people in that room would be $1 billion each. But it would still be Bill Gates and 60 bums.
- Molly Ivins on Working For Change
One third of all Americans will never see a dime of that tax cut. Half of all taxpayers will get less than $100 from the Bush tax cut. Those who make more than $1 million a year will get an average cut of $92,000. That may average out to $1,100, but it ain't going to the average family. As The New Yorker recently noted, if Bill Gates walked into a soup kitchen serving 60 bums, the average worth of the people in that room would be $1 billion each. But it would still be Bill Gates and 60 bums.
- Molly Ivins on Working For Change
1.30.2003
Here's a selection of the history items that Geov Parrish always lists at the end of his articles. I only take a few of them; the rest can be found in his articles at Working For Change
Reclaim History!
Things that happened on Jan. 30 that you never had to memorize in school:
1838: Osceola, Seminole war chief, dies under questionable circumstances while imprisoned at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina.
1933: Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler assumes office, named Chancellor of Germany, after a controversy over the counting of ballots with partially punched chads in Bavaria. Bad things follow.
1948: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement, is assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu fanatic.
1956: As Martin Luther King, Jr. stands at the pulpit, leading a mass meeting during the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, his home is bombed. By chance, King's wife & 10-week-old baby escape unharmed. Later in the evening, a thousand angry African Americans assemble on King's lawn. When King appears on his devastated front porch, he'll tell them: "If you have weapons, take them home. ... We cannot solve this problem through retaliatory violence. ... We must love our white brothers, no matter what they do to us." King's speech lifts the nonviolent protest movement to new levels of effectiveness.
1973: James McCord and G. Gordon Liddy, of Nixon's re-election committee, found guilty of Watergate burglary and wiretap attempt.
1976: George Bush the first becomes 11th director of the CIA, four years before his first run for the Presidency and subsequent election as Reagan's VP.
1981: The Reagan Administration "de-emphasizes" the Endangered Species List "to concentrate on recovery rather than reporting new species."
The whole article is here.
Reclaim History!
Things that happened on Jan. 30 that you never had to memorize in school:
1838: Osceola, Seminole war chief, dies under questionable circumstances while imprisoned at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina.
1933: Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler assumes office, named Chancellor of Germany, after a controversy over the counting of ballots with partially punched chads in Bavaria. Bad things follow.
1948: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement, is assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu fanatic.
1956: As Martin Luther King, Jr. stands at the pulpit, leading a mass meeting during the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, his home is bombed. By chance, King's wife & 10-week-old baby escape unharmed. Later in the evening, a thousand angry African Americans assemble on King's lawn. When King appears on his devastated front porch, he'll tell them: "If you have weapons, take them home. ... We cannot solve this problem through retaliatory violence. ... We must love our white brothers, no matter what they do to us." King's speech lifts the nonviolent protest movement to new levels of effectiveness.
1973: James McCord and G. Gordon Liddy, of Nixon's re-election committee, found guilty of Watergate burglary and wiretap attempt.
1976: George Bush the first becomes 11th director of the CIA, four years before his first run for the Presidency and subsequent election as Reagan's VP.
1981: The Reagan Administration "de-emphasizes" the Endangered Species List "to concentrate on recovery rather than reporting new species."
The whole article is here.
I just had a troubling thought. Bill Gates and a very few other super-rich philantropists are giving oodles of money to try to help developing nations break free from the dieases that are ravaging them. This of course is wonderful, and other super-rich people should be encouraged to join the fight - Gates gave 200 million dollars, which is hardly noticeable to him. Others who are similarly rich should do the same.
But what happens when these nations start to see their population expanding and living longer? Unless their economy and society as a whole are prepared to deal with a lot more able-bodied people wanting to work, we will have a whole new breeding ground for terrorism on our hands. Especially due to the mental damage that will be present in these societies for gernerations over what they went through, they will be very vulnerable to being led down the dark path of violence and blame-shifting.
So I propose that a similar effort should be undertaken to prepare these countries with the economic and social infrastructure to handle an influx of people ready to work. There are so many advantages to starting this early, and having it ready when the changes start to take effect. Besides the clear relationship to the availablitity of decent jobs to the vulnerability of a society to terrorism, this could be a rare opportunity to develop new, expandable and scalable infrastructures that are based on the newest and most forward-thinking concepts available. Instead of taking baby steps towards true integration with the rest of the world, what if the first new buildings, for example, were built with eco-friendly energy generators, wireless internet access, and efficient but aesthetically pleasing civil engineering? What if we gave them the best, and not just the bare essentials? The rewards would pay for themselves in the long term when these societies and cultures were able to rise to being full participants in the global economy. When people have decent jobs, living conditions, and the hope that other nations see promise in them - justice and liberty are never far behind.
But what happens when these nations start to see their population expanding and living longer? Unless their economy and society as a whole are prepared to deal with a lot more able-bodied people wanting to work, we will have a whole new breeding ground for terrorism on our hands. Especially due to the mental damage that will be present in these societies for gernerations over what they went through, they will be very vulnerable to being led down the dark path of violence and blame-shifting.
So I propose that a similar effort should be undertaken to prepare these countries with the economic and social infrastructure to handle an influx of people ready to work. There are so many advantages to starting this early, and having it ready when the changes start to take effect. Besides the clear relationship to the availablitity of decent jobs to the vulnerability of a society to terrorism, this could be a rare opportunity to develop new, expandable and scalable infrastructures that are based on the newest and most forward-thinking concepts available. Instead of taking baby steps towards true integration with the rest of the world, what if the first new buildings, for example, were built with eco-friendly energy generators, wireless internet access, and efficient but aesthetically pleasing civil engineering? What if we gave them the best, and not just the bare essentials? The rewards would pay for themselves in the long term when these societies and cultures were able to rise to being full participants in the global economy. When people have decent jobs, living conditions, and the hope that other nations see promise in them - justice and liberty are never far behind.
1.28.2003
Below follows an unedited stream of consciousness of my watching the State of The Union, read at your own risk:
Basically, I am excited that he laid out plans for fuel cells and Aids help in africa
everything else, same old crap that won't help, and NOTHING new on iraq, or "terra" in general - He doesn't have a coherent solution, and his fly-by-night plans will cause so much more harm than good. And just watching Cheney back there gives me the creeps.
Basically, I am excited that he laid out plans for fuel cells and Aids help in africa
everything else, same old crap that won't help, and NOTHING new on iraq, or "terra" in general - He doesn't have a coherent solution, and his fly-by-night plans will cause so much more harm than good. And just watching Cheney back there gives me the creeps.
distinguished citizens, and fellow citizens.
"we have the doody"
every child...that can pay for it.
dhs - underfunded
tax relief - $300?
reforms? Holding them to account?
employ everyone...except the 8% that we don't on purpose
It's so fucking childish - one side stands the other doesn't -
Cheny is practically convulsing behind him, when he says the word "money"
$1,100 is a LIE that is not weighted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He hasn't really said anything yet
big fucking deal - that doesn't help me
401k's dont count - but he doesn't want you to know that
Spending discipline - read:cut schools, build bombs
still pushing privatizing SS...
twisting words, still pushing the privitization of everything! IT WON'T WORK
medical liability reform - tell that to the woman who had a needless masectomy
energy - sounds good...
pollution cut - IS MANDATORY! but he wont tell you
forests - cut 'em all down! That way they won't catch fire! Makes sense
1.2 bn for fuel cells - J f'n C I agree with him
He set a timelime, I dont beleive it... this is encouraging at least
WOW
ok, lets move on
back the schwill - faith-based crap
gov't paid mentors, ok i'll bite
did you see his eyes blink talking about drugs
wow - drug Treatment - ok good
too much religion, but treatment is good
partial births - party line, a falsehood that is a lie
no human cloning - fair enough
afghanistan - not as good as it sounds - pretty much a disaster there
Africa AIDS - can't believe he's talking about it, lets see what he offers
Cheny has a "fish clap"
15 bn over 5 years - is that actually more than the UN asked for?
J f'n C!
ok on to "terra"
Cheny just looks so fucking evil! like, eeee-vihl. He stares and stares at W, I can just see his forehead veins popping
what a cold motherfucker - "They're no longer a problem"
buffalo - wasn't a cell
american justice = death or prison with no chance of a lawyer
homeland security - UNDERFUNDED
ballistic missles - we don't need it, they can't stop a box-cutter
I don't want a BushCo injection
threat intervention = TIA???
violence, free peoples...get to the point
ok, the meat
regimes
blackmail - already happened - korea
hitlerism, nazism, communism... defeated by the might of america
grow up
defend the safety, however, what you want to do will Lower our safety
are they booing him? or "woo woo-ing" him?
basically, a big f- you to all other nations
iran - didnt really say anything.
korea - oppressive, yes
what about all the treaties YOU pulled out of?
ie, blackmail
we already were blackmailed
iraq
"potential" wealth?
where are the 8,000 pages that no one else has seen?
those damn aluminum tubes aren't suitable for nuke production
"intelligence"
iraq has let scientists talk without "minders"
let's see some goddamed PROOF of what you're saying
Saddam would never arm terrorists, they'd take him out first
Don't threaten me with a day of "horra"
he had enough sense not to use them last time
dictator assemblimg wrlds most dangerous weapon - YOU
attacked villages with OUR support
I don't beleive the stories you're telling - don't intimidate me
The generals don't stand - they know he's a fool
finish it off with some god nonesense, i don't share your beliefs am i not one of your "Americans"?
I haven't written here in quite a long time, really only because I've been pretty busy, and there is SO much good blogging out there that I just don't have much to add to the impressive display of research and thought going on out there. There is a kind of big-picture conspiracy idea I'm trying to work on - well, not really conspiracy, but there are clues as to the origin and goals of the current right-wing, neo-nazi imperialistic administration that are slowly falling into place in my mind, and I need to get them onto (e-)paper. I think that not quite the beginning but close to it is Prescott Bush (Bush Sr's father)'s association with and funding of the Nazis during WWII and the businesses that were spawned from that. I have an uneasy feeling that the Nixon, Reagan and the Bushes, and I am not kidding, Hitler were pawns in someone or some other group's plan for the future. That sounds crazy, I know, but when the picture becomes clearer it might not be too far off from the truth.
Everyone else is writing fantastic stuff about the current Bush and his idiocy, and I can't compare to the depth and insight, so I'll just list my favorite sites and hope that you read at least a few of them - they are ALL Must Reads!
Working For Change
This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow
Common Dreams
Xoverboard
TruthOut
Reason
Tapped
Ted Rall comics
Fanatical Apathy
The Nation
And, what the heck, a little shameless self-promotion:
I play bass in the band Lunch - come see us play live!
DJ Max Cascone - You probably got here from there, but just in case.
Well, that's all for now, I hope to write more soon.
Live For Peace.
12.12.2002
Here's something interesting spoken by an Israeli judge on why a senior Palestinian official can't be held as prisoner of war:
"Terror is not an act of war, and therefore it doesn't fall within the rules of war."
This is what I was thinking the moment Resident Shrub called the 9/11 attacks "an act of war." That wasn't war, it was terrorism. Calling it an act of war validates it to a certain extent, and excuses the perpetrators from responsibility for their actions. The only reason we're at "war" right now is to line the pockets of the super-rich oil- and weapons barons who currently have a stranglehold over our nation's policy makers, our money, our media, and our conscience. Calling an act of terrorism an act of war reduces the vileness of the act and gives the terrorists an amount of defensibility that it doesn't deserve.
"Terror is not an act of war, and therefore it doesn't fall within the rules of war."
This is what I was thinking the moment Resident Shrub called the 9/11 attacks "an act of war." That wasn't war, it was terrorism. Calling it an act of war validates it to a certain extent, and excuses the perpetrators from responsibility for their actions. The only reason we're at "war" right now is to line the pockets of the super-rich oil- and weapons barons who currently have a stranglehold over our nation's policy makers, our money, our media, and our conscience. Calling an act of terrorism an act of war reduces the vileness of the act and gives the terrorists an amount of defensibility that it doesn't deserve.
in the cd spinner today:
James Lauer - Rapid Transit a departure from his house background into more progressive styles, but still sneaking in some house tracks along the way, i like it a lot. I also like that he finally split the mix into tracks!
Max Cascone - MCIII i always feel a need to listen to a cd that I give to people the night before, as if to validate that it is worth listening to.
System of a Down - Steal This Album! A collection of songs that didn't make it onto either of their two previous albums, this album starts off a little grating (except for "innervision") but becomes pure System goodness a little over halfway through. Their beautiful songs only get more beautiful with each listen; the faster, heavier ones show their meaning after a few listens, and the melody and rhythm begin to make sense.
James Lauer - Rapid Transit a departure from his house background into more progressive styles, but still sneaking in some house tracks along the way, i like it a lot. I also like that he finally split the mix into tracks!
Max Cascone - MCIII i always feel a need to listen to a cd that I give to people the night before, as if to validate that it is worth listening to.
System of a Down - Steal This Album! A collection of songs that didn't make it onto either of their two previous albums, this album starts off a little grating (except for "innervision") but becomes pure System goodness a little over halfway through. Their beautiful songs only get more beautiful with each listen; the faster, heavier ones show their meaning after a few listens, and the melody and rhythm begin to make sense.
12.11.2002
"This administration is set to complete what the railroad barons pushed the Grant administration to start: to take democracy and its institutions of governance from the hands of the human citizen/voters the Founders fought and died for, and give it to the very types of monopolistic corporations the Founders fought against when they led the Tea Party revolt against the East India Company in Boston Harbor in 1773.
And, in the ultimate irony, the new man in charge of economic policy as Secretary of the Treasury will be a multi-millionaire Bush campaign contributor, chairman of The Business Roundtable (an elite corps of 100 of the nation's most powerful corporate CEOs), and, himself, a railroad baron. "
The robber barons are finishing the job, read this masterful article here.
And, in the ultimate irony, the new man in charge of economic policy as Secretary of the Treasury will be a multi-millionaire Bush campaign contributor, chairman of The Business Roundtable (an elite corps of 100 of the nation's most powerful corporate CEOs), and, himself, a railroad baron. "
The robber barons are finishing the job, read this masterful article here.
12.06.2002
The evolution is Ours
We are drowning in an ill-conceived wave of corruption and death brought upon us by the short-sighted fascinations of old men and frightened politicians. The energy to power the light of the future is being concealed by the filth produced by the energy of the past. The evil men who push us down are clinging to their last reserve of power and wealth. Soon the truth will be revealed and a new era will begin. World peace is possible in this new vision.
go here
We are drowning in an ill-conceived wave of corruption and death brought upon us by the short-sighted fascinations of old men and frightened politicians. The energy to power the light of the future is being concealed by the filth produced by the energy of the past. The evil men who push us down are clinging to their last reserve of power and wealth. Soon the truth will be revealed and a new era will begin. World peace is possible in this new vision.
go here
Wow, they actually did something about the White House's economic team! Good riddance, you bastards! Maybe O'Neill will go back to looting California's energy market, which he excelled at when was a CEO at Enron(!).
The article wastes no time in noting that, as usual, the decision to boot O'Neill and Lindsey was purely political and to create the appearance that they actually give a damn about us non-billionaires. Full article here.
update: my mistake, Secretary of the Army Thomas White was the tool who was at Enron in California. O'Neill was just the CEO of Alcoa, the largest aluminum maufacturer in the world
The article wastes no time in noting that, as usual, the decision to boot O'Neill and Lindsey was purely political and to create the appearance that they actually give a damn about us non-billionaires. Full article here.
update: my mistake, Secretary of the Army Thomas White was the tool who was at Enron in California. O'Neill was just the CEO of Alcoa, the largest aluminum maufacturer in the world
12.05.2002
On John Kerry, 2004 Presidential hopeful gleaming in his eyes: "Kerry has a strong presence within his own party: he’s a war veteran who later became a war protestor, giving him a unique advantage of being able to play both sides of the war card. He’s a staunch advocate of many core left-wing Democratic ideals (I am happy because I got to use the word "staunch" today) and has a prior history of taking on corporate fraud- something which hopefully could be used as a 2004 campaign strategy seeing how it’s all nice and fresh from no one using it in the 2002 elections, you stupid, stupid, stupid Democrats. Stupid."
From the awesome Xoverboard.
From the awesome Xoverboard.
"Hoover, Eisenhower and Goldwater were conservatives. George W. Bush is not. He's a radical right-winger applying selective liberalism in order to create an expansionist military empire centered around an oppressive police state."
Ted Rall's latest column, read it all here.
Ted Rall's latest column, read it all here.
I think I've got to recant my "eh" rating of Sasha's Airdrawndagger. It's really starting to grow on me ("like a rash", according to Andrew) and I'm starting to hear where he's coming from and what he's trying to do. It does sound like it was all made with all the same gear though; there isn't a huge depth of sounds but I'm starting to appreciate it. I do hear a few live basses and guitars which is interesting.
12.03.2002
"How convenient to divert the public's attention from other problems with the notion that the whole world must be turned upside down to combat terrorism, when marginal and avoidable mistakes by our government allowed the dreams of madmen to be fulfilled in blood."
Read it here.
Read it here.
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