mushin no shin

I of course completely agree with Aunt B that anyone who thinks Bush is Batman is a moron of well, comic book proportions. A supermoron, if you will.
But beyond that, it occurs to me, isn’t Batman partly a tale about a hopelessly ineffective government ripe with corruption and crony-ism, and particularly plagued by a broken [...]

I don’t really have much to add on the new Ted Stevens mess, but Rex pointed us to this Gawker post which introduced us to:

which is just awesome in its own right. Of course I think it’s the lolcats that make it ring true. Well, that and His Noodly Appendage, of course.

Apparently it was August 20, 1991 when I drove up to Orlando for the first lollapalooza, which I bring up to tell again about the pre-show activities, when I ate some acid with a random hardcore freak I met in line — who actually said his name was Gonzo — who gave me a copy [...]

Success! I sampled the first bottle of my homebrew tonight, and it turned out quite tasty. Well, the shitty thing is that it’s a standard issue golden pilsner-style lager, since that’s the mix that came with the kit — will have to brew a good stout or something for the next batch. At which point [...]

Except of course “Darkness = 100%” should have been worked in there somewhere…

Sometimes I think it’s important to take a step back and be grateful for the talents we have which we usually take for granted.
For example, I have the ability to watch a DVD, without subsequently dragging a cheese grater across it when I’m done. I’ve never thought much about it, but judging by the condition [...]

So… whoa. I took Jim Ridley’s advice and added I Know Who Killed Me to my netflix queue some time back. Well, here’s a pretty good summary review. But I think I can condense my review to one word:
Yikes.
Man, I don’t know if I can trust Mr. Ridley any more after this! Ha, I tease, [...]

I’ve been watching a Civil War flick. I may have more to say about that later, but for now — they just showed a scene where the Confederates held a barn dance, and I just wanted to remark on how it amuses me that the music they played, an ancestor of bluegrass, and similar to [...]

This song has come up in conversation a couple times in the past week or so, and it’s one of my all time favorites, so I thought I’d point a link. Plus I’ve seen a few people do something about “Feel Good Fridays”, but I figure the closest I can get is “Feel Dark, Reflective, [...]

Walked over to Coleman for the Flatrock Festival opening ceremony. Heading back over there shortly, but just wanted to share this great quote from the ceremony (paraphrased from memory) …

I’ve been in the Woodbine community for 36 years, and people always ask me, “Why on earth do you live in Woodbine?” — and now I [...]