Archive for December, 2008

Internet Scavenger Hunt

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Dear Internets,
Once again I must lament the lack of a furniture search engine providing advanced searches by dimension.
OK, so, I’m trying to find a tv stand. TV console might be a better description of what I want. Problem is everything I find is either wide and short, or tall and thin. I need medium-tall and [...]

more nonsense

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

I’m afraid if I don’t post something, then the gears of this software might rust or atrophy or something. So I’ll tell ya that I got a couple of Philip Glass discs for Christmas, including his latest opera Waiting for the Barbarians.
Which is excellent, except it’s funny because for the last month or so I’ve [...]

Ronald Reagan was a Communist

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

I can prove it! Using nothing but the most advanced forms of wingnut logic.
See, Ronald Reagan was a member of the Republican Party. Barry Goldwater was also once a member of the Republican Party. Barry Goldwater once employed a speechwriter by the name of Karl Hess. Karl Hess said of Emma Goldman:

Hess said that upon [...]

And aging hippies, oh my!

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

If the conservative nitwits are terrified of anarchist icon Emma Goldman, does that mean we can finally dispense of the notion that conservatism has anything remotely whatsoever to do with libertarianism?
I think the words of another famous American domestic terrorist are apt:

“God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people [...]

one of the lesser known benefits of studying the martial arts…

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

…is that the frequent making of fists is an incredibly effective way to remember to keep your fingernails trimmed.
Yeah, that’s how little I have to talk about right now. Well, there are things, but all the good thoughts are sloshing around in the muddiest depths of my brain, clearly in no shape to go out [...]