January 2012
12 posts
“[My grandfather] came after having fought in World War I because Mussolini has...”
– Rick Santorum
Yes, fascism is universal health care. That’s what I remember the most about Mussolini.
(via fearandwar)
Especially because Mussolini didn’t introduce universal health care at all. Lets think about what he did do. He drastically lowered taxes on banking on industry, abolished the...
I have to work today.
Nothing’s happening though. Mostly all I’ve done is read the entirety of Mao Zedong’s Wikipedia article for some reason and play shitty Android games on my phone.
However, every five to twenty minutes, I get a call from a confused client whose asshole-itude is cranked to eleven because it’s tax season.
In the end I’ve learned that, contrary to the claims I made in...
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December 2011
12 posts
Washington gridlock is Gingrich's Legacy →
I normally consider the folks who write for CNN.com to be a pack of chumps, but I actually found this commentary piece to be one the finest-written and most effectively-researched articles I’ve read in a long time.
It definitely helps that the whole thing supports my hypothesis that Newt Gingrich is something pretty darn close to a Machiavellian madman or, at the very least, a...
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Black Metal Christmas
When I was a kid, I remember reading a youth-themed chapter book, probably by Beverly Cleary, in which the young protagonist dejectedly shoved his hands into his pockets while he trudged home from school under a mild, flat-clouded sky and protested to himself, “Who ever heard of a gray Christmas?!”
These days, my office window overlooks a descending hillside of barren trees. That,...
I just saw 50/50 last night. Great movie, but one...
Anna Kendrick
and Adam Scott
Long-lost brother and sister?
I can not stop seeing it.
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Welp . . .
The Electro Harmonix POG2 was dead on arrival, so back to Guitar Center it went. After standing with my hands in my pockets for 30 minutes waiting for GC employees to prove I wasn’t lying that the pedal was dead and then slowly tap my info into their computer system several times, they just handed my a computer printout and said, “Well UPS should have it to you in another five business...
November 2011
27 posts
I HATE MY HUSBAND.
thedivineashley:
Because he is impossible to buy for, treats me like I’M SO KIND OF GODDAMNED GIFT CARD AND JUST SUGGESTED I BUY HIM SOME BUCKEY BALLS FOR CHRISTMAS GODDAMNIT.
He will get nothing. NOTHING.
In contrast, I love my wife very much and know she’ll get me something I’ll love, as usual. What I would love most of all is simply spending this wonderful time of year with...
WatchI finally finished a handful of new songs and put them all into one group called Have You Heard of Yateveo? You can listen to it at my bandcamp. They’re free to download too.
For anyone who’s heard my music before, these songs are definitely a good bit more pleasant and less noisy than my previous stuff. Some of them are a bit ambient or whatever and the recording quality isn’t...
