| Political Lesson of the Moment |
[Jul. 7th, 2009|11:22 pm] |
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Sarah Palin will never win a presidential nomination. At this point she's the whack job they bring out to make sure that whatever white man in a suit gets the nod looks reasonable in comparison. i.e. You'll like Jeb Bush or we'll sick the moose hunter on your ass. |
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| Sick Theme for July is Dead |
[Jul. 7th, 2009|11:02 pm] |
And it's two days after my birthday. However will I handle the theme of dead?
Also, it looks like Sick is moving to third Fridays in August, which means no more Electric Feel conflict, and a day of rest if I wanted to try Deacon X on Sunday. |
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| Things About Men |
[Jul. 5th, 2009|04:31 pm] |
First in a potential new series: Things you Should Know About Boys, Men, and Masculinity, where Masculinity is Defined as Things that, By and Large and Not Indicative of Any Particular Man, Men Do. [working title]
When you ask us what we feel at any particular moment there's three things you need to know
1. There's what we tell you
2. What we believe is true
3. What's actually true
The three, despite the best of intentions, rarely line up on the first go around. Patience is useful. |
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| Iran |
[Jun. 25th, 2009|02:39 pm] |
If you’re so inclined, here’s a small hyper-cynical political reminder for you.
What’s happening in Iran isn’t about democracy. It’s about (at minimum) three political figures jockeying for power. Was the election rigged? Maybe/probably/I don’t know, but given how quickly the opposition was able to rally protesters and rally saboteurs (two different groups) together they knew/suspected the election would be rigged and decided they could use it as a power grab.
The people in Iran are being used as political pawns to decide which authoritarian master they’ll have. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing, but it’s not about democracy, it’s about democracy being used as a bit player in a power struggle. Intelligence operatives from all nations are going to be operating in the chaos, and if you think “we” don’t have people over there right now protecting “our” interests I have a war bridge I’d like to sell you. |
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| For Anna |
[Jun. 2nd, 2009|10:26 am] |
Who missed it the first time, and who does not like pants on her men
Direct Link |
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| Creeped Out |
[May. 25th, 2009|09:44 pm] |
So, the English couple that lived in the front downstairs unit of the house I live in moved out a while back, and were replaced by this guy I never saw until now.
I'm bringing a load of laundry down to the machines and there he is, leaning over the running dryer. Older guy, heavyset, kind of mobster looking. He stares at me but doesn't say a word. I say something like "Oh, hello, you must be the guy who moved in up front". He grunts a reply along the lines of "yeah, i live here". And I say "Hi, I'm A, I live in the back unit", and reach my hand out to shake his.
And then he stares. Some more. And shoes my hand away. I asked him how long he thinks he has left on that dryer (I had stuff in the washer). There's more hesitation form him, and then he said "one more time through, maybe twenty minutes", at which point I turn around and leave him to his dryer.
I could feel this guy's loathing of me rising up off his skin.
Chalk up one more reason to move. |
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| Recent Photos |
[May. 25th, 2009|06:38 pm] |
I'm going to try carrying my Nikon 5100 around with me on a more regular basis. If I get back into shooting for at least a month, I'll allow myself the luxury of a Digital SLR. If not, I'll stay an occasional dabbler. Photos behind the cut.
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| Fuck You Scum Sucking Corporate Filth |
[May. 12th, 2009|10:40 pm] |
I pay $50 a year for email. It comes out to about $4 a month for professionally hosted email that I can rely on, and isn't being indexed by Google to sell me shit and/or let the CIA/NSA know what I get up to.
I just got my annual invoice, and it's $230 dollars. Fuck you (and goodbye) Email Provider™ |
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| Elephant Bird |
[May. 11th, 2009|02:41 pm] |
Be sure to send the folks over at The Icon Factory a heartfelt prayer while they deal with the Twitterific Bird's encroaching elephantiasis.
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| oh hai |
[May. 11th, 2009|12:30 pm] |
Hello journal!
Real life's been trumping Internet Life, which is kind of the point of developing an Internet Life, so I think that things are working the way they're supposed to.
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