It slipped my mind or I would have posted this earlier, but CDBaby.com is having a $5 CD sale. Buy three or more, and all of them are $5. It’s a great way to experiment and find some new little band to love. It’s an entirely indie music site, by the way: pretty much no [...]
This exemplifies what I complain about. Costco, the warehouse retailer, is being criticized by the Wall Street Journal for paying its workers a living wage, and for providing decent benefits. “Public companies need to care for shareholders first. Costco runs its business like it is a private company.” What a goddamned crime. Time was that [...]
“The White House announced late Thursday that Ms. Rice was willing to appear before the panel again, but only in private and not under oath.” From the NYT today, this article on Condoleeza Rice deigning to grace teh 9/11 panel with her presence. So Rice is willing to talk only in private and if she [...]
The first official day of driving around with the sunroof open in the Mini of 2004. And let me tell you, the John Cooper Works kit is amazing: the Cooper S is a zippy little car, but the JCW upgrade is just lights out. I’m still in my break-in period on that, with about 400 [...]
Just how many entirely different things can we name “Afghan” anyway? “The Afghan was wearing an afghan while walking an Afghan and speaking Afghan in Afghanistan.” It’s like we’re smurfs, or something.
The lovely and talented Grace called to tell me that she saw some coarse language on my page, and wanted to register her displeasure. She was enthusiastically supported by her mother in this complaint. Of course, the idea that it was necessary political commentary, however tiny, and full of spleen venting goodness, was rather ill-received [...]
Yatsze and I are on the South Beach diet, as of last Sunday. Actually, I think she started on Monday. Anyway, it’s essentially a Super Atkins diet for two weeks, then a more reasonable diet where you don’t eat like a pig for the rest of your life. To make matters worse, Tuesday, the new [...]
Since Bush has entered the White House, the US has: * lost two million jobs * started one justified war against a foreign nation * started one unjustified war against a foreign nation * started another vague war against a concept that by definition cannot ever be completed * seen world sympathy and support turn [...]
I just can’t stand Bush, and the legion of fundamentalist sleezebags that he empowers. So fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck [...]
Ha! Channel 4′s new ad is a beautiful rebuke of the FCC. I miss living in England. Here’s a link to more on this fuss. I can’t believe how hypocritical our government is. UPDATE: Good link for the ad here.
