Is Reuters Dumb Enough for *You* Yet?

Posted on: 6 May 2008 /
Categories: Media

Cuz they’re dumb enough for *me*! Now. Headline today: Anger, despair in main Myanmar city as prices soar “Main Myanmar city”, eh? “Main Myanmar city”? So is Angkor Wat “that famous, weird stone temple-looking thing you might have seen a picture of and that’s in that one Asian country”? How about Reuters gives us a

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Energymania II: Monster vs. Red Bull vs. Rockstar vs. Full Throttle

Posted on: 4 May 2008 /
Categories: Other

So here’s my current Top 3: Monster Khaos – The spelling hurts and it doesn’t taste as good as Full Throttle Fury. On the other hand, it has 40% less sugar, which I’m guessing is why it out-buzzes FTF for me. And the taste is far from awful — there’s very little of the sulfuric

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The Problem with Direct Democracy Is That It Sucks

Posted on: 3 May 2008 /
Categories: Fascism

We live in a fantastic society. It’s one in which it’s not possible to leave a Target store without someone trying to get you to sign a petition for something or other. See? Fantastic. Direct democracy and referendums are bad. Aside from the Target hassles, here’s why: We already have a government. Several of them

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You Know the World’s Becoming a Better Place When…

Posted on: 26 April 2008 /
Categories: Other

The people who deliver the yellow pages books stop leaving them at your doorstep and instead drop them off within six feet of your recycling bin. Out of gratitude for their astonishing courtesy I was tempted to, like, keep this one. But how often do you get the opportunity to throw away yellow pages as

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My First Red Egg and Ginger Party

Posted on: 23 April 2008 /
Categories: Other

I finally got to go to a *real* Chinese party. Finally, finally, finally! Here’s my one photo: In case you’re wondering, the Red Egg and Ginger Party celebrates a baby’s first month of being alive. The event, as shown above in a photo taken from my cell, begins with the serving of red eggs and

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Cross-Country Road Trip Plans

Posted on: 22 April 2008 /
Categories: Travel

Not sure when I’m going to get around to it, but I’m planning on taking a three- or four-month cross-country road trip. I’d be interested to hear what anyone has to say about where I should or shouldn’t go. Here are my priorities: States I’ve never set foot or tire in (from left to right:

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Do the FLDS in Texas Deserve Due Process? I Mean, Polygamy’s Worse Than Murder, Right?

Posted on: 14 April 2008 /
Categories: Fascism

It’s *possible* that the State of Texas held hearings for each and every FLDS child in Eldorado prior to taking them from their homes. I mean, *possible* — it just seems like, if they did, then they should say something. Otherwise they’ve committed state-sponsored kidnapping based on an anonymous phone call from a person they

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Desert Island Albums

Posted on: 30 March 2008 /
Categories: Self Promotion

Rules/Guidelines: Can only choose five. No compilation albums. One album per band. It’s not really the albums you would take with you onto an actual desert island. It’s: if you could only listen to five albums for the rest of your (otherwise normal) life, what would they be? Mine (alpha by artist): DEATH FROM ABOVE

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Program Music: An Ode to the Gulf War That I Wrote When I Was 24

Posted on: 28 March 2008 /
Categories: Self Promotion, War

This came up on my iPod at work today and it cracked me up. I’m guessing no one else will have the same reaction. Shame. I wrote this while I was taking an honors class on Beethoven my senior year in college. One day we talked about Wellington’s Victory and it sounded like it was

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More B-52 Photos, By Request (Plus a Couple Pics of AMARG)

Posted on: 15 March 2008 /
Categories: Travel

And because, let’s face it, I’m never actually going to get around to putting anything on Flickr.   And because the last set didn’t include any actual photos taken from the boneyard at Davis-Monthan (AMARG — Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group), here are a few. The bus, as mentioned last post, made it tough to

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