Piss Off All Your Neighbours October 29, 2006
Posted by admin in : Irrelevant, Political/Editorial , add a commentHey kids! It’s not too late to order your bumper stickers — don’t just piss off some of your neighbors — piss off all your neighbors:
The Unearned Pistachio October 28, 2006
Posted by admin in : Irrelevant , add a commentSpeaking of nuts…
You’re eating pistachios, a bowlfull, roasted, salted, in the shell. After a few minutes your finger tips and fingernails start wearing down. It’s painful but you cannot stop. Then, down in the pile, you see it — the lone nut. No shell, just resting there, hard to see. It’s the unearned pistachio. With no effort and little fanfare, you accept the unearned pistachio as a boon. You did not work for it — it was a gift, a blessing, a bonus.
Pecans October 27, 2006
Posted by admin in : Irrelevant , 2commentsThis is pecan season. Damn I miss pecans! Those green stains in the driveway, the scabby husk. The oof! you feel when you fall in the lawn on top of a pecan. The skill acquired from opening millions of pecans — to be able to remove one whole, clean it and eat it. Filling up grocery sack after grocery sack of them, whole car trunk loads, and taking them to Trader Smith’s and getting like a buck thirty-five for a whole weekend’s worth of work. I wish I had a pecan tree in my back yard.
We must not view my failures as my failures. October 26, 2006
Posted by admin in : Irrelevant, Political/Editorial , 4commentsWe must not look at every success of the enemy as a mistake on our part.
– President Bush, 10/25/2006
Oh, mustn’t we? I believe in war that is precisely how to view the successes of the enemy.
By extension, I guess he means, “We must not view the failures of people under my command and in my administration as my failures.” Or, more honestly, “We must not view my failures as my failures.”
The other thing that grated me about yesterday’s news conference was the sitting president’s active and shameless promotion of his political party in the coming election. I understand of course that the reality is his is a partisan administration, but shouldn’t the sitting president at least pretend to be above that? Especially in a time of war? It’s cheap, it’s profane. It’s like a commercial. “Oh, and while I have your attention, drink Coke! The pause that refreshes!”
So the news is all abuzz w/ the polls indicating a possible (and likely) Democratic takeouver of Congress in November. On the one hand, I’m not holding my breath. The shenanigans have just started. But even if it does happen, that means a whole lot of people who voted for W and the Repubs in Congress in 2000, then 2004 will suddenly decide to vote Dem. While I appreciate the idea that “It’s the war, stupid” — what’s really so different about now v. 2004? Things were going so well then? Suddenly the death toll is intolerable? Suddenly people are noticing that the rationale for war was built on false premises? Suddenly people see the injustice? They’ve lost faith in the leadership?
While it should be an encouraging sign, I find it utterly demoralizing. Where the fuck were you people in 2004? What goes on in the mind of someone between 2004 and 2006 that suddenly someone who voted for W will vote Dem this time?
CNN.com - Marijuana may stave off Alzheimer’s - Oct 5, 2006 October 6, 2006
Posted by admin in : Drugs, Irrelevant , add a commentCNN.com - Marijuana may stave off Alzheimer’s - Oct 5, 2006
New research shows that the active ingredient in marijuana may prevent the progression of the disease by preserving levels of an important neurotransmitter that allows the brain to function.
Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in California found that marijuana’s active ingredient, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, can prevent the neurotransmitter acetylcholine from breaking down more effectively than commercially marketed drugs.
Gimp Found in White House Dungeon October 5, 2006
Posted by admin in : Political/Editorial , add a commentWill Democrats try to exploit for political advantage? News at 11.