It would seem thus far this month that Tuesday is a good posting day for me ( Read more... )

A reflection about America by way of America's Pasttime, baseball.

So the New York Yankees got booted from the playoffs prior to the World Series once again. In fact, they got the boot in the very first round, losing to a Detroit Tigers team that was so bad that it lost a stunning 119 games as recently as 2003. The big story isn't about Detroit, ( Read more... )

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For those who were perspiring and expiring to know, the resolution of the EBGames saga resulted in my putting down another $20 toward Lego Star Wars II. It was relatively easy, save for the clerk's ineptitude in correctly using the "refund" function of her terminal.

Of course, the headline of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch made ( Read more... )

"Twenty-First Century Blues"by James Malone ( Read more... )

It's finally happened. The President of the United States has authorized secret spying on American citizens. What's more, he's proud of it. Bill Clinton lied about getting a blowjob and he was impeached. George W. Bush uses shadowy government agencies against his own people and it's fulfilling his duty. Yes, the president is responsible for our ( Read more... )

Let it be noted that my percentage on Social Liberal is the highest so far. I didn't expect that.
You are a
Social Liberal
(83% permissive)

and an...
Economic Conservative
(66% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Libertarian

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Sorry about not posting last night, if you were waiting on pins and needles. I fell asleep at 6:45 pm last night and didn't wake until 6 am this morning.
No record store in this frigging city has The Who Sell Out on CD, and apparently even warehouses don't have a copy either. What gives? Is the album so good that people snatch up copies by the ( Read more... )

I don't normally do lyrics of the day, but you know, this is vaguely, tangentially related to one of my subjects, so here goes ( Read more... )

I'd like to write about a little something political for a moment, then we can get onto more pleasant topics ( Read more... )