Teh hueg bbq yesterday. Drank a little too much and sat out in front of the grill for hours in the sun, which has me in a predictable gross state of body right now. Don't have too much to say about the past week except I have to go to the comic store this coming week because I found out the guy who runs events there is confused as to why his " ( Read more... )

Unless you are just tuning in, it's not too much of a surprise that I'm not a big Obama believer, but I do have to give a little credit where it's due. Many politicians take the time to give lip service to the idea of civil rights for the LGBT community, but almost always fall short on doing the simple shit like actually taking a stand when it ( Read more... )

It's a play on words, you see.

Anyway, someone poked me by IM asking why I had been so quiet preceeding and even after the election. Every couple of years I tend to get a little uh... involved in the process, so a sudden wave of radio silence I guess made him worry if I had a heart attack or if I had finally made good on my ten year old promise ( ( Read more... )

"The cynic wants to believe. But far too much has happened, and inspiration is no longer enough. The cynic will need to be convinced... Someone will have to measure the wreckage. Someone will have to walk through the ruins. Someone will have to count the cost." - The Cynic and Senator Obama, by Charles P. Pierce

It's a four month old article at this ( Read more... )

Brain catharsis, dump crap out of head, go -

I find it funny that PvP in WoW always frustrated me, but when I do it on my Hunter it doesn't feel like... I dunno. Like it "matters". Not that it was some earth shaking issue beforehand, but shooting people in the face and running around I guess just puts me back in TeamFortress mind-mode, so I tend to ( Read more... )

Chicago was pretty awesome, all things drawn together. Let me get the lows out of the way, as not to end my retrospective on a bitchy note - First, the hotel. I'm not usually one to look a gift horse in the mouth, and a company-paid stay at a "historic luxury hotel" sounded pretty fucking sweet on the outset. However, apparently the Palmer House ( Read more... )

I got subtle, real death threats four years ago around this time, and afterward I figured it just wasn't worth getting into. The internet has given a larger, broader forum for the angry and ignorant to yell their insights loudly and self-righteously, and unfortunately it's a place I stumble into from time to time. Of course, I'm talking about the ( Read more... )

Internet connection at the hotel is so shitty, so I'll keep this brief in the hopes it gets posted.

I've spent the last near-week with pretty much no access to WoW, a complete lack of decent libraries, live music bars, or hobby shops to go poke around in. I've been talking with people non-stop about mortgage points, fair housing values per county, ( Read more... )

I usually don't bother to post these cute little blog links because frankly I hate blogging, bloggers, and blog-centric crap like this (yes, having my blogs fills me with pure hatred for myself), what I hate even more is two-faced bigotry and hate hiding behind cheerful guises of a helping hand and love.

I call myself a conservative because it's ( Read more... )

I didn't vote today. I've already given my excuses in the long form, so here's the short - I don't believe in voting where you don't live, so I didn't vote in Missouri where I'm registered. I didn't know my Texas address till it was too late to register here. The night's winding down and I'm reading election posts, watching election reports, and ( Read more... )