As good as I sometimes think I am with words, there's so much more that I hold back, hold in, that never falls on anyone's ears, whether they be listening ones or not. And normally -- in the way that I have of making it easier to talk about an issue by talking about something (somewhat loosely) related -- I'd babble about how amazing it is that we ( Read more... )

A friend sent this article to me. It's great. You should read it: America the Illiterate.

Completely unrelated, and yet in keeping with this theme of pessimism, I had a conversation last night that made me kind of depressed unsure; insecure; vaguely embarrassed. Basically kind of crappy ( Read more... )

( 2.5 days of friends and costumes )

Bill Mahr's Religulous. Trailer here. I didn't hear about this til today, and didn't know that it would be coming out this Friday. I'd go see it Friday, but rock band party at my house is happening, so that's a no-go. But I will see it this weekend instead. It's actually perfect timing -- finally, a movie I can go see with my mom because I ( Read more... )

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A couple of things I wanted to ask/discuss:

(1) Katsucon.

a. Jim's offer to borrow his Jetta fell through because the engine's dead. Anyone know of someone who can replace a 95 Jetta engine for me? He's offered to give me the car, but obviously it's useless unless I can get it working. Also, I know nothing about cars except how to drive them ( Read more... )