I dislike it when people (in this case, FOXNews) assumes that all protestors are anarchists, that all anarchists want to burn corporate World down to the ground, and that they get away with it. Not all anarchists are the kind that blow shit up. Not all protestors are anarchists. Not all students are protestors ( Read more... )

I suppose it hits me, somewhere around noon, the sounds of John on the phone with his son in the background. I'm RSSing feeds from newssites and the whole world's just sort of collapsing at once. Floods in North Korea. Tsunamis and earthquakes in Java. Missiles and guns in Israel, Lebanon. Nuke testing in Russia. Civil war and famine in Uganda, the ( Read more... )

No matter your feelings on the current Mideast conflict, please keep everythere in your thoughts. I won't say anything about innocents, or governments, or things of that nature, but I'm so very thankful that Jaiza and Keff made it out before the blockade ( Read more... )

Vaguely embarrassing moment today. I didn't start crying, but I had the shakes so bad you'd've thought I was coming down off of a week-long meth-high. Typing 07/07 (oh, God, here I go again, and I bet it's just as bad on 21/07). It's not...I mean, it's only been a year, yes, but on the other hand, it's been a fucking year. I should be over this by ( Read more... )

Raining all the time...

Dude, Mr. Prez? Um. Inaugural address, homes. Not warm-up, prologue to the State of the Union. And a little clarification on the word 'shipwreck' might be nice, too. Not all of us might agree with your sociopolitical beliefs. One thing you done right, though? Your speechwriters, man. They rock.