Teaching today's intellectual property class at the Atelier really makes me wonder which is worse: the companies actively trying to screw over new creators, or those new creators who will allow themselves to be screwed over because they want their names in light at any cost ( Read more... )

Frakkin' rodents with antlers....

Driving down Hunter Mill Road this morning and barely managed to avoid hitting a deer. Unfortunately, I clipped it, and it jacked my bumper. Yay for $500 deductible.

Dear Sirius XMAt this time, I am writing to express my complete and utter dissatisfaction with the playlist mergers. Everything I loved about XM has been eviscerated and has been replaced by Sirius' "FM without Commercials but with tiny playlists and DJs who don't shut up." I chose XM over Sirius for the variety of music (which has been killed ( Read more... )

Farewell, XM. We hardly knew ye.

Hello, Sirius XM. Now please crawl back into hell where you belong.

This past Sunday, Sirius XM pissed off both star_sign and I by canceling our favorite show on XMU, "Pitch Control". At the time, we thought the show had been canxed because the host had a habit of not wanting to play the corporate crap in favor of the ( Read more... )

Yay, the PC Police are out once again.

CNN reports that teen starlet Hillary Duff is on a crusade to stamp out the word "gay" in its pejorative usage, stating increasing amounts of homophobic harassment ( Read more... )

Yeah, that's what a friend of mine had to say after seeing this debacle.


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I usually don't reference sports stories, but this one just really pissed me the hell off.

Sports Illustrated:( Nine-year-old told he's too good )

And no, I'm not going to talk about it. Those who know, know why. Those who don't, well, not to be rude, but you don't need to know why.

Despite all the stuff you hear that's bad about the Washington Metro....

...it's much worse. Tokyo, the biggest damn metro region on the planet, can build a new subway system from conception to completion in seven years. Here, they've been arguing for 20 years if the Silver and Purple lines are going to do any good...while gridlock gets worse, ( Read more... )

thought this was a good idea?

More stupidity from the 9th Circle of Hell. And people wonder why I want to move back to LA.