The American public has expressed it's disillusionment with their government, with a resounding GET OUT: We need a change, and we need it now. I heard this interesting factoid on NPR yesterday: We've been in Iraq longer than WWII's European Theater. Deeply mired in the predicted quagmire of another country's Civil War ( Read more... )

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haulgonzo_gibbie goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Pirate.31foxtrot gives you 2 tan watermelon-flavoured wafers.futuresq gives you 19 orange tropical-flavoured gummy bats.getthelunches gives you 2 brown licorice-flavoured pieces of bubblegum.katgurl13 gives you 13 dark blue grapefruit-flavoured gummy worms. ( Read more... )

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Everyone knows it RAINS a lot in Seattle, but it's mostly a light drizzle that barely necessitates an umbrella. You can always tell the locals from the newbies in the U-District by who carries an umbrella during a light sprinkle. But it's actually raining hard right now, non-stop, and has been for awhile. In fact, we are quickly approching ( Read more... )

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PIRATES! Pirates are taking over modern pop culture ( Read more... )

I grew up watching the original "Honeymooners" with comedian Jackie Gleason. My Dad loved him, and would laugh uncontrollably at his comic ability to express his anger at the futility of life. But I am not here to wax poetic about how life sucks... as that is SPIKE's job, to whine and complain in his Live Journal. Today I shall review movies I ( Read more... )

Good Morning VIETNAM! Well... O.K. -- So I'm not as funny as comedian Robin Williams. BUT -- As number two, I try harder ( Read more... )

Hey! I sent an email to the editor and founder-in-chief of "Skeptic" Magazine, inviting him to debate with me. The issue: The existence of the Paranormal! It seems Professor Michael Shermer was my psych professor back in college in the 80's, and I told him then I'd be working to return one day to argue this point with him, as he is WRONG ( Read more... )