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I'm not used to this, but I like it
This morning, I got up. Ate some bread, had a cup of milk, and went out into the world. First, I went to my neighborhood Salvation Army and donated a bunch of clothes rescued from school dumpsters at the end of the year. While there, I met a guy who was John Lee Hooker's guitar player, apparently. That was a good start ( Read more... ) -
Spoken Word
Where does the thing where a rock band has an "old recording" style thing play over part of their song come from? Cake does it with Thrills, Rancid does it with Crane Fist, Death Cab for Cutie does it in a song that I don't remember the title. When did this thing start out? Is there some sort of original source they're all referencing? If ( Read more... ) -
What to do?
Apparently a gay guy has a crush on me and doesn't get that I'm straight. Is there any safe way out of this situation? -
Art
Just because something is called art, that doesn't make it good, nor does it make it worth anything. In fact, many cases in which people declare something to be "art," they rely on the concept of art to give that thing value. The thing in-itself is unimportant, the value lies in the fact that it is "art." It's a last ditch effort by people to ( Read more... ) -
Obama Action!
The site put up by Cris has now gone dead, presumably because of too much awesome. I found alternative sites (none half as full of pictures), and here's one of the best:
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Three Questions
My friends and I like to have things ready to ask people when we first meet them. It helps us know general mindsets, though not much more than that. We have three. If you want, you can answer, just cuz I'm interested.
What is your opinion of the DH in baseball?
Who opens for who: Muse or Killers?
What is the difference between tacos and -
Brisk
For one meal swipe, I can get a six pack of beverage. There's Pepsi, Sierra Mist, Mountain Dew, Mug Root Beer, and Brisk Iced Tea. At 3 in the morning, carbonation doesn't work well for me, so I usually get Brisk. Before break started, I loaded myself up, heavily armed for the long weeks without dining halls. I had 17 six packs of Brisk, 3 of ( Read more... ) -
Bass!
I just figured out a line in 7. I didn't realize it was in 7 until after. That is one fuckin' awesome feeling. -
Youtube search
I put in a search term, write that here, then copy the first thing in the list ( Read more... )