I have decided to start taking recommendations, as I will soon be constructing my 20 greatest albums of all time.

The only rule I seem to have right now is that I won't include the same band more than twice.

Keep in mind that this is my top 20, so you should not recommend things that I will gruff at you about.

There's snow falling here and we left foot and paw prints on the sidewalk and somehow it all reminded me of this old arcade game which I need help remembering ( Read more... )

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When it finally became clear some months ago that Barack Obama was going to win the Democratic nomination, I felt that it was all but inevitable that he would win a convincing victory in November. If any aspect of the final results surprises me, it's that the election was ( Read more... )

Originally posted at huckelburgers

Reminder #1: There are other races on the ballot besides President. And if you want to affect real change in this country, that means getting rid of the people who are currently in office and who are maintaining the status quo. If you live here in Cook County, you might be able to vote Green as many as nine ( Read more... )

Originally posted at huckelburgersI finally played around with blog design here. Now it looks like a web page from about 1999. Fancy ( Read more... )

Originally posted at huckelburgersStrange parallel conversations last night lead to the following scintillating two-part question ( Read more... )

Originally posted at huckelburgers

When I talk about my political background, one of the things I inevitably bring up is how I went to college during the heart of the Clinton years. Not only that, but I went to a place which was fairly conservative, both in terms of who made up the student body, and in terms of the surrounding community. There ( Read more... )

Originally posted at huckelburgers

This time it's been almost three months. Poor, poor blog.

Here is the deal:

Not only is the writing bug strong, but actual ideas are circulating. Ideas which I need help whittling down, massaging, etc. Because it's finally time to start writing serious articles, and time to start thinking of what the first book ( Read more... )

I had to think for a while about what music was appropriate for the guy who has been pissed off all day, and wants to listen to something which is good music for those who are pissed off and who aren't happy about it but who nevertheless don't feel like apologizing for being pissed off. lossfound will likely remark on this, especially given my selection ( Read more... )