I've started a new blog, so I don't think I'll be posting in this one anymore, in case anyone actually reads this thing.

Check it out, bring the kids:

http://brainjunk.wordpress.com/

Obama can't give up his blackberry.

I feel you. PIN me later, brobama!

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On my way to work this morning, as I rounded the corner transferring from stairway to escalator, I noticed a couple of older guys talking in the tunnel that leads down towards the subway station. One of the guys was Middle-Eastern or something, and the other guy was a grey-haired European, with his eyes closed and carrying one of those sticks that ( Read more... )

I hear a lot of people say that unions are dinosaurs, that they are no longer necessary in our times and only contribute to bloat and inefficiency in the companies that they infest. I guess they were right. The UAW (United Auto Workers) union refused to allow pay cuts that would put wages in line with those paid by Japanese automakers. A ( Read more... )

Soooo, pitchfork.tv is the best site ever. It's a site full of streaming videos of bands performing live. I've got this little piece of software that allows me to save the videos to my HD, so now, if I play the videos on my TV (which I do), and listen to them on good speakers (which I have), and I'm a little drunk (which is more often than not ( Read more... )

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Buy one, get one free on American cars! Coooome and git 'em!

Also for sale: 1 failing economy. Definitely a fix'er upper. Can also be used for parts. Sold as-is.

In his blog, Roger Ebert writes:

The CelebCult virus is eating our culture alive, and newspapers voluntarily expose themselves to it. It teaches shabby values to young people, festers unwholesome curiosity, violates privacy, and is indifferent to meaningful achievement ( Read more... )