Thank you, thank you, thank you to all the people who helped Ron Paul raise over FOUR MILLION dollars on Guy Fawkes day.  That is an amazing feat for a grassroots campaign, and an incredible show of support for the Texas libertarian ( Read more... )

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Insomnia.  Grar.

It occurs to me that I havn't really posted much about Team Sleep. For those not in the know, TS is the side project of deftones front man Chino Moreno. It's sort of a dreamy, low-tempo, quasi-electronic trip-hop/rock thingamabob. The songs are achingly beautiful. Below the cut, I'll be embedding whatever vids I can find of some ( Read more... )

Thank you, Sox.

Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.

My second real hailstorm since moving to Nebraska.  Bit in mid-October?  Really?  I leaned outside for a second and got pinged in the noggin.  Ow.  This pic was taken literally about 60 seconds after it started.  Please ignore the half-painted garage.


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The Wall Street Journal reports that Harvard's endowment rose to $34.9 billion this year ( Read more... )

Listen and fall in love with those fabulous DuPrees.

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...to recognize genius in all its forms.

Greatest fanvid of all time?

Conveniently timed to coincide with my day off, it's...

Another slipped disc in my lower back! Yay!

At least I think it's a slipped disc. The particular pain and stiffness feel awfully familiar, but it's not as bad as the last time. It may have even popped back in on it's own last night or this morning, because it's hurting less already and ( Read more... )