27 October, 2009

Free The Ladies: Legalize Prostitution

Yes, we can! (or should, anyway)
I’ve barely cracked the new book SuperFreakonomics, and I’m already running to my computer to bitch. Not about the book; I was a big fan of the first Freakonomics book, and thus far have been enjoying the sequel. But right there in chapter one they bring up some research done [...]

October 27th, 2009 | Thought It | , , | 4 comments
16 October, 2009

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Now with double meaning.
Like Razzles (both a candy and a gum) the phrase “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” now serves double duty.   More than just a discriminatory policy, it’s also apparently the answer to the question of when, exactly, it will be chucked.
Sure President Obama told the crowd at the annual Human Rights Campaign dinner this [...]

October 16th, 2009 | Thought It | , , , | One comment
10 October, 2009

I’d Rather Smoke Pot In A Malibu Than Huff Aerosol In A Matrix

Or: the decline of civilization (this time it’s real)
Complaints about “young people today” probably go back to the Australopithecus complaining about “those damn kids, what with their evolving, and their using tools to do things, and that whole standing erect thing…”  For the most part, these sorts of comments seem to come from a generation [...]

October 10th, 2009 | Thought It | , , | 18 comments
9 October, 2009

Beauty Is Pain (And It Hurts So Good)

Just ask my new soap.
I know what you’re thinking: that I’m going to start whinging about exfoliating soap again.  I’ve done that post though, and that’s not this.
I did find yet another exfoliating soap in my shower though, and it calls itself Cocoa Java.  Or Mr. Cocoa Java if you’d care to show the respect [...]

October 9th, 2009 | Did It | , , | 7 comments
7 October, 2009

My Windows 7 Launch Party Pack Arrived Today

Microsoft gives it to me good (thanks to House Party).
So dig it: I’ve been jumping back and forth between Apples and PCs (some with Windows, some with Linux, some with FreeBSD) since the early 90’s, and right now I’m smack in the middle of a “Apple Bites Ass” phase.  I’m actually planning a post explaining [...]

October 7th, 2009 | Did It | , , , | 10 comments
6 October, 2009

Dave Matthews

Someone, please make him stop.
Here’s the basic fact: I can’t think of a single band anywhere that comes close to being as irritating as this bunch of pompous musical douchemonkeys.   I’m not saying every song that band has ever done completely sucks, but most of them, yeah, pretty much.
And that’s only half of the [...]

October 6th, 2009 | Music, Saw It | , | 16 comments
1 October, 2009

Psychedelic Furs And Happy Mondays At Revolution

An actual review of sorts.
I have a soft spot in my heart for the Psychedelic Furs.  Back in the early nineties, I was on staff at the recording studio in which they cut “World Outside,” and I thought the lot of them were just peachy.  So when my buddy Alec told me he was friends [...]

October 1st, 2009 | Music, Saw It | , , , , , | 8 comments