hear me, baby? hold together.

Posted by on Aug 28, 2008 in Blog | No Comments

democrats have an exceptional ability to shoot themselves in the foot. alot. so is it just me, or are you kinda surprised that this week they seem to be doing everything right? okay, so not everyone agrees. but i’m still pretty d*mn impressed. and the big night is still to come.

top 5 best concert sing-along performances, ever

Posted by on Aug 27, 2008 in Blog | No Comments

while i’m thinking about great shows, here the ones i most enjoyed singing at… ed vedder’s “hard sun” at the auditorium theatre, 8/22/08 wilco’s “california stars” at the auditorium theatre, 9/20/03 the nightwatchman’s “this land is your land” at schubas, 7/11/07 (tom morello closed out his show in this tiny room with a old folk […]

the day i broke the ban on fun

Posted by on Aug 27, 2008 in Blog | No Comments

first: i’m currently supposed to be adhering to a self-imposed embargo on frivolous (i.e., “fun”) things – the idea being that i really need to focus more on writing fiction in my free time, instead of doing things like hanging out with friends, napping, meeting girls, or other unproductive things. last week was intended to […]

i’m a recovering catholic

Posted by on Aug 26, 2008 in Blog | No Comments

what’s with these guys? i don’t recall priests calling for george bush, or anyone in his adminstration, to be denied communion when he launched a “premptive” (and, as it turns out, premeditated and unjustified) war. or when hundreds of americans needlessly died because of willful neglect in response to hurricane katrina. or when it secretly […]

enough about obama, pt. 2

Posted by on Aug 26, 2008 in Blog | No Comments

who said npr didn’t have a sense of humor? heard during the news segment of morning edition yesterday (paraphrasing): “the mccain campaign will be taking advantage of the spotlight on obama this week to portray him as the world’s biggest celebrity. tonight, mccain will appear on the tonight show with jay leno.”

enough about obama, pt. 1

Posted by on Aug 26, 2008 in Blog | No Comments

things kerri walsh could have been referring to when she thanked the president “for all he’s done”: his f*cking up the country so miserably that even the south wants to vote a black dude into the oval office how he facilitated a surprisingly quick political life cycle for karl rove’s “permanent” republican majority how his […]

hello.

Posted by on Aug 25, 2008 in Blog | No Comments

so i couldn’t help notice you were totally checking out my web log. my blog, as it were. i don’t really know why i’m starting this, other than everyone seems to be doing it. near as i can tell, it’s kinda like jacking off. but with words. glad you’re here.