wild west

brite glare

2008-07-06T04:16:45Z

Few things exemplify freedom and a daring will to peace than the time-honored lawnchair balloon dream.

Some american injustice.

I got this email

2008-07-03T06:45:38Z

Many years ago, you loaned me $1000 so I could move to Seattle for college. Then, I never left school!

I hope all is well, and you are avhieving what you want.

Lion Lovin

2008-07-02T17:52:51Z

romantic. oh yeah.

Aware

2008-06-24T01:54:07Z

I've been pretty busy lately, but I am aware of all internet traditions.

Love $4 Gas

2008-06-20T00:35:41Z

Since November 2006, cumulative vehicle miles traveled have dropped by 17.3 billion miles.

Mass transit ridership in 2007 highest in 50 years.

For every dollar increase in the average real price of gas, overweight and obesity levels in the United States decline by 16 percent in seven years.

roots for housing squares

2008-06-18T16:19:21Z

The cost of living for a household is the square root of the number of people in the household.

Bonus Link: Mike Tyson: Creepy Fucker

Emma & Jim

2008-06-17T04:57:36Z

Sketches of my grandparents, 1930.

waking up

2008-06-16T15:52:21Z

Only Entrances

2008-06-14T08:02:37Z

The bindi times, carboned through in triplicate, screams one extreme: Love. Only it. And all the moments left to rhyme, we shove, we chew. All the moments. When my hand is a mile high embracing, riveting fusion, confusion, Love. Why is it hard to hear? What monsters have forgotten rhetoric's nemesis: no blame, no escape. A fortress, Brian's movin on. Chainsaw change another address introspect, tumbling intellect thumbling internet. Step into void, seduce, moments Love.

Bovine, Bonehead

2008-06-13T05:43:13Z

"Who goes out and buys a program called Evidence Eliminator?" asked District Judge Stephen G. Larson, who called Bryant’s actions "really powerful impeachment evidence."

Momma Lion

2008-06-11T21:12:37Z

w/ cubs

political and suave

2008-06-07T23:11:40Z

The angry Republicans.

I read about him in today's WSJ. It's a tragic story, unfortunately.

CA-04 — OPEN (Doolittle) — From Solid GOP to Likely GOP
CO-04 — Marilyn Musgrave — From Lean GOP to Toss Up
CT-04 — Chris Shays — From Lean GOP to Toss Up
IL-10 — Mark Kirk — From Lean GOP to Toss Up
NM-02 — OPEN (Pearce) — From Likely GOP to Lean GOP
NY-29 — Randy Kuhl — From Lean GOP to Toss Up
NC-08 — Robin Hayes — From Lean GOP to Toss Up
OH-01 — Steve Chabot — From Lean GOP to Toss Up
VA-02 — Thelma Drake — From Likely GOP to Lean GOP
WA-08 — Dave Reichert — From Lean GOP to Toss Up

I'll cough some up. Just not today.

Lipid Disorder Screening

2008-06-06T07:07:04Z

Find out which medical tests the government thinks you need.

standing

2008-06-06T02:40:35Z

Been doing yoga so hard that i hurt most of the time, and feel wrung out. Been frustrated with the landlord. Left an aggressive phone message about his string of fumbling failures. Told him he's going to step up. My research suggests the guy got property from his dad, went through a divorce or something, prefers making fine cheese on his cow farm, and tries not to get sued. He allegedly yells. He obviously blunders, like he did yesterday. You can read my dealings with him at steil_and_steil. If he would bring me cheese, I would talk with him kindly while enjoing fresh cheese. But I haven't asked for cheese. I've asked for him to do his job. And to Stop Fucking Up.

Brad's LJ through simple features and Intelligent Design still kinda works even with internet of shit. and does not expose me to advertising.

Dear John,

I wanted to drop you a quick note about a major policy change here at the Democratic Party.
As we move toward the general election, the Democratic Party has to be the Party of ordinary Americans, not Washington lobbyists and special interests. So, as of this morning, if you're a federal lobbyist, or if you control political action committee donations, we won't be accepting your contribution.

This is an unprecedented move for a political party to make -- one that has sent shockwaves through Washington and has turned the debate on clean campaigns upside down. We've unilaterally agreed to shut lobbyists out of the process, and are we're relying on people just like you.

Blah blah blah
Will you join us and make a contribution right now to help us elect Barack Obama?

No, but the populists have already won. I hate calling shit early, but... you know. The party is on its game. Now take a bath.

I'm feeling really wrung out, pained, and kinda cross-eyed lately,
looking for the right answer, looking in a mirror,
planetary turbulence shaking the frame.

I am going to work at my job for two straight months. I chose this today. It was a sound decision. Next year will be next year's decisions. I'm dispirited though.

Today a guy actually told me that so-and-so has power, so-and-so isn't a guy you can fight with. (So-and-so is the landlord.) It was early in the morning and I felt groggy but it's true, the guy was telling me so-and-so has "backing". Like Bogle and Gates has a forcefield for so-and-so. And I just looked at the guy so cock-headed, like, "No... seriously... he's not much." And now I feel like the situation has evolved into charity, me showing this guy how fatso's go thump. He's like the handyman, he's afraid of his boss, and he hilariously told me to humble myself. Are you hearing me? He said I ought to humble myself. I barked off why he's full of shit, in about eight sentences. Failure can lick my balls.

There have been times, in business settings and intimate relationships, where I've taken a stand that nobody understood but me, sometimes deeply unpopular or strange (just unexplained) stands, or seemingly self-destructive stands, and I've held to them, even ending relationships and limiting horizons. Actually, my boss and I talked about this yesterday: How things happen for reasons during hard negotiations. Parties agree, or they disagree, but it happens for reasons only semi-mystical. If I want a pink balloon, I can ask for one. And if they won't give me one, I can walk away. Just for a pink balloon.

I am torn about my life, its strangeness and despair. I'm confused when I can't or shouldn't be. The only answer I want is: Work the machine hard each night. I give so much. I have to prioritize. But I'm lost. Lately pretty lost. I'm confused about everything.

I just need to work hard.

cows

2008-06-02T07:35:26Z

I've been watching '80's courtroom drama flicks. These are mostly terrible and usually identical.

Not a bad weekend. Got into the house, the neighborhood, and my software projects.

Work is cramping my style. I hope they lay me off end-of-June like they warned me about.

Debit cards

2008-05-30T21:12:06Z

Debit card skimming on the rise.

I can help you with this:
(1) Carry a debit card with no more than $300 on it.
(2) Avoid entering PIN except when necessary.
(3) Decouple your checking account from your debit account.

Um, simple precautions, ok? The average hit is $900? Then people trust their ATM cards Way Too Much. WHY DO THESE ARTICLES ALWAYS NEGLECT THE SIMPLEST PRECAUTIONS?

Bad Math

2008-05-30T20:49:43Z

McCain tells precisely half the story.

Shoot the helicopter with an arrow

2008-05-30T07:43:15Z

Uncontacted Brazilian tribe.

catastrophic appliance failure

2008-05-30T06:03:13Z

To Steil & Steil,

At 8:20pm, B. strand opened the oven for his pizza. It exploded into a roaring ball of white electricity. Strand was cornered by the fireball for five seconds. It stopped, but then stared again. I yelled his name. "strand, get out of there. Get out of there now!" The roar stopped. The sparks were gone. We carefully went out for pizza.

At 8:26pm, I called 733-1421, the emergency contact number for Steil & Steil, requesting an immediate call back.

This morning at 9am, I will dial 564-3709 and talk to Shirley. I expect the professionals at Steil and Stiel to spring into action, resolve the dangerous situation, and provide a specific, mutually agreeable timeline for appliance replacement. But if necessary, I'll call the fire department.

We prefer a red stove, or black, but really we want the red.

Sincerely,

mcfnord

Republican Warning!

2008-05-22T19:07:05Z

Senator McCain thinks federal law should be changed so that insurance companies in one state could sell their products in all the other states, even if those insurance products don't meet the local standards for care.

This is how usury laws were defeated in the '70's. What a terrible idea!

Hiring foreign students = espionage

2008-05-21T20:56:17Z

A scientific researcher hired foreign students and gave them access to his plasma physics research without first letting the government clear them, and he brought copies of his research with him on his laptop on a trip to China. His defense: "All the information he presented had already been made public in conferences and published work."

We elect a Czar now

2008-05-21T01:31:46Z

Related: EPA To Drop 'E,' 'P' From Name

"Of the more than 180 countries that issue paper currency," Judge Robertson wrote in his decision a year and a half ago, "only the United States prints bills that are identical in size and color in all their denominations."

"I cannot emphasize enough," Professor Stephens declared in the district court in 2005, "the feelings of insecurity and vulnerability which I experience whenever I engage in currency transactions, due to my inability to distinguish between denominations."

Moo

2008-05-20T22:58:35Z

Since the 1950's, the US priced milk (subsidies?) based on how far the cow was from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, some blogger alleges.

Dicks, a reference

2008-05-20T06:19:43Z

Dickipedia

click 4 goat sounds

2008-05-17T21:25:35Z