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and virginia has a recount

I hope that douche bag McDonnell isn't the ultimate winner...more on the attorney general race in VA

funny like, haha

I'm all for personalized license plates and all but sometimes they have unexpected results...like take for instance the car I saw the other day whose license plate said:

ILVPOOH

which obviously is meant to be I love pooh as in winnie...but I took it somewhat differently...

you know it's bad...

when you can't sleep because you can't breathe and you go to blow your nose and your sinuses are draining nasty green mucus that's super dark. yes folks, I think I got myself a sinus infection. oh the joy. I just cancelled band practice because my ears keep popping and I don't think I'd be of much use (not that I usually am!) today. so is it a bad idea to take more than 2 of those big horse pill vitamins?!?

the trappings of townhouse life

before I start this post, I'd like to proclaim that people who say they live in a townhome are stupid fucking yuppies who suck...seriously, it's a townHOUSE not a townhome...just because you feel more uppitty by saying you live in a townhome doesn't mean I'm gonna let you get away with it...and if you spend over $500k to share a wall or two with someone you deserve my spite...

so living next to someone is fun isn't it?

especially when they listen to god awful Latin music that has the same rolling bass beat for 5,000 measures too...but when you're sitting in your computer room writing reviews of decent bands while and you can still hear your neighbor listening to (what you hope is) mainstream radio with its Coldplay (who I like), Nickelback (no.), and whatever other stupid songs I've overheard, you want to scream at them...but instead you insert the latest Dark Funeral album "Attera Totus Sanctus" and blast loud as shit black metal back at them...then again you could always be whisked back to '93 and be forced to listen to 4 Non Blondes, R.E.M., and Tag Team...

radio 1's DMC broadcast

I listened to a bit of the DMC champions mix it up on Radio 1 and damn if it wasn't pretty impressive...check it

no more diet coke?

maybe I should quit my habit...I'm just drinking fucking water from now on, seriously...oh and beer.

it's coherent

I think this is awesome...I'm sure o'reilly will poop his pants over this.

some reviews roll in

Ear Candy Magazine reviewed my dRed project's "Found Sounds Vol. 1" album and also wrote a piece on Curt Porter's (my brother-in-law) "India Journals". Both can be found here

But to save you scrolling:

Curt Porter,"India Journals" (Whose Mother Records)
This started off like an Indian version of Primus with the song “I Wasn’t Born A Saint” but soon changed gears to a more subdued sound. “Circus” is another track from out of left field. I really enjoy the odd stuff and by odd I mean the songs that don’t fit the mold. Mr. Porter has accomplished that on more than one occasion with “India Journals”. This is his self proclaimed attempt at expressing some of what he saw during his travels to India and I think he’s succeeded at giving us a glimpse.

and:

dRed,"Found Sounds Volume One" (Whose Mother Records)
In this day and age digital editing is launching musical creativity forwards very quickly allowing you too cut, paste, twist, layer, and loop to create abstract electronic pieces that the mind and it’s senses can barely fathom. And this side project of J-Sin known as D Red is a great example of this new revolutionary mind manipulation including some guest appearances by Paris Hilton and The Hiroshima Boys Choir. In “Factory Leg” J-Sin creates a sci fi world of bloops and bleeps, here and there and they are coming and going in a world where time is absent where there are no beats just randomness, a perfect backdrop for a intergalactic post war struggle. With “Spelunking In the Dead of the Chilly Nightlife”, I think of alien abductions, waking up on a cold metal table with wires coming out of my head and abdomen and feeling afraid and violated in the worst sense. I’m sure we would do the same thing to aliens if we found them. Right? “Position Faded” throws you into a realm as an automaton in the industrial sense. The same movements over and over, day after day, reminding me that we are all tiny little pistons working hard making the world grow and grow as we slowly destroy it. Seriously this material is decent, interesting, and intriguing but don’t take it home to your mother, she wouldn’t understand.

pretty cool huh?

For the metal guy and myself

I'm feeling like I can start relating...

more reasons to move to england

24 hour drinking...WOW.

snowing

yes it's snowing. the day before thanksgiving. anyone else still think there's no such thing as global warming or climate change?

kate moss has small boobs and a big nose (for snorting coke DUH!)

this video of kate moss dancing topless is pretty hilarious but boooooy will all the fan boys be disappointed in her rather small boobies...seriously, weak, and before you give me crap for posting this ladies, I'll have you know that it was my wonderful wife who pointed it out to me--this a mere day after telling me about Gwen Stefani's nipple slip). what this tells me is that my wife likes me looking at famous boobs. whoohoo! (she better not look at famous cock!)

Thank you, The Superficial for once again making my evening a pleasant affair of laughing at stupid celebrities...

corpsegrinder's the jerk

because he still hasn't made me a GUI...if he finds his bass amp in disarray it was Jack Tripper's fault not mine!

cut it up b

b-boys should not necessarily apply their skillz to the breakz...

saturday night live will finally be good

because my main man, Dane Cook will be the host on Dec. 3rd....hell yeah

check out some good music

so despite the fact that I review hundreds of CDs every couple of weeks I rarely post on here about music in general...I found a nice blog that lists some good mp3's that you can download...very nice indie pop-rock stuff mostly...shmat records reviews and releases a lot of really great indie music...this blog reviews mostly pop stuff and much of it is bland and boring but still worthy of a quick mention at least more than one that was for sale...certainly as much as a crazy cop stopping a pick-up...he obviously wasn't wearing his foil attire...so what other music is good you ask?

well if you're looking for some great sludgy swampy doom metal, than look no farther than Parabellum...

but what about good old fashioned power violence or something similar? then check out So I Had to Shoot Him off of one of my favorite metal labels, Crucial Blast Records...

speaking of good metal labels, one needs to mention Southern Lord (Earth, Sunn 0))), Thrones, Saint Vitus, Goatsnake, Khanate, and Twilight, among others) and Candlelight Records (home to Khold, 1349, Destruction, Novembers Doom, CrowBar, and many more)...the first one really specializes in doom metal and loud clangy heavy shit with twists of experimental and stoner rock mixed in whereas Candlelight more typifies death metal, black metal, gore-grind, and other great heavy slabs of metal.

everyone should love bands on Saddle Creek Records which is Conor Oberst's label so it obviously is home to the likes of Bright Eyes, but also features other great bands like The Faint, Cursive, Maria Taylor, Azure Ray, and many others.

if you like your pop crossover punk rock music more internationally flavored than I'd highly recommend South Korea's Pia which is the latest project backed by brainchild and South Korean rock superstar Seo Taiji and I'd also have to give big mega propers to the wonderful folks at Escondida Music for releasing their "Cuban Essentials" collections, some dozen or so releases of great Cuban music featuring the traditions of sones, folk rock, Cuban funk, jazz, guarachas, trova, and guajiras, etc. Then of course there's always Asphalt Tango Records in Germany releasing the amazing album by Ion Petre Stoican. Neat story behind that one. Basically Mr. Stoican caught and turned in a spy in his home country of Romania and when the secret police offered him a reward, he replied that he wanted their help to record an album. The result is incredible traditional violin-centric Romanian traditional dance music that will drop your jaw with its sophistical nature.

For great indie rock turn to The Ike Reilly Assassination which boasts some amazingly clever lyrics and witty songwriting somewhat to the left of the traditional singer/songwriter format...Team Sleep features Chino Moreno of Deftones fame and it's experimental rock with electronica mixed in, very druggy and intriguing...you can also take a turn towards the more arcane and bizarre and make a stop to listen to the enigmatic Time of Orchids or any Jesse Krakow project (especially his "Oceans In the Sun" released on Public Eye Sore) and who could deny the weird Jewish flute punk rock of Steve Lieberman or the lo-fi weird rock band Bill fronted by a kid with Down Syndrome...and I didn't even go into The South Jersey Seashore Lifeguard Convention Band with their Zorn-esque weirdness.

if you're more in the mood for something with beats, than I'd head over to the premier electronic label Metropolis Records who boast a roster of industrial, EBM, and electronica comprised of the likes of Pig, Funker Vogt, :wumpscut:, Frontline Assembly, Apoptygma Berzerk, Front 242, KMFDM, and Snog among many others...Acumen Nation also recently released a commendium of their commanding cold wave music from the past decade that's a must-have...another great label is Beta-Lactum Records who have recently released some great stuff in Edward Ka-Spel (Download, the Legendary Pink Dots, etc.), Mingo, george&caplin, and The Silverman for your eclectic electronic and noise needs. and if you just want to dance, get your Euro-Dance fix with a needle juiced up with Groove Coverage...

Alone Records is pretty awesome and this New York based hard music label have recently put out the Racebannon singles, b-sides, and 7" collection called "Inevitable" (the label also released crust-grind kids, Jeromes Dream compilation of all of their back catalog)...that alone should make you hurry over to Alone but if you need more convincing, check out Bravo Fucking Bravo for some blistering hardcore screams and Daniel Striped Tiger for twisted post-punk/hardcore as well as some of my personal favorites like The Funeral Diner (their "The Underdark" is perhaps one of the most gut-wrenching albums of all time), The Saddest Landscape, and Index for Potential Suicide, among many others on that strong roster.

I also recommend highly The Magic Numbers, indie anti-folkster Dan Fishback (and his wonderful anti-folk band Cheese On Bread), Gregory Paul (he of Autumndivers fame), and Castle Oldchair off of Standard Recording who is also the label for indie rock geniuses Calibretto

falling down

The Washington Post has a story about US-aid financed construction projects in Afghanistan and the race to rebuild them. it's disheartening to see how poorly constructed they are in the first place--not building a structure as earthquake proof is simply inexcusable...so I wonder how the Unocol sponsored Trans-Afghanistan pipeline is making out as the various oil wars and conflicts extend...we are mere pawns aren't we?

bright eyes, feist, and the magic numbers

Last night's show at DAR Constitution Hall was beyond thrilling--it was exhiliarting...after a nice dinner at a mexican tapas place in downtown DC we zipped on over to the place right in time to see The Magic Numbers open up with their rowdy rendition of their big single...the band was amazing and able to pull off their incredible three-part vocal harmonies perfectly live...they've got a very interesting sound in which they melt doo-woppish '50's vocal harmonies and arrangements with roots rock, a bit of alt.country, and straight up rock-n-roll all with modern twists...dueling xylophones? yes, that's right and I didn't even get into the melodica playing...incredibly talented UK kids that know how to bring down the house...up next was a band I had only heard bits and pieces about and didn't really know what to expect...it's feist...it's bascially a Canadian female singer/songwriter who can pull her own next to the likes of bjork...she does crazy vocal arrangements and it was pretty amazing to watch her record a loop live of some odd vocal harmonies and then sing live over top of them...the music is also somewhat rootsy but more pop with a rock-n-roll twist and crazy multi-instrument symphonic arrangements...we're talking trumpet and xylophone, her playing a crazy rock-a-billy style riff on the guitar, and samplers and of course a drummer with electronic drum triggers on his gear too...very interesting and while some of the songs were very atmospheric and moody to the point of me getting tired with them, I still enjoyed the show...basically this is a band that can be thoroughly enjoyed live but REALLY appreciated on disc...I can't wait to get some stuff by her...one song featured a colloboration with the chick from Rilo Kiley and Conor Oberst from Bright Eyes and there was also another dude from Bright Eyes in there whose name escapes me...then up last was of course Bright Eyes...Conor's voice was pretty incredible live and he played most of all the songs I wanted to hear with the exception of the b-side "True Blue" which is probably my favorite song of his...they had seven people on stage with most of them completely multi-instrumentalists...for example one lady played the xylophone, the harp, sang, played keyboards, and did some crazy almost thermine like effects with a laptop but I couldn't quit tell what it was from my vantage point...also on stage was upright bass played with a bow, keyboards, several different types of guitars, a drummer, plus a percussionist and another guitarist...there was also some trumpet and some other wacky stuff going on...very cool and it came out sounding simply amazing...I just don't know how songwriters arrange stuff this incredible and intricate...he encored with three songs, one of which brought the house down which of course was the political acoustic song "When the President Talks to God"...the thing that blew my mind was the audience which was mainly comprised of kids from the age range of 14-22 with most being young teens...and these were teenie-boppers to the max...it's pretty hilarious to see a bunch of indie kids who are all trying so hard to look so different all smashed up into a room where they all LOOK THE SAME...I know I did shit like this when I was young but boy was it obnoxious...it was funny to hear people blurt out stuff like "Conor I love you" or the dude that followed it up with "I WANT TO HAVE YOUR BABY" which brought a laugh from Mr. Oberst...great show and good times...if you get a chance to catch this tour than DO IT

tire fire and iTunes

so some of my reviews are showing up in iTunes now...that's exciting...

the wife got a flat tire last night so I get to be a good husband and go get a new one...the fun! oh why is it fun you say? because I haven't driven stick shift in FOREVER...I'm soooo going to stall out like fifty billion times...UGH

the real fistagon

the real fistagon

IT WORKED.

basically this lame ass nu-metal band has stolen my old metal band's name and besmirched our good name with their deriative crap music. so I set out to get the first result in google for "the real fistagon" be my site. and it is. unfortunately if you search for "fistagon" my site is still only the fifth site but it's climbed up the rankings.

help me out by like super-linking my site dudes and dudettes. I will own google bots panties.

pentagon admits to using chemical weapons

geez our military leaders sure know how to inspire the Iraqis to like us

longest day ever.

man was today a looooong day. got in the office a little before 9am, left the office around 8:30pm...YUCK! so it sucked to the maximum extreme but at least it's over now...now I'm trying to catch up with the internets which I have not been able to do since this weekend...boo! this Friday I'm going to see Bright Eyes which should be amazing and this weekend coming will be filled with amazing and incredible things--like seeing my moms!

now if only I could fall asleep...

I'm disappointed

that I'm not part of the first annual myspace stupid haircut awards...I mean really?

for the lamarocket

duck?

genomes and the wonders

explore this site and the molecular biology of paradise...it's pretty interesting and there's just a TON to read there.

probably

texas JERK ranger

My wife is preggers

Yes it's true. My wife is preggers. She is about ten weeks pregnant. I'm going to be a dad. ain't that some crazy shizzzz?...our families have been very supportive and it's extremely exciting...it seems to hit me in waves, like OH MAN I'M GONNA BE A DAD!...so on Thursday morning we went to the doctor and got to hear the heartbeat. damn that sucka is a straight up death/black metal or grindcore drummer I tell ya what...we'll be finding out what sex it is but that's not for a couple of months now...so my old roommate's wife is pregnant too and due right around the same time (June 2006) so that'll be pretty awesome...I've already begun and before we were trying had started making some lifestyle changes...I cut back even more on drinking (really just a little bit on the weekends) and I'm eating better and trying to exercise more...I want to be in bomb shape again but it's tough to stick to any sort of regiment with my work schedule the way it is...sure I only work between 8 and 10 hours a day (sometimes longer but thankfully that's been rare these last few weeks) but my commute is a pain in the ass and I spend probably 2 hours or so every day on the road in total...

other than that I don't have too much news to report other than one of my old high school buddies found me on myspace and contacted me...we totally need to get together an A.T.M. (my first real band) reunion show!

'merica fuck yea?

brand america is dying

sums it up

the crazies are out...

Pat Robertson warns Pa. town of disaster
VIRGINIA BEACH (AP) — Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson warned residents of a rural Pennsylvania town Thursday that disaster may strike there because they "voted God out of your city" by ousting school board members who favored teaching intelligent design.

All eight Dover, Pa., school board members up for re-election were defeated Tuesday after trying to introduce "intelligent design" — the belief that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by a higher power — as an alternative to the theory of evolution.

"I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city," Robertson said on the Christian Broadcasting Network's 700 Club.

Eight families had sued the district, claiming the policy violates the constitutional separation of church and state. The federal trial concluded days before Tuesday's election, but no ruling has been issued.

Later Thursday, Robertson issued a statement saying he was simply trying to point out that "our spiritual actions have consequences."

"God is tolerant and loving, but we can't keep sticking our finger in his eye forever," Robertson said. "If they have future problems in Dover, I recommend they call on Charles Darwin. Maybe he can help them."

Robertson made headlines this summer when he called on his daily show for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

In October 2003, he suggested that the State Department be blown up with a nuclear device. He has also said that feminism encourages women to "kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."

obviously this douche doesn't represent the mainstream or the norm but unfortunately MANY people listen to him and believe his nonsense...it puts a blot on true christianity...

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this holiday season

be sure to avoid walmart and instead shop at the AFL/CIO union shop

plus you can just use tor to get there.

ninja turtles are OUT OF CONTROL!

smother's a welterweight

hey that's cool that smother is a welterweight.

exxpose on oil

the oil companies are committing treason

this is for my boy Corpsegrinder

what kind of camera are you? (I'm apparantly the The High-Quality Digital Camera)

ps. Corpsegrinder I heard a rumor you were working on a UI for this and that you'd be paid in mp3s.

so I was paranoid and quick to the draw

but hey when I saw that 21% of the precincts had reported that Kilgore had a lead of 51% or so and had a somewhat commanding 50K more votes, of course I'd freak...because this was quickly turning into yet another election cycle in which disappointment was surely around the corner...but thankfully Virginians voted in the right man for the job...I look forward to continued economic success and better infrastructure and roads being built...I'm disappointed that Byrne lost...after all she was the first person I voted for in a primary that actually made it to the general election...oh well, at least it was close!...hopefully the absentee ballots will ensure that Douche Bag (he got his law degree from Pat Robertson's law "university") will not become Attorney General...so while my panties, Carbomb, are still slightly bunched up, I've relaxed them a bit...haha

oh fuck

it looks like tim kaine won't be winning tonight...I guess virginians are as fucking stupid as I thought...well there goes the nice amount of jobs in northern virginia and good public school systems...hopefully I'm just being pessimistic...

but I'm fucking done with kansas those fucking cavemen...and yes I know these idiots have hijacked the christian faith but there's plenty of people dumb enough to continue to believe that there's nothing remotely close to evolution that also proudly wear their badge of christianity...sorry folks, I'm a bit tweaked tonight.

take that fatty!!!

punching a fat person in slow motion is soooo early '01

Edit: I admit I also watched this entire thing, was mario really only eight levels??? it seemed like SOOOO much more.

Don't you wave your bling at me!

This morning as I was walking into the office building from the parking garage, I noticed a lady walking in a skirt in front of me. Note that I said noticed--not gawked. So she keeps on walking in front of me and I keep on not looking at her anymore. We both take the mighty journey down three flights of stairs from the parking garage (elevators are for wussy boys). Then she opened the door in front of me and quickly slide her left hand ALL THE WAY UP TO EYE LEVEL! She was flashing her freakin' ring at me as if I was looking at her behind. Yuck! Gross! And I hate it when women think that, because I'm not starring at you, ya jerk! So then we both walk in (I highly wanted to test my theory when she had to open the next door). And again she opens the door at the handle and then forcibly puts her hand right in line with me. THEN SHE STEALS A LOOK BACK AT ME. As if to say, "yeah I'm married and I know you want to hit it but you can't because you're just a dirty bird wearing crappy cargo pants when I do all my shopping at the Gap and Bloomingdale's" or something at least pretty damn close to that sentiment. So then we both get in the same elevator and a dude I know from work is there. So I say hi and she presses her floor and then chuckles when I say something about how I'm a total jerk to my buddy in the elevator. He's like "yeah I know" and she chuckles as if she knows me. I'll tell you what, she's damn lucky that I was caring a broken bottle because I probably would have gutted her like the dead fish she totally was--or more likely, I'd wonder why did I carry a broken bottle this far from home. And the answer would again be that I'm a jerk. So the next time this happens I'm going to be like "WOW THAT'S THE NICEST DIAMOND I'VE EVER SEEN! HOW MANY DEAD AFRICAN CHILDREN DID IT TAKE TO MINE THAT SUCKA?!?!?!". And she will cry like the poor egotistical yuppie girl that she is. I bet she didn't even vote.

Face it lady, you're old and I don't care about you or your bling. Get over it. I mean really!

Besides her ass was like totally flat and her perfume smelled like an old car with a ten-year old sweaty sock stuffed into the glovebox.

so you'll investigate this leak

GOP leaders want to investigate the leak into the CIA "black sites" to the Washington Post but I wonder why/who/when they'll wake up and realize their hypocrisy for not offering the same attention to the Plame case which was vengeful and not a whistleblowing situation like this "leak".

election day

it's here! make sure you vote today if you live in Virginia or New Jersey...plus there's other regions with local elected spots up for grabs and of course several ballot initiatives...my wife and I were 10 and 11 in our alphabetical section (I think it was something like s - z or whatever...whoohoo! I really hope Kaine wins and I also hope that that fascist religious right freak doesn't win either...boo!

and for a refresher

the other top ten most ridiculous black metal photos...dude your gauntlets suck.

anal cunt: grindcore kings

Seth Putnam where are you when I need you the most???

lyrics to "I Just Saw the Gayest Guy on Earth":
"he hangs around in allston,he always wears a tree shirt
his favorite band is roadsaw,he hangs out at the model cafe
he hangs out with toxic narcotic,he's got a tribal tattoo
his best friend is joe bonni,he's got his eyebrow pierced
he has purple dreadlocks,he works at herrell's ice cream
he wears an "allston rock city" t-shirt,i hope you fucking die"

yes AC still makes me laugh to this day, I love them and always will. you would too if you'd quit listening to Queens of the Stone Age for a freakin' minute.

the 100 greatest internet moments?

I've seen this before but what the hell...

weekends and why I still hate Republicans

So far I've had a pretty productive weekend...I had Mir practice on Saturday and the new singer is coming along absolutely fabulous...she's way more prepared than the entire rhythm section (sorry Corpsegrinder!)...we're learning a Smashing Pumpkins song and considering we collectively might have listened to it only a handful of times it was coming along pretty well...

I redesigned my brother-in-law's music site and used WordPress for the first time...it's not bad but tragically doesn't have all the bells and whistles that I'd like...for instance, I don't want to have a blogroll category but in the fifty seconds I devoted to figuring it out, it seemed like a must...some other stuff is a tad annoying but what can I say...

So yesterday the wife and I were looking at the mail, I was tearing through the five packages of CDs I got and she was looking at the important stuff (no truth that it included the new Playboy magazine!!!), and we saw that we got the "2005 Official Democrat and Progressive Voter Guide"! Well wow! So we looked at it, and by golly it seemed to declare that Independent Russ Potts was by FAR our choice to uphold our progressive and liberal values. I kept telling the wife that it made no sense because he was the former Republican state senator of Winchester back when I still lived in that area and that the only real reason he was running as an independent was because he was too lame to beat out Bush boy Kilgore for the Republican portion of the ballot...so we scratched our heads and went on our merry little way (we watched "Bewitched" with Will Ferrell and pretty much the entire old crew of "The Daily Show", which was pretty damn funny)...but later in the evening I hear the wife screech "I KNEW IT" in the most screechy loud voice that her little body can muster...

so I ran up the stairs to see what misadventure had befallen her in the kitchen...she pointed to the small print next to Tim Kaine's face in the ad...low and behold, this was an ad paid for by Kilgore's PAC!...ahh, so they're sending out dirty deceiving misleading glossy mailers to further continue their slimy negative campaign!...I was mad I tell you! so I wrote a letter to the editor of the Washington Post:

"I shouldn't be surprised this evening but I am. In the day of muckraking and political trashtalking, who would be? But when I opened my mail and discovered that Independent Russ Potts, a former Republican state senator, had become the clear choice for progressives, I was left shocked. I was mailed the "2005 Official Democrat and Progressive Voter Guide" for the Governor of Virginia election, which promised that I would learn which "candidate for Governor truly shares" the liberal stances that I've had for many years. Inside I was shocked to discover how liberal, Russ Potts had suddenly become; indeed he would support NARAL's views of abortion, be more for gun control than Tim Kaine, and also would help gays and lesbians adopt! After learning this and remembering how financially bad off the Potts campaign was, I was stunned by this nice glossy colored pamphlet. Then I discovered that the mailer was "paid for and authorized by Virginians for Jerry Kilgore" when I noticed the small print next to Tim Kaine's photo. A Republican party that has smeared so many fine politicians before has a good friend in Jerry Kilgore. I suspect that with slimy tactics like this, Virginia will be faced with the same kind of disastrous political muckraking that the GOP-led Congress upholds. Today I'm ashamed to be an Virginian when such low tactics as this deceiving mailer are thought to be able to change a single mind. I can hope that the Fourth Estate can provide a shield over this despicable lack of tact and fair gamesmanship."

Now I'm sure it won't be printed but hopefully Virginians discovered this slimy thing and are turned off by this jerk even more. If our state elects that idiot, we're going to be taking giant leaps backwards and you can kiss the good schools goodbye...his promise of widening 66 inside the beltway is such a ridiculous thing to campaign on, since a.) it won't happen and b.) talk about a way to piss off the very large and well-off Republicans in Arlington county!

so now I'm off to go do some work before all the football games come on this afternoon.

the gall of kansas

it blows my mind that anyone is so mindnumbingly inane that they discount evolutionary science entirely...kansas, you're raising fucking morons...

wax on wax hoff

as in david hasselhoff...seriously.

Pedro, you're a freak

a serious freak

election day is fast approaching

Unless you plan on voting Republican that is...because you should just stay home and shrink into continued denial that your party isn't representing what "conservatives" or "republicans" are supposed to stand for...

anyways there's elections in New Jersey and Virginia in this off-cycle year...find out more...and be sure to vote if you live in either state! because local politics are just as important as national ones...I'll be voting for Tim Kaine for Gov., Leslie Byrne for Lt. Gov., R. Creigh Deeds for Attorney General, and for my 50th district delegate, I'll be swinging my support to Donald Shuemaker...yes they're all democrats and probably one of them is even close to being liberal (Byrne)...*sigh*

I really hope that Parrish is finally removed from office, that old geezer's been representin' Manassas for forever!

you might laugh

but you'll cry when you realize that something like this is precisely the direction the US is headed with the Christian fundamentalists at the head of the pack...

more reason the bird flu pandemic is STUPID

when hackers start to use the panic for gain you know it's a stupid stupid thing...but Bush wants to spend $7 billion (continuing to prove how conservative he truly is!) on flu shots to help pharmaceuticals people...

I mean when you've got Kirk Cameron on your side...

Apparantly Kirk Cameron was a DEVOUT atheist until he realized that it was school that taught him to be that way...yeah, I hear that mathematics and gym class make you not believe in god...oh wait, it's because there's a science class that doesn't claim that the world was created in mere days and isn't even 10,000 years old yet! that's what makes you atheistic! hmm, that or perhaps you're just a moron and can't find how religion and science easily can co-exist...