I have a lot of memories associated with Depeche Mode’s music. I’ve enjoyed most of their work immensely, and my first concert with Jon and Vic was to a DM concert, Violator I think, or Songs of Faith & Devotion. Personal Jesus was one of those songs that I just rocked out to in the […]

I’ve taken to seeing how many subscribers there are to a given RSS feed in Bloglines to rate the comparative popularity of a site (including my own of course). Don’t know what RSS or Bloglines are? What ARE you doing reading this site? RSS is Really Simple Syndication and is a “feed” or XML file […]

The ignorant unwashed masses can’t help but be zealously, blindly patriotic but simultaneously be dumb as shit, ignorant, and intolerant. An “international freedom museum” at the World Trade Center site was cancelled because 9/11 victim’s families were afraid it might eventually house “anti-American” pieces. The irony in that of course is the museum was supposed […]

Awww. Poor Dewway-way got indicted and has to step down from his leadership of the House. Maybe we should focus less on the morality of two people of the same gender living their natural lives and more on our own personal ethics (”if you don’t get caught it’s not bad” is not a good ethics […]

I read about this the other day. If the U.S. military wants to keep “don’t ask, don’t tell”, that’s fine. But enforce it consistently!
If you’re not aware, under President Clinton a compromise was forged that no one liked on letting gays in the military: if the gay person stays closeted and doesn’t come out while […]

Ehh, yeah, that subject’s a bit harsh and over the top. But it got your attention, didn’t it?
I couldn’t say it better than this article says it. They discuss a study where social and health problems are far worse in more devout countries including the U.S. than in less devout ones.
Look, religion is a personal […]

Don’t I wish. My friend Layton tried to comment on my killer dolphin entry and got blocked by my blog comment spam blocker. Doh! If you don’t know about this, it’s the latest spam craze. Spammers as you know send out mass e-mails and get paid tiny referrals for anyone who clicks through to some […]

Whoa! (Shaking my head) I had to do a double take and read this again. The U.S. military has trained dolphins to fire darts from gun harnesses on their bodies (what do they press the trigger with???). Some of these were washed out to sea when Katrina hit New Orleans, and they’re armed!!
The dolphins have […]

Our annual wine tasting party was last night, and it was another success! Ian fixed some fabulous food and we had a great selection of wines. I’ll send this out to the evite list as well, but here is the list of entries and those that won. Thanks to Chris for the good idea to […]

(Had to update the title…I had training instead of trading…doh!)
Oh yes. I am gonna pull me up a chair and get me a big ol’ spoon. Cuz I am EATING THIS UP!! I love it. Frist is going down for his insider trading on HCA stock just before it tanked.
And no, don’t say “we […]