January 2012
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Actually good package that doesn't fall prostate... →
September 2010
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Regrets and lost opprotunities...
My biggest regrets are the things I neglected to do, or more accurately neglected to act upon. On the edge of desire and fear, of rejection and paradise is a dicey spot for a sensitive and slightly fey boy from an all boys Jesuit high school without deep reserves of self-confidence when it came to girls.
There was a “Perspective” my freshman year from Princeton, NJ. Her Dad taught at the...
August 2010
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Mosque at Ground Zero
For those who say Islam is laughing up their sleeve at us about this little mosque building debacle - they are right of course, but – and it is a BIG BUT – we cannot stop this from happening unless we overturn the Constitution itself. Once Islam was recognized as a religion, they were then permitted to do whatever they wanted within the established limits of the Constitution and not overiding The...
June 2010
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Gorillaz – On Melancholy Hill | Hypebeast →
The Gorillaz Plastic Beach is really a fantastic album. Really. It is an easy and interesting listen that traverses many styles and blends old school hip-hop, R&B, Funk, Electro, Brit-Pop and more seemlessly and beautifully. They know what they are doing and the production value is superb. Plus it looks great. To wit, watch this vid and pay special attention the animated avatars of all the...
Lightning Strikes Down Giant Jesus In Ohio →
Yet more, ever more mounting evidence (to the height of one of those super volcanoes on Mars!) that there is no God.
“When Sawyer asked if there was a way to reconcile religion and science, Hawking...”
– Stephen Hawking on Religion: ‘Science Will Win’ - ABC News
Let the truth set you free brothers and sisters!
April 2010
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“A leering old villain in a frock, who spent decades conspiring behind closed...”
– Richard Dawkins taking about the Pope. The man is spot on. It is time we as a people looked at our Religious institutions with the same scrutiny and healthy doubt that we look at our financial institutions - scratch that - with more scrutiny.
January 2010
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When It All Just Bottoms Out...
All right that title is a bit melodramatic and shit, but… I find I don’t much care about a lot of things anymore. I am short with my ideas and time. I am unobservant with art and culture. I am looking for escape far too often. I am reluctant to engage in the general day-to-day of the world. There are too many details that are of other people’s making and I am tired of dealing...
December 2009
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November 2009
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Ties and stuff...
Yeah so, I’m walking my dog, Petey, and he takes a powerfully noxious shit on Luquer Street right in front of my friends’ place, Matt & Hilly. I bend down and strap a bag over my hand so I can gingerly pince up his well formed nugglets, and as I do, I notice in the street 2 ties laying among the autumn leaves. Kinda nice, but you know, in the city (and Brooklyn) you see clothes...
NASA Data Shows Evidence Of Water On The Moon |... →
Wow, our understanding of our nearest neighbor takes a turn for the better. Hooray Science!
October 2009
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September 2009
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WatchALL OR NOTHING by Au Revoir Simone
It is well established that I am a mildly rabid ARS fan (I am not foaming at the mouth or living in fear of water just yet…). Here is the Jonathan Dortch video for All Or Nothing that they shot in the spring or early summer I believe. It is a perfectly ARS-y tableau of hopeful melancholy infused with adolescent wonder. This sticks right to the fine script...
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August 2009
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Amazing Tree Houses from WebUrbanist →
OK, if you are like me (and be thankful you are not), you have wondered at the possibility of living in tiny, ultra-ergonomic and hyper designed spaces. Just how small of a space could I live in and still have all the amenities I crave as a materialist first worlder? Then take that concep and put it in a tree!
Inova healthcare →
So my Mom is about to have hip replacement surgery in an hour or so. I am sitting in the waiting room for family of surgery patients. They have WiFi. That’s good. As I listen to her doctor and the attending physicians in the patient waiting room - I keep thinking about the “Healthcare” debate that is raging right now. It’s not really a debate it it? Its more of a shouting...
July 2009
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Here’s a perfect little pop ditty, Someone...
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OK, I normally disdain any remakes of my favourite...
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OK, so here is a new song from my band, Quiet...
Why Chicks Cry: Romance Comics and the poor girls... →
This is really awesome actually. Tons of panels of women crying from old romance comics of the 50s and 60s. Well done and silly funny.
Richard Dawkins funds atheist children's summer... →
Richard Dawkins is my hero!
June 2009
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WatchAfter years of trying to get him, David Byrne, ex-lead of Talking Heads, world music afficienado, bicyclist extraordinaire, designer of killer cool bike racks, NYC Man about town and super collaborator with personal hero Brian Eno, agreed to open the season for Jack Walsh and the good people at Celebrate Brooklyn. It was truly amazing. And it cost $3 suggested donation! You can’t beat that...
Dealing with disappointment...
Ok, it’s been a week or so since my Cleveland Cavaliers blew it against the Orlando Magic. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Lebron James and his newly assembled crew were the heirs apparent to the NBA title. Nike had the Lebron/Kobe commercials. All of Cleveland and most of the Sports world thought it was nearly predestined. Sadly, no one told Dwight Howard and the Magic. It came...
May 2009
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Yet More Au Revoir Simone...
So, after listening to their new album 1100 times in the last week or so - I finally got to go and sing along with ARS tonight at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. This was show #16 for me. It was a bit transcendent, personally. I know it’s silly to say, but I was really moved by this show. I am moved by every one of their shows, but this was better than most. They were tight. I will admit...
Here’s song #3 from my Lost in Brooklyn...
This is a real game changer. Brought a tear to my...
“Obama’s new budget plan includes a little-noted sea change in U.S. nuclear policy, and a step towards his vision of a denuclearized world. It provides no funding for the Reliable Replacement Warhead program, created to design a new generation of long-lasting nuclear weapons that don’t need to be tested. (The military is worried that a nuclear test moratorium in effect since...
It's been a almost 2 weeks...
Well, work has been general madness. I won’t bore you with the details because I lived them and am bored by them. What has been happening that isn’t boring? Well, I went out with my buddy Warren to see the Junior Boys show at Webster Hall. Of course I led us to the Bowery Ballroom first, but we made it just in time to see their rig die. Their MPC brain and all of their madly swirling...
April 2009
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“What do sick pigs have to do with widespread, taxpayer-funded abortion? More...”
– The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room » Abortion activist: Obama flu actions are Sebelius cover-up
Click this link if you dare. The right wingy nutballery is so poisonous that it will eventually start to infect the carrier.
This is what he’s saying, and I decode for the rational, “Yeah,...
WatchI’m from Northeast Ohio. It’s a great place to grow up. I am proud of where I came from. That said - I left as soon as I got a chance. I didn’t grow up in Cleveland, but I know a lot of people who did - I grew up in Akron. Home of Lebron James, Chrissy Hynde of the Pretenders (who just opened a restaurant there!), Peabo Bryson (WTF?), and that’s about it…The video...
The Free-ness and me...
It’s free Ben & Jerry’s cone day, and Red Mango across the street from my work is giving out a frozen yogurt with 1 topping, and a few weeks ago Starbuck’s which is also across the street was giving out free coffee. I never get them. I feel odd. I feel embarrassed. I hate using gift certificates. I don’t like coupons of any sort - won’t use them. It doesn’t...