adios, puercitos

due to an unfortunate personal incident, i'll be shutting down for quite a while.

thanks to all for reading, commenting, cajoling, etc. i might be back at some point.

but don't hold your breath.

dig the picture

remember, with all the money they're spending over at the department of homeland security, america is much, much safer.

more "reprehensible" "absurdity"

"The administration's response has been that our report is absurd, that our allegations have no basis, and our answer is very simple: if that is so, open up these detention centers, allow us and others to visit them," Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Zubaida Khan told a news conference.

"Transparency is the best antidote to misinformation and
incorrect facts," said Khan...

you can read the entire article here...

a short musical interlude

now sit back, relax and allow your senses to be overwhelmed by the soothing sounds of king norodom sihanouk of cambodia...

reminds of me pol pot's classic rendition of "i will survive"... but i digress...

idiocy is on the march

just ...... .... ... you......... . . stupid....... . ..... . gonna........ ....... . . .


GARRRAAGHHHHHH!!!!!

ahhh, the trappings of power

note to ohio republicans: just because someone throws down a coupla grand to help your political party, it doesn't make them necessarily intelligent. as shown here, some republican party contributors ain't worth a pluck nickel.

i wonder if Conrad will file for workers' comp...

the good and the bad

first, the bad: looks like hunter's public memorial service in Aspen has been cancelled and a private ceremony will be held.

now, the good:

"Flying Dog Brewery, which is creating a new beer in Thompson's honor, said sales of Gonzo Imperial Porter will help fund construction of the "gonzo fist" tower.

At 9.5 percent, the Gonzo beer has nearly double the alcohol content of average brews. (emphasis mine)

"We tried to make everything about this beer Gonzo," brewery President Eric Warner said in a statement."

hunter would've loved it...

more words of wisdom

oh, poor donnie... funny thing about the truth... it has a way of getting out... these people (and i use the term loosely) need to realize that the old cold war way of controlling information and fact manipulation isn't a viable practice in this day of instant communication... and to lament this fact isn't only comical, it shows a remarkable amount of naivete and unwillingness to change on the part of the illustrious fuck-ups currently ruining this country...

if rummie is so worried about the spread of misinformation, maybe he should focus a little more on what's happening in his own department and a little less on what international, independent and now what current mainstream media has to say...

mah baby dun MULTIPLIED n shit

and so my wife, stef, has decided to imbue her magnificence upon this digital community... not to be confused with her other site, this one will be used for random thoughts and ideas, i'm promised.

give her love.

yes. politically INcorrect

amazing. bill maher said something to piss somebody off.

while rep. bachus (great name for such a narrow mind) may have a point in being offended, insisting that maher be pulled off the air borders on the ridiculous... i'm sorry, but having the brand "traitor" placed on you for being a professional smartass (whether you're good at it or not) reeks of fascism.

happens a lot these days, i guess.

yabba-dabba-dead

i hope someone makes a smartassed remark about me when i die.

welcome to florida

land of endless orange groves and trailer folk, oppressive humidity and senior citizen homes, dolphins nauseatingly swimming circles around drunken, debauched college beaches...

now get the fuck outta my way before i cap your ass.

hassah for the limey!

give 'em hell, george...

another return

greetings again, little piggies... just one little item today...

i'd like to thank amanda and brian for their amazing hospitality and kindness shown to my entire family at last week's Dresden Dolls show at the great american music hall in san francisco... bands with their sort of fan interaction are few and far between, and deserve the recognition they're now beginning to receive... so here's to your continued success... pictures from the show are available on my wife's site, www.geocities.com/stefanihenry, and video should soon be available upon approval from the band...

the whole shebang

read and decide for yourself... most depressing...

papal service announcement

GWP offers this piece of insight to newly papified Benedict XVI in hopes of wiser decisions and a more tolerant attitude:

"So passed one of the most remarkable pontiffs in the history of the papacy, his (Pius XII) memory fragrant with esteem. Such was the reverential self-censorship surrounding his name and pontificate that it was to take severeal years for more candid accounts of the death and obsequies to reach a wider public. His death agony, for instance, had been photographed by his former doctor, Galeazzi-Lisi, and the pictures offered to various magazines. The good doctor, moreover, had taken charge of the embalming, experimenting with a new method and leaving the intestines in place; in consequence, the corpse began to rot immediately in the autumn heat. As the hearse paused outside St. John Lateran, a series of dreadful farts and eructations was heard to issue from the coffin, a result, apparently, of rapid fermentation. During the lying-in-state in St. Peter's, the dead Pope's face turned gray-green and then purple, and the stench was so overpowering that one of the attendant guards fainted. A final indignity, his nose went black and fell off before interment."

"Hitler's Pope, The Secret History of Pius XII"

John Cornwell

my beautiful, serene bellybutton

all hail Omphaloskepsis! do thyself a favor...

joy of joys

ya can't make shit like this up...

a lil bit o' cuteness

just had to lighten up a bit...

my daughter evidently likes to mosh, which comes as a great surprise to me... give it time to load... and watch for the butt shake.

what would jesus say?

probably something about turning his father's house into a den of theives... or maybe something about it being easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle than to get a rich man into heaven... but hey! it recites BIBLE VERSES, man...

dr. schiavo-go

sorry for the delay, puercitos... been busy the past two weeks...

so i've decided to finally pipe in on this whole schiavo nonsense with one simple idea... personally, i, for one, am glad that georgie put his two cents in regarding this poor woman's right to die... if ANYONE knows about persistive vegetative states, it's our "president".

stupid ashcrofthole (damn you, iago).

updates, updates, updates

greetings again, puercitos... some things i wanna tug on your coat about...

first, it is with tremendous agitation and much gnashing of teeth that i happily announce the return of Goodyman Sleeve Consequences to the realms of transmitted nonsense in the guise of his newer, more improveder blog, Purple Pressed Ass (not to be confused with Purple Ass Press, which, in its day, was at best a mindless stream of prepared lunacy eminating from the twisted origins of Ian Baker, Sleevie's counterego...) be sure to visit and give Sleeve all the attention he so richly deserves (and sadly, desparately craves), and all the pity your black little hearts can muster.

second, it is with CONSIDERABLY LESS ENTHUSIASM that i announce the re-issuing of Thistleshrine, a blog of amazing potential yet COMPLETELY UNFINISHED, deriving from the half-remembered pre-pubescent dreams of Andrew Scott Waage... (get the hint, man... :) ) again, show your love and express to him your EXTREME DISAPPOINTMENT AND MORAL OUTRAGE at the LACK OF WORDS contained therein... (ed. in all honesty, his photographs are tremendous)

the doctor is out

i had planned a nice long post today, chock full of cynical wit, sadness - even a Jim Carroll quote thrown in for good measure. had it most of the way written - just waiting to top it off tonight after a coupla shots of bushmills and a teary toast to an amazing writer.

but then i saw this and realized that no words could possibly do the man justice.

goodbye, you crazy bastard. i'll miss your humor for the rest of my life.

another sad day

it's with an incredibly heavy heart and substantial horror that i report the apparent suicide today of one of america's finest journalistic minds, hunter s. thompson...

i'll have more to say about this when i can get my mind around it.

shooting georgie's load

need a quick way to waste $85,000,000?

remember, kids... this is "in the interest of national security"... no wonder the fuckin' thing doesn't work...

nod, eh

i was trying to think of something cute to write about this, but honestly, nothing really comes to mind... i appreciate the originality, but wonder if it's really that good of an idea...

right wing ralphie

that'll learn 'em good.

(pigthanks to esteban for the link... right back at ya, papi)

my own little agenda

i guess i have something to do now for tomorrow night...

an appeal to a younger generation

so you think first amendment rights are no big deal, eh?

okay.

it would probably be a good idea if you rethink that when you buy your next eminem album.

another goodbye

i remember being thrilled each night my mom let me stay up late to watch carson... and i've always been amazed at the amount of class he showed by retiring and not feeding off his past successes...

he'll be sorely missed.

inauguration day

...and so i woke up this morning wondering what news story could possibly top our ersatz president being sworn in for another four years of hubristic hell... yes, today's the day where about 100,000 american citizens (invitation only) witnessed live this jackass lying to the rest of the world, swearing an oath to protect and defend a constitution which he so blatantly despises... the day where his sycophantic lackeys squealed in swinish delight at the prospect of lining their pockets with even more ill-gotten fortune... a day where the rest of us bow our heads and silently wish for some hope of deliverance from this lunatic and his endless cycle of destruction and pain, while dubya's stepford wife-like army sneers "get over it" and prepares to blindly support yet another upcoming illegal war in the middle east.

what news story could possibly top that?

i think i found it.

okay, everyone...

lighten the fuck up.

our new propaganda minister

it's really great to know that tom ridge will still have a place in our "government"...

making a better america, one asshole at a time

yet again, GWP makes a difference...

the jackson-george regional library system board of trustees in mississippi has tucked their collective prehensile tails between their legs and squealed "enough!" to yesterday's scathing GWP editorial...

yes, puercitos, no matter how high up on the food chain you may be (and believe me, for mississippi, having a seat on the jackson-george regional library system board of trustees is just about the sweetest gig a mississippi primate could possibly have), your injustices cannot and will not be tolerated by this fine, yet subtly ridiculous, quasi-news establishment.

so beware, evildoers. Pig Brother is watching you.

porn or comedy?

here's a big surprise: there's evidently a thin line in mississippi between publications found in an "adult bookstore" and books topping the new york times bestseller list.

regardless, i think the good ole folks of mississippi (yep, the same state that brought you murder, intimidation and assorted acts of violence against black and white folk alike) are just a little put out by books with a lotta "college-boy words".

or they're frightened by antonin scalia's wang. whichever.

a small victory

finally! i won't have to look at tucker carlson's ugly mug on CNN anymore... and, surprisingly, it looks like jon stewart had something to do with it...

warning

objects on screen may be dumber than they appear.

another year

happy new year, little piggies... at least someone's getting the right idea...

here's to a little less violent world to live in for 2005.

love to you all