El Gran Puerco Blanco

2007-04-13T19:34:00.000-07:00

fare thee well...

kurt

2007-04-03T20:24:00.000-07:00

not just cool... rock star cool...

so good i had to copy the entire article (from yahoo!)

LONDON - Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all. In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father's ashes mixed with cocaine.

"The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father," Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine NME.

"He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared," he said. "... It went down pretty well, and I'm still alive."

Richards' father, Bert, died in 2002, at 84.

Richards, one of rock's legendary wild men, told the magazine that his survival was the result of luck, and advised young musicians against trying to emulate him.

"I did it because that was the way I did it. Now people think it's a way of life," he was quoted as saying.

"I've no pretensions about immortality," he added. "I'm the same as everyone ... just kind of lucky.

"I was No. 1 on the `who's likely to die' list for 10 years. I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list," Richards said.

2007-03-11T13:12:00.000-07:00

release

i laughed so hard i couldn't breathe... crass, vulgar, and worth every minute of your time...

2007-02-22T22:11:00.000-08:00

why i moved away

it's the little things that make life grand...

2007-02-15T07:10:00.001-08:00

dick says...

2007-02-15T07:06:00.000-08:00

george says...

2007-02-02T21:16:00.000-08:00

do the math

$100 billion in ONE YEAR vs. $21 billion over FIVE YEARS.

here's the kicker...

Rep. Peter King, R-New York., the ranking member of the Homeland Security Committee, said the report validated his opposition to the bill.

"This bill was rushed to the floor without the Democratic leadership giving us any indication of its massive cost -- and now we know why," King said in a written statement. "Had we known [the cost] before the bill was brought to the floor, it would have been a different story."

i think that pretty much speaks for itself. if you've got something to add, comment on it, or tell good ole petey himself at Pete.King@mail.house.gov

2007-01-19T23:53:00.000-08:00

TheirSpace

"What message does Congress intend to give?" asked White House spokesman Tony Snow. "And who does it think the audience is? Is the audience merely the president? Is it the voting American public or, in an age of instant communication, is it also al-Qaida?"
--Tony Snow commenting on a Senate resolution to oppose Bush's Iraq plan

new dog, old tricks... whaddya expect from an ex-fox news guy? (and no, they don't deserve capitalization)... now i know the few of you who read this - and i do mean few - have MySpace accounts (owned by the news corporation, hence fox and quintessentially evil cyberland baron rupert murdoch)...

speaking for myself, i just can't reconcile the fun of "popularity" with supporting (however transitively) an unjust and illegal war (or any war, for that matter)... having old friends contact you is great, i guess, but there's got to be another way with less untoothy undertones...

2007-01-08T12:42:00.000-08:00

slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

my betrothed's brother is off to iraq for a while... remember him in your prayers (if that's your sort of thing)

2006-12-28T21:48:00.001-08:00

*sigh*

new year, new layout.

whatever.

2006-11-28T15:51:00.000-08:00

...i say potato

head in the sand politics or merely semantics? more of the same from bushco...

regardless of what you call it, it's still killing for no reason that we, as americans (complicit or otherwise) kick-started...

no wonder i've been listening to more DRI.

2006-11-22T10:44:00.000-08:00

you say potato...

the USDA has come up with a great one...

what a load of completely elitist bullshit. it's called hunger... doesn't matter exactly how hungry you are... i suppose it's just another whitewashing of third world america the powers that be enjoy oh so much - they'd rather spend our money bombing brown people and padding their bank accounts than feeding our own.

sick, sick, sick.

therefore, in true Pig fashion, i've devised the following label system:

Cock Security

Low Cock Security: Reports of reduced quality, variety, or desirability of cock. Little or no indication of reduced cock intake. Old Label: Horny

Very Low Cock Security: Reports of multiple indications of disrupted cocklike patterns and reduced cock intake. Old Label: Desperate

2006-10-18T15:30:00.000-07:00

a rose by any other name

conveniently located on honky boulevard in beautiful peckerwood, sc.

yes, it's been a slow day.

2006-09-28T13:22:00.000-07:00

now, don't you feel safer?

a half a trillion dollars (total) just doesn't buy what it used to, i guess.

2006-09-27T16:01:00.000-07:00

a fitting tribute

friday marks a rather ugly day in history - the massacre of approximately 100,000 jews in soviet russia in 1940 at babi yar outside of kiev.

the link above refers to a rather well-written and historically accurate article - to the best of my knowledge - and is somewhat a rarity for the AP in describing nazi atrocities.

one passage stuck out in particular:

"Today, the ravine is part of a popular park, and Jewish leaders say
they are frustrated that children still play soccer and couples picnic where tens of thousands were massacred."

i can understand the necessity of honoring victims who died in such an ingenuous and dastardly fashion, but wouldn't the best way to remember them be to observe laughter and happiness in a place that once brought so much misery to so many people?

2006-09-21T14:47:00.000-07:00

nope, we've learned nothing

this is how these things usually begin

2006-09-20T10:16:00.000-07:00

one rich guy with a sense of humor

amazing that after all ted turner had to say, someone questions him on the efficacy of the UN.

at least ted called him "bubba".

2006-09-18T00:54:00.000-07:00

channeling burroughs

this from the Los Angeles Times... just thought it was a lovely sentiment...

Dalai Lama Tells Teens, 'War Is Outdated'

The Dalai Lama urged thousands of teenagers at a world peace conference in Denver to embrace globalization and accept people from all countries as neighbors and collaborators, not rivals.

"There are no national boundaries. The whole globe is becoming one body," he said at the PeaceJam convention. "In these circumstances, I think war is outdated…. Destruction of your neighbor is actually destruction of yourself."

The Dalai Lama was among 10 Nobel Peace Prize laureates participating in the conference. Teens from 31 countries were among attendees.

2006-09-06T22:54:00.000-07:00

evening buddy

...and this one at night... heather?

2006-09-01T11:09:00.000-07:00

talking heads

i've felt compelled over the last few days to post a little something about rummy's salt lake city "speech" (especially after his nazi references), but it looks like keith olbermann (with a nice dose of help from edward r. murrow) beat me to the punch and summed it all up quite nicely. take a moment and read...

2006-08-21T17:02:00.000-07:00

changes...

reticent as i am to change of any kind, i finally broke down today out of sheer boredom (and a smattering of depression) and changed a few things around here a bit...

cheers.

2006-08-07T08:07:00.000-07:00

best idea of 2006

over a billion chinese can't be wrong...

2006-07-20T09:22:00.000-07:00

bon mots

received this via e-mail today and thought i'd share...

On Wednesday, March 1st, 2006, in Annapolis at a hearing on the proposed Constitutional Amendment to prohibit gay marriage, Jamie Raskin, professor of law at American University, was requested to testify.

At the end of his testimony, Republican Senator Nancy Jacobs said: "Mr. Raskin, my Bible says marriage is only between a man and a woman. What do you have to say about that?"

Raskin replied: "Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."

The room erupted into applause.
piggiethanks to lady t...

2006-07-13T20:49:00.000-07:00

rocky mountain high

so dig - be it far from me to laugh at other people's ironic misfortunes, but this putz... well...

coming from a family that donates huge amounts to such uppity, assholic instiutions as the Heritage Foundation, Pat Robertson's Regent University and National Empowerment Television, (yet, surprisingly, offers their employees same sex couple benefits) i'm wonderin' if ole petie's gonna have to do a little more apologizin' than usual (apart from his brewing of stupendously craptacular "beer")... but on a positive note, now that he's been involved in a publicly embarrassing legal situation, maybe he'll finally be able to get elected...

2006-07-11T12:47:00.000-07:00

goodbye, syd

sadness

2006-07-05T11:32:00.000-07:00

david speaks

my favorite artist, david tibet of current 93, in a recent (and might i add, extremely rare) interview:

"A lot of my work is about trying to recapture when I was happiest, in
Malaysia." Tibet's work is undercut by an absurdist humour. "If I say,
'There's the knock at the door; it could be Christ returning', I fully
realise it could also be the postman. I'm aware that people can listen to
what we do, be charitable, and still think I'm insane."

That said, a recent concert hall tour of Europe found him playing to
1,000-strong audiences. "I'm not an evangelist," he says. "Current is about trying to explain myself to myself and to work out my own salvation."

*sigh*... you can read the full interview here...

2006-06-10T01:16:00.000-07:00

baby we were born to run

and now, for your amusement, watch the smoking monkey.

thank you.

2006-06-03T21:22:00.000-07:00

grrr

after a particularly crappy day, it was nice to go to michaelmoore.com and see a wonderous pic of this evil bastard thinking about shooting someone else in the face.

2006-05-17T09:23:00.000-07:00

morning buddies

came to work this morning and noticed this happy fellow perched on the wall next to the front door... thought he was dead until i took the picture, after which he slowly flapped away, scaring the holy bejesus outta me.

the space between the window and stucco edge is 4", so i figure he had to have about a 5"-6" wing span...

2006-05-09T22:01:00.000-07:00

if i can maaake it theeere...

quite possibly one of the best quotes of the year:

"Civility is not in order at a time like this. The moral
position is outrage, protest and revolt against the right-wing oligarchy
that is currently running this country," said literature professor Ann
Snitow, adding that she believed McCain's opposition to abortion rights is tantamount to support for female sexual slavery.

i guess johnny drank the kool-aid.

you can read the full article here...

2006-04-28T11:35:00.000-07:00

it's not just for breakfast anymore

spoken like a true oil man...

evidently, this is the sort of reinvestment herr bushie has in mind...

2006-04-13T11:45:00.000-07:00

...a kiss to build a dream on

okay. first, read this. then read this.

hmm.... conflicting intelligence reports. guess we better just invade.

2006-04-11T17:23:00.000-07:00

"i crusha your head..."

add your own caption... it's the latest thing.

really.

2006-03-23T18:57:00.000-08:00

a pig by any other name...

let's just say everything didn't go exactly as planned and leave it at that.

greetings once again, my l'il puercitos, from sunny southern california. what, might you ask, has brought this tired old pig out of virtual (pardon the pun) retirement? what silly bit of nonsense could possibly stir me outta my self-induced drunken repose to snort at you once again?

why, this, of course.

as longtime readers of this meaningless little corner of the internet i call my own will surely understand, it comes as no particular surprise to this humble typist that such absurdity could happen in texas - political home of such common sense stalwarts as lyndon johnson, pere bush and his cocaine-addled trainwreck of a son... i guess it just kinda happens in a state where blatant stupidity seems to be not only applauded but encouraged and labeled as good ole fashioned 'merican "family values".

so... vote 'em outta the union or somethin'... (yes, texas, there's a great big country out there who doesn't really think that drive-thru liquor stores, two gunracks in every pickup and 20 years for oral sodomy are necessarily good ideas)

2005-07-14T09:37:00.000-07:00

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.

2005-06-07T15:55:00.000-07:00

dig the picture

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

2005-06-02T15:49:00.000-07:00

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...

2005-06-01T10:16:00.000-07:00

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...

2005-05-31T08:51:00.000-07:00

idiocy is on the march

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

GARRRAAGHHHHHH!!!!!

2005-05-27T09:08:00.000-07:00

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...

2005-05-26T11:16:00.000-07:00

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...

2005-05-26T08:52:00.000-07:00

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...

2005-05-24T21:57:00.000-07:00

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.

2005-05-24T08:33:00.000-07:00

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.

2005-05-20T23:14:00.000-07:00

yabba-dabba-dead

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

2005-05-17T19:31:00.000-07:00

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.

2005-05-17T14:00:00.000-07:00

hassah for the limey!

give 'em hell, george...

2005-05-02T09:15:00.000-07:00

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...

2005-04-22T12:36:00.000-07:00

the whole shebang

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

2005-04-21T07:54:00.000-07:00

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

2005-04-20T14:08:00.000-07:00

my beautiful, serene bellybutton

all hail Omphaloskepsis! do thyself a favor...

2005-04-13T23:37:00.000-07:00

joy of joys

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

2005-04-13T09:10:00.000-07:00

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.

2005-04-12T08:36:00.000-07:00

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...

2005-03-23T14:03:00.000-08:00

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).

2005-02-28T10:40:00.000-08:00

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)

2005-02-22T21:59:00.000-08:00

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.

2005-02-20T22:42:00.000-08:00

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.

2005-02-14T12:01:00.000-08:00

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...

2005-02-08T15:40:00.000-08:00

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...

2005-02-04T08:29:00.000-08:00

right wing ralphie

that'll learn 'em good.

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

2005-02-01T09:26:00.000-08:00

my own little agenda

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

2005-01-31T11:46:00.000-08:00

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.

2005-01-24T13:23:00.000-08:00

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.

2005-01-20T09:52:00.000-08:00

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.

2005-01-17T18:56:00.000-08:00

okay, everyone...

lighten the fuck up.

2005-01-17T10:15:00.000-08:00

our new propaganda minister

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

2005-01-11T13:36:00.000-08:00

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.

2005-01-10T10:18:00.000-08:00

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.

2005-01-06T13:19:00.000-08:00

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...

2005-01-06T13:06:00.000-08:00

warning

objects on screen may be dumber than they appear.

2005-01-02T20:18:00.000-08:00

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

2004-12-28T10:16:00.000-08:00

and another one falls...

rest in peace, susan.

2004-12-21T09:58:00.000-08:00

finally... some good news

cheers to the UK for getting this right... now if they'd just dump blair in iraq with a poorly armored humvee and wrapped in an israeli flag, the world would be a MUCH better place.

2004-12-19T18:19:00.000-08:00

what a complete ass

this is quite possibly the most disgusting thing i've ever heard.

yet, strangely, it doesn't surprise me.

2004-12-13T11:51:00.000-08:00

beWare

i wonder if dubya saw what happened to pinochet this morning and thought, if only for a fleeting instance, that this could be is future in 15 years.

probably not.

2004-12-09T15:11:00.000-08:00

double-speak of the day

"I don't know what the facts are but somebody's certainly going to sit down with him and find out what he knows that they may not know, and make sure he knows what they know that he may not know, and that's a good thing. I think it's a very constructive exchange."

Donald Rumsfeld

2004-12-08T08:49:00.000-08:00

the big "go fuck yourself"

seems like rummy's a little testy lately... i do think, however, that someone needs to inform him that you don't go to war with "the army that you have" - you go to war with the best army possible... and (here's the kicker) if you don't have the best army possible, you DON'T GO TO WAR.

amazing that the biggest fuck-ups in this cabinet are the ones keeping their jobs.

2004-11-30T09:27:00.000-08:00

more idiocy

there's been acres and acres of ludicrous behavior happening since the election... this is just another example of uppity christians thinking they can continue to get away with it...

i think what we need to do now is throw a couple of 'em to the lions again... that'll straighten 'em out... (hey, it worked last time...)

2004-11-22T13:13:00.000-08:00

no soup for you

freemans just became my favorite restaurant in NYC... (scroll down to the section on the bush twins)

classic...

2004-11-20T23:27:00.000-08:00

jhon balance

for those of you who haven't heard, jhon balance of coil died last weekend... the grisly details are here...

this from one of his biggest fans, my best friend zeny...

balance!
in a time *without* balance...
i LOVE you.
and so shall i cherish you, in passionate retrospect...
the intangible hours!
you and your musick, to guide me (via chaos) to absolute truth.
these personal effects:
a reno apartment(!) a seattle subway(?) new york city(*)
an astral disaster; a peculiar itch... an eternal obsession.
blessings, dear jhon...
you have changed the pathways of my heart and of my mind,
and i am grateful to you.
travel in peace,
surrounded by light
and my love.
you are eternal...
blossom, my love!
z e n
rest in peace

2004-11-20T23:19:00.000-08:00

a very nice diversion

there's some wonderful pics up of my daughter at the Dresden Dolls show in SF last week on my wife's site... i unfortunately was unable to attend due to my stubbornly ridiculous habit of working all goddamned week.

2004-11-12T09:13:00.000-08:00

amerika

if someone ever abducted me, i would hope a witness would have the common decency to do SOMETHING... ANYTHING...

the world we've created here just seems to get sadder and sadder...

2004-11-08T08:53:00.000-08:00

next

needed about a week off to let this all soak in... THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS... your views and commiseration helped me get through a rather difficult time... feeling better now and getting angry about herr bush and his cronies again, which i suppose is a good thing.

i've decided to keep this blog going... my initial reaction to the election results was to just give it all up, that it really wasn't worth it and wasn't making any sort of difference... i've realized that maybe it was a little too ideological (and probably a little egotistical) to believe that i actually could inspire any sort of change... so now i guess i just need somewhere where i can bitch as much as i want with no one shutting me up (and save my wife the agony of listening to me constantly rant)...

in happier news, michael and heather at messiahbomb have brought rowan cassidy into the world... here's to hoping we can make it a better place for him.

2004-11-03T08:07:00.000-08:00

the ugly american is alive and well

well, it's over... no recount in ohio is going to save sanity for this nation... not with bush winning the popular count by over four million votes... and this morning, every moderately sane person is asking themselves the same question: what now?

judging by the way the votes went in the senate, there's a pretty simple answer - more of the same... expansion of the patriot act (hence, the further erosion of what civil rights we have left), drilling for a miniscule amount of oil in alaska (hence, furthering the cause of ecological disaster), continuation of an unwinnable war in iraq, as well as probably a new one in iran, continuing loss of stature and respect in the world at large, and finally the eventual triumph of fear.

this is what the majority of american citizens want. they've just said so.

and now the republicans are calling for a deeply divided nation to "come together" to work all these problems they created (or exacerbated) out... in good conscience, i simply can't do that... i can't join in a government that propogates fear and prejudice, regardless if the majority of the people i live with think it's a good idea... so i find myself where i was back in the hell of the reagan years - slinking back down into the black hole of apathy... i've lost any glimmer of respect i might have had for the majority of the people living in my country, and it's probably best just to slip back into the anonimity of the "unwashed masses"...

in short, i'm disgusted. and very, very depressed.

2004-11-01T13:29:00.000-08:00

...and finally

tip #3: vote your conscience... there's been so much spin on this election from both sides that it's nearly impossible to get all the facts... i'd just like to throw a few irrefutable ones out there for you to ponder:

satan will NOT crawl up through your toilet and eat your children if you vote for john kerry, no matter what little dickie cheney says... the jury's still out on whether george bush will send your four-year old off to play in an iraqi sandbox if re-elected (or rather, if he's really elected at all)... michael moore and ann coulter are NOT coming to your work to humiliate you for your vote... bruce springsteen is NOT going to play at your cousin's bar mitzvah... curt schilling (while quite possibly having the best pitching performance in a postseason ever) is NOT better than you... arnold schwarzenegger doesn't even know you exist... and seriously, folks, no one REALLY gives a flying furry rat fuck what p. diddy has to say...

all this aside, just vote.

it can't hurt.

2004-10-28T14:40:00.000-07:00

more helpful election time tips

tip #2: if you're a candidate and you haven't had a really good photo op lately, just make one up... come to think of it, maybe they can just photoshop out all that "mission accomplished" crap and forget the whole thing happened...

2004-10-27T11:22:00.000-07:00

helpful election time tips

tip #1: remember that it's still illegal to try to run down candidates in your cadillac even if they desperately deserve it... and though a few semantically overzealous folks (and yourself) might label your actions as "exercising political expression", the Law has another term for this. it's called "attempted murder", and it's not too cool to go to jail for trying to kill a nazi. there are other, more productive and less time-consuming ways to go about removing these individuals from positions of power.

regardless, nice try. just be sure to cover up or remove your license plate beforehand next time.

2004-10-21T10:13:00.000-07:00

threes

after the patriots won the super bowl and the red sox beat the yankees in the most improbable fashion imagined, i'm now completely convinced that john kerry is going to win this election... clean sweep for boston...

2004-10-19T13:02:00.000-07:00

freedom inoculations

those filthy fucking frogs can keep their yellow-bellied life saving serums to themselves, thank you very much... what audacity! we don't need no "preventive medication" that could save thousands of elderly and young lives, especially when it comes from the FRENCH. we're AMERICANS, dammit. i mean, we'd never hand over the well-being of our citzens to a foreign nation, right?

um... right?

2004-10-19T10:16:00.000-07:00

fear mongering and the high road

i don't think there's any question that little dickie cheney is the hermann goring of 2004... still, ya gotta love these kinda remarks...

2004-10-18T13:54:00.000-07:00

coming soon

get ready kids... if dubya wins in november, this scenario may very well likely be staring us in the face come 2008...

2004-10-15T14:35:00.000-07:00

assholes on parade

follow the link for a steamy collection of the world's finest assholes...

2004-10-13T11:27:00.000-07:00

death, destruction and our inevitable doom

it's the end of the world as we know it.

(big puerco gracias to lady t for the link...)

2004-10-13T08:45:00.000-07:00

a little corner of truth

anyone who regularly peruses this blog knows of my love affair with PBS, in particular, Frontline... last night they aired an excellent overview of both kerry and bush entitled The Choice 2004. you really should check it out... and as of 10/15/04, they'll have the full program available online... worth the two hours in every detail...

2004-10-12T13:47:00.000-07:00

psssst... they have no trees

finally the aryans speak up...

2004-10-12T09:10:00.000-07:00

RIP

overshadowed by the death of christopher reeve a few days ago was the death of ken caminiti - NL MVP in1996, father, and cocaine addict... sad, sad story...

rest in peace.

2004-10-12T09:05:00.000-07:00

money problems

bush's permanent tax cuts will help raise our debt to $2.2 trillion (yes, that's with a "t") over the next 10 years... kerry's economic plans will cost us about $1.1 trillion over the same period...

so basically, we're screwed.

2004-10-10T01:29:00.000-07:00

hmmmmmmmmmm...

i'm getting the strange feeling that i'm forgetting something.

oh yeah...

2004-10-08T21:55:00.000-07:00

heights of desparation

ever get the feeling that the republican party is just running scared?

"okay, w... now we gotta go out and get that elusive AMISH vote..."