a rose by any other name

conveniently located on honky boulevard in beautiful peckerwood, sc.

yes, it's been a slow day.

now, don't you feel safer?

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

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?

nope, we've learned nothing

this is how these things usually begin

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".

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Dalai Lama Tells Teens, 'War Is Outdated'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 "In these circumstances, I think war is outdated….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.

evening buddy

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

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...

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.

best idea of 2006

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

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...

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...

goodbye, syd

sadness

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...

baby we were born to run

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

thank you.

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.

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...

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...

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...

...a kiss to build a dream on

okay. first, read this. then read this.

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