i just wasn't made for these times

here is a lecture given by william (bill) black about the banking heist we went through and are still going through. i bought his book "the best way to rob a bank is to own it," but i haven't started reading it yet. the guy is sharp, to the point, and very, very focused on malfeasance within the system. i highly suggest you check it out.

the democrats seem to have finally found something: their balls. they have a majority in the house and the senate, in fact a filibuster-proof majority in the senate, yet they are letting the republicans, who lost every election possible last year, dictate their terms on health care. it's really amazing. the democrats are unfocused and completely unprepared and unorganized for this fight. it's simply amazing.

david alexrod has got some explaining to do. major independence issues, but else is new in washington?

when every right-wing blowhard out there says we have the best health care system in the world, do you roll your eyes? you should. because the WHO doesn't seem to think so. this study took place in 2000, but do you think we've made major improves since then under the bust/bush administration? probably not. so we're still somewhere floating around less than adequate. we've got the technology. that is no argument. we have the best doctors. that is no argument. but it's like having the best equipment and the best players on a baseball team, but the rules of the game make the game rigged, so it didn't matter. that's the problem.

that birdhouse presents....

wilco's got a b-side floating around out there called dark neon.

radiohead's got a song floating around too called these are my twisted words.

plus, i found a free cookie in the vending machine! what a day!

moonage daydream

"keep your electric eye on me babe,

put your ray gun to my head,

press your space face close to mine, love



freak out in a moonage daydream, oh yeah!"



is there anything better than bowie? seriously. the man was a force.

rio grande

"oh the great big river,
goes on and on,
oh the great big river,
makes my heart beat strong."

-brian wilson


this weekend was pretty wild. my wife was attacked by a storm trooper at space center houston. we landed a successful mars mission and found water on mars, which was a big deal. we almost got left behind at rocket park inside nasa after it closed. after that, we went to kemah and ate and walked around the boardwalk. that was all saturday.

on friday night, we took jerry out to eat and watched a fight break out in the bar area of the restaurant in tomball. we went to a cowboy bar/dancehall after that and my wife and i danced and then we got jerry out there in his wheelchair and i pushed him around on the dancefloor during the cotton-eyed joe. it was a blast.

sunday i saw my grandmother and my wife and i made dinner and cleaned the house. it was the best weekend ever. and we went to church together for the first time in a while. that meant a lot to both of us.

it was an awesome weekend. how was yours?