idealism only lasts so long. that's why we love to think back when we were younger, before we realized how the world really works. idealism is a beautiful thing and if you had it, celebrate it. if you still have it and you're as old as i am, wake the F up. this is a wonderful story. it proves finally, once and fall for all, there is no change. our future, the future of us being ruled by global corporations using money and influence to continue to subject us to loopholes and fleece us out of our hard earned, hard fought money, is set. there will be some explanation. there will be backtracking. but don't you just feel it. like you know when someone is lying or cheating. you know it. you might feel it, before you actually realize it and speak it. but you feel it. i'm feeling it. there is no change. "meet the new boss. same as the old boss."
so i have one suggestion: do not you spend your money frivolously. you don't need half the shit you have. hold on to books, music and art. don't use credit cards. question everything. realize your little handful of friends and family is as good as it's going to get, so take care of those people.
here's a Q&A with a writer from the NYT who's covering the town hall meetings on health care.
i'm listening to fruit bats right now. i'm going to see them in september. cool.
here's ten minutes with elizabeth warren. everytime i see/hear elizabeth warren, i fall in love. this woman is the best. she is the top of the shit.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
parklife
the fed will be making some announcements regarding interest rates and their/his view of the economy today. ben bernanke. the man. the fed. probably should start to thinking about raising interest rates, just a smidge.
speaking of the fed, they sure like to help contribute to the making/contributing of bubbles, don't they? well they've spent tons and tons of monies this year and last. are they doing it again? have you seen the stock market? what's all that uptick based on? what has really changed? i'm not sure either.
still speaking of the fed, the fed of cleveland is proposing a three-tiered system for regulatory systematically important financial institutions. but, like before, who's watching the watchers?
this article says the bubble will pop in 2012, when the next wave hits. especially read the bottom part. wow.
bankruptcy is changing.
you what i listened to last night and i really, really liked? blur's parklife. this is one of those albums that i bought and never really listened to all the way through. i didn't like it because i didn't know what to expect and then when i listened i just brushed it off. but last night, i listened to mostly the whole thing, it's freakin' long and i missed like three songs, and it was great. terrific pop record. check it out.
speaking of the fed, they sure like to help contribute to the making/contributing of bubbles, don't they? well they've spent tons and tons of monies this year and last. are they doing it again? have you seen the stock market? what's all that uptick based on? what has really changed? i'm not sure either.
still speaking of the fed, the fed of cleveland is proposing a three-tiered system for regulatory systematically important financial institutions. but, like before, who's watching the watchers?
this article says the bubble will pop in 2012, when the next wave hits. especially read the bottom part. wow.
bankruptcy is changing.
you what i listened to last night and i really, really liked? blur's parklife. this is one of those albums that i bought and never really listened to all the way through. i didn't like it because i didn't know what to expect and then when i listened i just brushed it off. but last night, i listened to mostly the whole thing, it's freakin' long and i missed like three songs, and it was great. terrific pop record. check it out.
Monday, August 10, 2009
our faces split the coast in half
what a weekend. let me take a second......
okay. first, houston hosted it's first, what i would call, real music festival. why was it real? well, is buzzfest real? no, it's hosted by a radio station and all the bands sound the same. is the earth day festival real? no, it's centered around a day to celebrate the earth, not really music. this one had extremely diverse acts and was actually in downtown houston, which buzzfest is not. it had no radio station ties and it was actually really freakin' great. hot as hell, but really freakin' great. here's the story of the great saturday music festival journey. we packed up on saturday morning and walked with our stuff probably two miles. in the heat. once we stopped and regrouped we checked everything out and found our place on the hill. i saw young mammal, fat tony, octopus project, the sword, broken social scene and explosions in the sky. i didn't get burned because i lathered, seriously, lathered myself in suntan lotion. and i wore a long-sleeved shirt. and a hat. and pants, but that goes without saying. or does it?
bss was freakin' great. octopus project was really cool and young mammal was pretty good too. but man, it was hot. so hot that that night after we ate and had like one drink, we all called it a night. i was thinking we would party into the early hours, but i guess, heat, old age and heat made us all a little tired.
so the next day, we woke up and tried to get our cat to eat. see the back story on the cat is, after the move, we put him on new medication for his thyroid problem. that didn't react well with his stomach and he also got into a cat fight, his first one ever, and we changed his food. several bad moves on our part. so he just stopped eating. seriously, like 100% not eating for four days. so by sunday, we were freaking out. but sunday morning he woke up kind of with an attitude that made us think he was feeling better. so we washed him off (don't ask why) and we gave him some water. i had bought some baby food late saturday night for him to eat cause we thought that would be soft enough and gentle enough on his stomach that he might go for it. and sure enough, sunday morning, he ate it. we were so freakin' happy. it was like seeing a miracle to watch this cat eat. and he's been eating ever sense. he hasn't moved to hard food yet, but he's getting there.
after watching our cat eat for a while, we ran some errands and went back to the festival. it was still hot, but it was later in the day, so it wasn't too bad. we got there in time to see what made milwaukee famous, devin the dude and of montreal. wmmf was really good. but of montreal put on this freaky, wacky show with characters in stage and balloons and magicians and little scenes they would act out. total wild. really entertaining and the music was good too.
what a weekend.
on another note, the rolling stone article i posted here a while back is getting some major heat. this guy is defending it. if you have like 30 minutes, you should take the time and read both articles. it's well worth it.
okay. first, houston hosted it's first, what i would call, real music festival. why was it real? well, is buzzfest real? no, it's hosted by a radio station and all the bands sound the same. is the earth day festival real? no, it's centered around a day to celebrate the earth, not really music. this one had extremely diverse acts and was actually in downtown houston, which buzzfest is not. it had no radio station ties and it was actually really freakin' great. hot as hell, but really freakin' great. here's the story of the great saturday music festival journey. we packed up on saturday morning and walked with our stuff probably two miles. in the heat. once we stopped and regrouped we checked everything out and found our place on the hill. i saw young mammal, fat tony, octopus project, the sword, broken social scene and explosions in the sky. i didn't get burned because i lathered, seriously, lathered myself in suntan lotion. and i wore a long-sleeved shirt. and a hat. and pants, but that goes without saying. or does it?
bss was freakin' great. octopus project was really cool and young mammal was pretty good too. but man, it was hot. so hot that that night after we ate and had like one drink, we all called it a night. i was thinking we would party into the early hours, but i guess, heat, old age and heat made us all a little tired.
so the next day, we woke up and tried to get our cat to eat. see the back story on the cat is, after the move, we put him on new medication for his thyroid problem. that didn't react well with his stomach and he also got into a cat fight, his first one ever, and we changed his food. several bad moves on our part. so he just stopped eating. seriously, like 100% not eating for four days. so by sunday, we were freaking out. but sunday morning he woke up kind of with an attitude that made us think he was feeling better. so we washed him off (don't ask why) and we gave him some water. i had bought some baby food late saturday night for him to eat cause we thought that would be soft enough and gentle enough on his stomach that he might go for it. and sure enough, sunday morning, he ate it. we were so freakin' happy. it was like seeing a miracle to watch this cat eat. and he's been eating ever sense. he hasn't moved to hard food yet, but he's getting there.
after watching our cat eat for a while, we ran some errands and went back to the festival. it was still hot, but it was later in the day, so it wasn't too bad. we got there in time to see what made milwaukee famous, devin the dude and of montreal. wmmf was really good. but of montreal put on this freaky, wacky show with characters in stage and balloons and magicians and little scenes they would act out. total wild. really entertaining and the music was good too.
what a weekend.
on another note, the rolling stone article i posted here a while back is getting some major heat. this guy is defending it. if you have like 30 minutes, you should take the time and read both articles. it's well worth it.
Friday, August 7, 2009
don't go near the water
we're going highbrow today people. this blog isn't just about the latest fashions, sights and sounds. the monkees were great, but how long can we talk about the musical genius of peter tork? the answer: not long. i pack this blog full of articles that i like to read. today i am going to pack it with articles about what i do and see everyday and some things i want to do and see.
the first thing is fas 157. first, what is fas? fas is short for fasb, which is short for financial accounting standards board. fas 157 is all about fair value. see what's happened lately is that with this financial meltdown, as i like to call it, we've gotten sensitive to what is being held on company's balance sheets. are these assets really worth what they are saying they're worth? how do we find out? how are the valuations calculated? that's what fas 157 is about. it's supposed to break down these assets into three levels, with each level determing a different value structure. fas 157 is all the rage right now.
and because fas 157 is all the rage, there is already talk of changing it.
next, what does the sec regulator look for? well we just talked about one: fair value. another is goodwill impairment. what is goodwill? goodwill is the intangible asset representing the excess amount above book value that a company paid for another company. and every year, that excess has to be tested for impairment. and with all this economic meltdown, you'd figure a lot of these have been impaired and you'd be right, but companies have a way of figuring figures that makes them look pretty good. so these regulators have to verify how goodwill is tested and how it is finally determined.
i should point out, i'm not a regulator. but an auditor does basically the same thing. i just do it on a much smaller scale.
a new area of accounting will focus on alternative energy, how to accounting for emissions and such. this is a very interesting article about how companys will value their credits under cap and trade.
and finally, this article is about wind energy and how difficult the logistics of transporting the energy really is. this has nothing to do with what i do, but it's intersting nonetheless.
the first thing is fas 157. first, what is fas? fas is short for fasb, which is short for financial accounting standards board. fas 157 is all about fair value. see what's happened lately is that with this financial meltdown, as i like to call it, we've gotten sensitive to what is being held on company's balance sheets. are these assets really worth what they are saying they're worth? how do we find out? how are the valuations calculated? that's what fas 157 is about. it's supposed to break down these assets into three levels, with each level determing a different value structure. fas 157 is all the rage right now.
and because fas 157 is all the rage, there is already talk of changing it.
next, what does the sec regulator look for? well we just talked about one: fair value. another is goodwill impairment. what is goodwill? goodwill is the intangible asset representing the excess amount above book value that a company paid for another company. and every year, that excess has to be tested for impairment. and with all this economic meltdown, you'd figure a lot of these have been impaired and you'd be right, but companies have a way of figuring figures that makes them look pretty good. so these regulators have to verify how goodwill is tested and how it is finally determined.
i should point out, i'm not a regulator. but an auditor does basically the same thing. i just do it on a much smaller scale.
a new area of accounting will focus on alternative energy, how to accounting for emissions and such. this is a very interesting article about how companys will value their credits under cap and trade.
and finally, this article is about wind energy and how difficult the logistics of transporting the energy really is. this has nothing to do with what i do, but it's intersting nonetheless.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
tickets to what you need
i am totally digging the new place. i'll give you three reasons why:
1) it's smaller. the other place was too big and too awkward in design. it seemed no matter where i was, my wife was a million miles away. with this place, i can be at the computer and she can be in the kitchen, and we can still talk. it's great.
2) there is no cable in the living room. the days of rabbit ears are over, so if you don't have a cable outlet, you get no tv. now we do have a cable outlet in the bedroom and we do actually have cable, like 70 channels or something, but when we get home at night, i turn on music, she lights candles and i will read while she talks on the phone. no television is really nice.
3) all of our stuff is still in boxes. it makes our lives easier, simpler without tons of stuff cluttering up our lives. you really begin to realize how much junk you have when you move.
AIG is breaking up and some folks are making tons of monies off of it.
CNBC's ratings are way, way down. that could be because they're idiots.
is buffet the product of government bailouts and agressive lobbying?
speaking of, burkshire hathaway is going to post "blockbuster" results evidently.
1) it's smaller. the other place was too big and too awkward in design. it seemed no matter where i was, my wife was a million miles away. with this place, i can be at the computer and she can be in the kitchen, and we can still talk. it's great.
2) there is no cable in the living room. the days of rabbit ears are over, so if you don't have a cable outlet, you get no tv. now we do have a cable outlet in the bedroom and we do actually have cable, like 70 channels or something, but when we get home at night, i turn on music, she lights candles and i will read while she talks on the phone. no television is really nice.
3) all of our stuff is still in boxes. it makes our lives easier, simpler without tons of stuff cluttering up our lives. you really begin to realize how much junk you have when you move.
AIG is breaking up and some folks are making tons of monies off of it.
CNBC's ratings are way, way down. that could be because they're idiots.
is buffet the product of government bailouts and agressive lobbying?
speaking of, burkshire hathaway is going to post "blockbuster" results evidently.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
with a girl like you
i'm over the moon on this cover of the troggs hit "with a girl like you." apparently this dude is a member of tv on the radio, who i'v never really gotten into. anyway, great arrangement, great pacing. really well put together.
the treasury is selling more debt. anybody want some of this?
i've been saying for a while that how can be tell how well our economy is doing when the government is spending so much money? isn't this just another version of a pumped-up, artificially inflated economy? mish agrees with me.
what is with all these texas instrumental bands? explosions in the sky. octopus project. balmorhea. enough people. say something!
the treasury is selling more debt. anybody want some of this?
i've been saying for a while that how can be tell how well our economy is doing when the government is spending so much money? isn't this just another version of a pumped-up, artificially inflated economy? mish agrees with me.
what is with all these texas instrumental bands? explosions in the sky. octopus project. balmorhea. enough people. say something!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
mama says
i went to the dentist this morning. i got beat to hell, but i was told i was in good shape. so i don't think i'll brush for the next month and see what happens. actually my teeth are holding up pretty good. we'll see how they're doing in another 30 years.
i am totally excited about this weekend. music festival in houston! that is a rare thing. i've been listening to tons of broken social scene. i don't have anything by the rest of the bands, except of montreal, but i don't know where that is.
we went grocery shopping. i don't think anything beats the feeling of coming home with tons of good groceries. it's better than christmas morning.
i am totally excited about this weekend. music festival in houston! that is a rare thing. i've been listening to tons of broken social scene. i don't have anything by the rest of the bands, except of montreal, but i don't know where that is.
we went grocery shopping. i don't think anything beats the feeling of coming home with tons of good groceries. it's better than christmas morning.
Monday, August 3, 2009
almost done
-if i cranked up broken social scene, i wonder if anybody would care
-why are my hands so dry and cracking? i should probably look into that
-if i had to put an over/under on how much longer my car will last, i'd say less than three years
-i've been trying to eat tons of blueberries because i'm convinced they unlock some sort of super-powers for my brain
-benjamin is throwing up a lot and it has me very worried
-when will they have mailboxes like the bank slots in the drivethru? i bet they won't because someone could put something in there and you'd bring it into your house and wouldn't know until it was too late, like some bees or something
-i still have vhs tapes. why am i keeping these things?
-i have business cards and i actually gave one out the other day
-i think the peak of tom hanks career was bosom buddies
-i am certain i could be friends with pat sajak
-how long would it take the grass/weeds to cover a road?
-going through the hurricane last year, no matter how small it really was, was an amazing experience, not one i'd ever want to relive though
-i've had three cups of tea today
-it's been too long since i've had muenster cheese
-i have a lot of euros in my car cup-holder
-i still haven't developed my black and white film from iceland
-my teeth are going to be beaten the hell up tomorrow when i go to the dentist; on a side-note, i read a study that said redheads are more sensitive to pain; so i'm not a weiner after all
-there is a song on the dark was the night soundtrack that is blowing my mind. this is it.
-why are my hands so dry and cracking? i should probably look into that
-if i had to put an over/under on how much longer my car will last, i'd say less than three years
-i've been trying to eat tons of blueberries because i'm convinced they unlock some sort of super-powers for my brain
-benjamin is throwing up a lot and it has me very worried
-when will they have mailboxes like the bank slots in the drivethru? i bet they won't because someone could put something in there and you'd bring it into your house and wouldn't know until it was too late, like some bees or something
-i still have vhs tapes. why am i keeping these things?
-i have business cards and i actually gave one out the other day
-i think the peak of tom hanks career was bosom buddies
-i am certain i could be friends with pat sajak
-how long would it take the grass/weeds to cover a road?
-going through the hurricane last year, no matter how small it really was, was an amazing experience, not one i'd ever want to relive though
-i've had three cups of tea today
-it's been too long since i've had muenster cheese
-i have a lot of euros in my car cup-holder
-i still haven't developed my black and white film from iceland
-my teeth are going to be beaten the hell up tomorrow when i go to the dentist; on a side-note, i read a study that said redheads are more sensitive to pain; so i'm not a weiner after all
-there is a song on the dark was the night soundtrack that is blowing my mind. this is it.
moment of surrender
i think i'm slowly realizing how much of myself i have to let go in marriage. and it's not parts of me that are vital to who i am or my personality. it's the parts that rally for victory rather than understanding. it's the parts that knock over the catcher to score another run when i was already winning and could of easily trotted home. it's those parts. those parts ingrained in me that would rather fight, than listen. those parts that would rather go to sleep proclaiming individual victory, rather than team victory. my wife is better at certain things than i am. she's better at certain things that i should be better at. for example, we were loading up the futon in the back of the truck to take it away finally and we had these straps that we were using to lock it down. i had seen them used before, but i just needed a little bit of time to figure them out. that's how it is with most things for me: give me a minute or two and i'll figure it out and i'll never forget. but she figured it out faster. and internally, it frustrated me. i wanted to figure it out first and make it work faster. but i didn't and i had to give that one away. but who am i giving it away to? i'm giving it away to my team member. because there's only one team i'm on and i only have one teammate. so if i don't score the game-winning run, hopefully she will. i have to work/think like this. it's not just my show anymore. it's our show. it's our life. it's our future. i'm getting it. slowly. but i'm getting it.
krugman points out there's more high jinx (sp?) going on with some big investment firms. i'd heard about high-speed trading on NPR not long ago.
apparently the UK is going to be investigating high-speed trading/cheating.
do you bank with guaranty bank? well if you do, your bank is teetering on the verge of collapse.
what about afghanistan? what are we doing there?
i've been watching the bronx is burning again. man, that is a good show.
krugman points out there's more high jinx (sp?) going on with some big investment firms. i'd heard about high-speed trading on NPR not long ago.
apparently the UK is going to be investigating high-speed trading/cheating.
do you bank with guaranty bank? well if you do, your bank is teetering on the verge of collapse.
what about afghanistan? what are we doing there?
i've been watching the bronx is burning again. man, that is a good show.
Friday, July 31, 2009
the seldom seen kid
man today is one of those when i am feeling strong. the move is over and the new place is taking shape. i've been working out again and i feel stronger than a freakin' horse. i'm looking into certain accounting issues like accounting for carbon emissions and wondering if maybe i should become some sort of expert in this field for the future of cap and trade in already upon us. i don't know. i signed up for the journal of accountancy and i get it at a discount because i'm a cpa candidate and not a cpa. i feel good today. i've been listening to elbow all morning. i dropped off the keys and the garage door openers and all the stuffs for the old place. so we're out completely from the old, heat infested place. things felt so spread out, so out of place, so lost just a few weeks ago, but it's coming together. i love when a plan comes together.
i feel like i could lift this building right up over my head. i hope everyone gets to feel like every once and a while.
i feel like i could lift this building right up over my head. i hope everyone gets to feel like every once and a while.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
got nuffin
really, i got nuffin today.
i ate jalepeno sausage for lunch today with fried potatoes and red cabbage. it was actually really good. i didn't eat all the cabbage.
speaking of food, while i was in austin, my dad took me to alamo springs cafe in fredericksburg. apparently their burgers are so good, they were voted some of the best in texas and made the cover of texas monthly. the burger was awesome. the fries were great too. it's about as in the middle of nowhere i have ever seen a restaurant. i really want to try some of the best burgers in texas before i leave. roznovskys and christian's tailgate are next on my list.
i ate jalepeno sausage for lunch today with fried potatoes and red cabbage. it was actually really good. i didn't eat all the cabbage.
speaking of food, while i was in austin, my dad took me to alamo springs cafe in fredericksburg. apparently their burgers are so good, they were voted some of the best in texas and made the cover of texas monthly. the burger was awesome. the fries were great too. it's about as in the middle of nowhere i have ever seen a restaurant. i really want to try some of the best burgers in texas before i leave. roznovskys and christian's tailgate are next on my list.
Monday, July 27, 2009
the lake
the lake did me in again. we went to austin this weekend for my wife's sister's birthday and i took off to hang out with my dad for his birthday. but before i did that, i made another valuable contribution to a texas water body.
the first contribution happened in july of 2008. i had just gotten married in april and was getting used to my wedding ring. it was kind of loose and i didn't think that was normal. i told my wife about it and she said, yeah, it should be a little loose. i said okay. so we're out on her brother's boat in lake scummerville (sommerville) in brenham. we jump off for a bit and start throwing around the football. i dive for a throw to my right and when i come up, i feel around my fingers and notice that my wedding ring is gone. totally gone. flew off at some point when i dove for the ball. we (my wife, me and two friends) spent the next two and a half hours looking for that ring. this water was kind of nasty too and i'm not sure what exactly i was touching down on the bottom. that was my first contribution.
my second contribution came this past weekend. we get to her sister's kind of late friday night, like around 9pm. we start hanging out and having a good time. we leave and head out to this awesome house on the lake, that's where we're staying the night. so this place was amazing. hot tubs upstairs, all kinds of flat screens and stuff. we sleep, get up and we're (just five of us who stayed there) are going to take the boat out on the lake before everybody from the party gets there. and it was not easy getting the boat in. the water on lake travis was down probably about fifteen feet. we had to fanagle that thing in. but eventually, it got in. we drove around, found a good place to wakeboard and a terrific time. the last person to wakeboard was my wife's brother. once he gets done, my wife asks for my help pulling in the wakeboard. so i'm happy to help. but while i'm bending over to help pickup the wakeboard, my left hand comes up too high and i knock my glasses in the river. gone. sunk like a stone. i stood there, dazed for a second, not believing i had done it again and this time, now i was literally disabled because of it. but, i laughed it off. that's something you can do when you lose your wedding ring. but i had no way of getting to my dad's now for his birthday.
anyway, long story short, we went to walmart and i got an eye-exam and a trial pair of contacts and able to see again. the prospect of not being able to see for two days was really horrible. thank goodness for walmart. so between the ring and glasses, i've not contributed about $1,000 to various water bodies in texas. if you find either one, please return them to me.
the first contribution happened in july of 2008. i had just gotten married in april and was getting used to my wedding ring. it was kind of loose and i didn't think that was normal. i told my wife about it and she said, yeah, it should be a little loose. i said okay. so we're out on her brother's boat in lake scummerville (sommerville) in brenham. we jump off for a bit and start throwing around the football. i dive for a throw to my right and when i come up, i feel around my fingers and notice that my wedding ring is gone. totally gone. flew off at some point when i dove for the ball. we (my wife, me and two friends) spent the next two and a half hours looking for that ring. this water was kind of nasty too and i'm not sure what exactly i was touching down on the bottom. that was my first contribution.
my second contribution came this past weekend. we get to her sister's kind of late friday night, like around 9pm. we start hanging out and having a good time. we leave and head out to this awesome house on the lake, that's where we're staying the night. so this place was amazing. hot tubs upstairs, all kinds of flat screens and stuff. we sleep, get up and we're (just five of us who stayed there) are going to take the boat out on the lake before everybody from the party gets there. and it was not easy getting the boat in. the water on lake travis was down probably about fifteen feet. we had to fanagle that thing in. but eventually, it got in. we drove around, found a good place to wakeboard and a terrific time. the last person to wakeboard was my wife's brother. once he gets done, my wife asks for my help pulling in the wakeboard. so i'm happy to help. but while i'm bending over to help pickup the wakeboard, my left hand comes up too high and i knock my glasses in the river. gone. sunk like a stone. i stood there, dazed for a second, not believing i had done it again and this time, now i was literally disabled because of it. but, i laughed it off. that's something you can do when you lose your wedding ring. but i had no way of getting to my dad's now for his birthday.
anyway, long story short, we went to walmart and i got an eye-exam and a trial pair of contacts and able to see again. the prospect of not being able to see for two days was really horrible. thank goodness for walmart. so between the ring and glasses, i've not contributed about $1,000 to various water bodies in texas. if you find either one, please return them to me.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
what
self defense is useless
self defense is useless
cutting against the grain
marble slabs, your soul, your brain,
intimate, i see your stain
self defense is useless
self defense is useless
combat, combat, shoot out the lights,
tempermental, keep your rights,
in reverse, i dream these nights
self defense is useless
cutting against the grain
marble slabs, your soul, your brain,
intimate, i see your stain
self defense is useless
self defense is useless
combat, combat, shoot out the lights,
tempermental, keep your rights,
in reverse, i dream these nights
blasting fonda
blasting fonda is an amazing wilco b-side from their "being there" days. great tune.
front page news: the astros sweep the cardinals. we're one game back of first place! what the hell is happening with this crap-ass team? i mean seriously! geoff blum and chris coste are playing over their heads. it's incredible. i think it's this new gatorade i've been drinking. those electrolytes are amazing. and they taste good. i sometimes sprinkle electrolytes on my cereal.
we've got an open letter from mish to president obama in regards to health care.
why is everyone obsessed with the idiot known as sarah palin? is it because she's a hot politician? really? thank you john mccain for bringing this person to our national stage. really good.
the dow is over 9,000 and people are freaking out.
sheila barr is calling for the largest financial institutions to pay a fund for the next time we all come tumbling down. good idea? don't know. the government loves to touch some monies that have been sitting for a while.
this guy says we're just now hitting the depression.
"i'm going where there's no depression,
to a better land that's free from care,
i'll leave this world of toil and trouble,
my home's in heaven, i'm going there."
-carter family
front page news: the astros sweep the cardinals. we're one game back of first place! what the hell is happening with this crap-ass team? i mean seriously! geoff blum and chris coste are playing over their heads. it's incredible. i think it's this new gatorade i've been drinking. those electrolytes are amazing. and they taste good. i sometimes sprinkle electrolytes on my cereal.
we've got an open letter from mish to president obama in regards to health care.
why is everyone obsessed with the idiot known as sarah palin? is it because she's a hot politician? really? thank you john mccain for bringing this person to our national stage. really good.
the dow is over 9,000 and people are freaking out.
sheila barr is calling for the largest financial institutions to pay a fund for the next time we all come tumbling down. good idea? don't know. the government loves to touch some monies that have been sitting for a while.
this guy says we're just now hitting the depression.
"i'm going where there's no depression,
to a better land that's free from care,
i'll leave this world of toil and trouble,
my home's in heaven, i'm going there."
-carter family
Monday, July 20, 2009
california stars
i would like to rest my heavy head today because i am exhausted from the move. saturday was one long freakin' day, full of heavy stuff, lots of boxes and lots of corners from upstairs to downstairs. it was hot as hell in the midafternoon and raining in the hours before evening. so we had all the elements come into factor. but we're about 99% done with stuff at the old place. i still have my clothes and a couple small things laying around, but it will take about an hour to get the rest. then we move on to cleaning and organizing our new place. all of our stuff fit though. i was surprised. my wife did an amazing job of packing and organizing. i thought all along she was messing up and not really getting things done, but the day of the move, i finally realized how incredible the job she did was. all the boxes/containers were color-coordinated for each room and she knew exactly how to stack everything. plus, her brother is really good at moving/stacking boxes. so both of them made our day easier.
i have to good stuff i'd like to post, but i'm busy and i don't have internet at home yet, so i'll be popping up every now and again.
i have to good stuff i'd like to post, but i'm busy and i don't have internet at home yet, so i'll be popping up every now and again.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
common people
the move day is fast approaching, so every minute of day is full right now with boxes and tape and benjamin laying in my way while i'm carrying a 50 pound box full of random cleaning products, most of which i bought in 2003 and never used. so i'll be out and mostly about well into next week.
in other news, i started writing a play. it has no name at this moment and the only thing i know for sure is it involves a nun from the church of euthanasia. it's going to be spectacular. or not.
in other news, i started writing a play. it has no name at this moment and the only thing i know for sure is it involves a nun from the church of euthanasia. it's going to be spectacular. or not.
Friday, July 10, 2009
this year's girl
"a bright spot might corner the market in this year's girl,
you see yourself rolling on the carpet with this year's girl,
those disco synthesizers, those daily tranquilizers,
those body building prizes, those bedroom alibis,
all this, but no surprises for this year's girl." (the song is there, just type "this year's girl" and search)
i always feel like a tool typing up lyrics, but man, elvis costello is so freakin' good.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
wow doesn't even begin to describe this
i just found this video with this kid freaking out. this is absolutely insane. check it.
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