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i miss bill hicks. he was the best.

it's a first (albeit anemic) step at ending the war. they forced the hand (weakly) to get people on record in their support for this escalation. now they need to DO something with those numbers. this was a chance to begin framing the campaign ads for 2008.

rogan is a dude. mencia is a douche. score one for the dude.

my brother is a pretty awesome travel writer. he's not written any books yet, but he has written a few articles. the washington post and ny times both bought some of his pieces. he loves bill bryson.

if you talk total dollars and not a percentage per capita OR percentage of GNP. we also have one of the most stratified societies in terms of wealth. statistics can be parsed to "prove" just about any point. i'm surprised steve colbert hasn't embraced them more.

so i just watched jesus camp -- holy hell is this scary! this blows away all the slasher movies billed as horror.

they should do some shows on a carnival cruise ship. i'm glad most of the ramones never had to see this.

yeah, when i think of bourgeois cruises, i think the stooges. if any hip-hop poets lift that line, i want a royalty. heh.

i used to like the 5.6.7.8's (in the mid 90s). the whole japanese wannabe the stooges thing was endearing for a little while. speaking of, wasn't LUST FOR LIFE used by GM or some mutual fund commercial? the only product LUST FOR LIFE should have been used for would be maybe model airplane glue or possibly some drug commercial (pro, not anti).

i think jim lehey coined the term "shitdick"

looks like a fun number to add to the cell phone for drunken dialing.

he was about 20 years ahead of his time. except i think the deal was a puddin pop to wash down the horrid taste of new coke.

it'd be cool if you could get a package deal on celeb endorsed junk. the michael jordan pack -- hanes underwear, ball park hot dogs, $100 shoes w. brimley - diabetes meds, lift chairs, insurance and oatmeal kobe bryant - adidas, coke, mcdonalds and nutella kelly ripa - 7 up plus, aquafina, pantene and tide to go this might work.

i have a translation that's annotated and pretty verbose. it's like a teacher's edition. i don't care for the version much as it takes away all the brainpower needed to read by spelling out absolutely everything of any significance. it's like watching CSI: NY.

would a vasectomy or hysterectomy constitute a divorce? i'm liking this case.

a library in honor of a semi-literate seems perfect for bush's legacy. i should cut him some slack here - this summer he read a few shakespeares and a book about killing arabs. or so he says.

if we can make it to that point...

i've been wanting to move cross country, but my wife had been hesitating. she's not anymore. i added a desktop widget for our temp and the temp of the city where i want to live. the 50+ degree difference has helped her a bit. currently: +2 degrees

1-20-09

i like the d'addario coated strings (elixr knock-offs). the coatings seem to last longer.

which is half of why the guthrie song bothers me. who gets the money? that, and the fact that he would give away his guitars and was pretty much outside of the commercial ideal (quitting radio jobs that paid well to bring aid and comfort to pickers in california).

how 'bout sheryl crow selling hair dye with a song that's essentially a jingle and available exclusively from itunes? now that is some synergy.

10am and it's -5. the worst part is that i am out of coffee filters and will have to go to the store. damn.

i was more bummed by woody guthrie's CAR SONG used to shill nissan.