tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57926222011-04-21T20:37:17.180-05:00Caffeine NationI started this blog after reading an interview with a writer I highly respect, who said the best way to sharpen your writing skills is to write all the time; letters, journals, short fiction...anything. So, this blog is primarily for me. If you are reading it, and find it to your liking, well then we both come out on top. Feel free to leave comments, or to write me at noahschusterbauer@yahoo.comNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comBlogger891100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1091743980967436772004-08-05T16:47:00.000-05:002004-08-05T17:13:00.966-05:00Fuck Chuck OK, so Converse is now owned by Nike. I knew about this when it happened, and so I rode out my last pair of Chucks until the eye holes for the laces were ripping open and I had to come up with creative knots in order to keep my shoes on. Well, that pair died, and so sadly enough, Chucks are over for me.
I tried fucking so hard to rationalize it to myself: "does not buying Nike productsNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1091741230386312212004-08-05T16:21:00.000-05:002004-08-05T16:46:58.793-05:00MailbagGot an e-mail from a blog reader (dear blog reader, as you can tell, I check my e-mail, at least the one linked to from this blog, about as often as I write here...) asking me if I'd seen Fahrenheit 9/11, and if so, what I thought.
Shit. "Mr. Alcoholic, what do you think of beer?"
I think the movie was great. I mean, I have the same qualms about Moore that I've always had, but that Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1084470018183229032004-05-13T11:45:00.000-05:002004-05-13T12:46:45.546-05:00Sleep well
A person close to my family and I committed suicide on Tuesday night. The past year has left me to contemplate loss in so many different lights -- four deaths (now five), and the divorce of my dad and step-mom (ha ha - four weddings and a divorce) -- but this is something that has made me think of death, and loss, in a new and very confusing way.
The finality is just staggering, Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1082057801124871942004-04-15T14:36:00.000-05:002004-04-15T14:39:33.090-05:0010 Worst Album Covers
This takes a while to load, but it's totally worth it. My favorite: "Let Me Touch Him," by the Ministers Qartet.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1082033060673338742004-04-15T07:44:00.000-05:002004-04-15T07:47:12.403-05:00Help President Bush
This is great:
At last night's press conference, President Bush was asked if he could name his biggest mistake before or after 9/11. At first he said, "I'm sure something will pop into my head here." But in the end, he couldn't name a single mistake. Bush concluded: "I don't want to sound like I have made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't - you just put me Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1082031299487033402004-04-15T07:14:00.000-05:002004-04-15T07:17:51.483-05:00Round One
Pistons in five: They'll win the first two at home, lose one of two in Milwaukee, and then wrap it up back in Detroit. A sweep would be nice, but I'm trying to be realistic. Since Rasheed, Detroit has become a thoroughly consistent team, but I don't think I see them sweeping anyone during the playoffs.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1081978215407165262004-04-14T16:30:00.000-05:002004-04-14T16:33:06.530-05:00Deadwood
Anyone seen Deadwood yet? I haven't been watching it, but I have the first few on tape, and watched the first one last night. My first reaction, after about 15 minutes, was that the dialogue sounds distractingly contemporary. In a lot of instances, if you closed your eyes, you'd probably think you were watching a drama set in current times -- not one set in the second half of the 19thNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1081966619964436982004-04-14T13:16:00.000-05:002004-04-14T13:19:51.123-05:005 months later...
So yeah, it's been a long time. Not that I'm surprised that I got lazy about blogging -- I kind of got lazy about everything. The past half year has actually been exceedingly difficult for me in a lot of ways: my attitudes about things have been changing constantly; i've been through some pretty rotten shit, some of which i still haven't really talked to anyone about. Some Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1068310532844117292003-11-08T11:55:00.000-05:002003-11-08T11:55:30.266-05:00Bush and pals
In concordance with what I posted earlier concerning the pictures of Bush and pals signing the partial birth abortion ban, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi had some pretty strong things to say:
"Both pictures I found disconcerting, one because it's a group of men celebrating depriving women of a medical procedure that could save their health and their lives, and the other because Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1068310085005213082003-11-08T11:48:00.000-05:002003-11-08T11:48:02.540-05:00Dean skips public financing
Yesterday I received a ballot via e-mail to vote on whether or not Dean's campaign will take advantage of the public financing system, which provides free money to candidates but at the same time limits them to $45 million in spending. I voted that Dean should pass on the public financing and rely on his already heavy base of fund raising to fuel his campaign. It Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1068224425480446292003-11-07T12:00:00.000-05:002003-11-07T13:09:18.893-05:00Good (and bad) reading
I'm a huge fan of Tom Perrotta, which is why I was shocked and disappointed when, half way through the book, I had to put down his most recent novel, Joe College.
Perrotta's first book, Bad Haircut, which I believe was out of print for a while, is probably one of my favorite books ever. With no over-arching plot, the book consists of consecutive short stories that Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1068069999183881242003-11-05T17:06:00.000-05:002003-11-05T17:06:37.643-05:00Man of the Day
Today's man of the day (not that I've ever had a man of the day before) is U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf. Just hours after Bush drooled upon and signed his ban on partial birth abortions, Kopf blocked the law from use in the case of four doctors from Nebraska.
U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf issued a temporary restraining order citing concerns that the law did not contain an Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1068069117853610682003-11-05T16:51:00.000-05:002003-11-05T16:51:55.683-05:00Dark Fall
I'm not usually way into video games, but this game has been my new addiction since I got it on Monday morning. It's not overly-involved, which I find a lot of games to be, but it's still very engaging and really makes you think. The supernatural/horror theme keeps the game interesting as well.
Highly recommended.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1067893225264857802003-11-03T16:00:00.000-05:002003-11-03T16:00:57.450-05:00Here's Your Brick Back
Certain people will understand why I've been waiting for this story to come along for a long time now:
WASHINGTON - Capitol Police arrested a man Monday after he threw a brick that broke a window at a House office building, less than a week after a gun scare at the same building briefly closed the House of Representatives, police said.
The man was shouting and appeared toNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1067892731653969462003-11-03T15:52:00.000-05:002003-11-03T15:52:09.740-05:00Happy Birthday to Me
I hate The Vandals, but...
it's my birthday and i'll do what i want tofuck you, it's my birthday...Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1067706794506343812003-11-01T12:13:00.000-05:002003-11-01T12:14:14.680-05:00Bush ignored California fire warnings
Bush spends so much time dribbling at the mouth with deceptional crap like this,
The terrorists and the Baathists hope to weaken our will. Our will cannot be shaken. We're being tested, and America and our allies will not fail. We will honor the sacrifice of the fallen by ensuring that the cause for which they fought and died is completed. And we will make Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1067619794148951042003-10-31T12:03:00.000-05:002003-10-31T12:03:13.310-05:00Speaking of Fox News...
Just let me paraphrase from one of today's top stories on Fox:
Apologizing is the nice and polite thing to do.
This article isn't even labled as an opinion or an editorial. Just good old-fashioned Fox news reporting.
Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1067619169014930872003-10-31T11:52:00.000-05:002003-10-31T11:53:10.523-05:00"The Simpsons" regains some credibility
Any avid Simpsons fan has noticed that the show has utterly imploded; turned into a parody of itself, and then turned into a parody of the parody it had already become. In other words: no good. Rock stars have secret camps in the woods, koalas pop out of the sides of the screen, Greek myths are recreated Springfield style ... the stupidity goes on and onNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1067555211706198742003-10-30T18:06:00.000-05:002003-10-30T18:06:50.920-05:00Hot Damn!
My jeans look like I rolled around in the litter box, my eyes have bags that could hold groceries for a week, I haven't slept properly in days and days (the name of this blog has become very appropriate), but hot damn I feel good. I have the entire next week off of work.
I've got more to write, but not the time to do it in right now. It'll have to wait.
Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1067374429186680402003-10-28T15:53:00.000-05:002003-10-28T15:53:48.030-05:00Jesse Jackson Jr. to endorse Dean
Last year I was hoping that Jackson Jr. would run for office himself, which makes this endorsement all the more meaningful to me.
A spokesman for the Illinois congressman said Tuesday that Jackson would make the announcement shortly, expressing his support for the former Vermont governor in the nine-way Democratic race. The lawmaker hinted at his plans on Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1067374086976915422003-10-28T15:48:00.000-05:002003-10-29T12:09:12.783-05:00P. Diddy, meet Martha Stewart
P. Diddy has come under fire for using sweatshop labor to produce his line of clothing, Sean John.
About the labor conditions:
Lydda Gonzalez, a 19-year-old worker from the concerned factory in Choloma, said workers were verbally and physically abused, and forced to work unpaid overtime and take mandatory pregnancy tests.
"We were forced to work like slaves. We Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1067373070931731072003-10-28T15:31:00.000-05:002003-10-28T15:31:10.080-05:00Donnie Darko
I'd never even heard of this movie until yesterday, but I rented it last night, and it's awesome. It's dark, creepy, and campy, and well worth the $4 at Blockbuster. Highly recommended.
(And if you like it, go rent this.)Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1067295867772794282003-10-27T18:04:00.000-05:002003-10-27T18:09:29.703-05:00Me vs. the air waves, round 1:
I didn't update the blog all weekend. Hell, I didn't do much of anything except for drink and sit. Friday I sat on the couch pretty much all day feeling painfully unmotivated yet unable to do anything about it. At night we had Patsy Motherfucking Cline practice. We're supposed to play on November 14th. Let's see how ready we are for that. Saturday I went out Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066931450096454052003-10-23T12:50:00.000-05:002003-10-23T12:51:29.613-05:00How did the cat get so fat?
Feingold speaks out against Senate's pay raise:
The Senate voted itself a pay raise for the fifth straight year, boosting the annual salary to about $158,000 in 2004.
The House also agreed last month to accept an increase in the annual cost-of-living allowance, which gives all members of Congress a boost of about 2.2 percent in their take-home pay starting in JanuaryNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066908655257590022003-10-23T06:30:00.000-05:002003-10-23T06:30:54.980-05:00Wallstreet Loves Bush
Corrupt, money grubbing wealth mongers in support of Bush? Go figure!
After winning Congressional approval for cuts in taxes on dividends, capital gains and for certain business investments, and after navigating a raft of corporate accounting scandals that shook the investment community, President Bush seems to have won over many financial executives, who are now strongly Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066831052493407902003-10-22T08:57:00.000-05:002003-10-22T08:57:31.853-05:00Needle in the Hay
Elliott Smith died yesterday of a self-inflicted stabbing. I can't say that I am a huge fan of his music, but he was a good musician/artist, and this is a very sad incident.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066828270238286212003-10-22T08:11:00.000-05:002003-10-22T08:11:24.953-05:00"Is the Pope Crazy?"
Katha Pollitt asks this question, and notes:
Women's equality, sexual rights for all, the struggle of the individual against authoritarian religion and of course the global AIDS epidemic--the Pope has been a disaster on all these crucial issues of our new century.
If you haven't been following the church's anti-condom campaign, do yourself a favor and read the entire article.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066826563786584582003-10-22T07:42:00.000-05:002003-10-22T07:43:27.160-05:00Prisons for Profit
We've been hearing for years that the corporate prison system is wholly failing to serve the true purpose of incarceration. Here's yet another piece of evidence:
As many as one in five of the 2.1 million Americans in jail and prison are seriously mentally ill, far outnumbering the number of mentally ill who are in mental hospitals, according to a comprehensive study released Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066751483953269582003-10-21T10:51:00.000-05:002003-10-21T12:20:25.810-05:00Michael Moore
Michael Moore is playing with fire. As his most recent book, Dude, Where's My Country?, hit stores, it immediately became a source of controversy due to the amount of liberty Moore allows himself in dealing with political "fact." Spinsanity recently published this article, outlining Moore's history as a not-all-that-credible journalist, along with this piece, which gives a list, Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066750941008267472003-10-21T10:42:00.000-05:002003-10-21T10:42:20.766-05:00Want lower taxes?
The conservative mindset is that lower taxes are necessarily better, and that a smaller government with fewer social programs is synonymous with liberty. Alabama has been operating under this philosophy, and the state is now in financial crisis.
It's scary to think that under the Bush regime, the entire country could head down the same path.
The nation is facing precisely theNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066700289113957872003-10-20T20:38:00.000-05:002003-10-20T20:38:50.066-05:00Ann Coulter
This woman is such a heinous bitch.
When a conservative can be the biggest thing in talk radio, earning $30 million a year and attracting 20 million devoted listeners every week -- all while addicted to drugs -- I'll admit liberals have reason to believe that conservatives are some sort of super-race, incorruptible by original sin. But the only perfect man hasn't walked the Earth for Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066519550599980862003-10-18T18:25:00.000-05:002003-10-18T18:30:32.633-05:00Bright, Shiny Things
"I love the smell of commerce in the morning."
Funny, but it's true. I hate commerce, I hate commercialism, I hate consumerism, but I love looking at it all. It's like a freak show. I went to Somerset today (I'm sorry..."The Somerset Collection"), just because I get such a kick out of people buying; spending; coveting pricy objects. Somerset is Oakland County, Michigan'sNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066518627534024122003-10-18T18:10:00.000-05:002003-10-18T18:12:41.040-05:00Intolerable Cruelty
Ooooh, a romantic comedy. I'm surprised Hugh Grant isn't involved. Normally this looks like the kind of tripe that would make me throw up, and my mom's middle-aged friends wish they were married to chivalrous non-existent men. How fucking original, right?
But, the names Joel and Ethan Coen are attached to the project, and it's getting some pretty high praise. Ebert only Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066447790955141102003-10-17T22:29:00.000-05:002003-10-17T22:29:50.780-05:00Blaine
This guy is such bullshit.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066401313622194462003-10-17T09:35:00.000-05:002003-10-17T09:35:13.270-05:00Pledge of Allegiance Case
It's been all over the news: The Supreme Court will be deciding, early next year, whether or not to strike the phrase "one nation, under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. Justice Antonin Scalia has decided to exclude himself from this decision. His (partial) explanation:
Scalia told an audience in Fredericksburg on Jan. 12 that an appeals court's decision in the caseNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066325154401135142003-10-16T12:25:00.000-05:002003-10-16T12:26:36.306-05:0012th grade optional in Florida
In an effort to reduce class sizes, Jeb Bush has signed a bill that makes senior year optional for Florida high school students.
Here's the logic behind the deal:
Florida lawmakers thought optional 12th grade would be a great way to reduce class size. If 10,000 kids decide to graduate with 18 credits instead of 24, that frees up 400 classrooms.
It seems possible Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066278894240883212003-10-15T23:34:00.000-05:002003-10-15T23:34:53.910-05:00Doggie Dictator
This man actually taught his dog to give the Nazi salute!Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066278484639334702003-10-15T23:28:00.000-05:002003-10-15T23:28:04.400-05:00For all of your "people wearing other people's underwear" needs...
Frieda & Guido's Interactive Underwear ®Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066220404842950952003-10-15T07:20:00.000-05:002003-10-15T07:20:04.720-05:00The Anglican Church Crisis
As the church's internal conflict over homosexuality is only just beginning, there is already a world of press coverage. This article, from the Guardian, is probably the best one out there at the moment.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066219266538116162003-10-15T07:01:00.000-05:002003-10-15T07:01:06.686-05:00"Day of Indian Resistance"
Not that this is anything new to most of us, but this is a good article from the BBC.
Columbus Day falls on 12 October and is celebrated with a public holiday on Monday in the United States and several Latin American nations.
But at a meeting in Caracas - attended by representatives of the indigenous population in South America, President Chavez said: "Christopher Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066183671776399322003-10-14T21:07:00.000-05:002003-10-14T21:07:51.810-05:00"Kiss the Bottle," by Jawbreaker
The following was intended to be a submission piece, but for various reasons, I've decided to post it here for the time being.
It's so simple, really. Palm-muted chords, 1-6-5-4, beautiful and dirty from a Les Paul through a Marshall half stack, muddled by lacking production quality. Pre-throat surgery Blake sings: "It gets loneliest at night, down at the Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066059376232486092003-10-13T10:36:00.000-05:002003-10-13T10:36:46.810-05:00Kucinich
Democrat? Wants to end NAFTA? Beautiful!
Kucinich formally announced his candidacy today. Unfortunately, it's somewhat of a snowball's-chance-in-hell candidacy (which is OK because we still have Dean). Aside from that though, Kucinich's candidacy will hopefully spur some meaningful debate amongst the other Democrats concerning issues that may not have been brought up without him.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066059080554525032003-10-13T10:31:00.000-05:002003-10-13T10:31:20.266-05:00Maybe she was blinded by her own beauty
From NY Times: Former Miss America Runs Over Bicyclist.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1066047103201037432003-10-13T07:11:00.000-05:002003-10-13T07:12:04.280-05:00Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun
Bob Herbert has an interesting column this morning in which he discusses a list on the NRA website that names individuals and groups that the NRA considers "unfriendly."
Who's on the list?
Among others: The American Academy of Pediatrics, the Y.W.C.A., Ben & Jerry's, Michelle Pfeiffer, The Temptations, and the Kansas City Chiefs.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065892188191078002003-10-11T12:09:00.000-05:002003-10-11T12:09:48.190-05:00Indian Summer
Fuck writing, fuck the internet, and fuck the blog. It's a beautiful mid-western autumn day, so enjoy it while we have it.
(But first, read this.)Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065819371671390292003-10-10T15:56:00.000-05:002003-10-10T15:56:11.056-05:00Pack Your Bags, Rush
Rush Limbaugh once made the statement that drug addicts should be deported from the country. Does this give us license to send him packing?
Yahoo! News - Rush Limbaugh Admits Addiction to PainkillersNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065818925958569732003-10-10T15:48:00.000-05:002003-10-10T15:48:45.453-05:00Let this be a lesson
Yahoo! News - Suspected Penis Snatcher Beaten to Death
A 28-year-old man accused of stealing a man's penis through sorcery was beaten to death in the West African country of Gambia on Thursday, police said. ...
Reports of penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, with purported victims claiming that alleged sorcerers simply touched them to make their genitals shrink Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065794641835519752003-10-10T09:04:00.000-05:002003-10-10T09:04:01.933-05:00General Wesley Clark
I was surprised when, for a while, it seemed that Clark was the "it" democrat amongst people following the candidates vying for nomination. Right from the beginning, there has been something about him that has bothered me. Maybe his Republican-tainted past; maybe his proud military background; maybe his buddy-buddy relationship with Colin Powel. But this confirms my Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065793416146049492003-10-10T08:43:00.000-05:002003-10-10T08:43:35.856-05:00Doing Your Part
President Bush doesn't seem sure that he's going to be able to track down the guilty parties in the Plume/CIA scandal. As Americans, it seems that we should all be doing everything we can to assist our "leader." Here's your chance.
Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065743073084157842003-10-09T18:44:00.000-05:002003-10-10T08:24:23.340-05:00Mail Bag
I got two interesting items in the mail yesterday:
1. The Zagat Music Guide book of the top 1,000 albums of all time.
A long time ago, I filled out a survey online for this, and I guess that the participants of the survey have been sent free copies of the book. I never would have bought it (it costs $15), but it's definitely worth having for free. I'm glad to see that a couple of the Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065737116266827562003-10-09T17:05:00.000-05:002003-10-09T17:05:16.363-05:00The Failure of America
In this NY Times article, Howard Dean says that George W. is "setting the stage of failure for America."
So far, I think I like Dean out of the Democrats. But, we'll see what happens.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065695612852108242003-10-09T05:33:00.000-05:002003-10-09T05:34:08.750-05:00This is Scary
Is CoIntelPro back in business?Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065609696259764342003-10-08T05:41:00.000-05:002003-10-09T09:57:10.980-05:00Don't Be Fooled. California Was.
BBC NEWS | Americas | US diary: California recall
The Nation
Bush Letter
Bully for California
All The World's A StageNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065584667548208222003-10-07T22:44:00.000-05:002003-10-07T22:44:27.056-05:00For shame
Yahoo! News - Polls: Davis Out, Schwarzenegger WinsNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065545871176808002003-10-07T11:57:00.000-05:002003-10-07T13:13:24.060-05:00Alger's Ragged Dick
The Guardian has been running a series of excerpts from Michael Moore's new book, Dude, Where's My Country? In today's excerpt, there is a paragraph that reads:
The other drug is nicer. It is first prescribed to us as children in the form of a fairy tale - but a fairy tale that can actually come true! It is the Horatio Alger myth. Alger was one of the most popular American Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065479917136697462003-10-06T17:38:00.000-05:002003-10-06T17:38:36.900-05:00Best news story of the past week
From a Cub to a Menace, and Now a MysteryNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065477649998894562003-10-06T17:00:00.000-05:002003-10-07T10:46:16.933-05:00Lots of press, still no news
In accordance with what I wrote earlier about Plame/CIA, there still doesn't seem to be that much of an actual story here, but from looking at the media, you'd think that this was the unsolvable crime of the decade. Joshua Marshall is dead on when he writes:
All mumbo-jumbo to the contrary, the universe of possible culprits is quite small. I suspect the identity of Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065477021306827462003-10-06T16:50:00.000-05:002003-10-06T16:50:20.750-05:00Puerility
Driving down Woodward yesterday, through Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak, etc., I noticed that this past weekend was the annual absolutism-on-parade pro life demonstration, in which right-wing families line Woodward and hold up signs about how their religious and political beliefs should dictate what the women of this country do with their bodies. (There's something grotesque aboutNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065476087256411092003-10-06T16:34:00.000-05:002003-10-06T16:34:46.916-05:00Picture of a Whale Fart
Discovery Channel :: Whale Flatulence Captured in PhotoNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065319434455552022003-10-04T21:03:00.000-05:002003-10-04T21:03:54.523-05:00Can this actually be?
When the whole California recall debacle started, I thought it was pretty hilarious. Laugh out loud hilarious actually. Throw in the fact that the Kindergarten Cop was in the running, and the humor was escalated even more. I was having a great time watching the news coverage and predicting Arnold's victory, going on about how the whole thing illustrated the sorry state ofNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065200146578472632003-10-03T11:55:00.000-05:002003-10-03T11:55:45.960-05:00Ball Breaker!
Yahoo! News - Man Dies After Wife Crushes TesticlesNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065199808349185822003-10-03T11:50:00.000-05:002003-10-03T11:53:34.053-05:00Surveying Bush's Lies
The Nation has an excerpt from David Corn's new book The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception. Included in the excerpt is the following:
One of Bush's biggest tax-cut whoppers came when he stated, during the presidential campaign, "The vast majority of my [proposed] tax cuts go to the bottom end of the spectrum." That estimate was wildly at odds with Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065119137610481702003-10-02T13:25:00.000-05:002003-10-02T13:25:37.370-05:00Now You See It...
Susan at Suburban Guerilla links to this NY Times Disappearing Act.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065105656291678082003-10-02T09:40:00.000-05:002003-10-02T13:27:24.666-05:00if anyone happens to notice this page loading incorrectly, please send me an e-mail letting me know.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065095708563878282003-10-02T06:55:00.000-05:002003-10-02T07:53:05.630-05:00Political Correctness
I've never been a big fan of the overly-emphasized push towards political correctness. I'm not a member of the ultra-PC left; I thoroughly enjoy jokes that belong to categories ending in "ist," because I can separate humor from reality. But there are times where political correctness is relevant, and there are also times where it is used entirely out of proportion.
On Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065093889615633792003-10-02T06:24:00.000-05:002003-10-02T06:24:49.490-05:00WMD
From AP:
Accusing the United States of taking a "hostile policy" toward the North, the statement said North Korea "made a switchover in the use of plutonium churned out by reprocessing spent fuel rods in the direction (of) increasing its nuclear deterrent force." ...
North Korea has claimed before that it has completed reprocessing its pool of 8,000 spent rods, but Thursday's statement Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065050336068445662003-10-01T18:18:00.000-05:002003-10-01T18:18:55.960-05:00365
Tody marks one year of living in this lower flat. Like lightning. Like I've barely taken a breath; moved a step. It's nice to feel at home. For the first time in years I feel certain that one 365 will be followed by another.
That deserves a Pabst.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1065043966797967052003-10-01T16:32:00.000-05:002003-10-01T16:40:08.333-05:00The Clear Channel Problem
Most people know of Clear Channel in one form or another. Clear Channel is a conglomerate that, in the past three years, has bought up an inordinate number of radio stations across the country, giving themselves a veritable monopoly over what the public is allowed to hear (both music and news). Prior to this high-powered hijacking of the air waves, the number of radio Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064961197066092192003-09-30T17:33:00.000-05:002003-09-30T17:33:16.776-05:00This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
We had Patsy Motherfucking Cline practice on Sunday (Matt and I, plus Bobby from the Gibbons and Marco from Mumbler), and I figured out that both my amp and my guitar need fixing. Fuck if I know what's wrong with the amp -- it keeps fizzling in and out. I had the same problem probably about six months ago, and I guess the guy who worked on it didn't fully Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064874690731673592003-09-29T17:31:00.000-05:002003-09-29T17:31:30.456-05:00The R&B Terrorist
From Time:
"Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I'm going through." R. KELLY, hip-hop star awaiting a child-pornography trial in Illinois, complaining about the criticism he has received from people who "don't even know" him.
Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064838236658863822003-09-29T07:23:00.000-05:002003-09-29T07:23:56.500-05:00Don't Look Now...
Instapundit has a good overview of the Plame/CIA issue, which manages to make more sense of the story than any of the vague journalistic reporting that has covered it. It's a wierd story that's playing out at a wierd time, and perhaps it's best for now that the public keep it's eye on more relevant issues, rather than conspiratorial distractions.
Remember how this famous Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064713618670465132003-09-27T20:46:00.000-05:002003-09-27T20:46:58.160-05:00...be very afraid.
From the New York Times:
The Bush administration, which calls the USA Patriot Act perhaps its most essential tool in fighting terrorists, has begun using the law with increasing frequency in many criminal investigations that have little or no connection to terrorism.
The government is using its expanded authority under the far-reaching law to investigate suspected drug Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064712398825771812003-09-27T20:26:00.000-05:002003-09-27T20:26:38.706-05:00Ghost Town Transit Authority
Last night, after a drunken good time at Pizza Papalis in Greektown, we decided to take a ride on Detroit's notorious joke of a rail system, the People Mover. (Yeah, even the name is terrible.) For anyone who may not be familiar, the Detroit People Mover was built over a decade ago, with the notion that it would turn downtown Detroit into an easily-commutable, Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064679754620412522003-09-27T11:22:00.000-05:002003-09-27T11:22:34.460-05:00Funny Because It's True
KCNA, North Korea's official news agency, said Saturday that Rumsfeld's "outbursts ... can not be construed (other) than a desperate shrill cry of a psychopath on his death bed."
Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064596579693519422003-09-26T12:16:00.000-05:002003-09-26T12:17:06.240-05:00Walking the dog...
Woof!Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064596490128555822003-09-26T12:14:00.000-05:002003-09-26T12:14:50.040-05:00Dean is Principal
Seems the other candidates are feeling nervous about going up against a real Democrat.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064594725074903122003-09-26T11:45:00.000-05:002003-09-26T11:45:24.760-05:00Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola's "Lost In Translation" has to be one of the most insightful and emotion-stirring new releases to come along in years. It's a look at two characters, Bob (played by Bill Murray), and Charlotte (played by Scarlett Johansson), who are frustrated with their current lives and marriages. They meet, by chance, in Tokyo, and spend a week getting to know each other, Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064592911890325762003-09-26T11:15:00.000-05:002003-09-26T11:15:11.876-05:00...and the poor get poorer.
Poverty is on the rise again. Two straight years.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064501397782759052003-09-25T09:49:00.000-05:002003-09-25T11:32:01.100-05:00"B-o-y in a plastic bubble"
My dad sent me this:
"he doesn't read beyond the headlines!!!!!"
You'll have to register to read the whole thing, but it's quick, free and worth it for paragraphs like this:
As for newspapers, Mr. Bush said, "I glance at the headlines" but "rarely read the stories." The people who brief him on current events encounter many of the newsmakers personally, he said, and in Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064491125894488982003-09-25T06:58:00.000-05:002003-09-25T11:29:26.070-05:00Way to start the day!
Two of the major agitators in the war with Iraq, Bush and Blair are finally getting to see the price they pay for undermining the notion of democracy. (For more on that, see this post from John Nichols.) And just to kick George W. while he's down, the Washington Post reports this morning that
President Bush ended two days of meetings with foreign leaders today without Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064439205491693922003-09-24T16:33:00.000-05:002003-09-24T16:36:27.890-05:00War with Iraq; Sex with Cow
The true price of the war with Iraq? Thanks to Suburban Guerrilla.
Udderly disgusting!Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064405908645985252003-09-24T07:18:00.000-05:002003-09-24T09:43:23.870-05:00Sweet Little Lies
In his post concerning Bush's UN address, David Corn writes
Overall, Bush's speech was not likely to please allies who opposed the war or to rally American public support. He offered nothing in terms of shared authority for the contributions (in cash and troops) he is trying to squeeze out of other nations. No surprise, he made no concessions regarding his prewar assertions. He Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064338441829897902003-09-23T12:34:00.000-05:002003-09-23T12:35:41.383-05:00The right-minded, and the right-winged
As I write this, I'm wearing a bib. I'm drooling all over my caved-in, scrawny white boy chest because I rolled out of bed today and bought the new Atmosphere CD, "Seven's Travels." Along with artists such as Blackalicious and Talib Kweli, Atmosphere is saving the hip hop world from the bullshit bling-bling jigga-what crap that's all over the air waves.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064335490820610982003-09-23T11:44:00.000-05:002003-09-23T11:44:50.346-05:00For the music dorks
Dr. Frank links to this article about the problems with the trend of "LOUDER IS BETTER" CD mastering. I found it interesting, and I suppose there may be one or two more people out there who might. Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064334973565546692003-09-23T11:36:00.000-05:002003-09-23T11:36:13.210-05:00Hey Loser...
If this matters to you, do the world a favor and go suck tail pipe in your garage.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064269040000474462003-09-22T17:17:00.000-05:002003-09-22T17:17:19.966-05:00Letter From Frankfurt
In an e-mail from my brother, Jason, who is currently in Europe working as road manager for
The Sights, he writes
i went to the hotel, a weird joint. some hours
later eddie and bobby came and rousted me to show me all the
whores in the red light district. super hot. i was
shocked. walk down the street, and it was one smoking hot
girl after another, and they would Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064184976947185232003-09-21T17:56:00.000-05:002003-09-21T17:57:09.766-05:00As phony as his election...
Phony $200 bill with George W.'s face on it. Brilliant.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064174338018384242003-09-21T14:58:00.000-05:002003-09-22T05:44:43.646-05:00Those Beautiful Brainiacs
"New Miss America combines beauty and brains."
Oh really?!?
(Before I continue, this post is going to expose the fact that I did see the pagaent. I know I should be ashamed of this, and I am. All I can say though is that it was funny as hell...and not on purpose.)
So, yeah...brains and beauty? Did anyone happen to see the Who Wants To Be a Millionaire styled Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792622.post-1064155228206553852003-09-21T09:40:00.000-05:002003-09-21T09:40:55.246-05:00Go Ted, Go!
Remember when Republicans were Republicans, and Democrats weren't? (Instead they sat comfortably in the center. I digress...) Well, Ted Kennedy seems to remember those days, and it looks like he's ready to bring 'em back.
Among other things, he states that the war in Iraq is a "fraud," and that the money being spent on the war is being used to bribe foreign leaders. Now, it's not Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024871417820387448noreply@blogger.com