Since we all know how depressing it can be to consistently read the news (yet those masochistic of us seem to keep doing it anyway) I thought I would share some positive, although not yet completely ideal, stories with you:

FDA increases access to Plan B (a.k.a. The Morning-After Pill). It's a good start but we need to do away with these wholly ( Read more... )

This is too important to not mention here and to not talk about today, tomorrow, and onwards. With the 1 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina fast approaching, and the voices of the ongoing suffering in New Orleans no longer being well represented by the mainstream media, nor fresh in the minds and hearts of the public consciousness, nor actively ( Read more... )

Slithery Snakes ( Read more... )

The tally of planets in our solar system would jump instantly to a dozen under a highly controversial new definition proposed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU)

"LiveJournal," was directly referenced by The Monarch in last night's Venture Brothers episode on Adult Swim.

I love the Venture Brothers.

That is all.

Just as Al Gore has said that he "used to be the next President of the United States," in turn Senator Joseph I. Liberman used to be the next Vice-President. If things played out just a little differently in Florida in 2000, Mr. Lierbman would be happily serving as the nation's second in charge. Instead, last night, Joe lost the Democratic primary ( Read more... )

Let's see if this YouTube embed function really works...

A conversation I recently had with a buddy of mine spurred some lively debate on the most important songs of all time (past 1950). Now I think it's imperative to define important and place it in it's proper context here ( Read more... )

On November 22nd, 2006 Warner Brothers will release The Fountain the latest from Pi and Requiem for a Dream director, Darren AronofskyThis man should need no introduction. If you haven't seen his previous works, do yourself a favor and acquire them right now. Although his movies are not the easiest to digest, I will not hesitate to say that ( Read more... )

Ya know I really ought to do more of these things. Music is my religion after all :P Anywho onto the goods.

I just thought ya'll might like to know that you can check out the new Audioslave single, 'Original Fire' by clickin' on the linkey-link. Their next studio effort "Revelations" will be released September 5th. Check out audioslave.com for ( Read more... )