88% Barack Obama
87% Hillary Clinton
84% John Edwards
82% Bill Richardson
78% Chris Dodd
78% Joe Biden
67% Rudy Giuliani
66% John McCain
60% Dennis Kucinich
59% Mike Gravel
49% Mike Huckabee
46% Mitt Romney
37% Fred Thompson
27% Tom Tancredo
11% Ron Paul

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching QuizInteresting ( Read more... )

From What Privileges Do You Have?, based on an exercise about class and privilege developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Indiana State University. If you participate in this blog game, they ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright.

1. Father went to college2. Father finished ( Read more... )

So... what's happening in my world?

( Lots and lots more behind the cut )

Some of you may be wondering "Who is this 'asa_dachi' character, and why is he asking to be my friend?" I'm not surprised if you would think that. After all, I've been so inactive on LJ for such a long time that a few of you have created new journals that have been up and running for a year or more ( Read more... )

As some of you know, I frequently visit a Southwest Chicago/Joliet tradition - the Blues Jam. Blues musicians ranging from the average amateur to the casually touring professional gather at a few places on different established nights of the week to hop up on stage in unpredictable combinations. The unique 'formula' of the blues chord ( Read more... )

Those of you who have read my journal over the past 4 years will already have heard the below. But for the rest of you ( Read more... )

A while back (on myspace) I posted an old picture along with some comments about the content, what was going on at the time, etc. I thought I'd resume that today with a double-shot of photos from the same night in 1994. (For those who are reading this on livejournal, this is the first time I've posted either.)

I bring you.... Sidetracked!


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Prompted by the enjoyment I got out of a "where was I 10 years ago" post on myspace, I thought I'd fill some time by looking at old photos and seeing what sorts of memories were prompted by those.

The first one I stumbled across was this one -


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Well, last night I headed back out to a blues jam. I had come home from work and knocked off three loads of laundry, stripping the bed, vacuuming the bedroom, hallway, living room and den, remaking the bed and of course taking care of my pets' basic food, water and shelter needs ( Read more... )

Oregon Man Survives 12 Nails to the Head ( Read more... )