Went to the doctor today for my back. I have moderate scoliosis, the exact cause of which is indeterminate. I was sent for x-rays to make sure that scoliosis is all that's physiologically wrong with me, ie to check intervertebrate disks and vertebrae themselves. I got a prescription for physical therapy, which will cost a small fortune but I ( Read more... )

Did you know that Christopher Columbus didn't believe the world was round? He was a zealotous nut, and came to the conclusion that since it got cooler as he sailed west from the Guinea Coast, and since the environment where he landed was much more lush and temperate (on the same latitude), it must be the Divine Paradise, and the only explanation ( Read more... )

I'm in the process of rereading The Patriot Chiefs, making notes on pronunciation (Which is AMAZINGLY difficult to find, what the fuck, there has to be some resource out there I'm not familiar with that tells me how to pronounce all these American Indian names and place-names. I gotta ask Kenji if he knows of anything). I'm also going to be ( Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3CzYw5-qdA

Claudia that's the guy I was telling you about who built his own bear-suit.

Amusing that a week after we were talking about it someone posted a link on fark. The universe delivers!

When the stars have come right for the Great Old Ones, the secret priests will liberate great Cthulhu from His tomb to revive His subjects and resume His rule of earth. Then mankind will become as the Great Old Ones; free and wild and beyond good and evil, with laws and morals thrown aside and all men shouting and killing and revelling in joy. The ( Read more... )

So I should be starting an electronics retail job next week.

Haha.

I was going to go to broadcasting school but it didn't work out. Hopefully in the spring.

In other news, I finally got something recorded and uploaded. Kind of a warmup. Sorry that it is in no way what I told anyone I was going to record.

It's about an hour long, a political article on ( Read more... )

"The US needs to stop giving any military or financial aid to Israel, until Israel stops it current war of aggression, gets all troops and civilians back inside the 1948 territorial boundaries - which means giving up all lands occupied since 1948, taking down that fucking wall, and accepting all people in Israel as full citizens with full rights, ( Read more... )

"Last night's Fiona Apple concert was truly terrifying. She was either extremely high on some unknown psychotic drug or demon possessed. I have never seen the like. She started acting insane from the very first song. She alternated from singing beautifully to screaming at the top of her lungs in the mic, swaying, whispering, changing lots of the ( Read more... )

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,19897474-663,00.htmlRead more... )

What was noteworthy on NPR today:

1) From 1950-1970, for every additional $1 earned by the bottom 90% of the American economy, the top .01% earned an additional $152.

From 1990 to 2002, for every additional $1 earned by the bottom 90% of the American economy, the top .01% earned an additional $18,000.

The increase in median real wages has been ( Read more... )