In case you didn't hear, former secretary of education and current talk news pundit Bill Bennett stated on his morning radio show, Morning in America, that if "you wanted to reduce crime ... if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down ( Read more... )

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-Dracula, post-wisdom tooth removal.

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Him: Hey, do you know if we can change the password on FRII(Front Range Internet Inc ( Read more... )

A few nights ago I watched the old ‘70s movie The Man Who Fell to Earth with David Bowie. Now, I love Bowie. He’s a music icon that changed and revitalized rock, stirred countless now-famous artists into becoming musicians, sowed the seeds of numerous modern sub-genres, and as a somewhat-dated sex symbol, he’s an inspiration to pale, gangly, ( Read more... )

Well, my journals fixed, so now I can finally read everyone's entries without visiting each journal separately. As for my dreams, they remain vibrant and alive. So I'm not really sure how I landed on that title. I've been watching a lot of '80s retrospectives, so maybe some of that dayglo, Flock-of-Seagulls-coiffed, rolled-up sleeve melancholy has ( Read more... )

I recently learned that literary great Virginia Woolf, before her career as a novelist took off, worked in the marketing department of a British food conglomerate, titling newly developed products. One such product ( Read more... )

All the cool kids are doing it, soo ( Read more... )

Well, after a prolific and lucrative six day run, I’m sad to announce that my band, celtic goth quartet Direland, has broken up. Officially, me and the other members just grew apart, but I’d be lying if I said there hadn’t been creative problems and legitimacy issues from the very beginning, chief among those being that none of us were Irish. Or ( Read more... )

I wasted three dollars. No it's not a big deal. And no, that's not an extraordinary occurrence, I waste money frequently and in larger chunks than that (A Very Eddie Money Christmas Collection, for example). But what I wasted three dollars on this time kind of pisses me off ( Read more... )

Alright, I did it again. No. No, that was not props to Brittany Spears. Not in any way. In fact, the only props I wish upon her is a squadron of biplanes that will hopefully crash into her house. No, I was referring to yet another LJ lapse. I just can't seem to stay on consistently. I will try harder. What has Ryan been up too ( Read more... )