When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should ( Read more... )

It's unbelievable.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/19/schiavo.brain-damaged/index.html

Yes, Congress, is getting involved now. Don't you feel better?

As Jenn and I were walking on 9th Ave in NYC tonight, a homeless guy asked a passerby for some money. The passerby replied "Sorry, buddy. I don't have anything on me."

The homeless guy, in the most incredulous tone you ever heard, shouted back "HOW CAN YOU WALK AROUND WITHOUT ANY MONEY?"

Tonight, while Jenn and I were out to dinner, the woman at the table next to ours was complaining to the manager about an altercation she had with another customer. And then she said the funniest thing I have heard in a long time.

"I was gonna punch her in the fucking face. But I wouldn't do that. Because I am A LADY!"

You can't make this shit

Ahhh ( Read more... )

For a very long time, I have wanted to own a Hammond Organ with a Leslie Speaker. I found my Hammond M-3 over 4 years ago. The M-3 is known as the "Baby B", identical to the B-3 except for 41 key manuals, percussion only on the top manual, and lack of fold-back. It has been the Leslie that has eluded me. While there are always dozens of Leslies ( Read more... )

Back in 1994, I attended a conference at NYU on the Beat Generation. I was actually a memebr of the press covering the event for a now-defunct magazine. Here is my article that was published in Ergo Magazine ( Read more... )

And the award goes to ( Read more... )

I hope the folks at school take into account that not every student lives in Manhattan. The last update to the website about school closings was made at 5 PM tonight. The snow hadn't really started yet at that point. My biggest fear is that I get up tomorrrow at 6 AM, check the hotline, hear that it's business at usual, leave for my 9 AM class, ( Read more... )

Ahhh, how to blog about morons without letting the morons know that they are morons ( Read more... )