Mario is a great metaphor for my life: I dodge peril while always moving defiantly in the same direction; sometimes feeling big, sometimes feeling small, sometimes shooting fire or flying; pedestrian creatures more of a nuisance than a threat; occasionally I'm led astray by curiosity and exploration of the world; I get to the castle and dodge the ( Read more... )

I really love doing journal entries when Ambien starts kicking in at 5 AM.

I could have my next album written by March. Let us give thanks to productive manic periods.

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Is it natural to find yourself more attractive when you're tipsy?

My Utah family was very discouraging concerning my move to California. I had a good laugh when my cousin Amy asked me, "Have you prayed about it ( Read more... )

There are no victories or defeats in politics. They are not games for tallying scores and percentages, unless we want them to be as such. It is meant to be a forum of ideas. There should never be any pride in being right or shame in being wrong. But there should always be dignity in admitting faults and finding solutions ( Read more... )

This is an open question to everyone: just how smug are people from California? Because so far, I'm left to assume that they literally fart just to smell their perceived awesomeness ( Read more... )

On Myspace, there's a "before-after" advertisement for some makeup company. In the before picture, it shows a young woman's face and highlights such unsightly blemishes as "acne," "roseacea," and "dark circles" about the eyes. Then, of course, the after photo shows perfection. I just want to comment that I genuinely found the before picture much ( Read more... )

All proceeds go to The Man, but the real winners here are the American people.

I'm writing an epic poem, and I was wondering if I could get feedback. That is, should I attempt to record an album based on it? Is it any good? Is it interesting ( Read more... )

If you think I'm exaggerating, I'm not. This was the worst year of my life. But as Homer Simpson would optimistically remind me, "Worst year of your life so farI look forward to 2008 the same way Evel Knievel might have looked at the Grand Canyon after destroying himself at Caesar's Palace. And I love that metaphor so much, I'm just going to let ( Read more... )