Tear gas, baton beatings, rubber bullets, pepper spray, brutality, riot police lines are not an appropriate response to trampling some grass. SOMEthing is scaring the shit out of the people who control the police, but none of them will give us a real reason for ordering the raids of Occupy encampments around the world. It's all just "illegal ( Read more... )

My wisdom teeth are finally coming out of my head. I've been resistant to the idea, thinking all my dentists were just in it for the referral kickback, but my new dentist (who also happens to be the dad of one of my very favorite dogs at work) actually showed me the x-rays and yeah dude, since the last time I saw a dentist, my upper right wisdom ( Read more... )

Exhaustion is winning the battle. Since we've been home from broadcasting at Occupy, I've fallen asleep in my chair three times and on the living room floor once. My eyes are crossing. Thank god tomorrow is my first late day and I don't have to be to work until noon. Aw crap, just tried to fall asleep again. As shitty as it would be to end this ( Read more... )

Aw crap. I keep thinking I have to wait for the day to be over before blogging and here I am at midnight on a school night ( Read more... )

(Bio)Today was one of the busiest I've had in a long time. I'm exhausted right now in a really satisfying way. G and I had been planning to attend/looking forward to Bank Transfer Day festivities for some time, as it has been advertised for over a month and seemed to be pulling in a lot of people. Preliminary numbers were showing credit unions all ( Read more... )

I'm such a lurker. Lurky McLurkerson. I lurk facebook, ffs (though in recent weeks I have felt the need to speak out about Occupy). I'm on the internet for hours a day and contribute almost nothing. While I'm not exactly bursting with burning commentary at all hours, I wouldn't finger a lack of things to say as the reason. I self-censor like a ( Read more... )

You guiz.

THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET.

To my surprise, "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" was delightful and HILARIOUS. I was cracking up all the way through. It's just so entertaining and well worth the two hours. I recommend it to everybody, and make sure you're with someone who likes to laugh out loud for optimal viewing pleasure.

I recommend to indie lovers with an ear for the weird Patrick Wolf's album "The Magic Position". Sometimes he's Nick Cave, sometimes he's Tom Waits, sometimes he's bubbly pop, sometimes he's noise rock, sometimes he's experimental, sometimes it sounds like what would happen if someone got really wasted and drunkenly, heavy-handedly, slowly slammed ( Read more... )

If I had to name one person responsible for inspiring the most wonder in my life, I think that person might just be Neil deGrasse Tyson.