I was walking through the TV room, and Fox News was on. They were interviewing John McCain about the new, post-Miers judicial nominee (whose name escapes me and I'm too lazy to go look it up). The host kept saying stuff like, "He [the nomiee]'s got a good record, aren't they opposing him just for political reasons?" and what-not. McCain just kept ( Read more... )

Well, as if witnessing the carnage and blaze'd destruction up Bell Canyon in general and the Herman Estate in particular wasn't enough, today I went for a walk up MaDa Valley. I didn't even think about any fire damage up there, but having witnessed it, it seems like a no-brainer. Now, I'm pretty familiar with MaDa Valley, having spent many dozens ( Read more... )

South on Sepulveda, for a long long time. Made a detour onto Palos Verdes drive. Dicked around a bit, lost in the dark, high beams worked wonders. Drugs barely kicking in. Charles is restless, but when isn't he? We find a turn-off, sit for a few minutes and take some pictures. Back on the road. Devour a few more of the blasted things ( Read more... )

Okay, I haven't posted in a while. I took something huge to get me going again. And this is it... Bush says results of hurricane response 'not acceptable'. Now say what you will about the guy's responsiveness to this disaster, but one thing in the article cheesed my hide like nothing else ( Read more... )

I haven't updated in a while. Some things have happened. This is an undeniable fact. In all likelihood, they were relatively uneventful, at least in the cosmic sense ( Read more... )

Well, I failed. My buddy is marching to his doom tomorrow, and there was nothing I could do to stop it. Well, there was, but nothing legal or ethical. In fact, all the available options were downright monstrous. Not that I'm necessarily concerned about being a monstrosity, m'self, but I certainly adhere to a strict code of lazy, and monstrosities ( Read more... )

I know I'm always harping on and on about stem cells, man, stem cells. Well, I ain't just blowing smoke (well, sometimes I am, but I'm abstaining for the next week or so). But no... scientists now know how to turn stem cells into brain cells from start to finish. We're looking at the cure for alzheimers, parkinson's, and just general unstable ( Read more... )

As we are approaching the season finale of The Shield... excuse me a second...

THE SHI-I-I-I-I-I-IELD!!!

... I must reflect, I suppose, on how much stuff has happened this season, and touch on the interesting phenomenon that is this amazing show.

Look at how many stories have been written about The Shield simply from our own speculation. At the ( Read more... )

"Guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason and keyboard player Richard Wright will be on stage with bassist Roger Waters for their first public performance since they played at London's Earls Court in 1981."

Goddamn.

Y...Yttrium
You scored 49 Mass, 17 Electronegativity, 68 Metal, and 10 Radioactivity! Yttrium? Yttrium??? You're messing with me, right? That's not a real ( Read more... )