There's a place for those who love their poetry: it's just across from the sign that says "prose only."

Something I read in Ann's journal reminded me of someone who should be on Owen's thought-crime reading list. Said someone is Doublas R. Hofstadter. Note how the use of boldface is rivaled only by the naming of loft people. Anyway, brain miscreants should read his book described here if they get the chance ( Read more... )

By pure chance, I happened to see an article today written by a John Simpson at the BBC News website. It’s about al-Qaeda, it’s pretty short, and you should click here to read it now.It seems to me that the forces fighting terrorism in our world must be well aware of the ideas expresses in the article. Our armies have been studying and practicing ( Read more... )

OK, some quick rock concert stuff while I wait for the UPS truck to arrive in Grafton, Iowa ( Read more... )

It’s been quite a while since I put anything on this site, and quite a bit has happened that seems interesting, at least to me. I don’t want to fill a couple pages though, so I’m only going to cover one thing right now ( Read more... )

Saw this on Litany:

Launch.com now has the video for Pro-Test online for your viewing pleasure. You can see it (and vote on it) here. The video was directed by William Morrison (director of Killing Game, Cracker, Majik, etc. and guitarist in the live incarnation of Skinny Puppy).Reading that, I expected it to be another evil puppets thing, ala ( Read more... )

"Zhong Xiu's men were at the front gate, mounted and brandishing lances. Grabbing a sword from a nearby soldier as the enemy poured in, Dian Wei advanced and cut down twenty men. The horsemen drew back, but the foot soldiers came forward. On either side spears poked up like reeds. Armorless, Dian Wei fought on valiantly, taking scores of cuts ( Read more... )

Tonite me and my friend Maggie went and saw They Might Be Giants over at Sokol. This makes four time's I've seen their show, and as always they rocked the house ( Read more... )

http://www.genesimmons.com/firestarter/firestarter.html

This is the best music video I've ever seen.

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