In light of the recent oil spill I found this interesting: The Economic Impact of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. For some reason the news people keep relating the event to hurricane Katrina but, I think it's more like the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Either way I think people have already realised that the economic, environmental and social impact this is ( Read more... )

Went to the Shepard Fairey opening last night at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. He is the guy who did the iconic Obama Hope poster. It was all the same alternative/punk/scenster/hipster type of people that I used to hang out with since high school. He also DJ's and had lots of good, old punk, music playing. The building was absolutely ( Read more... )

If you're wondering why the president hasn't addressed the loony anti health care reform conspiracy theorists you may have seen yelling nonsense on the news, you may want to read the article linked below. If you are a loony conspiracy theorist, I suggest you go eat your own ass. Leave a comment

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I'm in st.charles visiting my family. Leaving on Tuesday.

On Tuesday night after class (around 8:00pm) my car broke down. I waited for two hours to get my car towed to a repair shop I trust near where I work. It was fucking hot out so that was miserable. The next day I remembered the postcard I had received from Saturn telling me that there was a recall on my cars timing chain. I looked up the symptoms of ( Read more... )

I saw a bumper sticker that said "Socialism doesn't work!" My assumption is that this refers to the allegations that the chop logic rhetoric engine has been making toward the Obama administration. First, let me say that I don't entirely believe that either capitalism or socialism, used exclusively, could allow any group of people to function ( Read more... )

So I have a Samsung Epix (i907) cell phone and an unlimited data plan. Its operating system is Windows Mobile Pro. There is all kinds of great software available for it (for free). One of them is called Pocket Scrobble; a client for Last.FM.This allows me to use my cellphone to stream music for free from a collection customized for for me almost ( Read more... )

End of the quarter (my school goes by quarters not semesters).
Will do some gardening on my spring break.

I am taking this moment to officially declare my love of the band Devo.

--will