So you didn't die in last weekend's “No-pocalypse 2010”. I know how disappointed you were when you climbed out of the remains of your parent's 1960s bomb shelter that you've been thinking of turning ( Read more... )

I expect to return to posting on LJ soon.
Let the celebrations begin.

A couple of months ago I had a “cardiac event”. I've decided to share what happened to me because there's a chance that my experience could help one of you to make the right choice if you have the sort of problem I had. It is not an exaggeration to say that I nearly chose wrong. If I had, I probably would not be writing this right now ( Read more... )

Our friends, the Ships Company Shantymen, have located a replacement for Bob Markle. (You may recall that Bob died in a tragic baton-twirling mishap this past April 1st.)
Their promising candidate is Bruno Ursa, from the western-oriental regions.

Their new member He's sure to improve the look of the SCS once they get him into slops and linen ( Read more... )

Are your Memorial day weekend plans feeling too wholesome? Well, here's your solution ( Read more... )

A May Day show to see in lovely Washington, Virginia this Saturday ( Read more... )

L.J. Skivee ( Read more... )

*Had me some Raspberry Lambic ( Read more... )

Seriously?
Haiti signed a pact with the Devil?
Was it a "Please beat the shit out of our country with earthquakes, hurricanes, sickness, famine, and generations of despots" pact???
If the answer is no, then the pact isn't working.

Pat Robertson seems to be about the most ignorant and ugly person on the airwaves right now...and that's saying a lot

We know that the recent holiday season and blizzard have made many of you grumpier than a bulldog with a mouth full of hornets. Being snowed in so you could enjoy an extra long unwanted visit from your least favorite cousins and their sniveling pack of mucus-covered brats, or the receipt of the predictable neutron-star-dense lugubrious inedible ( Read more... )