and when it's bad it is good, too. sometimes you just have to go out into the desert and shoot stuff...


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zoom rythmtrack: in terms of circulation, the Arizona Republic newspaper is currently 10th in the USA at 438,722 paid subscriptions which is down 2.1% since six months ago ( Read more... )

Recently it has come to my attention that it is a farther drive from Detroit to Michigan Tech then it is from Detroit to Washington, DC. (and thus takes even longer). Michigan Tech is located in some town called Houghton on the Upper Penninsula. Students there can probably piss on Canada from their doorstep. This is no place that I would want to ( Read more... )

the car is packed. rush hour is over. i'm heading west towards san diego, but with a sharp left to tecate. hopefully it will be warm, where the desert meets the ocean.

spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch...

Democracy is Two Wolves and a Lamb Voting on What to Have for Lunch. Liberty is a Well-Armed Lamb Contesting the Vote - Benjamin Franklin

i stopped at the bar on the way home from work sunday night for a drink with some work buddies. i got home a little after midnight and everyone was sleeping. i was looking at the news online when mike came in to the office on his cell phone apparently getting directions to somewhere. after he got off the phone i asked him "what's going on ( Read more... )

after close inspection it is obvious to me that king Mynyddog chose his stronghold at Din Eidyn (now called Edinburgh, Scotland) for its proximity to the Firth of Forth (and hence the north sea) and for the large, rocky hill (extinct volcano) on which to build the beginnings of the edinburgh castle...circa 600 AD. the castle is naturally protected ( Read more... )

i'm very bummmmed about H.S. Thompson closing his own peephole tonight. i had such grandios plans to visit the woody creek tavern this summer. perhaps i should still ( Read more... )

things to obtain (with approximate costs) within the next six months:

snowboard/accessories - $400 (ebay)
motorcycle - $1200 (older honda 750)
airfare to scotland - $500ish (iceland airlines?)
hand gun - $300-500 (revolver? semi-auto?)

available assets:

graduate fellowship - $2500
current car - $1500

more then adequate!

one time, in teh prime of our youthfulness, dave and i realized that we had basically held billy corgan in the highest of esteems...so high that we had to hang out with him while sipping walt-juice. walt-juice, most dearly beloved, was gatoraide mix and water combined in a fashion only known to dave's father, walter ( Read more... )