lyrics to the chorus of 'born to kill' by the damned are now officially ( Read more... )

This just in: The truth just keeps getting truer.

http://timorousme.livejournal.com/136191.html

As a non-Christian, the story of the prodigal son* always baffled and enraged me, so I'm not expecting livejournal to bestow its bountiful riches upon me any time soon. I'm not even expecting my Livejournal Voice (if you post a lot, you know what I'm talking about) to come back. I'm pretty sure I've even gotten rid of my thirst for internet ( Read more... )

The Zen Archer:

When we first moved into this house, Brother Kai told me a little about a book he'd read in the summer, Zen in the Art of Archery. The book is written by a Western (German specifically) scholar that goes to Japan to teach, and in his spare time takes archery lessons from a master zen archer. The bows are so difficult to draw that ( Read more... )

Why the fuck did I register Green?!? I mean, yeah the environment is great, but Green? The Green Party? I am changing this as soon as possible.

Wow, this just in, from the New York Times:

“I’m worried that too many people, both in politics and out, don’t appreciate the seriousness of the threat to American security and the evil of the enemy that faces us - more evil, or as evil, as Nazism and probably more dangerous than the Soviet Communists we fought during the long Cold War,” Mr. ( Read more... )

Last night I met Bill Pullman. He has a beard because he's going to be playing the leading role in a biopic about Philip K. Dick. His handshake is firm yet forgiving.

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HELP I'M DROWNING

I'm back from SanDiego, and Comic-Con has very predictably activated my latent geek tendencies. As proof of this, I was about to compare my transformation into a comic book fan to Dr. Blake's transformation into Thor,
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JULY 17
Monday, July 17th

The Spirit Animals (still beautiful after all these years!)
The Pharmacy (Seattle)
Mon Frere (Seattle)
Fake Problems (FL)

and outdoor acoustic songs from
Dashel, Russ Substance, and Nice and Friendly

$6 6pm @ Deathstar
8603 Cedar St.
SIlver Sping, MD