Now I can display all the inner sorrow within me!

I was just thinking of an interesting contrast regarding the fact that the Iraq war has required no widely shared sacrifices at home ( Read more... )

http://www.ctnow.com/custom/nmm/newhavenadvocate/hce-nha-1123-nh48bushbash48.artnov23,0,1695911.story

You heard it here first folks. Unless you heard it somewhere else before that.

Various things I have witnessed:

( The gross )

From the International Herald-Tribune ( Read more... )

Something that really has been driving me absolutely crazy lately has been the noise. I mean, it's partially thanks to this being a Local Law 10 inspection year, so there's jackhammering along half the facades in the city ( Read more... )

No matter how famous you are, your 9/11 song sucked.

Part the First: ( obligatory political stuff. )

Ok, I checked online this morning and I officially have no excuse -- the poll location is on my block.

Of course, the little mini-map also indicates that it's in the middle of the Madison Ave. bridge. So that's confusing. But whatever, I'll just make sure to bring some mail with me when I go...

In an open letter to his congregation, Ted Haggard said: "The fact is I am guilty of sexual immorality. And I take responsibility for the entire problem... I am a deceiver and a liar. There’s a part of my life that is so repulsive and dark that I have been warring against it for all of my adult life ( Read more... )