"Historically, Republicans have been the party of conservative virtues -- balanced budgets, healthy skepticism towards foreign wars, fierce resistance to the growth of government power."

"No more," Pat Buchanan says. "To win and hold office, many have sold their souls to the very devil they were baptized to do battle with." ...

( Pictures from Saturday night, 500 pixels wide, cut to protect your margins )

[04:55:13] Jason: originally she friendster'd me ( Read more... )

I need to get over my obsession with trying to take all my pictures without the flash. Maybe if i had a mini tripod i could better get away with it.. but to get any sufficient light i need to have the shutter speed set to at least a quarter second, but really a half second is better... and that just leaves too much time for motion blur and ( Read more... )

i got a call from a customer who ordered a couple of rolex watches from us in the past. he introduced himself, and said he writes for the magazine "W" (which i've never looked it). He asked if I could help him with some questions... I smiled and said, "Sure, I'd love to help." I answered a ton questions about watches in general, the collector's ( Read more... )

and i ask, who..... WHO... in this entire world of the the planet we call earth.... WHO under the age of 40 (or do i dare say fifty) has any small ounce (or gram for the peeps not on the over complicated 'imperial measurements") of significant power in the world theatre. WHO? i know of zero.

[car rant] i'm carless. the ecm chip in my car died last Friday while i was driving on mopac. they finally got the new computer installed Wednesday. i also got a tire replaced that had a slash in it. they told me my exhaust was leaking. i've bottomed out a few times so i can understand some damage. $650 for them to fix it though? christ! it ( Read more... )

It's 8:05pm. It's still light outside. I love it!

Last night, Jason and I were discussing how we humans work work work... And it is a bit ridiculous that we work 5 days a week, for that weekend, for our entire life until our bodies are falling apart, then we can retire. Bah. He quoted my favorite Lennon song:
And you think you're so clever and classless and free ( Read more... )

hello eljay!

how have you been? i have been pretty good. keepin' busy with the regular stuff... work, friends, bud n booze, music... you know how i do it. it's been ages since i've written to you.

spring greensnature has brought us spring, and things are mighty green. the grass in my yard is pretty healthy, with a minimum of weeds.. i'm ( Read more... )