I'm going to try to keep from getting too shrill about election stuff, but I did note one thing I do wish to propagate. The McCain/Palin ticket aired a somewhat creepy and subversive take on Barak Obama's support for a bill for age-appropriate sex education for ages K-12. The bill was designed to teach young kids how to avoid sexual predators, ( Read more... )

The service counter at my local D&W doubles as a ticketmaster, and as I passed by it after a successfully completed beer run I heard the middle-aged lady behind it ask a young lad and his girlfriend "You spell that G-W-A-R, right?" and I thought to myself "yes!"

After longer than I'd like of living with my parents, drinking, and reclusive resisting any and all attempts to have whatever meager post-breakup social life I could cobble together, I finally finished my big recording project. The last leg proved to be a frustrating one and tough on my stash of CD-Rs; a series of silly mistakes forced me to waste ( Read more... )

Upon inspection in the light today, the engine was totally seized up. My mom and I gamely added some water to the reservoir and gave 'er a go, but nothing. So I called Armour Auto, a scrap yard that was pretty close to see if they could help me out. They said that given that it was a holiday weekend and my car was so old and decrepit, they could ( Read more... )

...and rather than tell you about it, I will tell you how 1) It could've been WORSE, & 2) It could have been BETTER. Ahem ( Read more... )

You know, I may have picked the wrong instruments to play. And I play several, so I've apparently made this mistake several times. For my recording I earnestly tried to learn piano for a couple of tracks. I've only dinked around with it in the past, always focusing on guitar and such. Couldn't ever get the two hands working together. This time ( Read more... )

Most of you have probably wondered why I haven't been posting recently. Actually, nobody probably wondered that, but I bet one or two of you are curious now! I sort of said this earlier, but I have been using the small hours of the night for recording instead of internetting. I just didn't realize it was going to take me this long! I suppose I ( Read more... )

Since fleeing my cohabitational living arrangements and winding up back at my parents' house to avoid paying double rent,  I once again have access to a decent soundboard.  So I've decided to put down some of the songs that have been building up and bothering me.  And I intend to do a good job this time, particularly because I FINALLY found out how ( Read more... )

Do cockroaches jump?  I was under the impression that they scurried.   I found a huge, mystery bug I identified as a cockroach in the shower after getting off work at midnight last night.  Since my parents (Moved back in with them 'til my old lease is up) were sleeping, I tried to be a good houseguest and kill it silently.  So I put a shoe on to ( Read more... )

Hey, a big thanks to everyone who contributed to my car e-mail post.  I'm still not sure what I'm gonna do about it, but I at least have more options to consider.  On the bright side, my car runs acceptably when I let it just warm up for about 3 or so minutes before I even put it in gear.  Which is not the optimal solution, but it will do for now ( Read more... )