... Instead of shelling out between $1-2 about every other year or so, in addition to repairs, which in some cases came to many times the car's worth (Damn you, Cutlass Cierra!) a novel thought occured to me.  Why don't I just buy a new one, as opposed to getting one about 100k miles into the game?  The answer is because I'm poor, but there are ( Read more... )

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The Martyr

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You give of yourself to others and conduct your actions by a strict
code. An honorable death is preferable to a wretched life.



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'Kay, it's been about a week and a half and the ribs still hurt.  The area around them is better, but every time I sneeze I still wish for death.  I'm thinking that something is either cracked or broken up in there and I'm in for a shitty couple of weeks.  I played my first show with Daughter Vice.  I couldn't really move, which worked to my ( Read more... )

I hurt real bad.  I was taking a shower on Friday and managed to step off the part of the bathtub that has the grip on it, and my feet went shooting out from under me.  I landed on the back of the tub straight-up on my ribcage.  Knocked the wind right out of me, leaving me choking for breath on the tub floor with no chance to react and no idea how ( Read more... )

The strangest thing happened to me yesterday.  As I was heading out for work, my car wouldn't start.  It just kept sputtering, trying its best to turn over but always falling a little short.  This, while unfortunate, is not strange, per se.  The strange part is that after I made my final attempt, begged and pleaded, and peppered the air with ( Read more... )

Unfortunate fact: I am sick.  Not too surprising, that.  It's been miserably cold and rainy these past few days.  When I get cold and wet, I get sick.  My immune system isn't.  The crappy part is that I picked up two extra shifts for Thursday and Friday mornings.  I showed up on Thursday to find that I was going to be outside for most of the day, ( Read more... )

Recently, I had the priviledge of playing Rockband for the XBox 360.  All I can say is that THIS is what video games are supposed to be like.  I spent most of my time behind the drumkit, and while I found the visual cues a little hard to understand, it did feel like I was actually playing drums.  I had more luck with the higher skill levels, as the ( Read more... )

89% Barack Obama
87% John Edwards
86% Chris Dodd
85% Hillary Clinton
83% Joe Biden
75% Mike Gravel
75% Bill Richardson
74% Dennis Kucinich
45% Rudy Giuliani
36% Tom Tancredo
35% Mitt Romney
31% John McCain
25% Ron Paul
23% Fred Thompson
20% Mike Huckabee

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

The Recipe For Dale
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