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The Time Flies
2007-06-16 04:45:00 Was it just me, or did the day just fly past at breakneck speed?From the moment I woke up today, there has never been enough time. Hours turned to minutes, minutes became seconds, seconds didn't register long enough to be seen.Time stretched out in between the seconds and dragged out the moments. The moments achingly trudged past so slow that they moved in a blur until, before I knew it, it was time to leave.And now I sit in the recliner, sipping on pineapple juice, watching Michelle Monaghan trying to coax truth from Tom Cruise and wondering where all my hours went.I want them back.I want to spend them watching the sun set over the ocean in a red ball of flame and hope.I want to see her smile one more time, just to know that I wasn't dreaming and she really wasn't a fever dream that I once had long ago. I want to eat Vietnamese spring rolls in a humid little restaurant in a humid little town and think about the time that was to come and how I would spend the many hour... More About: Flies , Lies , The Time
Friday Night Jam
2007-06-16 02:30:00 I don't know about you, but I am so ready for this weekend.amber, this is your nightshannon, let the music playian van dahl, castles in the sky2 unlimited, get ready for thistechnorati tags: video, music, YouTube More About: Night , Friday , Frida
Top Five On Friday ? Week 128
2007-06-16 02:25:00 Want ListCulled from my La La want list.anjali, the world of lady abeth orton, comfort of strangersregina spektor, soviet kitschthe sonics, here come the sonics!!!goldfrapp, black cherrytechnorati tags: Music Memoirs, music, meme, Frida y More About: Week , Five
TSA Denies the Sippy Cup Incident
2007-06-16 02:01:00 ZZ noted in the comments today regarding the Sippy Cup Incident :TSA has posted video and the incident report on this. www.tsa.gov. Check it out.So I did. Wow. Video and a report incident. They must have all the facts, right?So I watched the videos. Huh.I watched them again.Double huh.Maybe I was missing something, but I didn't see anything that contradicted her account.Watched it again.Now I must be confused. so I forwarded the link to Mark Frauenfelder at Boing Boing. Maybe he could see something I missed. He posted a rolling commentary track to the video.Maybe I'm missing something. After all, it is Friday afternoon. The brain is still buzzed from multiple Mountain Dews.I'll watch them again later. But I did learn one thing: never mess with a mom in line with a kid. It's always more trouble than it's worth.technorati tags: TSA, sippy cup, video, response More About: Cide
Someone's Got a Crush
2007-06-16 01:13:00 NOTE: This bizarre missive was written while I was listening to the Prodigy at full blast after consuming a six-pack of Mountain Dews, so it probably won't make any sense whatsoever. Then again, when has that ever stopped me? And hey, it's not any stranger that Mike Gravel's art house campaign ad.One day, I will lose what little is left of my mind and run for president. I will run on any number of vague platforms that make no sense to anyone but me. I will be featured on a multitude of chattering-bigmouth pundit talk shows, talking about what I stand for and whether I am presidential. I will amass a large number of followers who listen to my insane rantings and rumblings and record them as if they are holy writ.In this strange Bizarro dimension, which would could never possibly exist in any sane multiverse, on that strange and auspicious day of days, I will have only demand. Just one command for my multitude of loyal acolytes, to be followed without question.Bring me an Ob... More About: Crush , Some
Can You Spare a Dime?
2007-06-15 23:29:00 George W. Bush, September 2005:Tonight so many victims of the hurricane and the flood are far from home and friends and familiar things. You need to know that our whole nation cares about you, and in the journey ahead you are not alone. To all who carry a burden of loss, I extend the deepest sympathy of our country.To every person who has served and sacrificed in this emergency, I offer the gratitude of our country. And tonight I also offer this pledge of the American people: Throughout the area hit by the hurricane, we will do what it takes. We will stay as long as it takes to help citizens rebuild their communities and their lives. And all who question the future of the Crescent City need to know: There is no way to imagine America without New Orleans, and this great city will rise again.Twenty months later:NEW ORLEANS -- The cash-strapped city of New Orleans is turning to foreign countries for help to rebuild as federal hurricane-recovery dollars remain slow to flow.Kenya Smith, ... More About: Spar , Dime , Pare
Screeching Halt
2007-06-15 22:54:00 Oy, what a day.I've been too busy to breathe all morning. I just finally finished my lunch, after hoofing it across town for yet another interview. Feels like I didn't get anything done all day.So, back to blogging, then. I have a mountain of feeds to clear. More About: Cree
TSA Halts Deadly Clown Menace
2007-06-15 22:46:00 I would like to congratulate the TSA for finally doing something about the clown scourge that infects our country.So after leaving the DeSantorium at 6:15 I high-tailed it back to Chicago O'Hare, driving like a stunt man in a Burt Reynolds movie. I made it to the Enterprise car rental with plenty of time to drop off the car and take the shuttle back to the airport.Once there I was told that my flight was jam-packed and was asked if I wouldn't mind taking the 12:00 flight which still had 25 seats available. I agreed and THAT was the moment that everything else went to hell in a handbasket.The TSA confiscated my makeup box, which has always flown in my carry-on luggage for the last 5 years.Why is my makeup in my carry on bag? Because ALL of my costume is in my carry on bag!If I get to town and my prop case doesn't arrive I can always head over to Home Depot or WalMart and scare up what I need to fill out two or three ring gags and some walkaround but if the costume, shoes, wig or m... More About: Deadly
The Good Stuff from Last Night
2007-06-15 22:22:00 StewartColbert technorati tags: Stewart, Colbert, video, funny More About: Stuff , Night , Good , Stewart
Thursday Night Jam
2007-06-15 01:33:00 Wow. I was a blogging fool today.hungry lucy, harvestbarry white and lisa stansfield, all around the worldvelvet chain, beyond timetechnorati tags: video, music, YouTube More About: Night , Thursday
White Noise
2007-06-14 23:49:00 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Air_America_Radio, originally uploaded by wweek.media.Apparently, the brain trust at Air America Radio has lost whatever was left of their collective mind and let one of the most reprehensible human beings alive spew his special brand of mindless pseudo-religious stupidity on their network.I wish I could say that I was surprised, but the honest truth is that I don?t listen to Air America anymore.(Pre-emptive note: before I get any nasty comments taking me to task for ever listening to such a partisan radio station, let me just say that I am fully aware that far too many of you out there (and you know who "you" includes; I'm talking about a group here, not a person) are under the impression that Rush Limbaugh and his hellspawn "tell it like it is", so think real hard about whether you want to give me any grief ab... More About: White , Noise
"Entire Apartheid Communities"
2007-06-14 23:33:00 I suspect he is being coy, but Tbogg posits an interesting conundrum.Victor Davis Hanson:In the frontline American Southwest, entire apartheid communities and enclaves within cities have sprung up whose distinct language, culture and routines are beginning to resemble more the tense divides in the Balkans or Middle East than the traditional melting pot of multiracial America.Tbogg:As an American Southwesterner I'm not exactly sure where these "apartheid communities and enclaves" have sprung up, but I sincerely hope that they are surrounded by a buffer zone comprised of Little Italy, Chinatown, Koreatown, and maybe a pleasant neighborhood where you can still get a nice piece of whitefish to nosh on....OOOH! OOOH! OOOH! I know the answer to this one!.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The Peninsula at Mystic Shores at Canyon Lake, originally upload... More About: Entire , Comm , Communities , Unit , Tire
Column A vs Column B
2007-06-14 23:26:00 Watch.technorati tags: YouTube, global warming, probability More About: Column
Watch Your Mouth
2007-06-14 22:52:00 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Colgate Sign, originally uploaded by Fleur-de-louis. Then again, maybe there is some dangerous stuff in that tube of Colgate.Colgate-Palmolive Co. on Thursday said counterfeit "Colgate" toothpaste that may contain a toxic chemical had been found in discount stores in four U.S. states."There are indications that this product does not contain fluoride and may contain diethylene glycol," the company said in a statement.Colgate-Palmolive said it does not use, nor has ever used, diethylene glycol as an ingredient in its toothpaste anywhere in the world. The chemical, known as DEG and sometimes illegally used as an inexpensive sweetener and thickening agent, is commonly found in solvents and antifreeze.The Colgate-Palmolive announcement comes less than two weeks after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consume... More About: Watch , Mouth
Sippy Cups on a Plane
2007-06-14 22:37:00 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Sippy Cup, originally uploaded by SarahHerr.Dangerous Al-Qaeda terrorist in training.I'm passing this one along to Joel; wouldn't want him and Ruth to get pinched and sent to Guantanamo for bringing a sippy cup on a plane."I demanded to speak to a TSA [Transportation Security Administration] supervisor who asked me if the water in the sippy cup was 'nursery water or other bottled water.' I explained that the sippy cup water was filtered tap water. The sippy cup was seized as my son was pointing and crying for his cup. I asked if I could drink the water to get the cup back, and was advised that I would have to leave security and come back through with an empty cup in order to retain the cup. As I was escorted out of security by TSA and a police officer, I unscrewed the cup to drink the water, which accidentally... More About: Plane , Cups , Plan
Best Headline of the Day
2007-06-14 21:45:00 From the BBC:FBI tries to fight zombie hordesNo wonder the zombies were running loose yesterday. Alberto Gonzales was in charge of fighting the undead hordes.Heckuva job, Berto.technorati tags: FBI, zombies, BBC More About: Line , Headline , The D
Wishful Thinking
2007-06-14 21:29:00 Don't. I. Wish.My score on The Classic Leading Man Test:Cary Grant(You scored 26% Tough, 4% Roguish, 38% Friendly, and 33% Charming!)You are the epitome of charm and style, the smooth operator who steals the show with your sophisticated wit, quiet confidence and flirty sense of humor. You are able to catch any woman you want just by flashing that disarming smile, even if you're flashing it at a kindly aunt or engaging child at the time. When you walk into a room, women are instantly intrigued and even the men are impressed, but you're too nice a guy to steal anyone else's girl...unless the guy deserves it. You're stylish, yes, but you can also be a little bit nutty. However, you're primarily seen as dashing, suave and romantic. Your co-stars include Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, and Grace Kelly, stylish women with a sense of fun.Find out what kind of classic dame you'd make by taking the Classic Dames Test.Link: The Classic Leading Man Test(OkCupid Free Online Dating)... More About: Thinking
Takes One to Know One
2007-06-14 20:54:00 On this little missive, I can only say one thing: the very last person - the absolute last person on the face of the earth, now and throughout eternity - who should be accusing anyone of any kind of sexism is Captain OxyContin.Seriously, just shut the hell up.technorati tags: Limbaugh, stupidity, sexism
Are We There Yet?
2007-06-14 20:03:00 For someone who is a bit more obsessed with current events and politics than most, I couldn't have helped but notice that I haven't really blogged anything political for quite a while. I really couldn't figure out exactly why this was the case.Then I read Wil Wheaton's post today, which hits that target right between the eyes and is so dead-on accurate, that I am reprinting in full.Why do we need a presidential campaign that lasts over two fucking years?I'm politically active, politically involved, and politically engaged . . . and I'm already sick to fucking death of this shit. These outrageously long cycles are all about money, which is all about corporations and PACs, which means that now elections are about perpetuating a Plutocracy.I used to count this down because it would finally be the end of our long national Bush/Cheney/Neocon nightmare, but now I'm counting down because it will just mean the end of the whole stupid goddamn thing.One day, we'll have 3 year, 364 da... More About: There
The Good Stuff from Last Night
2007-06-14 19:22:00 StewartColbert Stephen, this is for you.technorati tags: Stewart, Colbert, video, funny More About: Stuff , Night , Good , Stewart
Say Hello to My Little Friend
2007-06-14 17:42:00 Quit yer whining. It could have been worse.I couldn't help noticing that there is a lot of flak going around the net about the final episode of THE SOPRANOS. Not having seen many episodes (saw one from the first season, which was about all I needed to see to know that I wouldn't like it), it would be extremely foolish to comment on the entire series, but having seen the furor over the non-ending ending that happened last week, let me be the first to say to all fans of the show something that I've been dying to say for a long time:Get a life.Seriously. What the hell are you whining about? At least you guys got a proper ending. You may not have understood or liked it, but it was an ending. You got to see the story play out and you got to see the entirety of the vision that the creator(s) had in mind.You want to talk about disappointment? Try talking to a science-fiction fan.Try talking to a FARSCAPE fan after the episode "Bad Timing" came out. Talk about disconsolate; that ... More About: Friend , Hello , Litt
Wednesday Night Jam
2007-06-14 01:55:00 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Nosey McKenna, originally uploaded by VTWthrGrl.(Yes, I Can Has Cheezburger now has a Flickr pool. God help us all.)Sorry about the lack of blogging today. I've been busy. The interview today went very well, I thought. I'll know more about that position in a couple of weeks.After I got back from the interview, I had a new guy sitting with me, listening to me do my thing. Too bad for him that my thing today involved lots of nothing, since calls were a bit scarce (that's a good thing, right?)Anyway, by the time he left, I didn't feel much like blogging. This whole job search thing has drained me of any inspiration to write anything. Hopefully, I'll feel better by the weekend.I've been busy divesting myself of music, though. I went crazy on La La, getting rid of twelve albums today, and generally cleani... More About: Tube , Night , Wednesday
Somewhere Near the Middle
2007-06-14 01:45:00 What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)Midland("Midland" is not necessarily the same thing as "Midwest") The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it's a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from the Midland.Click Here to Take This QuizBrought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests. More About: Middle , Where , Some , Somewhere
Tuesday Night Jam
2007-06-13 02:08:00 Today was a fairly good day. I got to finish all my new books, and even do a little posting today.Tomorrow promises to be a real kick in the teeth.elvis costello, shechris isaak, wicked game [live]sheryl crow and kid rock, picturetechnorati tags: video, music, YouTube More About: Night , Tuesday
Troll Baiting
2007-06-13 01:03:00 Yeah, I should know better. I guess I was just bored.The following is an e-mail exchange that happened throughout the day yesterday between myself and the witless highwaymen at Only-Dreemin. I offer it merely as an minor coda to an otherwise mellow day.From: Steven A. PerezDate: Jun 10, 2007 9:37 PMSubject: And So It GoesTo: info@only-dreemin.comDearest sirs, madams and other assorted creatures of indeterminate origin:I would like to thank you for for the entertaining round of e-mails back and forth between you and my friend Sean McGee. You have enlivened an otherwise boring weekend with your rapier wit and clueless "defenses". With any luck, you can use the experience to ease into a career of half-baked stand-up comedy.Keep up the good work.Regards,Steven PerezObserver and raconteur, thoughts from an empty headFrom: infoDate: Jun 10, 2007 11:56 PMSubject: RE: And So It GoesTo: "Steven A. Perez" Mmmm?SAP?How very apt. Not only does SAP form your initials, it?s also a fundame... More About: Troll , Baiting
The Good Stuff from Last Night
2007-06-12 21:23:00 StewartColbert technorati tags: Stewart, Colbert, video, funny More About: Stuff , Night , Good , Stewart
Time Off for Good Behavior
2007-06-12 19:52:00 Bored with the internets right now. After I finish reading my RSS feeds for the day, I'm going to kick off for a while and catch up with the two beauties pictured above and the copy of Harlan Ellison's Angry Candy that found its way to me via the post. More About: Time , Behavior , Good
Monday Night Jam
2007-06-12 02:03:00 Yep, it's been one of those days.dido, don't leave homecarol kidd, when I dream (the official music video from the movie SHIRI)stevie ray vaughan and double trouble, lennytechnorati tags: video, music, YouTube More About: Night , Monday , Onda
random flickr blogging: 1515
More articles from this author:2007-06-11 23:11:00 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } IMG_1515, originally uploaded by MartenVR.The tulips had the most fragrant scent I had ever smelled. I don't think that I could properly describe it, having never seen real flowers before, but the aroma was heavenly. I could literally walk in them all day, and given the length of the fields, I probably could do just that. The sun, which none of my generation had ever seen before, shone brightly in the blue sky, and it struck me then how beautiful it all was, and how I would probably never live to see it return. The colors were so different from the drab greys and browns that I was used to seeing, and I admit that I dawdled a bit before finally getting back to the mission at hand. I had no problem finding the device where Control said it would be. What I was not prepared for was the little man standing next ... More About: Blogging , Random , Flickr , Blogg , Flick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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