Monthly Archives April 2006

A phenomenon.

I have to post this, because this is, I believe, the very first, and probably will remain the only, instance that I can ever recall being in 100% no-holds-barred agreement with regarding something that George W Bush has uttered:
“I think the national anthem ought to be sung in English, and I think people who want [...]

Card-Carrying Pinko

That’s me.
I just renewed my membership in the ACLU. Is your membership current?
What are you waiting for?
American Civil Liberties Union

Momentus!

As of approximately 5:00 this evening, I have car insurance for the first time since moving to Los Angeles. This, a mere 11 days after paying a whole year’s worth of taxes for the first time in a decade.
Do I rock, or what!?
It is also important to note that today marks the 999th day [...]

Los Angeles, Succinctly.

This is a great article. It sums up everything about the entire Los Angeles area just by talking about how crappy LAX is. From the article:
You also can’t fault LAX’s presentation — there’s something still unbelievably cool about the extraterrestrial outline of the Theme Building, the giant LAX sign, and those lighted, rainbowcolored [...]

Sometimes it’s good to be an idiot.

I paid my 2005 taxes today.
For the first time in 10 years, I paid all my taxes for a full year. I win. I am delirious.
I also paid my first quarter taxes for this year, and according to my calculations, I was roughly $1300 short on the payment. I’ve been [...]

Eat this, Creationism!

Yeah, I’m afraid science wins.
Again.
Don’t you folks ever get tired of being wrong?

Cynthia McKinney

I have a lot of things to say about Cynthia McKinney just lately. So do a lot of other people.
I’ll let Cynthia Tucker say it for me, since my brain is overloading with anger at the moment. She’s a lot more eloquent than I could be right now, and covers almost every base [...]