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You. You with the eardrum piercing whistle. I appreciate that you're expressing your love for the band, but for the love of god, you're causing irreparable hearing damage to everyone within a 10 foot radius.
On a related note, I feel I should reiterate my love for Cake. They rock in the old school sense of what it means to rock.
Seriously, this statement is so simple and yet the underlying truth is nowhere to be found in our foreign policy. Why are the best ideas permanently sidelined in the Bush administration? Yes that's a rhetorical question.
Democracy depends not just on elections but on a rule of law, on stable institutions, on basic economic security for the population, and on checks and balances that forestall a tyranny of the majority. Elections in the absence of this key societal context can produce authoritarian regimes and abuses as easily as they can produce genuine people power.
I've been listening to Fiona Apple's Extraordinary Machine 
the past two weeks, and I can honestly say that she is fucking badass. The lyrics are incredible, and they're put together with such varying and unique cadence that something different surprises me every time I listen. Not to mention the piano. Oh god, the piano. I fell in love with her music (and with her?) back when I was listening to Sullen Girl and Shadowboxer, but Extraordinairy Machine is an entirely new love affair. I mean, for the love of god, she ended the CD with a waltz. She is fucking badass.
If you don't have a point to make
Don't sweat it
You'll make a sharp one being so kind
And I'd sure appreciate it
Everyone else's goal's to get big-headed
Why should I follow that beat being that I'm
Better than fine
Somewhat ironically, this study validates what I've been thinking about political bloggers over the past four years. Namely that despite the presumed objective of bloggers to find some irrefutable, objective truth, they're really just playing word games that reinforce their own preconceived notions. There are some notable exceptions, but for the most part I tend to think of the blogosphere as a big pointless circle jerk.
Very cool. A probe that traveled halfway to Jupiter just returned to Earth with star dust collected from comets.
Just got back from Korea on Saturday. It would have been nice to see more than the insides of office buildings and hotels, but we did walk around the streets a bit at night. I've never seen so many multicolored neon lights in my life; a confusing blend of Korean and English characters.
Anyway, my sister sent me this government announcement that gave me a much needed laugh.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: THE GOVERNMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT IT IS CHANGING IT'S EMBLEM FROM AN EAGLE TO A CONDOM, BECAUSE IT MORE ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE GOVERNMENT'S POLITICAL STANCE. A CONDOM ALLOWS FOR INFLATION, HALTS PRODUCTION, DESTROYS THE NEXT GENERATION, PROTECTS A BUNCH OF PRICKS, AND GIVES YOU A SENSE OF SECURITY WHILE YOU'RE ACTUALLY BEING SCREWED.Damn, it just doesn't get more accurate than that!
Why has SNL not been funnier with Adam McKay as the head writer? Oh, he left in 2000. That makes sense. His post on HuffPo about the Abramoff scandal is pure gold.
It is so good to know that our elected officials, who hold an office and a trust given to them by the people in accordance with our more than 200-year-old Constitution will betray that trust and office for... a steak and tickets to a Patriots game. That's right, a cut of meat and a football game. Since when did Dan Jenkins get elected to Congress? Hey guys, if you really, really, really want to go to the Super Bowl you can probably make up a security issue and just go. You're Congressmen. Plus, I'm pretty sure after the second quarter you can just walk in for free at most games. They don't officially say it but the ushers don't care. You don't have to corrupt the whole country.The other big item listed was a golf trip. A golf trip. These politicians are betraying the entire concept of America and democracy for what would be a stage four winner's gift on The Amazing Race. The next thing we'll be told is that Bush is pushing to drill in the Alaskan Wildlife refuge because Exxon gave him a T-Bird shaped VHS tape rewinder.
I knew that people liked schwag, but I didn't know they were willing to subvert our government for it. Hey, Tom Delay, if I take you out to dinner at Wolfgang Puck's at the mall can I have a tenth of a vote?
This is part of the description I used for myself on one of those online dating sites. I think it properly conveys my cynicism.
I'd like not to think that a few words thrown together hastily are my best hope of meeting someone special. And yet here I am. I say the penguins have the right idea. Get everyone together and let nature run its course. Instincts, don't fail me now.
If I were a female version of myself, I would so date me. But then I'd get bored and stop returning my calls.