These days were v-e-r-y spread out: Y was two-plus weeks ago, and Z was last night. And there’s still no “X” band. Y: Greatest Hits – Neil Young Z: Freak Out! – Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
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Monthly Archives: February 2006
it be the 19th century again, y’arrr…
Perhaps this is why bushco wants to roll back the country to the 19th century: Pirates seize Indian vessel with 25 aboard (CNN.com) I mean, if we’re seeing pirates on the high seas, perhaps it’s time we went out in search of gold dubloons, establishing colonies in exotic lands and extorting the people …
sex pistols: keepin’ it real
God bless the Sex Pistols. In response to their impending induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Pistols did what any well-heeled punk band would do in such a situation: They told ‘em to sod it all. They called the Hall of Fame a “piss stain,” and claimed that they “aren’t [their] …
the beauty of english english
Podcasts can be quite informative to the evolution of the English language, as well as to the divergent ways the language develops here in the U.S. and in the U.K. motherland. I say this because I’m quite a fan of the podcast of “The Geoff Show”, Virgin Radio’s evening show. The podcast is interesting, in …
torino 2006: predictions, technique, tactics, and two bode bits
My predictions for the alpine events have suffered a few bruises, but they haven’t been too off-the-mark.
’tis the season for music…
March and April will be big-time music months for me. Right now, I’m scheduled to see four concerts in thos two months: KT Tunstall (March 3) Billy Joel (March 16) The Go! Team (March 19) Hard-Fi (March 30) Franz Ferdinand and Death Cab for Cutie (April 11) And the may be more shows in store …
what’s not being said by chertoff
Allow me to complete this statement from today’s testimony from Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff: “We were acutely aware of Katrina…” “…but we didn’t do anything because we were too busy gazing at our navels to care about people who earn less than $200,000 per year.” The finger pointing that’s going on with BushCo is …
torino 2006: catching up with the joneses
So far, a good Olympics! My prognostications have been shaky, at best, but that’s the fun of it, right? I did call Ted Ligety a dark horse for a medal in Mens Combined. Granted, I never thought he’d be donning the gold medal, but man, did he school the rest of ‘em in slalom! His …
snow in dc and paper writing
Over the weekend DC had its first snow of 2006. Finally! Needless to say, it recharged my batteries a bit. I’ve uploaded some of the pictures to my Flickr page – click here to view them. There will be more uploaded from our middle-of-the-night frolic in the snow, which was incredibly fun. Tonight, I’ve been …
torino 2006: prognostication time – alpine skiing
I volunteered at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, and it hardly seems like it was four years ago – the memories are still fresh in my mind. And I’m a little bummed that I’m not in Torino right now (but I will be there for Vancouver 2010, dammit). But the games …
