Monday, November 29, 2004
Tao Te Ching - Chapter 11
We join spokes together in a wheel,
but it is the center hole
that makes the wagon move.
We shape clay into a pot,
but it is the emptiness inside
that holds whatever we want.
We hammer wood for a house,
but it is the inner space
that makes it livable.
We work with being,
but non-being is what we use.
Post-Thanksgiving
I didn't do a post for Thanksgiving, mainly cause I consider it more or less a non-holiday. It's more than a little nauseating that we celebrate genocide with gluttony, I just can't really hang with those ideals. Which is not to say I don't like the wide variety of side dishes, being a vegetarian and all, that's pretty much all that is on my plate. And I'm not so callous that I'm not thankful for a few things, I just don't really see the point in being thankful for them one day out of the year while you pretend that you don't really want to stick your fork in the eye of whatever relative is sitting next to you. I spent my Thanksgiving at my dealer's house which is about as Norman Rockwell as I'm ever going to get. So here's a short list of what I'm thankful for.
I'm thankful that in absence of a biological family (parents, siblings, etc.), I've got one smoking family family-my daughter, Molliwogg, and the oddest collection of friends and acquaintances this side of Hunter S. Thompson's house. I'm thankful we're less than a year away from election season. I'm thankful there are idiot corporations out there who have no understanding of chess (rook to queen five Freightliner). Most of all I'm thankful for every bruise, scar, shit sandwich and ass kicking I've ever taken be it physical, mental, or even delusional. The past is the sum of all parts, I'm looking forward to putting some new adventures behind me. That's just a short list of the many things I am thankful for, I could ramble on for a lot longer but that would be tedious. Besides I was listening to a song today that sums it all up in a nutshell anyway. Take it away Berger.
I got life, mother
I got laughs, sister
I got freedom, brother
I got good times, man
I got crazy ways, daughter
I got million-dollar charm, cousin
I got headaches and toothaches
And bad times too
Like you
I got my hair
I got my head
I got my brains
I got my ears
I got my eyes
I got my nose
I got my mouth
I got my teeth
I got my tongue
I got my chin
I got my neck
I got my tits
I got my heart
I got my soul
I got my back
I got my ass
I got my arms
I got my hands
I got my fingers
Got my legs
I got my feet
I got my toes
I got my liver
Got my blood
I got my guts (I got my guts)
I got my muscles (muscles)
I got life (life)
Life (life)
Life (life)
LIFE!
Sunday, November 28, 2004
Taken Out of Context
Bush, speaking to reporters covering his vacation visit here, said he hopes a clear and credible winner would emerge.
"There's just a lot of allegations of vote fraud that placed the result of the election in doubt," he said as he entered a restaurant near his ranch.
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"We cannot accept this result as legitimate because it does not meet international standards and because there has not been an investigation of the numerous and credible reports of fraud and abuse," Powell said in a statement read to reporters.
He called for a full review of the conduct of the election and the tabulation of election results. -ABC News
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If it walks like Ukraine, and talks like Ukraine, it must be America.
Sunday, November 21, 2004
Caption: The Typical Briton
The typical Briton is polite, witty and phlegmatic, but lacks a certain style and has a dental hygiene issue while having an occasional drinking problem. - Yahoo
Saturday, November 20, 2004
Hopelessly Addicted
While I look upon Starbucks much the same way I look upon herpes, I'm hopelessly addicted to this commercial.
Civil War
The Civil War wages at home.
The Civil War wages at home.
Years from now we will be able to tell our children what it was like to be in the eye of the storm.
Monday, November 15, 2004
Our Incontinent Ghost
We have a ghost. A ghost with a bladder control problem.
Don't believe me?
Consider the following...
- Our toilet flushes by itself. We actually consider this a good thing-if it is the ghost, at least he/she is making it to the toilet.
- We hear footsteps creaking up and down our stairs at random times. Again the hypothesis here is the ghost is making an attempt to get to the bathroom.
- In the middle of our kitchen floor a puddle of water appears about the same time every night. (Note: When the toilet flushes by itself, the puddle skips its near nightly appearance.)
- While the Germans may love David Hasselhoff, ghosts dig gangsta rap. If we leave Snoop Dogg in the stereo, even if its been turned off, odds are the stereo will turn itself on and start playing. (As I was writing this it happened again.) Ain't nothin' but a G thang baby.
- Our alarm clock has a tendency to set itself ahead or behind the actual time at will. We can only deduce the ghost is making an attempt to get a handle on the afore mentioned bladder control problem.
If you can explain the events listed here, I'd love to hear it. Who you going to call?
Sunday, November 14, 2004
To Molliwogg
You say it's your birthday
It's my birthday too--yeah
They say it's your birthday
We're gonna have a good timeI'm glad it's your birthday
Happy birthday to you.
Yes we're going to a party party
Yes we're going to a party party
Yes we're going to a party party.
I would like you to dance--Birthday
Take a cha-cha-cha-chance-Birthday
I would like you to dance--Birthday
Dance
You say it's your birthday
Well it's my birthday too--yeah
You say it's your birthday
We're gonna have a good time
I'm glad it's your birthday
Happy birthday to you.
Saturday, November 13, 2004
Born in Arizona, Moved to Babylonia-King Tut
"Egypt plans to run tests on the mummy of Tutankhamun to find out what killed the king who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago and died while only a teenager.
Culture Minister Farouk Hosni agreed Tutankhamun's mummified body could be moved from its tomb to the Cairo Museum for the tests, Egypt's official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported. " - Reuters
Finally my theory that there was a second shooter on the grassy oasis will be vindicated! Who's laughing now? I shall take off my tinfoil hat, ball it up and throw it at the cynics.
In other weird news, the hunt for Atlantis is still on...
"An American researcher on the trail of the lost city of Atlantis has discovered evidence of man-made structures submerged in the sea between Cyprus and Syria, a member of his team said Saturday.
Robert Sarmast, who is convinced the fabled city lurks in the watery depths off Cyprus, will give details of his findings Sunday." - Reuters
And we'll sink with California when it falls into the sea.
Thursday, November 11, 2004
Am I The Only One?
Who thinks there should be an Office Space video game?
Sanity...
Is highly overrated.
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Current Vehicle Playlist
- John Denver & The Muppets - A Christmas Together (Jim Henson is my god.)
- Spearhead - Complilation (Mostly live tracks.)
- Tragic Pranks - Compilation (Tortoise, an awesome cover of Hanging on the Telephone, Roxy Music, etc..)
- Prince - 1999
- Misfits - Box Set Disc 4
- Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (For some reason I've never had any interest in listening to anything but Dragula on this album.)
- Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon
- The Cure - Wild Mood Swings
- The Cramps - Flamejob
- New Order - The Best Of (Still one of my favorite bands of all time.)
- AC/DC - Back In Black
- Danzig - Self-Titled
- The Clash - The Story Of Vol. 1 (Daddy was a bank robber...)
- The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
- Iggy Pop - Nude & Rude: The Best Of
- U2 - Zooropa
- Spearhead - Home (The first and still the best Spearhead album. They're no Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, but they'll do in a pinch.)
- David Bowie - Sound & Vision Disc I
- Cheap Trick - The Greatest Hits (Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.)
- Christian Death - Deathwish (Cribbed & remastered tracks from Only Theater Of Pain.)
- Electric Hellfire Club - Unholy Roller (The Bay City Rollers will never be the same.)
- Dr. Dre - The Chronic (If you don't have this album there is something seriously wrong with you.)
- Funk-N-Stuff - Complilation (Funkadelic, Clinton & Red Hot Chili Peppers Napster-style.)
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Warriors...Come Out To Play...
Watched The Warriors the other night. Sometimes I forget just how cool that movie is. Rumor has it that Rockstar North (Creators of the Grand Theft Auto series.) are working on a video game version of the film due out somewhere around March 2005.
Saturday, November 06, 2004
Tractor
Friday, November 05, 2004
Smashed Pumpkin
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
4 More Years - The Culture Wars
Four more years of minimizing Americans in the name of freedom.
Four more years of X-Files style Patriot Act bullshit.
Four years ago we were at war with Eurasia.
We have always been at war with Eurasia.
Four years ago the system was fucked.
Today society is.
Oregon joins ten other states and writes discrimination into the constitution? Oregon! On what planet did this happen on?
Man, count me out of this party.
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