Sliding Over the Edge of Irony

Wonder what Paul Simon would think of the caveat on this 'toon.

;-)

not that it really helps all that much . .

. . but it's surprisingly more satisfying that so many of the alternatives I've tried.

Too True Times Two

And then some!



H/T to DCS for the ode in a 'Tube.

Quote of the Day

"I have no investment in causing controversy," he said. "I am happy to avoid it if that's where the science leads us."

President Barack Obama
March 24, 2009 News Conference

I haven't posted one of these in a while, but this one, referencing Embryonic Stem Cell research backed by U.S. government funds is WAAAAYYY worth remembering.

You go O!

Feelin' Green in the Gills

Uh... right. Get a load o' what Qwantz is quackin' about. It's not exactly history, well, it is, but.. well.. Just check 'er out.

Happy (and SAFE) St Patty's Day, eh.

I Was Told To Write or Die. What did I do???

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It was Write or Die.

Yeah. I did. Not die. I wrote. I did write. I did not die. 400 words in 9.5 minutes
It's says 430 in 24 mins but 430 came in ten, I just didn't see those Done and Pause buttons right away. Thanks to BG for finding it first.

All I'm writing is what I wanted to happen. It's all right here... In my skull. It's happening right now.

When Thoran began to recognize Ainshee it was only a matter of heart beats until there's were in sync. Now to more unpleasant matters.

Calling in a request for a straphing run wasn't his idea of fun, but Kelmin knew he had to make odds on this one. If footstroup 148 didn't hold the Gzaln from raking through another batch of fore armour First Lt Chemmy Kelmin knew whose ass was gettin' slung out the airlock.

Metaphorically, at any rate. More importantly, and predictably Chemmy thought, it was bust him down in rank again. Strike 3 and no more commands, no matter how unwanted in the first place.

All they have to do is what they've practice the last 3 weeks, 24.2/8. Ajngjardta isn't all a hellish planetoid. If it massed just a few hundred megatonnes more it might just have been able to keep its prehistoric atmosphere. As is, this ball of ice is still churning under the mantle, volcanic activity is part of the Home Planet's defenses, and Chemmy knows the particular rift, the one Bad Guys kaisan ) had to come over if they wanted to avoid getting blasted to meteorites by Tec Def.

This place holds too much meaning fo such a puny, lifeless piece of rock, but Home's reasons hit closer than the the kaisan. Their home is a number of millions of kilometers away. This is just a checkpoint on their "discovering" of the Galactic neighborhood. It doesn't seem to matter to them at this point that we're kinda, sorta even, living here. It's not like we wouldn't have let them use the couch, as it were, out around pluto for a while. Hell, even Neptune can be a little snuggly when you've got the right company sitting round the "fire" with ya. But these boys ain't quite that. Thanks god, with what's starting to scream over the smokey ash clouding the rim of the horizon.

Kasain is comin' to town.

Amazingly, after several minutes of typing it out, I'm ready to start writing a story. No Ellipsis.

Sentimental value is never enough when it's causing pain. Don't get me wrong. Seriously, please don't get me wrong. You have to let go of it respectfully. However those who hold it most dear would want it. But if it's got to go, then make it a chance for yourself in a different context. Imagine a lot o' things.

alright

music is alright.



I finally started listening to Last.fm and found JEW and Deftones on the radio. {sighhh} In some ways, it is exactly like a digital bath.

50/50

If you live in, or even around, Cleveland, this is a read you need.

From Political Science 216 (a blog for after the basics, as well as for getting back to 'em.)

Perhaps the 50/50 investment could be used to make factories less stinky. This would help them avoid the cap and trade mandate the Obama administration is talking about. Again, this would make Cuyahoga County the place to expand a business.

That’s a lot better than a few low-paying jobs at a convention center, don’t you think?

[Pass it on]

Cheers!

This is a friend of mine's place. Wiiiiiiinnngggsssah! Mmmmm

Now I just gotta break outta my shell and make it out there.

"The return of E Pluribus Unum."

I didn't stay up to catch the O-man's semi-SotU last night, but am glad to see the headlines and pollsters seemed to like it.

What I did do this morning was read Larry Jones' revision 99 take, which literally inspired me with this one line:

>> Reagan/Bush era over

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That led me to a comment (hah! of course!) which required just a wee bit o' Googlin'. This is what I found.

Out of the 150 year debate (about Communism) and fifty-year (Cold) war all aspects that could be labeled as “socialistic” or “communistic” could be branded as “evil.” The fight between “socialized” or “universal” healthcare is emblematic of this phenomenon. Whenever an aspect of our society could be viewed as ‘communistic’ we adjusted to move strongly against it. The rhetoric beginning in the Reagan era and continuing through today is quite demonstrative of this mentality. For example, the famous line from the movie Wall Street, ‘Greed is Good,’ was recently the title of a Wall Street Journal editorial defending executive bonuses against the Administration’s proposed TARP legislation.
[Religious thought at its Best]

Off to do my part in keepin' my community strong (and my wallet fatter than flat. ;))

Necessity

They have so got to get this part of it right. The opportunity of the century, right at the start of it.

Obama/Clinton pull it off and there are no Dark Ages. They let it get too screwed up and it doesn't necessarily tip the West, let's face it, the wide world of peops into immediate chaos, but this decade may be a decisive one either way.

I'm watching the financial headlines every day, and I still think Obama's got a handle on it. Even if he is getting his hands burned much of that time.

Just in Time for Tax Return Time!

Woo Hoo! I get to issue one of those WARNING! warnings to Warn you that the following video should not be played at work or in front of young children (unless you swear vivaciously around them anyhow.)

:)

... We want people to be screaming in unison from houses across the county, "Work! Work, you cock-sucking piece of shit!! What is wrong with you?!"

And with all those Tax Return dollars just waiting to travel across the globe, this is a gagdet whose time is come.

Umm... Alrighty then.

Who knew The Onion was so in tuned to the pulse of American consumers, or that they produced such hi-quality video spoofs? Nice! It works better on a website than it would as a TV sketch, too.

Seriously Cross-posting - 15 Angles (Albums)

Facebook has kinda taken over my online time.

Take the following for xample.

L8!

I don't recall exactly when the tag to do this arrived, but know it's been over a week now. For some reason, I am determined to get this one done, though.

Uh huh.

Think of 15 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life or the way you looked at it. They sucked you in and took you over for days, weeks, months, years. These are the albums that you can use to identify time, places, people, emotions. They might not be what you listen to now, but these are the albums that no matter what they were thought of musically shaped your world.

When you finish, tag 15 others, including me. Make sure you copy and paste this part so they know the drill. Get the idea now? Good. Tag, you're it!

1: Al Stewart's In the Year of the Cat immediately caught my imagination at 'bout age 12.

On a morning from a Bogart movie.
In a country where they turned back time.

Until the rise of Talabanic/al Qaeda style terrorism, who wouldn't want to go?! (Guitarist Peter White is still out there doin' the quasi-smooth jazz & blues scenes, if you're interested.)

Heeeere kittykittykittykittykitty!

2) Kiss Destroyer did exactly what it was supposed to do for a gangly, self-conscious pre-adolescent kid whose voice hadn't even started changing yet. Just wish I would've had a stage coach when I sang "Beth" in that 5th grade talent show. Hands clasped behind m' back did doom me.

In my Rock Star fantasies, I was always the one on the far left. "The Lover"
lol!

3) Jefferson Starship Earth had an album cover to get lost within and, aside from some really groovy pop tracks, a couple of classic Jams to help me not care to be found again.

...in the ruins of a once-mighty castle
in lands where the sun casts no shadow
signs and wonders
sound of thunder
all night long
All Night Long!

4) Alice Cooper Goes to Hell Yah... prolly shouldn't have got sooooo drunk on this one as a kid, But the thought of a girl who wouldn't tell me "I love you, but like a brother..."

If I live to 97
she'll still be waitin' in Refrigerator Heaven

YIKES!!! lol! D'oh!
No wonder I've seen so many shrinks... {shudder}

5) Barry Manilow Trying to Get the Feeling came to my awareness around the same time. Wow! Yah... I kissed more girls before I knew HOW to kiss than I did in all of HS. {shakin'head}

6) Queen A Night at the Opera Ahhhh... the sealing of the deal that my life would be about teh melodrama.

I don't wanna die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all...

7) Kiss "Alive II" Simple, hooky songs made powerful by Volume and crowd noise. SHOUT IT OUT LOUD! Hellz ya!

8) Queen A Day at the Races Heh! Because I may be schizoidal but I'm still a Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy. Drowse has especially stayed with thru' the years.

Never wanted to be
the boy next door
Always thought I'd be
something more...

9) Jeff Beck "There and Back" This one reminded me what a guitar could Really do! And no lyrics to add to my substantial 16 yo internal confusions.

10) Todd Rungren Hermit of Mink Hollow As BG pointed out, All The Children Sing! This album really got me writing song lyrics.

11) The Who Hooligans All I can see is that I listened to this on A LOT. Probably "Bargain" is still my favorite Who jam. Hmmm... well that, Baba O'Reiley and a live version of Won't Get Fooled Again from the mid 80s.

Hoo baby! A fence! Let's jump it!!!

12) The Cars The Cars and Candy O at the same time! Got 'em both for my 14th. So many classics. So little homework getting done!

Hey BG! Google image search found this on Your Blog! Niiice. Thx!

13) Yes Fragile My cousin Hed first led me down this trail of artful prog rock. Thanks amigo! Talk about "mind expanding"!

Roger Dean's artwork gave this young man's brain new oceans in which to swim with the band's musical exploits.

14) Iron Maiden Piece of Mind Honestly, I think if I hadn't discovered yes first, Maiden's guitar work might have slipped past my awareness. Until I heard this album, metal was more about the pop-boppers for me. These guys were Real Musicians making music with the kind of edge I'd only heard from the likes of Kiss, Aerosmith and Led Zep, and taking it to an entirely other level. Fans can argue they had better albums, but this is the one that opened the genre to me. Awesome. Truly.

I've no doubt that you think I'm off my head
You don't say but it's in your eyes instead
Hours I spend out just gazing into that pool
Something draws me there I don't know what to do.
Oh...they drain my strength away
Oh...they're asking me to stay.
Nightmares...spirits calling me
Nightmares...they won't leave me be.

One spot left, huh... Alrighty then.

15) Pearl Jam 10 Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit may indeed have kicked the lid off the Grunge explosion, but this album got me playing guitar again after about a 5 year hiatus. Wondering what the next one will be. I'm be slumpin'...

Das ist alles