I think my dad told me once that clean desk is a sign of someone who doesn’t have enough to do. Due to recent tumultuous life events and a simultaneous upswing in projects at work, my desk recently reached a truly epic point of chaos. I’m pretty sure it was about to buckle under the weight of paper samples and discarded starbucks containers.
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This guy is having a bad week. First he made the mistake of talking history with John Stewart. Then he shows up on the BBC’s Question Time, looking like a first-rate asshat. Made for some great one-liners, including this:
There’s no moral difference between a stealth bomber and a suicide bomber – they both kill innocent people for political reasons.
Here’s a new approach: Congress should admit its mistake and repeal the authority wrongfully given to the executive branch in 2002. Repeal the congressional sanction and disavow presidential discretion in starting wars. Then start bringing our troops home.
I just finished Jitterbug Perfume which discusses life, death and the smells in both places.
One of my favorite lines:
The rich are the most discriminated-against minority in the world. Openly or covertly, everybody hates the rich because, openly or covertly, everybody envies the rich. Me, I love the rich. Somebody has to love them. Sure, a lot o’ rich people are assholes, but believe me, a lot o’ poor people are assholes, too, and an asshole with money can at least pay for his own drinks.”
Not sure if I agree with the sentiment, but in terms of a quality rant, it excels in its awesomeness.
SXSW is wrapping up tonight, which means chaos, mayhem and lots and lots of people downtown multiplying said mayhem and chaos. I rode down to check out What Made Milwaukee Famous at Jo’s and took a swing through Sixth just to check things out.
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My sister’s neighborhood in NYC was host to an Iraq-style firefight lastnight.
It was unclear last night what lay behind the first shooting at the pizzeria, DeMarco’s at 146 Macdougal Street. The police said the gunman, wearing a fake beard, walked into the restaurant and was given a menu by Mr. Romero. When Mr. Romero turned away, the authorities said, the gunman shot him 15 times in the back.
Her response: I’m glad i don’t eat pizza.
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Aside from the feeling that you constantly want to wash your hands, this place is petty damn interesting.
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300 comes out this week, accompanied by many in-depth explanations of the the Battle of Thermopylae, complete with a nauseating number of extended histories, cultural refreshers and so forth.
The release is interestingly timed. This past week (March 6) marked the 171st anniversary of the fall of the Alamo – a defining moment in Texas history, a military clusterfuck of epic proportions and the linchpin for one of the finest grassroots propaganda campaigns on the 19th Century.
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You know you’ve arrived when you go to Starbucks and they add a free espresso shot to your coffee everytime. I am finally someone.
I borrowed a friends turntable (thanks germ!) to start ripping some records down to CD. Turns out, this whole LP thing ? There’s something really cool about it. A really…different quality of sound (scratches aside) from a CD. They might be on to something with this fancy, new technology.