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Friday, Dec 30, 2005
holmes schooled
"Oliver Wendell Holmes: "People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism."
beck to the future
nick drake he aint.
empire states
"How will the Establishment deal with this direct challenge? The past few years give little grounds for hope: the Democrats spineless, conflicted, co-opted and corrupt; the Republicans slavish, bellicose, cruel and criminal; the media timorous, witless, corporate-controlled; big business absolutely rolling in gravy from the autocrat's larder; academia cowed, silenced, ignored, demonized; the military acquiescent in criminal aggression, top-heavy with time-servers currying autocratic favor. Only the courts provide some stray sparks of hope, although they too are now loaded with political sycophants, corporate bagmen and knuckle-dragging throwbacks produced by the Right's decades-long devolution of American jurisprudence. Prosecutors like Patrick Fitzgerald and Elliot Spitzer "keep hope alive," but their efforts will mean little in a system where lawlessness at the top has been countenanced by the rest of the Establishment. And in any case, the outcome of their work lies ultimately with the Supreme Court -- the same court that shredded the Constitution in awarding power to Bush in the first place, and which is now led by a Bushist apparatchik."
Monday, Dec 26, 2005
pitching woe
I wanna go to cool places with you I wanna take you cool places tonite I wanna go where nobody's a fool And no one says uh, "hey girl, need a light?" I want to move like this and that A minimum of chit chat I never wanna cool down, cool down, cool, cool, cool Cool places tonite
Sunday, Dec 25, 2005
mag wheels
jesus was cool but i have more of a thing for mary m. despite dan brown.
Monday, Dec 19, 2005
god rot
"The Dictionary of Americanisms went through at least four editions between 1848 and 1877. As a record of the "colloquial language of the United States," it's a fascinating look at the words that actually came out of the mouths of early 19th-century Americans."
Friday, Dec 16, 2005
screw you, ernest
the snark also rises
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005
listening post
sufjan stevens mp3s - the post says hes the songwriter of the year for 04. hopefully his music still translates well in 05.
Sunday, Dec 11, 2005
curwhatnow?
i didnt think it was possible but i found a new and exciting way to loathe myself today.