i have been feeling very muscially sentimental lately (as is evident from my current Sonica list). i love all of the different ways to adore music. i love it when you buy a new CD and from the very first listen you love every minute of it and can listen to it again and again. [...]
Lane is a Chuck groupie. he posts about him all the time, which caused me to pose the question, “Who is this Chuck? And what is this magnetic ability he and his blog possess?”
i went to his blog and enjoyed his writing so much that i had to add it to my regular reading. but [...]
one holiday down, two to go.
i have been dreading the holidays. i just finished eating leftover stuffing and reading Why I Hate Thanksgiving by Mitchel Cohen. i don’t celebrate Thanksgiving for any reason other than the following: a. it’s a day i always have off of work b. my parents live some 2000 miles away [...]
today George W signed the National Defense Authorization Act for the 2004 Fiscal Year.
In this new kind of war, our military needs to be fast and smart and agile — and it is. Right now, America’s Armed Forces are the best trained, best equipped, and best prepared in the world. And this [...]
new music that i have not yet bought, but have heard at least a song or two from each.
-The Handsome Family has a new release (as of October, so fairly new) called Singing Bones on Carrot Top Records. i don’t love all of their music, but i do admire their dark twangy style. i also [...]
the parental units arrived in town this past week and more than anything this means spending time with them, my sister and her boyfriend more than we do most of the year. holidays are always so stressful. we are thinking of escaping somewhere warm and alone this christmas.
posting will be sparce until they leave. it’s [...]
yesterday NPR reported on the fact that the Massachucetts Supreme Court found that a law banning same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. i don’t typically like to rave about information, as much as pass it on, but i can’t help it.
Nov. 18, 2003 — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules that a law banning same-sex marriages [...]
i just bought a new watch yesterday for the reason people usually buy new watches … the battery died in my old one. and as i examined the 5-7 other watches i have, i realized that none of the watches i own have numbers (except for the totally worthless Baby G-Shock that is out of [...]
are you in need of some good clean fun on wednesday mornings at 10am PST? you’re in luck! Eat Your Vegetables has a radio hour via Shoutcast and Cornell College. this is not some cable access weenie stumbling over words and serving awkward silent pauses, it’s a guy and his wife talking about stinky mics [...]
Salon.com features an article titled“Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President” by Jessica Kowal, about the parellels and constrasts between the Vietnam War and the War in Iraq (a.k.a. The War On Terror).
Public opinion is also being shaped by growing doubts about the Bush administration’s honesty, much as the Johnson and Nixon administrations were undermined politically [...]
juan reminded me today of the recent announcement on the The Cure website that Join The Dots will be released at the end of January.
THE CURE: JOIN THE DOTS: B-SIDES AND RARITIES, 1978-2001 (THE FICTION YEARS) will be available January 26/27th, 2004 at all retail outlets and at www.rhino.com for a suggested retail price of [...]
this has absolutely nothing to do with the GMAT test. but it was the first line in the message i received immediately followed by a review of the new Gus Van Sant movie Elephant by my friend Ikke.
i loved the movie up until a certain point. it was dream-like and experimental and creepy because it’s [...]
i was sitting around at my grandparents house in the country in northern Michigan with my mom, dad and brother. it occurred to me that i didn’t really know exactly what my father did for a living. i know he worked at Ford Motor Company for years and years and that he is a boss [...]
neither did i, until reading an article on Salon.com titled Dirty business.
A coal slurry impoundment is a reservoir of thick liquid waste from coal processing that is constructed by damming the mouth of a valley with rock and earth. To residents living near these impoundments, they are disasters waiting to happen. The EPA called the [...]
i need a new book. my strategy is to always have a book lined up before i am finished with the current one. i am reading East of Eden again and it’s taking me forever because with really excellent reading i like to drag it out as long as possible and savor each word. recent [...]
i’ve never taken one of these tests before and no one has ever asked me to. i stumbled across this site and it gave me a weird feeling. i have negative association with barcodes. i also found the name of this site a bit disturbing. or maybe i just said that for shock value.
ESTP [...]
i like good design. my site aspires to achieve it one day far, far in to the future (when my technical ability catches up with my brain pace). but for those that live in the present (and outside starbody-land) you would be wise to check out Jennville. become a citizen of Jennville or just browse [...]
i have worked in the software/e-commerce industry for awhile now. i have spent lots of time with software engineers, architects, DBAs and web developers. i have noticed that they all wear ‘Dev Shoes’.
i am willing to bet money that Steve Balmer’s wearing them in his Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers speech … wait, [...]
There. My name is Lane D. I’m a fantasy hockey loser
per a trusted super secret source that i was forced to tape to the underbelly of my Golf, the band the Postal Service received a cease and desist letter from the United States Post Office to quit using their name immediately. the letter was sent lest any unsuspecting innocent confuse the actual United States Postal [...]
