So the white house has personnel changes. Then you write they’re just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. First of all, that is a terrible metaphor. This ships not sinking. This administration is soaring. If anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg… — Stephen Colbert (White House Correspondent’s Dinner: April 29, … Continue reading “Deck Chairs”
Month: April 2006
A Note to Rachael Ray
For future reference, it’s pronounced Saint Louis. Noboby here says Saint Louie. It’s Saint Louis, not Saint fscking Louie.
F#%king Spammers
Since January 16, 2006, over 11,000 attempts to post comment spam to this site have been logged. That’s 1,000 spam comments since April 20, 2006.
Friday Random Ten: 2006-04-28
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dumb All Over | Frank Zappa | You Are What You Is | Alternative & Punk |
| 2. | Solo in 4 Movements – 3rd Movement – The Circle and the Square | Terry Bozzio | Solo Drum Music (Disc 1) | World |
| 3. | Shawnee | Ed Shaughnessy | Burning For Buddy: A Tribute To The Music Of Buddy Rich | Jazz |
| 4. | She’s Got A Problem | Fountains Of Wayne | Fountains Of Wayne | Alternative & Punk |
| 5. | Peace And Love | Fountains Of Wayne | Welcome Interstate Managers | Alternative & Punk |
| 6. | The Big Heat | Stan Ridgway | The Big Heat | Rock |
| 7. | El Congo Valiente (The Valiant Congo) | Stan Kenton | Cuban Fire! | Jazz |
| 8. | Itaipu: I. “Mato Grosso” | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra And Chorus: Robert Shaw | Itaipu, The Canyon | Classical |
| 9. | Nanook Rubs It | Frank Zappa | Apostrophe (‘) | Alternative & Punk |
| 10. | Bye-Ya | Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane | At Carnegie Hall | Jazz |
Book Meme
(via Peripetia)
Review the following list of books. Boldface the books you’ve read, italicize those you might read, cross out the ones you won’t, put an asterisk beside the ones on your bookshelves, and place brackets around the ones you’ve never even heard of.
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
* The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
The Time Traveler’s Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
* His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J. K. Rowling)
The Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
* Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (George Orwell)
* Catch 22 (Joseph Heller)
* The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Mark Haddon)
* Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
* 1984 (George Orwell)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling)
* One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
[The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)]
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
* Slaughterhouse Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
[The Secret History (Donna Tartt)]
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
* The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
[Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)]
[Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)]
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
[Atonement (Ian McEwan)]
[The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)]
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
* The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
* Dune (Frank Herbert)
[Sula (Toni Morrison) ]
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
The Alchemist (Paulo Coehlo)
[White Teeth (Zadie Smith)]
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
Adolescent Sex Cults
(via Think Progress) The latest FDA “science” being used to block over-the-counter access to the emergency contraceptive Plan B: one agency researcher said the drug could “lead adolescents to form sex-based cults centered around the use of Plan B.” Back in reality, peer-reviewed studies have debunked this point, and also shown that 1.3 million abortions … Continue reading “Adolescent Sex Cults”
High Mach
(via Peripetia) Take the Machiavelli personality test: Are you a cutthroat or a pussycat? Find out, if you dare. The Machiavelli personality test has a range of 0-100 Your Machiavelli score is: 64 You are a high Mach, you endorse Machiavelli’s opinions. Most people fall somewhere in the middle, but there’s a significant minority at … Continue reading “High Mach”
Crisco Johnny and the Calico Cats
(from the random thoughts on a Friday afternoon dept.) Anyone else think Crisco Johnny and the Calico Cats would be a great name for a band?
Friday Random Ten: 2006-04-21
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dong Work For Yuda | Frank Zappa | Joe’s Garage (Disc 2) | Alternative & Punk |
| 2. | The Calling | Yes | Talk | Rock |
| 3. | Spy World | Wall Of Voodoo | Call Of The West | Alternative & Punk |
| 4. | Take Five (Album Version) | Dave Brubeck | Dave Brubeck: Time Signatures – A Career Retrospective | Jazz |
| 5. | Dickie’s Such An Asshole | Frank Zappa | Broadway The Hard Way | Alternative & Punk |
| 6. | Signal To Noise | Peter Gabriel | Gangs Of New York | Soundtrack |
| 7. | Helpless | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Greatest Hits | Rock |
| 8. | The Dance Of Maya | Mahavishnu Orchestra | Inner Mounting Flame | Jazz |
| 9. | A Fine Day For A Parade | Fountains Of Wayne | Utopia Parkway | Alternative & Punk |
| 10. | Onward | Yes | Tormato | Rock |
Free Music
I recently stumbled upon the Mutopia Project All music in the Mutopia Project is free to download, print out, perform and distribute. There are now 645 pieces of music available!