October 30th, 2004

Saturday Morning (Supersized)

Dear Madam Barnum -- XTC
Perfect Reminder -- Trashcan Sinatras
Jungle Telegraph -- Eels
Fingers & Thumbs -- Erasure
Shadowplay (live) -- Joy Division
You Think You Know Her -- Cause & Effect
Special -- New Order
Weightlifting -- Trashcan Sinatras

UPDATE: Expired

Posted by fad at 10:29am

October 29th, 2004

Off

Ok, I think that's enough idiocy for the day. Tomorrow is the last Saturday with a nice dark morning before the fascists make (most of us) set our clocks back. Enjoy it. Oh, and thanks for the photo request. I'll try to get something up (for the possible or least effort requiring ones) this weekend.

Posted by fad at 5:17pm

Digust Actually From Pansies Joke

The people of Prestonpan in Scotland show they are Prestonpansies!

Dozens of "witches" executed in a Scottish town more than 400 years ago are to be pardoned to mark Halloween.
[...]
Descendants and namesakes of the 81 people executed are expected to attend Sunday's ceremony.

This is no time to go soft on witchery, people! How many people must be turned into newts before the threat is taken seriously? I'm disgusted. Because of these bleeding hearts, I will have to continue my defensive regiment against the constant attacks. And I'm pretty damn sick of eating pickled monkey spleens. Also, being finally able to bathe would be nice, but noooooooooo, these idiots force me to keep my protective film intact.

Posted by fad at 4:36pm

And Castro Catches It Too

I'd like to say that I couldn't care less which specific disease or ailment Arafat has as long as it is fatal and fast. Hey, I just did! Take that, police state!

Posted by fad at 1:15pm

Minions Of Hell

"Cats suffer stress, experts say"

Good.

Posted by fad at 10:25am

Note To Self

You're glasses case is empty because you are wearing your glasses, dumbass.

Posted by fad at 10:02am

Kept Getting Worse

This ranks up there with one of the all time "ain't love grand" stories.

A woman has been arrested for digging up her dead boyfriend's ashes from a cemetery more than 10 years ago and drinking the beer that was buried with him, possibly out of spite for his family, authorities say.

Let everything in that paragraph sink in. Hard to tell the weirdest part, but I nominate the fact that his family buried him with beer. Me? I want to be buried in beer.

[The two] were living together in the early 1990s, while they were both married to other people. The relationship was stormy, with a pattern of alcohol and domestic abuse, he said.

Hey, what relationship isn't? At least they were getting laid, which is all that matters.

[She] was present when [he] shot himself in January 1992. [His] family blamed her for his death and she was not invited to his services.

Lovely group of people. I should invite them over for tea for showing me the incredible beauty of love.

Posted by fad at 6:19am

Someone Will Want To Mention Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun

Ah, so much fun in this story. Well, not fun, I suppose. Not really all that interesting. In fact, it's a waste of all our time. But that's why you come here, isn't it?

Officials at St. Cloud State University are expressing support and concern for the male student who was named homecoming queen last week.

The first thing is, they elected a man homecoming queen? I thought that fad died out in the mid/late 90s. Dead even in a place like St. Cloud, Minnesota. Second, it's a smallish, state university homecoming. Who fucking cares? All it meant at my school was that the bars served purple beer for a day. One friend claimed he could really taste the purple and that it was good.

[The university] President says [the man] has received threatening messages.

As I said, no one really fucking cares about these homecoming things, but I guess enough ass-shits are around who have to pipe up whenever they can. Actually, we learn what my be stirring up the shitwipes.

The mother of one of the homecoming queen candidates has spoken out against a man being named queen and has organized a petition drive against it.

Oh, I bet her daughter is real proud. Actually, she probably is since those who would actually pursue, in seriousness, the crown of homecoming queen at a smallish state U are definitely a different breed.

Posted by fad at 6:11am

Unfunny Joke Fodder

As an uncreative and unoriginal man, I like to steal ideas as much as possible. Saves me the frustration of trying to come up with a thought. The idea I'd like to steal is one I've seen a few places involving pikaturs. So, if anyone cares to bother, put up to three things you'd be interesting in seeing a picture of. Stuff that can easily and quickly be photographed. I'm not putting any real effort into this. The only exception is that I won't take any pictures of myself.

Posted by fad at 6:02am

October 28th, 2004

Sahwaord

Of course we have our home grown crazies keeping things busy too.

The suspect had been working on the sword for several days, apparently at work, and when he finished Wednesday, he struck the 40-year-old victim in the neck, nearly decapitating him,

What is it with all these sword stories? Ok, not "all", but seems like there is at least one every 6 weeks or so. Oh, and I think several days of sword making might fall under the category of "premeditated".

The suspect ran away but later returned to the factory. When police arrived, he was having a beer, authorities said.

Well, that's what I'd do to celebrate a fine job of sword making. We need to get what brand so that we know what beer is the beer of choice of crazy-ass sword murderers.

Posted by fad at 5:51pm

A Horror To Be Unleashed

The new rage sweeping Europe: digging up the dead to DNA test skulls to see if they are who they claim to be. Yes, they talk. It's Europe. All sorts of fancy things happen there. First they checked Petrarch's Petrarch (wasn't), now it's Mozart's.

Researchers in the Austrian city of Salzburg have dug up the bodies of relatives of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a search for DNA samples.

The scientists hope to find out if a skull currently held at Mozart's memorial foundation in the city is his.
[...]
He was buried in Vienna but his grave was re-opened several years after his death so it could be re-used and his remains were dispersed.

Legend has it that a gravedigger remembered where Mozart was buried and rescued the skull.

If it is, there will be candy and cakes for all. If it isn't....well, it's best not to think about that.

Posted by fad at 5:06pm

Random Musical Confession

As far as I know, I've never heard the song "Born to Run". Couldn't even hum the tune or quote a lyric (well, unless, of course, "born to run" is in there).

Posted by fad at 3:22pm

But No Cowl

"Blair unveils new nuisance powers"

I hope they came with a cape.

Posted by fad at 1:49pm

Not Even Sports Are Completely Safe Anymore

The candidates will appear in interviews during a 30 minutes special on ESPN.

The network released several highlights of the interviews, conducted by Jim Gray, which included questions about ticket prices and publicly funded stadiums.
[...]
Kerry said he has supported stadiums that are funded by taxpayers.

''I want to make certain that when you do that again, these other kinds of things are balanced,'' he said. ''The minute you get the public piece in there, then you have a right to demand some sort of public accountability. And the sports people can't have it both ways in my judgment. You can't have the public support a completely private enterprise ... that's where the standards and the fans protection become much more paramount.''

Glad he made it certain. Betcha he has a plan.

Posted by fad at 1:32pm

Sweet Violence

I'm really damn sick of that spam inviting me to punch Bush or Kerry. It's the new card-deck or mini-racer super annoying and frequent spam. It must be destroyed.

Posted by fad at 1:12pm

I Need To Get In On This

This story about the College Republicans use of aggressive direct marketing to get tons of money, mostly from seniors, is disturbing more for how widely gullible and easily parted from their money these people are. You know the companies used for this do it for all sorts of causes or businesses. There must be huge sums of money coughed up for all sorts of nonsense. This quote is just sad.

"I thought if I paid them off once it would send them away, but it just encourages them to send more," he said. "It is just a rat race in this house to pay off these people and hope that they quit.

"But they don't. They keep sending."

I'm not drawing a moral equivalence here, just an equivalence of cause and effect. That quote says a lot about the results of naive appeasement.

In the meantime, I have some fundraising letters to write.

Posted by fad at 11:53am

In Which I Bitch About The Weather

It's almost November. When is this freaking humidity finally going to go away?

Posted by fad at 11:25am

I Usually Don't Watch Them Anyway

I fear constructed balance might creep into these.

NBC and ABC are developing miniseries revolving around the September 11 attacks, using the "9/11 Commission Report" as the blueprint for dramatic retellings of the events that led to the devastating strikes on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

NBC said Wednesday it has cut a deal with "Speed" screenwriter Graham Yost to develop a limited series exploring the circumstances surrounding the attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives and spurred the United States to mount a global war on terrorism.

There are many tasteless jokes to be made about "Speed" and this, but won't be appearing here.

Yost, who also created and executive produced the NBC police drama "Boomtown" and worked on the elaborate HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" and "Band of Brothers,"

Those last two a little more heartening. I'm also sure these will be shaped by the circumstance of who is in office over the next few years.

Posted by fad at 10:36am

Pyre

One of the great environmental sins of humanity is the introduction of non-native things to new areas. It leads to nothing but destruction and evil.

All English elm trees could be descended from a single tree brought here by the Romans, scientists say.

The only solution is to destroy all elms in England. Restore it to its early purity before the hand of man scarred it forever.

Posted by fad at 9:33am

Bring Back Cash

With the ascendency of TiVo and like things, as well as the remote control giving easy power to flee shows during commercials, what can TV do to hold viewers? Here's one attempt.

Any household hooked up to Sky could soon be using smartcards in conjunction with their set-top boxes.
[...]
Viewers who stay loyal to a particular TV channel could be rewarded by free TV content or freebies from retail partners.

And then when you redeem this, they can tell who watches what, then shops and spends where. The demographic info from this is something. Of course some who are nuts about their privacy (even though they well know they are already being traced everywhere anyway) will freak at the idea. I once mentioned TiVo in front of some old coworkers, and they shuddered and, no exaggeration, started chanting a mantra of "They watch. They watch. They watch."

Posted by fad at 9:26am

Hobbies

Sweet! Even more reason to move back to Washington.

It may seem creepy, but it's not necessarily a crime to keep a corpse in the freezer, police say.

That's what I call freedom, baby. I wonder where Kerry stands on keeping a corpse in the freezer? I know Bush must be against it. He's against anything involving freedom and happiness.

Posted by fad at 7:40am

Shake Them Titties When You Vote, Bitch

For the heck of it, so I can be on the record here for purposes of mockery or bragging next week, it looks to me like as of right now that Kerry will win on Tuesday. I have no long winded explanation or detailed electoral college breakdowns. Just a gut guess based on what I'm seeing. For more fun, I also think there's a strong chance Bush will get a higher percentage of the popular vote.

Posted by fad at 6:56am

The Way Things Work

Love is always worth fighting for.

A man who said he threw a live electrical wire into his wife's bath hoping a near-death experience would save their marriage was convicted of attempted first-degree intentional homicide Wednesday.
[...]
While she took her bath, her husband came into the bathroom and dropped the cord into the bath, she said.

She jumped out of the bath, but her husband tried to push her back in the tub, [she] said. She got free and ran out of the bathroom.

She left him over that? Truly the gays have ruined marriage.

Posted by fad at 6:37am

October 27th, 2004

Wish I Had Either Discipline Or Talent

Ah, and now the part of the evening where I have convinced myself to quit blogging for good.

But don't worry -- not that you were -- I've promised to quit every night for almost a month now, but every morning broke that promise. Well, except when I was out of town, but that couldn't be helped. So tomorrow I'll be back at it, and tomorrow night I'll be quitting again. Such is my idiot life.

Posted by fad at 11:18pm

Over Too Soon To Distract From The Election

Congrats to the Red Sox, whose players I have nothing against. Too bad it's Boston fans who get to celebrate. Hopefully there'll still be some of that city left by morning. At least it wasn't Philly who won. Those fans would have taken out at least a third of the US before they passed out. I'd like to think this means we (those of us off the east coast who really don't care) can finally stop being hammered by the media over this "curse" crap, but now the story will be the same, just cast in terms of "curse for many years, finally broken....but let's revisit again all those years of curse."

Oh yeah! And as a bitter Mariners' fan, it's nice to see the team A-Rod could have played for win. Keep picking them winners, Alex. Or at least keep working on your slap.

Posted by fad at 10:54pm

In Which I Actually Discuss Local Politics

Matt Blunt, the Republican candidate for governor in Missouri, must be seeing some unpleasant numbers. First a little back-up.

A big controversy around here for a few years has been substandard nursing homes that were pretty much ignored or freely overlooked by the state agencies charged with making sure they were on the up and up. Now, the Democratic candidate for governor here was the State Auditor and supposedly had some tangential -- maybe more -- influence over some of these agencies and/or their money. As it turns out her husband is involved in a group that owns or operates several nursing homes, some of which were among the subpar. Now as far as I know, he has never been found culpable for any of it, but it has been a political play on her career. Every step of the way her opponent, when behind and desperate, launches an attack ad about this issue.

Welp, yesterday I heard an attack ad from Blunt's campaign about it, and today I got home to have a recorded message about how McCaskill wants to pee on old people and burn their sheets with them in 'em. His ads are almost indistinguishable from those of the guy she beat in the Democratic primary: the outgoing governor. I'm guessing Blunt is getting desperate, but I could be wrong as I really don't know this state well enough. Mostly, I'm just annoyed by the canned calls and messages.

Posted by fad at 5:57pm

Absolutely Random Movie Quote

"Kiss my Converse."

Posted by fad at 4:55pm

He Looks Like Zod

"EU go-ahead for Oracle takeover"

Dear God....Larry Elison now rules over the EU? Or is that Emperor Larry the First. Insolence shall be punished with teabagging. And that's just the first offense.

Posted by fad at 2:46pm

Loopidy Day

In a shocking find, scientists have discovered Oompa Loompas.

In a breathtaking discovery, scientists working on a remote Indonesian island say they have uncovered the bones of a human dwarf species marooned for eons while modern man rapidly colonized the rest of the planet.

One tiny specimen, an adult female measuring about 3 feet tall, is described as "the most extreme" figure to be included in the extended human family. Certainly, she is the shortest.

This hobbit-sized[*] creature appears to have lived as recently as 18,000 years ago on the island of Flores, a kind of tropical Lost World populated by giant lizards and miniature elephants.

Chaka!

*Still odd to see "hobbit" or otherwise tossed off so casually in the press, now.

Posted by fad at 12:35pm

Uh...

Thanks to a brave fellow in Florida, we get to add to the definition of 'political expression'.

Witnesses said a silver Cadillac sped through an intersection and swerved onto the sidewalk. The car headed straight toward Harris before swerving at the last minute and driving off, according to police.
[...]
"I intimidated them with my car," Seltzer told police. "I was exercising my political expression."

I love the evolution of language.

Posted by fad at 12:29pm

Seen On The Menu At Lunch

"Pick two of the following:

Soup, house salad, or ham 7 cheese sandwich"

Took me a bit to figure that out.

Posted by fad at 12:05pm

Dammit

There's a special joy in half-writing a post, clicking the wrong button, then going off to lunch only to realize about half-way through lunch, with no quick or easy way to get back, what you've done. Yay. Go me.

Posted by fad at 11:03am

Organic Blogging

Just got a notice that my domain expires in a couple weeks, and looks like the fascists actually want me to pay for another year. Domain names are a basic human right and should not be left to the control of corporate vampires. Corporations taking the money the state is kind enough to let me have so that I can retain what should be mine by birth is yet another sign of all that is wrong with this country and this world.

So, I guess I'm left with a decision. My choices are:

Renew, and perpetuate the fascist, blood-greed machine.
Pick a new name that, while perpetuating the fascists, blood-greed machine, is delightfully ironic towards it or is spitting defiance in its face. Like spittingdefianceinyourfascistbloodgreedface.org, gaiaweepsbecauseofyourgreed.net or something.
Fuck it all and go to a collective like blogspot wherein the perpetuatingness is reduced through the joining as one.
Quit and realize the machine is too strong, and I just cannot fight the fight any longer.

I hate having choices. It'd be so much better if I was just given what I need.

Posted by fad at 7:13am

Pikaturs

Speaking of things astronomical, pictures from Cassini's Titan flyby are starting to come out.

Posted by fad at 6:56am

Looking At The Brightside, But I Still Don't See The Light

You know, if Kerry does win, at least we'll have a steady stream for four years of incredibly dorky, amusing pictures. They're way more fun than George Bush misspeaks.

Posted by fad at 6:48am

More Random Phrases I Never Could Find Use For*

"Ahhhh, so they're 'wine and secrets' friends."
"He probably projects their home movies by the light of his halo."

*Obviously for the best.

Posted by fad at 6:31am

Always

Let's see. Cool astronomical event tonight, in this case a lunar e-Clipse. Sorry, been around internet business too long. Anyway, time to check the ole area weather. Yep. Cloudy. Hell, even if it predicted clear, you can bet clouds would roll in just in time to obscure. They haven't failed to yet for any of these things.

Posted by fad at 6:29am

October 26th, 2004

Ravers' Rash

It's an unpleasant disease, but cool symptoms.

A new disease has been identified caused by a luminous bug that has evolved in insects, scientists say.
[...]
In insects, the disease leaves the bodies glowing, the University of Bath and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine scientists said.
[...]
The team believe the sores caused Photorhabdus asymbiotica may also glow but this has not been proved so far as victims have been treated before tests could be done.

Bah. Spoilsports

Posted by fad at 4:32pm

Distress

Oh yeah....that's why I don't eat a whole lot of sauerkraut in one sitting.

Posted by fad at 4:01pm

The Evolution of an Andrew Sullivan Opinion

"Uh oh. I see something coming up that someone is rumoring is really bad. I hope it isn't bad, but my gut says it might be. But I'm going to stay open minded 'til I get all the facts before I decide."

"After doing some reading, it's becoming quite clear that every last spec of evidence available to man is pointing out that the bad thing might be true. But I'm still undecided."

"This person, whom I assume must hold the bad position, wrote an article in which he clearly did not. But reading between the lines, it's obvious he meant exactly what I know deep down he really meant. And that's bad."

"Now, not saying I believe this is bad yet, but if I did here are all the things I would say that are irrefutable especially if this was what I really believed, which I'm not saying I do yet."

"Here, at the end, I'm afraid, despite really not wanting to, but finding no evidence to the contrary especially since all evidence that was to the contrary really didn't mean it, I have to say today that the situation I feared at the beginning is true and it is bad. You cannot believe how disappointed I am that I was correct right from the start. I'm especially disappointed that everyone who pointed out that I might be wrong was lying and being disengenuous."

Repeat come next issue.

Posted by fad at 2:17pm

Luster Found Lacking

Yeah, big boring day here. I had planned to do the rest of the week with pretty much one large post a day. Today's was going to be a parody of NRO's Corner with John Derbyshire going about how the "homos are homoing again" and how that reminded him of a poem about an equation. Then Mark Krikorian screaming "Messicans!" everyonce in a while as everyone else talked about Catholics and shilled books. Oh yeah, and Stanley Kurtz droning on and on about how his last article was so thorough and brilliant, it devestated every argument ever made about anything, and if you couldn't acknowledge that, then, well, you're just queer.

As you can see, it was shit. Hence not posted or completed. But now I've lost the will to want more...er..do more the rest of the week since the first one failed so spectacularily. Probably be back to the regular failure tomorrow.

Posted by fad at 12:45pm

Campaign Ad Awards

Winner in the Ad With The Strongest Pronunciation Of Missouri As "MisserrAH" category: Kit Bond

Posted by fad at 12:21pm

I'm Writing In Myself

My streak of never voting in a battleground state continues.

Sen. John Kerry lost his battle to make Missouri a battleground state.

Ah, back to comfort level of voting.

(Via Tanya)

Posted by fad at 11:30am

Time For A Few Months In The Bunker Playing Legos

Thank God there's only a week left until Phase II of the election can finally start. It'll be more annoying and destructive, but at least there'll be a few new talking points.

Posted by fad at 10:47am

Yet Another Failure

I had another one of my "theme" jokes planned today, but it turned out to be shit. So instead, here's a puzzle game. Really annoying music and sound, though. Ye be warned.

Posted by fad at 8:40am

Semi Obscure

Some days you just want to pack it off to Reno, drink loads of cheap wine, and go completely batshit. Then you realize: it's been done.

Posted by fad at 5:58am

October 25th, 2004

Madam, I'm Smashed

Hmmm, maybe a smidge less method in the acting.

An actor playing a stressed-out soldier in a local stage production was arrested after he punched his leading lady in the face and then beat up the director backstage just before a scheduled performance, police said Monday.

Witnesses told police that [the actor] appeared to be playing his character when he began to hit the 17-year-old actress, who was hospitalized in serious but stable condition.

But far be it from me to judge an artist.

Posted by fad at 5:14pm

Nauseating

It's too bad I don't like gum, or else I could be enjoying this taste sensation.

The Chiclet-style tablets have a pine taste and fragrance.

Mmmmm.....pine....

Posted by fad at 4:16pm

Random Embarrassing Revelation

I have written only one complete story since college. It was a fanfiction. Nothing more will ever be revealed as it, along with everything else I've ever written, was burned and/or deleted a year and a half ago.

Posted by fad at 3:41pm

A Recent Observation

Did you know the internet goes away when the power goes off? TV too. I'm still shaking.

Posted by fad at 3:24pm

Frontal Lobotomy

Finally, a bottle I could actually crawl into.

That's because Sotheby's in New York is auctioning off the massive bottle, which stands about 4.5 feet and is 4.5 feet around, to commemorate Morton's 25th anniversary.

I hope whoever buys it is buried in it.

Posted by fad at 3:18pm

Everybody's Helping

Well, I have to admit, this is an interesting way to fight anti-Semitism.

A Jewish group said Sunday it plans to "modify" its publicity campaign to fight anti-Semitism that showed an image of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary with the slur "Dirty Jew" scrawled across it to mimic graffiti after it drew negative reactions.

Reminds me of that Archie Bunker quote when confronted with the fact that Jesus was Jewish, "Only on his mother's side."*

*Working from memory, here. Could be fake but accurate.

Posted by fad at 10:10am

Now To Crash That Wedding

Some of you probably saw the eBay auction for wedding invitations to a wedding the offerer didn't want to attend. Well, the story just got pathetic.

But as the wedding day dawned the anonymous guest withdrew the offer and admitted a prior entanglement that he was still not over.

I mean really pathetic.

"She got in touch this morning and we've had a good chat. It's a bit of a gamble but I'm going to pull the auction, go to Aberdeen and see whether she'll put a stop to this sham of a wedding and marry me instead," he wrote.

Yeah, good luck with that.

Posted by fad at 9:49am

Too Bad They Can't Vote

Homer for president!

Doughnut-guzzling, beer-quaffing Homer Simpson may not be the model father but he has won the hearts of British TV fans who want the nuclear power plant worker to be the next U.S. president.
[...]
Homer got 24 percent of the vote in the poll of more than 2,000 readers. Second place went to the more obvious choice of Josiah Bartlet, the president played by Martin Sheen in "The West Wing."

What's with the editorial addition that Josiah Obidiah Zechariah Oldtimyia Bartlet is more obvious? Just because he plays a president on TV? What a silly reason. This article is silly. I'm going home.

Posted by fad at 9:43am

Lazy AP

I don't know precisely how the wire services work. Mostly, how many people see something in order to check bullshit before it is released. If it's more than just a few, then it is safe to believe what goes out is the accepted belief, true or not, of those fine objective folks. Point is the phrasing in this article.

was one of the dissenting votes in the 5-4 decision that canceled a controversial recount in Florida, sending Republican George W. Bush to the White House instead of Democrat Al Gore.

Note the myth accepted here about that decision. The decision was not one of "Bush or Gore". Had the court decided against Bush, that would not have meant Gore could start unpacking the U-Haul. It would have meant more delay and a recount. Recounts which, when performed by major media sources after the fact, showed that by just about any standard being requested by Gore, Bush still won be a few hundred votes. There was no guarantee if the decision had gone the other way that Gore would have been president, despite the way it is phrased here.

Posted by fad at 9:34am

For No Reason Top 5 Albums Purchased Since Moving To Missouri

Beck -- Sea Change
Eels -- Souljacker
Trashcan Sinatras -- Weightlifting
Eels -- Shootenanny
Beach Boys -- Pet Sounds

Posted by fad at 6:34am

An Open Letter To The Radio Playlist

Dear band I just heard on the radio,

The world most definitely did not need a new cover of "Mexican Radio", especially one with a line about Iraq tossed in.

Sincerely,
fad

While I'm at it, here's another open letter.

Dear A Perfect Circle,

The song "Imagine" is a hideous song of absolute nihilism and negation in praise of emptiness and anti-living. Not to mention just plain annoying musically. The world -- and I define what the world needs or needs not. Just because you didn't get the memo is not my problem -- most definitely did not need your cover of it either.

Thank you,
fad

Posted by fad at 6:22am

Exisistential Mornings

First my president lies to me in order to get my support for his oil-soaked, filthy lucre war by claiming that Saddam himself was hiding under my bed trying to shove a mini nuke up my keister, then the man who would replace him lies about meeting with UN officials in the run-up to said "war" (obviously a lie so powerful that baby Jesus just flooded the plains with tears), and now....now this.

When [Ashlee Simpson] came back a second time, her band started playing and the first lines of her singing "Pieces of Me" could be heard again.

Our artists, who alone can lead and instruct us in these confusing, dangerous times, lip-syncing live performances? I can't stand all these lies! What is real anymore? Am I? Time to apply the usual test when I doubt my own existence: try to ram my face through the mirror to see if the two images merge or if I'm going to wake up later today covered in the blood of reality.

Posted by fad at 6:03am

October 24th, 2004

Things Probably Only Amusing To Me

The last name of the first official Satanist in the Royal Navy is "Cranmer".

Posted by fad at 10:45am