the art of writing is discovering what you believe
This used to be a full feed: now we get this teaser text. As noted, I don’t like doing this. What’s up with that?
Oil Prices Climbing – How Surprised Are You?:
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so someone got me thinking about old Hüsker Dü stuff and I had to dig some of that up. In the course of looking up/reminiscing on that (I forgot how good Zen Arcade was), I somehow got on the topic of Bob Mould and in the listing of Bands Produced, a familiar name appeared.
Never saw them, but I knew this celebrity back in the day: we went to school together, had some classes in common, and pondered the merits of rock ‘n roll stardom. She moved to Atlanta just as it got hot, it seems, what with the boys in REM making labels pay attention and the overflow from the fecund Athens scene. Looks like she knows all about it now . . . good for her. She was quite determined and knew a hell of a lot more about music than I did.
Actually, I knew she had been quite successful, from when I lived in Atlanta. I was surprised to see in the Wikipedia article that she live[d/s] in Seattle.
Continue reading “a tangled web”
I just got one of these — new in the box (Viva FreeCycle!) — and am wondering if it can do what I was hoping for. I was really looking for a simple PVR to capture and playback some over-the-air programming, but it looks like I may have gotten a too modern unit. The Series 1 models might be what I want. Anyone know if the Series 2 unit can do anything besides hold open a lightweight door without the service? If I had my druthers, I’d like to avoid that.
Your current Word Count is 14777
You start to wonder what’s going on when you have to keep writing so you can find out what happens next. My goal today was to get to 13,500.
This letter was in today’s toledoblade.com letters page:
Democrats have tried to block every attempt that this administration has made to defend and protect this country They have done nothing but complain and point fingers, all the while praying for our defeat in Iraq because they believe that would somehow make them stronger as a party if the current administration were defeated in battle.
It doesn’t seem to matter to them what the consequences of their actions would be by handing the enemy a victory, apparently just to make George Bush look bad. People need to really think about what a Democratic “surrender” to Islamic terrorists would mean.
The Democrats spend more time and energy trashing their own country than working to defeat this global threat. I do believe the United States has made a huge mistake in Iraq.
I would have done things World War II style. When the uprising in Fallujah occurred, I would have leveled the city. Every living being in that rat hole would have been extinguished. I would have marched through that country like a biblical creeping death, waving the stars and stripes. I would have zero mercy or tolerance for the enemy. I would fight like I mean it, and fight to win. This war would be over and gasoline would be 29 cents a gallon.
That is why the United States was both feared and respected after World War II. We were ruthless in combat and we pulled no punches. We devastated the enemy every place we found him. We as a nation have become soft and the world knows it. We may have the best military in the world, but the politicians and left-wing nuts won’t let us use it.
My guess is the writer missed this series in the very same paper:
Three decades after an Army platoon repeatedly executed unarmed civilians and prisoners in Vietnam, a military lawyer has recommended the unit’s former commander be brought up on a war-crime charge.
I mean, you’d think he would mention it, maybe even hold it up as an example of the Way Things Should Be Done.
Apple Unveils New MacBook With Intel Core 2 Duo Processors:
Apple today unveiled its new line of MacBook consumer notebooks that now include Intel Core 2 Duo processors. Just one inch thin, the new MacBooks are up to 25% faster than the previous generation and feature a built-in iSight video camera, the MagSafe Power Adapter, and iLife ’06.
And I didn’t realized they came in a smaller size than 15 inches: 13 is close enough, as I really like my 12 inch iBook’s size. Now to try and scare up the funds by January when Leopard ships . . .
My recently repaired and returned iBook was acting up in a old familiar way. When it was newer, the trackpad used to manifest an annoying tendency of skipping around or refusing to move more than a fraction of an inch in any direction. Used to be resolvable by flexing the case gently or closing and opening the lid. But that gets tedious. So I managed to eke out one more warranty repair through AppleCare.
And of course, I have to play with the new toys when I go there: I didn’t notice PhotoBooth had some settings you could play with. This is the Thermal Camera setting 😉
The Genius took a look at the various innards under the keyboard and didn’t like the way some of the wiring was squeezed, almost crimped, in place. So they are opting to replace the top of the case and the associated wiring, in hopes this resolves the issue.
Fortunately this is a repair they do onsite, so no frequent flyer miles for this little beast.
National Novel Writing Month – My Novel:
Your current Word Count is 7889
Dan Savage draws the best commenters.
I don’t care if his wife looked like a maimed walrus, smelled like a sewage treatment plant, and had oozing sores. If he was truly an unhappy hetero, wouldn’t he hire a FEMALE hooker?
At least Jim Bakker worked the straight side of the street: what’s with Pastor Ted?