November 2010
20 posts
RE: When the rich abandoned America -- and what... →
A friend of mine just shared this article on his Google Reader. Sometimes I think he share posts like this to bait me into getting riled up, but the article is about imposing a requirement of 18 months of “public service” on everyone. His model is the draft, which he sees as a charming old way to mix the classes, instead of a horrible exercise of state power. Thomas Ricks comes...
I'm a teenage boy and I believe in personal...
popfop:
eaglescrying:
for white teenage boys everywhere
Story from my trip to Iceland: I was waiting in the car for Peter to come back with directions. Once back, Peter turned to me and said, “The girl at the desk told me that the longer we stay in this country the fewer rules we have to obey.”
From then on, “I can do whatever I want,” became the catch phrase of the trip.
I...
Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians (Opening...
New Chiptune - Escape!
The five pieces, they are...
I gave into the terrible collector side of me...
WillUsingThePrefixCyberMakeMeLookLikeAnIdiot.com →
I just realized yesterday that the DMV site for Illinois is http://www.cyberdriveillinois.org/
NYT Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget →
29% tax increase, 71% spending cut. I am awesome at the budget.
“Of course you’re going to have a bad impression of New York if all you...”
– Person writing for Marge Simpson
Pleasure Centers Update #4080
The Pleasure Centers have finally finished writing and rough-take recording the 10th song we’ll use for our upcoming kinda-sorta release. This upcoming release continues our tradition of having two songs.
One is my favorite song we’ve written so far (and I like all of our songs). The other one includes a part that neither of us can sing, but that we sing together. We might need to...
The Pop Fop: What if the Tea Party wasn't just a... →
popfop:
And to make the GOP seem radical and anti-statist instead of the party of plutocracy and militant Zionism? What if the Tea Party was very, very serious about urban, coastal elites being their sworn enemies? What if they only supported America’s New Wars because they were teaching guerrilla warfare…
“brutal invasion” is Conor’s answer to everything
