Happiness is like LSD: It’s something I dabbled with in my youth and every now and then I’ll have a brief flashback.
General
No regrets.
Today concludes year one of the Roanoke Experiment.
Kitty Glitter
I can’t begin to tell you how much money I lost on this stupid machine.
Volume 71: VS #5
- Little Birdy – Summarize
- Great Northern – Houses
- Kelsey Brown – My Fair Lady
- Aimee Mann – You Could Make a Killing
- Ike & Tina Turner – Come Together
- Sharon Van Etten – For You
- The Crystals – He’s Sure the Boy I Love
- Emiliana Torrini – Jungle Drum
- Phoebe Killdeer & The Short Straws – Let Me
- Ida Maria – I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked
- Frida Hyvönen – Jesus Was a Cross Maker
- Nicole Reynolds – When We Meet Again
- Carla Thomas – Never Be True
- Paper Bird – Milk
- Phantogram – When I’m Small
- The Weepies – Hideaway
- The Bobbettes – Happy go Lucky Me
- Helen Reddy – Delta Dawn
- Scout Niblett – I.B.D.
- The Generationals – When They Fight They Fight
- Viva Voce – Drown Them Out
Homophobia: Pass It On
Perhaps you’ve driven down a country road, saw one of these billboards and sparked a positive thought even if only for a milisecond. Well you got played.
Ask “The Foundation For A Better Life” (values.com) (Philip Anschutz) why they’ll never have a gay person on a billboard.
I want to be so rich that I can’t fathom a single benefit to any social program.
Nanjing: My Moment of Zen
A little Chinese boy decides to take a crap in middle of the sidewalk:
Delicious Fish
Me: Charlie, what kind of fish did you order?
Charlie: Delicious Fish.
He was right.
At least one post from China
My likely one and only post from China. It’s pretty interesting here. The only thing that keeps coming to mind is: watch out America. These people have a work ethic which is remarkable. What they seemingly lack in the specifics of higher education they make up for in desire to learn.
Demand FBI Budget Cuts
Dear President Obama,
I am in favor of universal healthcare. Some complain that we just can’t afford it. I for one thing we can pull tight our bootstraps and dig deep to find the money to pay for it. Step #1 cut back on the FBI’s Lamborghini fund.
Sincerely,
Chris Flannery
A Concerned Citizen
RZA Crossing the Delaware River
Halfway through the 50 States
2009 additions:
- Iowa
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
at the end of 2009, I have eaten a meal in 25 out of 50 states
this does not include Minnesota which I only got gas in (was only in the state for 10 minutes)
this also does not count airports.
My most listened to bands of 2009…
- Chain and the Gang (203)
- Bob Dylan (166)
- The Avett Brothers (150)
- Warren Zevon (105)
- Andrew Jackson Jihad (97)
- Leonard Cohen (76)
- J.J. Cale (67)
- The Wave Pictures (65)
- Robyn Hitchcock (64)
- Fruit Bats (61)
- This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb (59)
- The Oranges Band (58)
- Ted Leo and The Pharmacists (57)
- Langhorne Slim (56)
- Randy Newman (55)