Monday, May 28, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Creation Museum in Kentucky to Open this weekend
Fighting for Separation of Church and State - DefCon: Campaign to Defend the Constitution
Ok....I am all for people having their own beliefs. I have mine, and expect others to respect my choice in how I believe, or in how I have faith...so I have to do the same...
But...seriously...what about the science? Ignorance is Bliss for some...but this is taking it too far.
ebooks
The Burgomeister's Books: E-book Library - truly free ebooks (#3)
While I don't agree with the Burgomeisters philosphy that paper is dead, he has a great list of books here that he is willing to lend out to others.
so check em out, read a book you have never read before. Download it to your handheld pc, take it with you, read it at lunch...
But nothing will ever beat the feeling of holding a book in your hand, the feeling, smell, ability to curl up on the couch or in bed with it....
10th Circle of Hell
Tenth Circle Added To Rapidly Growing Hell | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
You don't have to be a diciple of The Inferno or Dante to appreciate the humor. And the Truth.
Monday, May 21, 2007
OK...On the floor laughing
ok. you have to watch this....most telemarketer pranks are just lame.
this one is hysterical!
watch the video!
Most of you have probably seen this site before
The Forbidden Library: Banned and Challenged Books
But if not...check it out. It is amazing some of the classic wonderful books that were/are still on this list.
Sad
I am a geek...but chalk art rules!
3d Sidewalk Art | 3d Sidewalk Chalk Drawings | 3d Sidewalk Illusions
OK....i will admit a dirty little secret...
I love sidewalk art/chalk art....I can't draw a stick figure...so that people can do this kinda stuff really tends to amaze me!
In These Time
Check out In These Times. There are great articles on social, economic, environmental, you name it....politics.
For fans of Kurt Vonnegut there is a great tribute to him as well. He used to write for In These Times on occasion.
Enjoy!
Sunday, May 20, 2007
What? WHat? WHAT????
Evil Dead the Musical: Unnoficial Fan Site
as the lover of all things Evil Dead...how come I have never heard of this?
read this today....is it true? does this explain it?
Girls are likeapples on trees. The bestones are at the top of the tree.The boys don't want to reach forthe good ones because they are afraidof falling and getting hurt. Instead, theyjust get the rotten apples from the groundthat aren't as good, but easy. So the applesat the top think something is wrong withthem, when in reality, they're amazing.They just have to wait for the rightboy to come along, the onewho's brave enoughto climball the wayto the topof the tree.
argh!!! I am dyin here!
ALL I WANT OUT OF LIFE IS A DAMN TREEHOUSE!!!!!!
I think it would make me very happy
A little cute pagan humor
A letter from a 3rd grade teacher sent home to Pagan parents
Bukowski.net
Charles Bukowski, American Author ~ 1920 - 1994
For any fans of Bukowski out there...check out this site. Very interesting.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Winter Finally comes to VA.
Ahhh!!!! Surprise Snowstorm!!!!
Here are picks of the snowball fight that ensued!
Brad with perfect form on the baseball!
Clarice being a fashion diva anywhere she can!
The girls running from the onslaught of Brad's sometimes perfect aim!
Mac tried to tackle Brad...she ended up on the wrong end of that deal!
Nick chased me down!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
This is my BOOMSTICK!!!!
I had to get a few laughs in between the seriousness of The Wire...
and let me tell you, nothing does it better than Army of Darkness...
Well the entire Evil Dead series...but Army of Darkness has me laughing my ass off every time...
The Newest Obsession
The Wire... We have spent 3 weekends in a row doing A season per weekend marathon.
and now as usual....done...and it is going to be forever until the next season comes out, and of course no HBO here....
An amazing look at drugs, police, politics, you name it.
It doesn't get more honest than this unless maybe you are actually on the streets as a cop.
Eagerly Awaiting....
March 9th can not come fast enough!!!!!
300 comes out!
I have a feeling we will brave the lines for opening night of this one...
Apocolypto
We went to go and see before Christmas.
I don't know what to say other than visually stunning, amazing to watch a (any)civilization self destruct in the name of "progress". How much money, how high the building, how close to god do you think you can get?
I would love to hear from anyone else who saw it and get their opinions.
I loved this movie and can not wait to own it!
Back into the world of bloggin
Haven't been here for awhile, so thought it was time to play a little catch up. Between life, christmas, kids, oh...and trying to find time to sleep and play... life has been a little busy. But I will do my best to get everything caught back up to speed.
The question is....where to begin?????
Monday, December 04, 2006
Friday, December 01, 2006
at a loss
Yet again the media finds another way to just piss me off.
Amid stories Michael Richards, and new playstations...this has somehow been conviently left off of at least any of my local news viewing.
Shame.
From indymedia.org
Chicago Musician Martyrs Himself for Peace
Chicago Indymedia has learned that [on November 3] local music and art afficianado and peace advocate Malachi Ritscher burned himself to death on the side of the Kennedy Expressway near downtown Chicago during the morning rush hour. Near Malachi's remains, police found a camcorder with videotape inside and a homemade sign that read "Thou Shalt Not Kill."
Besides the note and videotape at the scene, Malachi also left a longer letter explaining his actions and his motivations. "What is one more life thrown away in this sad and useless national tragedy?" he wrote. "If one death can atone for anything, in any small way, to say to the world: I apologize for what we have done to you, I am ashamed for the mayhem and turmoil caused by my country."
Malachi was among more than seven hundred peace protesters who were illegally arrested on March 20, 2003, when thousands turned out to protest the beginning of the U.S. war on Iraq. His death, to date has received very little news coverage and outlets that did report his death treated it as a simple suicide and the cause for slower-than-usual traffic that morning. The contents of the videotape he left have not been made public. Read more here, here and here.
Malachi's websites: savagesound | myspace
Coverage of Nov. 18 Memorial Actions: Chicagoans remember Malachi Ritscher, protest war | Campaign: "I Heard You, Malachi" | Photos | More photos
Additional Coverage: chicagofreespeechzone.org | Chicago Reader | Infoshop | Gapers Block | Pitchfork Media | Danny Schechter - News Dissector | Chicago Sun-Times
World Aids Day
Being the month of complete consumerism maybe you can make a difference if you are in the market for any of these items. Check it out and maybe you can show some support while staying trendy (motorolo, ipod etc...)Product Red
Light a virtual candle! Bristol Myer is donating $1 for ever candle lit on their website up to $100,000 to the National Aids Fund. It cost you nothing other than the 2 seconds it takes to go to their site and click the candle to light it. Light To Unite
For more information and how you can help: World Aids Day
There are too many statistics, stories, prevention etc...things to list here. But do your part. Learn how to protect your self, children, mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters.
Become educated and help stop spreading the myths associated with this disease. Anyone can get it.
Be safe everyone. Take care of those you love, and help those you don't even know if you can afford to.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Abolish the "N" word
Ok...I highly suggest checking this site out. Abolish the "N" Word
It actually was on the news tonight, and so I thought I would go and check it out. I am sure that it was brought to our attention because of the whole Michael Richards crap. I warn you up front that the opening is pretty graphic.
Now...as for the "N" word...I agree with this site 100%. I hate the word. It makes me sick that my "brothers" and "sisters" think that this is a word that should be used as a term of endearment. But as for banning a word...I still get hung up on this whole freedom of speech thing. I would (and have) rather have someone call me a "N" out of hate than think that it was some sort of bonding between us. At least I would know how people stand. I have lived up and down the east coast of this country...From MA. to New Orleans. I gotta say...I prefer the racism of the south. I have had people cross the street to avoid me (guess little ole me is so threatening), I have had grown men (white) standing on my front porch in tears not understanding me and my bi-racial family. Having to explain that we all have the same parts doesn't matter what color our skin is...we can still make babies...(really...true story...he was drunk and had never seen/interacted with a bi-racial family before. Walking on the National Mall on the 4th of July, having ignorant kids walk by me and call me a pickaninny. I get it. Have gotten it. Will continue to get it. But guess what. People still have freedom of speech. Hopefully we are raising our children to know better today. But how can we expect white america to not think that it is ok to use the "N" word when our own children use it freely.
This isn't about racism. It is about education.
If we don't start educating our children today then they are no better than the slave masters, Jim Crow, racist that lynched our ancestors. We need to teach them to be proud. Embrace the word enough so that when others use it in anger and hate against you that you don't feel the need to react back in anger and ignorance. But not enough to think that your friend, brother, sister, partner...should ever be refered to in such vulgar terms.
No Peace Allowed? Are you kidding me?
Wow...gotta love the neo-nazi goose stepping of homeowners associations around the country.
Well as you can probably see I am against them in all forms from the statement above...
Tell me what color my front door can be then watch the chips fall from there.
Well before I go off on my own rant check out this article!
I think i would rather live in that murderous community portrayed in the x-files than one that won't let me hang a...get this...Wreath in the form of a peace sign because it is considered....inciting conflict?
Peace! Peace...learn the definition! It is about avoiding conflict!
diane carman | staff columnist
Homeowner won't hold her peace
By Diane Carman
Denver Post Staff Columnist
Article Launched:11/28/2006 01:00:00 AM MST
What a difference a year makes.
In 2005, the outrage story of the season involved clerks at discount stores wishing customers "Happy Holidays." Apparently to millions of shoppers - particularly those who listen to right-wing talk radio - a Happy Holidays greeting was considered an insult.
Retailers responded immediately, plastering Santas everywhere and hiding the menorahs for fear of engendering the unholy wrath of the likes of Bill O'Reilly.
This year, the controversy is over peace.
I'm relieved to report that it appears most Americans are for it.
It all started last week in the upscale Loma Linda subdivision outside sleepy Pagosa Springs when Lisa Jensen and her husband, Bill Trimarco, hung a homemade wreath in the shape of a peace symbol on the side of their house.
The president of the Loma Linda Homeowners Association went nuts.
"Loma Linda residents are offended by the peace sign displayed on the front of your house," he said in a letter the couple received Nov. 21. "This board will not allow any signs, flags, etc. that can be considered divisive."
If the wreath was not removed by Friday, the letter said, Jensen and Trimarco would be fined $25 a day until it came down. It was signed by Bob Kearns, board president, and the rest of the board.
Jensen, who works for an insurance company and until now has never been confused with Abbie Hoffman, refused.
"We do have covenants here," said Jensen, a past president of the homeowners association. "Signs, advertisements, billboards - those kinds of things - require approval by the association. But not Christmas decorations."
Kearns, who has taken deep cover since the firestorm over his letter erupted on Monday, told the Associated Press that he perceived the wreath to be a political statement, and apparently he thinks political statements are forbidden in Loma Linda. "Some people have kids in Iraq, and they are sensitive," he said.
But Jensen and Trimarco, who have refused to remove the wreath with its red bow and holiday lighting, have been inundated with support for their display precisely because of its religious, spiritual, cultural - and political - message.
"At home, I'm getting about 20 calls an hour on my voice mail," said Jensen, who was struggling to get something done at work Monday. She's inundated with e-mail from across the continent as well.
People have offered to pay the fine. They've vowed to hang their own peace-symbol wreaths in solidarity. They are encouraging Jensen and Trimarco to stand firm.
"A lot of the calls are from military families saying they have sons or daughters in the war and they still want peace," she said. "Some people call practically in tears to say they'd fought in wars for freedom and liberty, and nobody could take our freedom of speech away."
Calls are flooding the lines at the city of Pagosa Springs and the local chamber of commerce too.
"They've all been pro-peace symbol," said Mark Garcia, town manager. "I haven't heard of any in support of the
homeowners association."
Garcia was quick to explain that the Loma Linda subdivision is in unincorporated Archuleta County, so the city has no jurisdiction over the area. "We support the peace display," he said.
Even in Loma Linda, support for Jensen and Trimarco is solid.
The five members of the architectural control committee resigned over Kearns' order that the wreath be removed. It all smacked of totalitarianism to them.
Loma Linda residents "are aghast," said Jack Lilly, former chairman of the architectural control committee. "Everyone who has called me has said, 'I can't believe this is happening."'
Jensen can't either and said she has no intention of paying the fine.
The message of the wreath is not just a political statement. "We consider it a much broader issue, more like a way of life," she said.
I think she's on to something.
Diane Carman's column appears Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. She can be reached at 303-954-1489 or dcarman@ denverpost.com.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
On Michael Richards...
Ok, here is the deal...I have searched the internet high and lo for a "complete" version of the Michael Richards debacle that is going on right now...And what is available? Nothing. Anything that shows the impetus for Richards tantrum the other night is nowhere to be found. All you hear is "Richards, apparently heckled by an african american audience member goes off on a racist rant". Well guess what? Not good enough. IF I am to make any sort of a judgement call on his use of the dreaded "N" word, if any of us are, shouldn't we get the whole story?
Ok...here is the clip that i chose to use...one reason being the lovely msnbc intro that tells us before we even watch the clip how we are supposed to feel. Don't you just love the media? Wait? You mean I can't make an informed opinion on my own? You have to tell me before I even see it how to feel? Offended? Says who?
And on top of that...anyone in the audience of a comic, with half a brain should go in knowing that they are nothing but the bait for said comic. How funny is a politically correct comic? NOT!
Let's do a little defining of the word first. From Dictionary.com
nig‧ger /ˈnɪgÉ™r/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[nig-er] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
—Usage note The term nigger is now probably the most offensive word in English. Its degree of offensiveness has increased markedly in recent years, although it has been used in a derogatory manner since at least the Revolutionary War. Definitions 1a, 1b, and 2 represent meanings that are deeply disparaging and are used when the speaker deliberately wishes to cause great offense. Definition 1a, however, is sometimes used among African-Americans in a neutral or familiar way. Definition 3 is not normally considered disparaging—as in “The Irish are the niggers of Europe” from Roddy Doyle's The Commitments—but the other uses are considered contemptuous and hostile.
–noun
1. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
a. a black person.
b. a member of any dark-skinned people.
2. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a person of any race or origin regarded as contemptible, inferior, ignorant, etc.
3. a victim of prejudice similar to that suffered by blacks; a person who is economically, politically, or socially disenfranchised.
I remember when the only definition in the dictionary was: an ignorant person
Let's go back a few decades...
Take Lenny Bruce, arrested one night at a club for using the word c#$t on stage...a few nights later he is up and using the word nigger openly with no backlash. Oh, I get it...not ok to use a word at the time aimed towards a white woman but fine to use a racist term and you have the audience in tears laughing.
I wasn't able to find an original of this piece, but here is Dustin Hoffman from the movie Lenny
Or jump forwards a couple of decades and we have Richard Pryor. Pryor went off on everyone. There was no on air apology required for his comedy.
10 years later and we have Eddie Murphy...
15 years later...
Chris Rock
OK...to sum it all up.
MY own opinions... Can I make an opinion with the evidence presented to the media? NOPE!
Do I find it funny? NOPE! But for reasons that have nothing to do with the words that he used. I just don't find the man funny (execpt in UHF and he was hysterical)
But I also realize that if I had been in the audience that night it was to see Michael Richards, NOT Kramer. Is that ultimately what this is all about? That he didn't live up to being Kramer? Did he sully the all holy name of Jerry Sienfeld in the country?
Get a grip people! Words only have the power that you give them! If you don't like what someone is saying...guess what? Last I knew this country had supposed "Free Speech"! And if by being a listener you are uncomfortable, not happy, offended by what someone is saying...for God's sake get up and leave! Because along with "Free Speech" You also have "Free Will".
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Tom Waits
Recently my life has been a jumble of way too many "coincedences". The last week or so was spent amidst research on Vincent Van Gogh including watching the movie Vincent and Theo, one of my favorite movies, which I had not watched in years, and Robert Altman passes away. I also spent the week downloading as much Tom Waits music that I could find. Then last night as I was making the drive from hell, an amazing interview came on NPR with Mr. Waits himself. It seems that he has a new 3cd box set out. And it includes the ever elusive version of Tom's take on Disneys Heigh Ho song from Snow White.
It also includes just a pleothora of amazing music.
The new CD is called Orphans and is a must have!
Robert Altman
In case some of you have not heard. Robert Altman passed away. I have to say that I am not a huge fan of a couple of his movies, but the ones I like I love! If you get a chance to check out Vincent and Theo, Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, and the weirdly dark funny version of Popeye with Robin Williams and Shelly Duvall.
Monday, November 20, 2006
CSI Like a MO!
Ok...starting tuesday it was csi like a mo week. We watched the entirty of season 6 between tuesday and sunday afternoon. A little glutenous...but FUN!
In between it was The Devil's Own with Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford. Good movie. Pitt's Irish accent left a lot to be desired. But on the whole a great movie. Also we did a billionth veiwing of Moulin Rouge. However it is still a household favorite. And we always love when we watch it with someone who has never seen it. Glad ya liked it! And thanks for sharing CSI! I think it is the best out of all of the seasons so far.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Dexter
Ok, I am on a t.v kick with the blogs right now, but I don't normally have regular t.v that I watch. The shows that I do like I get on dvd (or borrow them) But other than C.S.I on thursdays there is nothing that I really just feel like I HAVE to watch.
Until this year that is!!!!
If you have not seen Dexter....DO SO NOW!
It is based on the book Darkly Dreaming Dexter (there are 2 others in the series)And the portrayal of Dexter is just amazing. Better than the book. Though it was a good quick read.
If like me, you don't have Showtime (goddess bless my mother having it and tivo)the first 2 episodes are able to be watched at the Showtime Dexter website.
But I am hooked...and I saw great news today that it has been picked up for another season!!!!
So, you might want to ask what is this great show about? Well...without giving too much away...Dexter is a serial killer...but with a sense of only killing the "bad" people in the world. He goes after serial killers, rapists, child molesters.
He works for the cops as a blood splatter specialist. And through the current story you get the background that made Dexter what he is, and how he is.
GO WATCH THIS SHOW!!!!
Here is a clip...
Thursday, November 09, 2006
What would you do for a good book to read?
At this point ANYTHING!
Please please please please please....leave me comments with good books to read. Your favorite authors, books, series, you name it.
I will read just about anything, and these days it is leaning towards the crap section. PLEASE GIVE ME A GOOD BOOK TO READ! I will do just about anything!
I am begging you! I read just about anything. Drama, comedy, mystery, horror, historic literature, modern lit.
Just something outside of the pure drivel that drives us all to the closest Borders these days!
Thank you so much in advance!
(really...i am on my knees here)
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
It's Hard out here....
For a pimp...
We watched Hustle & Flow last weekend, and I have to say it was an amazing movie. There is not one character that you don't/can't identify with. Identify with a pimp you say? Damn straight! Same with his girls. Not to much I can say without giving the plot away, however by the end of the movie, we let out a breath that we didn't know we had been holding. There are so many false endings, and the possibility of the story going in one of many directions that you couldn't help but be on the edge of your seat.
Anyway...here is the video for the song It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp...
Fair warning...it gets stuck in your head.
Go check out the movie if you haven't yet.
The Obsession Continues
Now...for those of you who were true X-Files fans, this transfered over to Millennium when it came out. Sunday nights just have never been the same since this duo of great t.v shows has gone off air...
so...yet another squiggilish theme song for you to enjoy...
My obsession
I am not sure why it is that I can not do things half assed. Well at least when it comes to movies, music, or tv that I actually like.
Over the past year, my enjoyment of The X-Files has probably drifted into the obscene. I was able to get all 9 seasons on DVD and have watched through the series 2 full times already, and in my 3rd viewing I am already halfway through season 2. I had to force myself to turn it off for awhile, otherwise I am sure that I would be on my 4th veiwing.
So for those of you who are as big of a freak as I am, and hear this intro and get just a tad bit squiggly....
I think this is my new all time favorite song
This song has just taken over my life recently.
First I heard it on an episode of C.S.I
Then it was on an ad for a video game
In doing some research I then found that it was on Donnie Darko.
I am sure many of you have heard it before. But if not check it out! It will stick with you forever.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
The Hive Collective Edition 1
The first edition of The Hive Collective is up!
GO CHECK IT OUT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Click here
I would explain what it is...but the blog itself does it better than a short description here will.
Have fun!
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Oh to be a bald prostitute
My fascination with Russ Meyers and Sam Fuller continues full steam ahead. I have put up 3 video clips on the left from movies that were pivitol in my learning to love movies and all that they can offer.
Aside from the usual sex, drugs, violence...which are highly prevalent in all 3 of these films...there was something else there. I was amazed that I was able to find the clips from these movies that were the most amazing to me. After watching the opening scenes to Russ Meyers Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and to Russ Meyers The Naked Kiss...I don't know how you could not watch the rest of the movie. The opening sequence for Faster Pussycat... a rant on violence and women and how they are one and the same only to dissolve into a what many refer to as nothing other than soft core porn. Laughing at those critics now...as many of Meyers films are in the Muesem of Modern Arts permanent collection.
The Sam Fuller films are wonderful examples of just how friggin warped our society is. Especially Shock Corridor...the TRENT clip...This clip has Trent, one of the inmates at the asylum, black...walking with a sign that says Integration and Democracy don't mix. Go Home Nigger...Well Trent is black....and the scene that plays from that is absolutely the best I have seen on race, and hate crimes, and just what that can do to a persons mind.
Last is The Naked Kiss, opening scene...a prostitue beating her john... Beautiful woman, wanted enough to be paid for...And midway through her wig falls off... The rest of the movie is her quest to rid herself of the stigma and hate that follows her because of her chosen profession, and then having to pay the consequences of her actions...oh wait...love story as well!
i don't know...it is 5:30 in the morning and I woke up a little while ago with these 3 images in my head. I am probably not very coherant right about now. Watch and see. And if you haven't seen these movies in their entirtey...do so NOW!
Sunday, September 17, 2006
The Libertine
This was the amazing movie watch of the weekend. If you haven't watched The Libertine with Johnny Depp...DO SO NOW!
Here is his opening monologue.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
The Ghost of Kafka
Have any of you heard the story of how Franz Kafka's ghost follows Clarice around? Well he does. His books mysteriously appear where ever she is, we have a t-shirt with his face on it that somehow always finds it's way to her. No matter how often she moves them, to another floor, another room, another house....they make their way back to her. She is convinced that he haunts her.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
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