First snow day of the year. Ugh. So after dropping off the youngins I’m at the coffeeshop with the great fireplace, feet on the hearth logging into some work, p-funk in my ears, all good morning style. Big deadline today, … Read the rest
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Oh My Obamacare, Part 2: A Visit From The Navigator
While I was out the other day our household was visited from a friendly fellow explaining The Affordable Care Act, aka The ACA., aka “Obamacare”, (formerly “Romneycare”). He stood on the front porch and explained to my girlfriend that he … Read the rest
A City That Can’t Get Enough Art
A City That Can’t Get Enough Art
via Culture Blooms in Cleveland – NYTimes.com.
My ‘hood getting some love from the NYTimes? A slight chill just ran through hell…… Read the rest
For Work Use Only
3D Printer – watch more funny videos
… Read the rest Greetings To The Future
Frank Zappa, what would you like to tell the people of earth in the year 3000?
… Read the restFacebook Wants To Kill Your Apps (and the Free Internet)
Recently Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s first website was discovered in a cache somewhere. It was from the late 90’s and little Mark was in 9th grade and learned how to make a HTML page and post to some defunct blogging … Read the rest
Racists and Haters Posting Everywhere – The New Red Scare
Is the internet more racist these days?
Feels like it. I can’t read a single story about anything current without racist, ignorant comments blaming it on Obama the muslim and his lazy no good supporters.
I think it’s because everyone … Read the rest
Happy New Year
We are gonna start off 2013 (the place I never thought I’d be) with some live Shannon Hoon (the artist I miss the most). He never made it to Y2K, 911, the wars, Obama, the apocalypse…
I carry on year … Read the rest
Happy Victorious New Year
We survived the?apocalypse. We re-elected a president over the paranoid shouting of the rightwing lunatics. We soon will be getting affordable health care.
I’m feeling victorious. It should be a glorious and unforgettable 2013. Take a victory lap tonight and … Read the rest
2nd Amendment 2.0
The only part of the US Bill of Rights dealing with technology needs an update.
Consider this time shift. 220 years ago:
- we all faced attack on and siege of our properties by animals and non-US forces.
- we all lived
Keeping Us Real
What a tragic day. A Kindergarten?
This is the sickest act I’ve seen yet.
Blame ourselves for building such an unnatural environment:
- We hide our water ways.
- We eject people from our public spaces.
- We surround ourselves with plastic.
- We
Pure Blue Goodness
Another reason I love Cleveland. Pure blue around here. Poor, hardworking people that have helped drive this country’s economy for years.
If you have evidence of voter fraud here it should be easy enough to find. Just contact a known … Read the rest
Shift Toward Minor Key
Pop Music Study Shows Shift Toward Minor Key Melodies Since 1960.
It also shows a slowing of tempo, increasing length, and more juxtaposition of positive lyrics over minor keys or introspective/negative lyrics over major keys.
The lyrical content was … Read the rest
Stealing Words
Since Obama just got re-elected in a decisive victory (or what passes for that these days) I’ve been doing some thinking and reading about the right wing. Their struggle with coping with this reality has been fascinating.
I don’t get … Read the rest
Junkies, Put Down That Facebook and Look In The Mirror
You are selling yourself short. You are worth more than that.
Have some pride!
Looking at friend and family pictures is not bad.
Seeing them in person and catching up is a much healthier … Read the rest
Facebook and the Rise of the Idiots
Snark. Smart ass. Quick. Whoa. Fail.
Anyone who runs their personal life through facebook is kind of an idiot. Break the grip of the snarky randomness! Try actual content and contact again. Keep your business private! Pick up your damn … Read the rest
America Prevails
The Supreme Court decided the ACA (Affordable Healthcare Act), or Obamacare as it’s been called (usually negatively), was in fact legal and constitutional, particularly the mandate that all citizens must be covered somewhere/somehow. To reach this ruling, the high court … Read the rest
