February 2012
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She was a tough dame
Me: I used to have a Cabbage Patch Kid named Cece.
Shereen: You did?
Me: Yeah, but I broke her.
Shereen: What happened?
Me: ...A few too many powerbombs.
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion....”
– Harlan Ellison (via sirmitchell)
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“1) The digital tsunami that swept over the Capitol last month [regarding SOPA]...”
– Cary Sherman, CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (#1)
Chris Dodd, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (#2)
Well now. Apparently millions of citizens (and registered voters?) quite loudly voicing their discontent with proposed legislation should cause us to question...
January 2012
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“The simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of...”
– Henri Cartier-Bresson, photographer/painter
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“I thought [Donald] Trump was gonna run, but he’s not, right? I would...”
– Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi
(This is why you should stop watching Jersey Shore immediately.)
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“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“For those of us—the geeks and the dreamers—it’s a frustrating time to be alive....”
– Matt Gurney, columnist and editor at National Post (from his piece, “10 billion habitable planets in the galaxy. Still no moon base.”)
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“Someone asked me recently, “What do you think the problem with the music...”
– Dave Grohl, musician
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December 2011
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MTV: 1, Dave Mustaine: 0
MTV Hive: Rick Perry claimed in a recent campaign ad that there's a war on Christianity. As an intelligent, seemingly non-crazy Christian, do you agree with him?
Dave Mustaine: I think there's enough evidence that shows there is some effort being made toward controlling religion.
MTV Hive: Could you give me an example?
Dave Mustaine: It's pretty clear that they're taking prayer out of school. It's been happening for a very long time. The very first schoolbook that was written had God all over it. I collect books and I have some really, really old schoolbooks, and God is mentioned on every single page. They're taking God out of the schools to dumb us down.
MTV Hive: I'm almost positive they're trying to have the opposite effect.
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A Sober Second Thought to Bill C-10
I just got this reply from one of my Senators regarding my opposition to Bill C-10 (emphasis added is my own):
Thank you for contacting me about the omnibus crime bill (C-10). I concur with the Canadian Bar Association’s views.
As you are well aware, the Conservative government has been trying to push much of this legislation through both the House of Commons and the Senate for several...
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“The one constant of the internet-enabled world is that you have to be ready to...”
– Brett King, author & entrepreneur
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2011 Music Recommendations →
If any of you lovely followers are curious, my list of 2011 music is up on Facebook (it’s public). Feel free to check it out and comment.
Also, feel free to subscribe to me on FB. I post a lot more there (publicly) than I do on here. (Which I really should do something about, shouldn’t I?)
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November 2011
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“[When electing politicians] we want a virgin to do a hooker’s job.”
– Lori Klein, Arizona state Senator (giving her thoughts on Herman Cain’s numerous allegations of sexual misconduct)
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“This scene is unbelievable because my frustration is that this taxi cab does not...”
– Arnold Schwarzenegger, excerpts from the commentary track on the Total Recall DVD.
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“This isn’t conservatism; it’s a going-out-of-business sale for the...”
– David Frum, conservative author (summing up his views on the rise of the Tea Party, and the last few years of the American conservative movement in his New York Magazine piece “When Did the GOP Lose Touch with Reality?”)
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“If the Red Hot Chili Peppers acoustically covered the 12 worst Primus songs for...”
– Chuck Klosterman (author and essayist) sharing his thoughts on Lou Reed and Metallica’s collaborative album “Lulu”
“To be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1351 a penalty in England for men...”
– Wikipedia article for “Hanged, drawn and quartered.”
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“Sometimes I’d rather be a tree frog. I don’t think they fall asleep...”
– Stephen Fry, comedian (in response to the question “What precisely was the knowledge that God didn’t want Adam & Eve to have?”)
October 2011
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September 2011
17 posts
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Friends and... Friends?
With the unveiling of Facebook’s new direction at their f8 conference this past week, there have (unsurprisingly) been a lot of negative reactions to the changes they plan on implementing. One complaint that I’ve seen mentioned numerous times is the notion that the changes will make Facebook more “stalker-friendly” with more and more of our daily lives being shared. There...
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“There will always be those who insist that Nevermind was more of cultural import...”
– Ryan Schreiber
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20 Years Ago, Music Changed
Thank you:
Kurt Cobain
Dave Grohl
Krist Novoselic
Butch Vig
Andy Wallace
Chad Channing
Kirk Canning
Craig Doubet
Spencer Elden
Renata Elden
Rick Elden
Robert Fisher
Michael Lavine
Jeff Sheehan
Howie Weinberg
Kirk Weddle
Sub Pop Records
DGC Records
“Now you don’t have to Like a book, you can just Read a book.”
– Mark Zuckerberg