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Archive for March, 2009

LTE: Philadelphia Daily News

Posted by Brendan on March 31st, 2009 filed in Christine Flowers is an Idiot., Philadelphia, calling bullshit, letters, marijuana, media

I distilled my post about the execrable Christine Flowers and her ridiculous diatribe about marijuana into a letter, published today in the daily news:
E CHRISTINE Flowers’ March 27 op-ed opposing legalizing drugs:
The piece starts with a false construct. No one credible is talking about legalizing all drugs in response to Mexico’s drug war or our [...]

Number 1 Post!

Posted by Brendan on March 30th, 2009 filed in comedy gold!, random

I just dropped by my sitemeter, and it seems that my number one highest ranking post…
…is my paean to Meghan McCain’s breasts.
This fact alone speaks VOLUMES about my readers.

Old Time: Not Just for White Folks

Posted by Brendan on March 30th, 2009 filed in old time, pop culture

I love this band. They are awesome. The african american string band tradition has been largely forgotten and/or buried, and it’s great to see [relatively] young people bringing it back.
Old time is not a crime!

For playmissyforme@…

Posted by Brendan on March 30th, 2009 filed in Philadelphia, direct action, food, food security

Compost is available at the Fairmount Park Recycling Center weekdays and Saturdays.
The hours kind of suck:
Monday-Friday 7:30AM-3PM
Saturday Hours:
April 4 – November 28
8AM-Noon
Ignore the language about rates; as the first sentence says “City residents are permitted to obtain compost, mulch, wood chips and manure for residential use at no cost. ” Also, this isn’t the “biosolids” [...]

Speaking of Taking a Dump…

Posted by Brendan on March 30th, 2009 filed in big business as usual, calling bullshit, dietary, direct action, food, food security

HR 875 and HR 759 are major pieces of shit.

Greenwald on Drug Decrim

Posted by Brendan on March 30th, 2009 filed in blogs, calling bullshit, drug war, economy, hypocrisy, marijuana, medical marijuana

I couldn’t express it better myself:
Mysteries of logical reasoning
(1) Anyone who favors marijuana legalization just wants to get high without being hassled, and anyone who favors drug decriminalization generally is or wants to be a drug user.
(2) Anyone who opposes a return to alcohol prohibition is almost certainly an out-of-control drunk.
(3) Anyone who cares about [...]

Deepish Thoughts

Posted by Brendan on March 30th, 2009 filed in random

I just got back from my late-morning dump (why, thank you for sharing brendan). I sat on the throne surveying my choices of toilet paper: Preference, Fluffy, and Coral.
At first, I thought coral might refer to the color of the paper that would soon be gracing my pooper, but it was the same color as [...]

Spring has Sprung

Posted by Brendan on March 30th, 2009 filed in Philadelphia, dietary, direct action, food, food security

… and with it my back has begun to ache. yesterday we began, a bit belatedly, to start working and amending the soil in the raised beds. Yesterday, I spaded in a thick layer of peat, dehydrated manure (man, did THAT stink), and perlite. Tomorrow and Wednesday, I get up super-early to [...]

Bike Wheel and Bass Bag Update!

Posted by Brendan on March 30th, 2009 filed in Philadelphia, bicycling, bluegrass, direct action, plain pitiful, poverty

Thanks to Alexandra, Gary, and Peter, I am about 75% of the way to my new bike wheel. Anyone else who wants to contribute toward my fight against global warming (and toward firming up my ass), please use the paypal link on the right sidebar.
As it stands I’ll be buying my new wheel on [...]