Archive for April, 2011
Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks Orchestra
We saw these guys last night at the Music Box here in Hollywood. Insanely good.
One of the good things about Christina’s recent move to NY is that I can go see these guys on Monday and Tuesday nights in Manhattan. I don’t $30.00 is too much to pay for three hours worth of 1920s [...]
Christine Flowers Babbles Something About Principles
The shame of Philadelphia:
But there’s a double standard that few of my colleagues are willing to talk about or even acknowledge. For example, the men and women who represent Guantanamo detainees are generally looked upon as noble defenders of the underdog. To me, people who get picked up on the battlefield while crying “Death to [...]
Dear Senator Merkley: Stop Wasting My Fucking Time
Email from the AM, purportedly by Jeff Merkely, Oregon Democrat:
brendan -
Yesterday, the price of regular gasoline in Oregon hit $3.90 a gallon – and $4.30 for diesel. And while our families and small businesses are struggling to keep up with these skyrocketing fuel prices, the world’s biggest oil companies are posting billions in profits.
Just [...]
Corbett Brings the Pain to Working Parents
Philly SD losing 3,820 jobs, full-day K:
In a pre-School Reform Commission budget briefing, Philadelphia School District Chief Financial Officer Michael Masch said that to close a $629 million budget gap, the district must lose about 16 percent of its workforce – 3,820 jobs. That includes a reduction of 1,260 teaching jobs, or about 12 [...]
Shorter Christine Flowers: “Do the Crime, Do the Time… AND NO JOBS FOR YOU EVER AGAIN.”
And this woman’s a LAWYER???:
O THE City of Brotherly Love has decided to extend that love even further.
Our fair metropolis is going to prevent employers from asking about a person’s criminal history before first interviewing him for a job.
So please line up, rapists, embezzlers and car thieves: Here’s your opportunity!
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When you decide to break the [...]
Vega$, Baby, Vega$
I haven’t had much time to blog over the past few days because I’ve been in Vegas with Delco Nightingale. Some thoughts.
HOLY FUCK IS THIS PLACE DRY. I’ve had a hangover-style headache for the past three days that is totally unrelated to any drinking I’ve been doing. In fact, the throbbin’ in my [...]
RIP Hazel Dickens
I honestly don’t know what to say: Hazel Dickens has died and the world is a sorrier, sadder place for it. She had a pure Appalachian voice, one of those old time voices that carry centuries of history in it. She was a strong voice for the working class, especially the unions and the [...]
Read More..>>RIP Sarah Jane
One of my favorite Dr. Who companions, Sarah Jane Smith, as played by Elisabeth Sladen, has died.
When I first started watching this crazy, obsession-inducing show, Sarah Jane Smith was a constant. She was one of my favorite companions from the classic series, perhaps my favorite. Her re-appearance in the new series was great too.
So [...]
Slurf
The past couple of weeks have been one hell of a marathon.
My fiancee took a job in NYC and we’ve been spending the past two Saturdays moving her stuff up to her new apartment (don’t ask me if I’m moving, I don’t know yet. Certainly not until 2012.)
At the same time, I’ve been running like [...]
New Piggie of the Week
I wrote most of this one.
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