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[Aug. 26th, 2008|04:38 pm] |
I just read this article:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/08/26/elizabeth.edwards.ap/index.html
Which is basically about how a bunch of Democrats are bashing Elizabeth Edwards for not revealing her husband's affair. They claim she is complicit and covered it up due to her political ambitions. Here's my message to my fellow Democrats on this issue:
STFU you insufferable douchebags and leave this woman alone. Jesus. What a pile of pricks. |
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[Jan. 30th, 2008|09:59 am] |
After careful consideration of the candidates and the issues, I am hereby announcing my official endorsement of Barack Obama for the position of President of the United States of America.
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[Jan. 7th, 2008|06:12 pm] |
86% Barack Obama
83% Chris Dodd
83% Hillary Clinton
82% John Edwards
80% Bill Richardson
76% Joe Biden
75% Dennis Kucinich
74% Mike Gravel
51% Rudy Giuliani
44% John McCain
36% Mitt Romney
34% Mike Huckabee
24% Fred Thompson
22% Tom Tancredo
18% Ron Paul
2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz
Let there be no mistake: Giuliani is a total whackjob. If Giuliani, Romney or Huckabee win the general election, I am going to have a meltdown. |
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| Hello, Worcester! |
[Jul. 17th, 2007|01:29 pm] |
My brother has an ongoing feature on his blog where he posts some of the more ridiculous letters published in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. For good reason: either everyone who writes to the T&G is nuts, or the editors purposely choose the most asinine junk they can find. (I suggest following the above link and clicking on the entry titled "I like Jasmine Guy".)
Yesterday's "Commentary" section, however, really outdid itself. The entire page could have published in the Onion without alteration and been as successful. The highlight was a truly amazing column by Michael Reagan which reads like a parody of a right-wing nutjob denouncing Woodstock -- only it is a new column about Al Gore's Earth Aid concerts last weekend, which he actually refers to as "Marxist snake oil...a means of subjugating the populace". He also calls the people who attended it "foul-mouthed, tattooed guttersnipes". Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a link to this column, but I strongly reccommend tracking it down; I'm not sure I've ever done a double-take while reading a newspaper, but I was forced to do several yesterday.
And, of course, there's the letter to the editor which included this statement, I shit you not:
"Rapes are at an all-time high. How can this not be so when many of our women dress as if they are for sale?"
As Crow T. Robot might say, "Thanks, Worcester." |
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[May. 17th, 2007|10:35 am] |
Ghost Rider. Aqua Teen Hunger Force. 300. What do these have in common besides being nicknames for my three testicles? They're just some of the movies I have seen so far this year. You may be wondering what happened to the old fashioned type of film that emphasized subtle wordplay and deep character drama that exposed the base humanity we all share. Well, shit, son. That ain't how I roll.
Without further ado, movie reviews for 2007.
( Pan's Labyrinth )
( Ghost Rider )
( 300 )
( Aqua Teen Hunger Force )
( Spider-Man 3 ) |
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[May. 14th, 2007|11:15 am] |
From this week's Time magazine, talking about Mitt Romney and his wife Ann:
"Romney's inspiration going forward may come less from Kennedy than from Dwight Eisenhower, whom Romney reveres to such an extent, he told the Atlantic Monthly, that he asked his grandchildren to call him "Ike" and Ann "Mamie".
wtf? |
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[May. 8th, 2007|10:30 am] |
Spider-Man 3 is out and you know what that means: it's Summer Blockbuster season. Hoo-rah. Months of mindless special effects and cheesy dialogue and tons and tons of people getting slaughtered for our enjoyment. It's going to be awesome.
But wait, you say (go ahead, say it). How will we know what movies to see if you don't tell us, you say (and very flattering, thank you). Good point. I know I let you all down by not keeping up to date with the reviews last year. So before we get into this year's batch of movies, I think I've got a little catching up to do.
Without further ado, then, here's the first batch of movie reviews from last year. These are movies that I saw in the theatre during the 2006 calendar year. Turns out I saw 27 movies in the theatre last year, which is a lot. Since I don't want to overwhelm you I'm going to break it down into more easily digestible groups of 9, much like a mother bird chewing up worms and then regurgitating them into the mouths of their baby chicks. Here, then, in chronological order, is your vomit:
( Munich )
( Underworld: Evolution )
( Brokeback Mountain )
( The New World )
( Dave Chapelle's Block Party )
( 16 Blocks )
( V for Vendetta )
( Mission Impossible )
( The Da Vinci Code ) |
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[Apr. 25th, 2007|09:48 am] |
The Boston Celtics yesterday made the unusual move of cutting a player's locker.
"I wanted to let you know that we have removed Sebastian's nameplate from his locker in Waltham," Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck wrote in an email distributed to news organizations. "The facts and circumstances of his case have not been determined but he does not have a Celtics locker and we do not anticipate that he will."
Telfair was recently brought up on charges of driving without a license and possessing an unlicensed handgun, the third time in the last two years he has had gun-related problems with the police. Due to the NBA salary cap and Collective Bargaining agreements with the player's union, though, the Celtics can't just fire or cut Telfair himself without getting into legal issues with the union or piling up charges against their cap room, which means they are in a bind as far as disciplinary action.
Luckily for the Celtics, Telfair's locker is not part of an NBA Locker Union, nor is there currently a Locker Salary Cap in place. Therefore the Celtics are free to expunge the offending locker from their organization without fear of negative repurcussions. Striking such a powerful symbloic blow in the name of justice and traditional values is just another way in which the Celtics show the commitment to excellence that has garnered them their historic run of championships.
Cynics who may see this as a symbol of ultimate impotence are encouraged to remember that the Celtics's season provided far greater examples than this. |
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[Oct. 2nd, 2006|11:37 pm] |
GEEK WEEK presents Movies: James Bond
There are, as it turns out, certain perks to being unemployed. Not many, mind you, but a couple come to mind, such as a) sleeping until noon every day and b) getting to watch James Bond movie marathons. Some may debate whether this is a perk or a form of psychological warfare, but those people obviously ph34r teh g33k. So imagine my boundless joy when not one but two television channels decided to run 24 hour a day, week-long James Bond marathons -- on back to back weeks. For those of you who aren't math wizards, I'll help you out with a simple calculation: that's over 350 billion straight hours of James Bond.
In what may be a case of me viewing these movies so that you don't have you, then, I am honored to be able to present to you a list of all twenty "official" James Bond movies, ranked in order from worst to best. So strap yourself into your Aston Martin and keep your fingers away from the eject seat, because we're starting with the crappiest James Bond movie of all time. That's right, at #20 on our list, it's... ( more ) |
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[Sep. 30th, 2006|11:36 pm] |
GEEK WEEK presents Video Games: Final Fantasy XI
Two weekends ago, on a sunny afternoon, I attended a wedding. Like other guests at any number of other weddings taking place around the world that day, I carefully picked out just the right outfit, gathered my gifts together and headed to the ceremony, taking pains to adhere to the rules of etiquette so as not to spoil the special day. As I sat on the beautifully manicured lawn that stretched before an ancient manor, I waited for the bride and groom to make their way down the aisle and exchange their vows, uniting them in matrimony under the powers of the law. Unlike most people attending weddings around the world that day, however, I had never met the bride, the groom or the other guests. And I hoped that my giant double bladed spear wasn't blocking the view of the beastmaster sitting behind me.
For the wedding wsn't taking place on our world at all, but rather in the virtual realm of Vana'diel.
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[Sep. 28th, 2006|06:42 pm] |
GEEK WEEK presents Comic Books: The Mighty Avengers
(or, how to turn the world's greatest superhero comic into total crap -- and get rich doing it)
My first issue of Avengers was #256. It featured a classic cover by John Buscema and writing by Roger Stern, and told the story of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, banded together to face those threats so powerful that none among them could face alone. In those days, enamored with the art form itself, I gobbled up every comic book I could find, be it superhero, fantasy, science fiction or kids humor. It was my father who suggested that I focus my collecting efforts on one title, and after careful consideration I chose the Avengers. Within four years I was able to get my Avengers #1 autographed by Stan Lee. I had discovered in the Avengers a perfect representation of what superhero comics should be: epic, grand scale action fused with personal stories and soap operatics. And for the last 21 years I have bought every issue.
That ended last week when I walked into my local comic book store and cancelled my subscription to New Avengers.
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[Sep. 25th, 2006|11:28 pm] |
The new NBC television series Heroes premiered earlier this evening. I watched it with my Dad. At one point, the Japanese character Hiro said that he learned his conception of the time/space continuum from X-Men #143 when Kitty Pryde traveled through time.
I turned to my father and said, "But... Kitty Pryde's time travel was in issue #141. #143 was a Christmas special."
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That's right, people, it's time for GEEK WEEK! I know that most of you have -- through my writing, photography, singing and performance art -- imagined that I am, above all, an intelligent, charming, thoughtful and handsome man who has a full set of social graces and, by the way, is chiseled and most likely about 6' 5". And that's all close enough to true to make the point academic. But you are probably surprised to learn that I am also, in the local parlance, a bit of a geek. I believe that you can not be a truly rounded, modern Renaissance Man, unless you have an appreciation for the intricacies of today's pop culture nooks.
Over the course of the next week, I'll be writing about different aspects of Geekery that I have a special connection with, starting with Comic Books. If you have a topic you'd like me to address, please let me know. Otherwise, put on your Indiana Jones footy pajamas and get comfortable.
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One note: my website has, yet again, died a senseless death. I hope to get it going again sometime soon, but for now it is offline. And, before you say it, yes, I was a bit put off by the mistake in issue number. This isn't even difficult trivia; X-Men #141-142, the Days of Future Past storyline, is one of the all-time classic X-Men stories, laying the ground for most of the major themes in the X-Men comics over the past 25 years. Which is unfortunate; while the original story was quite cool, the X-Men as a whole have been an increasingly complex and obtuse mass of random trash since the mid 1980's. But still, you know. You've got to get the details right if you're going to go there. |
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[Sep. 12th, 2006|04:55 pm] |
Stolen from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) lupschada, who has much better taste in music than I do and a much larger music collection to prove it. Still, here we go:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, etc).
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For every question type the song that's playing.
5. When you go to a new question press the next button.
Ready? GO!
Opening Credits: The Rat (The Walkmen)
Waking Up: New Slang (The Shins)
Falling In Love: Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? (Johnny Cash and the Carter Family) Ooookay.
Fight Scene: Cool Blue Reason (Cake)
Breaking Up: Everlong (Foo Fighters)
Life's Okay: Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones)
Mental Breakdown: Enjoy the Silence (Tori Amos)
Driving: Iron Man (Black Sabbath)
Flashbacks: Making Memories (The Sherman Brothers) From a long defunct Imagination show at EPCOT.
Regretting: Kinetic (Radiohead)
Final Battle: Love You Madly (Cake) I think my player got Falling in Love and Final Battle mixed up. Then again, many of the girls I have met have made the same error.
Death Scene: Lateralus (Tool)
End Credits: One (Johnny Cash)
Oddly enough, almost all of my songs actually fit the scenes they were randomly selected for. I RULE. |
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[Jun. 15th, 2006|11:15 pm] |
Ronald Junior Harris
1924-2006
Papa
One of the first things I ever wrote for my website was, in a way, about my Grandfather, and I invite you to read it here. I later had an opportunity to write a follow up, after a trip to his home in Vermont, and that can be found here.
My brother has also written a post about Papa, which can be seen at http://nodrumlins.blogspot.com/ . |
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[Jun. 4th, 2006|06:20 pm] |
I am now Uncle Telemachus73, as my brother Lance and his wife Michelle had their first child, Ronald Jackson, on Friday, June 2. Pictures can be found on my brother's blog:
http://nodrumlins.blogspot.com/
This also seems like a good time to mention that my brother has a blog. It is a mix of sports, personal items and commentary on local issues and politics. You may find it of some interest. |
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