José Arcadio Buendía, a character in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, swore that he would be able to prove the existence of God by capturing him on film. Buendía expressed a hope and a desire that technology could be used for divine documentation. This has been the hope since the discovery [...]

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I somehow managed to get a press pass yesterday for the Anti-War march. I guess that means that now, when you criticize the media, I can take it personally? I had a great time seeing things up close. For example, I noticed Cindy Sheehan had some fresh ink on her ankle. It simply says “Casey [...]

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I’m about to hit 10,000 on the site counter. Whoever e-mails me first after that number on the left-side of the screen expands to 5 digits, I will write you a letter and send a small prize of a yet to be determined value.
I don’t pay too much attention to the site stats here though. [...]

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Like a grenade with cotton candy shrapnel. The sound of a riot, or a carnival. Loud. Revolutionary. Delicious.
Just got back from a concert at 9:30 Club. Read my post from the last time I saw her.
M.I.A.

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This is a reminder for myself to write something about going to New York City this weekend and listening to rock n’ roll music. Also, you need to write something about shaking John Edwards hand and maybe casually mention that Paul Begala walked by your cubicle today. Oh, and write a review about the new [...]

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Pavement- “Date With Ikea”

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“Thing. Thing. Thing.”
I had to see a speech therapist when I was younger. I guess I had trouble with the “TH” sound, because that’s all I remember saying over and over again for 30 minutes at a time.
This posting is going to be a therapy of things. This is just going to be the things [...]

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I attempted to write something poetic about the importance of a proper and powerful monument. I was going to write about the simplicity of the Washington monument obelisk, its 2 different styles of stone and the complexity of Civil War. I was going to write about Lincoln’s alabaster eyes, the weight of the Gettysburg words [...]

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Competition is the American way. It’s in our constitution somewhere, or maybe not. I’m not a constitutional scholar, so how would I know? Get off my back. What I do know is that there’s nothing this country loves more than witnessing pure, athletic, awesomeness. That is why I have decided to join a Dodgeball league [...]

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On Fridays, a silver champagne bucket gets passed around the office. You write your name on a dollar somewhere, and if your dollar gets pulled, you win everything in the bucket. The more dollars you put in, the more you increase your chances of winning and the overall prize also gets much larger. Unfortunately for [...]

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