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Still Alive

Just a quick note showing the world that I’m still alive and kicking — living happily out in SoCal and not writing nearly enough… hopefully will have some new stuff up here soon since my recent trip to Jordan/Israel/Palestine left me with lots upon which to ruminate. Until then, huzzah!

Metal Mashup 2: Al Son del Bodom Beach Boom (Children of Bodom vs. Daddy Yankee)

This is an interesting mix of some classic melodic thrashy death metal with rrrreggaeton! Children of Bodom – Bodom Beach Terror Daddy Yankee feat. Miguelito – Al Son Del Boom (El Heredero) Download MP3 here Al Son del Bodom Beach Boom by Alex Yule is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. [...]

Foucault is METAL

A  hilarious bit from a conversation with a friend about Foucault being a badass and post-modernism (whatever that is): Jack: I like postmodernism, but I usually take the radical end out and think it terms of history me: history? Jack: Yeah 9:03 PM Postmodernism thinks it has found the tr00 chaos underlying all things It’s [...]

Faulkner on the “Spirit”

“Ah write when the spirit moves me, and the spirit moves me every day.” –William Faulkner #

62-year old Friar Cesare Bonizzi is no ordinary heavy metal rocker.

62-year old Friar Cesare Bonizzi is no ordinary heavy metal rocker.

The Kilkenny Memo & Citizen Journalism

The letter is one of the main sources for a controversial article I posted about earlier today (post deleted due to questions of journalistic sloppiness): from The Progressive Curmudgeon, Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is “ Racist , Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean”

I came across another post by a blogger calling herself Celtic Diva, which eventually led me to delete my earlier post: Celtic Diva Cries Afoul!: “The Progressive Curmudgeon” may have journalistic history, but I think he’s making a mistake on this one.

Protected: self-eval

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boston (Yes!)

AMAAAZING! and it works

Boston All in 1

“The phone was ringing, the IM’s were coming in, emails…!” And I was like, “And when do I get my money”.

…The first bald guy is not yet his lover — they are business colleagues, they met at the cafe in newton, the man is a programmer – a consultant who works from home.

Go Away (in progress)

Go Away, far Far Away. Chu!I reach my heel back, swift kick to the rockhard gut Chu! Then airborne, squinting through approaching twilight, searching for marmot holes in the impossibly mottled grass. I will never ride as the Mongols do. There is something about being raised on horseback, coming from the greatest horse-people in the [...]