Writing, must publish soon.
Climbing trees.
Foreign affairs, history, politics.
Dance and theatre.
I'd like to meet:
THE MIGHTY REX LIBERRY OF ESSENTIAL BLOGGING
A collection of specific blogs from people at the top of their game.
Janelle spells her name all funky-like but that doesn't stop her from delivering some excellent, even poignant, travel advice.
Check out Iris , a new find. I think this particular offering, "The Girl and The Giant", is especially wonderful. I look forward to reading more!
Melancholy Fae delivers the shockingly true life and funny tale of the Bunny From Cell Block C.
Reggie has a photo-interpretation of 1986 Paul Simon that is even funnier if you, like I, got the Graceland album and said WTF Are You Mumbling About Paul Simon You Crackhead.
Dabi lays it down, really tells it how it is, regarding Michael Vick and his atrocious dogfighting habit. Asshole (Vick, not Dabi).
moe moe speaks of icepicks, Trotsky, and doubt... she is like a bite-sized 3Musketeers bar when it's not even Halloween.
I love the way H writes in general, but this comic of Paul and Mary is absolutely To. Die. For. You have to be her friend though, so send her a message to be added!
Vincent makes a big leap and a poignant tribute in Boxes of Love. Of course it has funny moments, too. It's Vincent.
Aaaaaaron wrote this blog about interconnectedness. I adore it.
Why do I love New Zealand? Just read ret's blog , "I just got attacked by Jesus!!"
Adam can and will throw down the thought-provoker from time to time. Won't hurt a bit.
R.H. talks about what should be a non-story, a gay NBA player.
Hau Ab . I can't even begin to introduce this. Ack. HAHA.
Trendon's blog about Death By Lite-Brite is absolutely hilarious and spot-on!
Be glad your morning ain't starting like CC's.
A sobering look at the State of the Union , in light of MLK, from Nicholas.
The mean Dad brings you the Iraq war from a slightly different perspective. Seems it might be about money. Who knew?
His blogginess 'A' brings the beat in his oddly hilarious and hopefully one of many Hip-Hop Moments, Vol. 1
You might want to empty your bladder and find a quiet place where people will not be offended by your peels of laughter when you read Cow Tongue by the very gifted Emma.
May We Live Long and Die Out is a great blog by Desi on world population growth, just in case you're ready to start worrying about more important things.
Vincent delivers a tragically funny comment on world affairs and the reactions of Americans... or at least one American. Brilliant.
You only WISH you could be as cute and pitiable as
Inga when you're sick. Awww.
You can learn a lot about emotions from a woman who loves bears!
Over Unity brings you a mind-boggling tale of his encounter with Agents of Hank!
Emma tells the story of the funeral for Calvin's fish.
The Judge , on the history and relevance of habeas corpus.
CC , on the new 'Red' campaign to bring attention and relief to the AIDS epidemic in Africa through American consumerism.
Nathan rips on the immigration debate and the state of the American teenager.
Isaac Moore as usual combines brevity, hilarity, and patriotism in his latest protest strategy.
Freckleface is a great person to visit whenever you need a smile. In this case, you can read about her ultra-cool friend The Munchkin and feel reassured that everything is right in the world.
SpiltMilk has an intelligent and carefully layered Thoughts on a Funeral... you can see the world as he describes it and feel better that you're not alone in all of those thoughts you've had at such gatherings.
more to come...
More Than One Ninth of My Friends Have Been Independently Verified To Exist:
I wish I could put all of my Verified Existance Friends up, but for now, this is in the order of most recent verfication. 'Tis not so wide as a church door, but 'twill serve.
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Music:
This is a song Katy wrote for me, with lyrics taken from traditional Irish blessings. It was one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me. Blessing
Movies:
Best movies of 2007: Ratatouille and The Darjeeling Limited. I highly recommend both.
Just saw No Country For Old Men, Tommy Lee Jones fantastic, movie gory and violent but in an absurd way. Be prepared. Pretty good complex layers to the story.
Then there's Pirates of the Caribbean.. Man, was that phoned in. I didn't really like Children of Men.
Pan's Labyrinth was okay but I wasn't prepared for the amount of graphic violence. Strange trend, that.
Eragon was the most laughable idiocy I've seen since Battlefield Earth. Oh my God, who greenlights these pictures?
Every American should see An Inconvenient Truth, Why We Fight, Good Night and Good Luck, Who Killed The Electric Car?, and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. Oh, and Jesus Camp. Then you should use your brain and take some interest in the world. I'm not saying become a crusader, just pay attention.
Television:
Television may in fact be the greatest waste of a revolutionary technology in the history of mankind. The great irony is that it could be different tomorrow, if people just wanted to change with it.
I think what antagonize's me the most is when people use egreegiously large words in debate to show there not stupid and should be taken seriously.
Here me out, its rediculous how egnorant people are of language onest the spellchecker is'nt on.
Special bonus points if the above is employed while rediculing other's for they're bad grammer. Why people do that, totally alludes me.
Books:
Currently reading a Spanish phrasebook .
Just finished World War Z by Max Brooks.
Other recent reads:
Meditations
Failed States
The Great War For Civilization
The Persian Puzzle
The Tailor of Panama
See No Evil
Founding Brothers again.
The God Delusion
Guests of the Ayatollah
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Currently working on my own novel and two collections of short stories.
Also, I read a ton of blogs; if I haven't got to yours in a while, sorry, I'll try.
Heroes:
Michael Berg, Hunter S. Thompson, Wallace Shawn, Jude Law, Madeleine Albright, Bubba Clinton, My Old Man, Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo. Louisa, that myspace pioneer. And Al Gore does some good work. Want to be my hero? Engage in thoughtful, polite, open-minded debate on whatever topic you see fit. Thanks.
