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ari

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About Me

None so deaf as those who will not hear. None so blind as those who will not see. But I'll wager none so deaf nor blind that he Sees not nor hears me say come drink this beer. -W. L. Hassoldt

My Interests

The decline of the 19th century proletariate and its affects on the rise of modern post-industrialist socio-economics and the fermentation of religious fanaticism as it relates to Hegel's dialectic... and beer.

I'd like to meet:

Samuel Clemens, Kurt Vonnegut, and Willie Loman

Music:

No good genres, just good music...

Movies:

Harold and Maude, Network, True Romance, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, City of God, Fog of War, The Big Lebowski, The Bicycle Thief, Annie Hall, Fight Club, The Last Waltz, Stop Making Sense, Amelie, the Motorcycle Diaries, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Breakfast Club, When Harry Met Sally, Buena Vista Social Club, Good Will Hunting, 12 Monkeys

Television:

Daily Show, Family Guy, The Colbert Report

Books:

the giving tree, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, Webster's

My Blog

Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie by Bob Dylan

This is hands down one of my favorite poems...   LAST THOUGHTS ON WOODY GUTHRIE by Bob Dylan When yer head gets twisted and yer mind grows numbWhen you think you're too old, too young, too smart ...
Posted by ari on Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:14:00 PST

5 Jews Who Changed Everything

Moses: The law is everything Jesus: Love is everything Marx: Money is everything Freud: Sex is everything Einstein: Everything is relative
Posted by ari on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Intellectual Pimp vs. Intellectual Chimp

Intellectual Pimp vs. Intellectual Chimp...   Before last night I was saying that "no matter who wins, we all lose!"  I mean, is this the best our country has to offer...   But last...
Posted by ari on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Children on Love

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8> >year olds.  "What does love mean?"  The answers they got were broader> >and> >deeper than anyone c...
Posted by ari on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Being a Republican in 2004

Here's another little gem... It is very tough to be a Republican in 2004 because, somehow, you have to believe concurrently that: 1.  Jesus loves you, but shares your deep hatred of homosexua...
Posted by ari on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST