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Andy

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About Me

3,836 dead Americans
1,093,472 dead Iraqis
463 billion taxpayer dollars
and no stability in sight
END THE ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF IRAQ

My Interests

actvity, epic sagas, compounds plural, bicycling, making Ron Darling admit the Yankees are New York's team , firearms, sobriety

Music:

Dischord, Sun, Revelation, Stax, Time To Operate, SST, Touch and Go, Swan Song, The Motown Sound, Def Jux

Movies:

films directed by Sergio Leone and/or starring Patrick Swayze, also Wild Zero

Books:

Currently: The Complete Stories Volume One by Isaac Asimov; The Qur'an by Allah supposedly;

Heroes:

"My father, like Hemingway, was a gun nut and was very unhappy late in life. But he was proud of not committing suicide. And I'll do the same, so as not to set a bad example for my children."

My Blog

Independence Day

"The sunlight that brought light and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me."  Frederick DouglassOn Wednesday, as I watched Joey Chestnut hoist the Flag into the air, I thought about how ...
Posted by Andy on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:51:00 PST

On the Fall

"Robots might one day be smart enough to demand emancipation from their human owners, raising the prospects they'll have to be treated as citizens, according to a speculative paper released by the Bri...
Posted by Andy on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:50:00 PST

On Fucked Up's "Culture of Confusion"

Some people know where they stand. These humans see, know and realize. They adore their own face in clear mirrors. To them, there is purpose, there is meaning, and there is a determination to pour our...
Posted by Andy on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:40:00 PST

Commentaries on the Golden Path

With power comes gluttony. This should be a law. It should be written into texts as an unassailable truth like every other law of science until it is proven wrong. We are a nation of fat people, and o...
Posted by Andy on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:05:00 PST

The Last National Tragedy

In my previous column, I examined the possibilities of Armageddon and the psychology of current apocalyptics. How fitting. I didnt recognize anger to be entrenched in the blueprint of social collapse,...
Posted by Andy on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 04:57:00 PST

The Death of the Millenarian

All my friends have post-apocalyptic dreams. Its a common thread that connects this age group, or at least the segment of this age group that I am drawn to have conversations with. A few of my frie...
Posted by Andy on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 04:51:00 PST