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kshawncluster *Pan paniscus*

long american legs support short american attention span

About Me


"We need to look at what we do from the perspective of what would happen if somebody else did it to us." - Rep. Ron Paul

“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” - Albert Einstein

"I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses." - Johann Kepler

My Interests

LeVar Burton should run for president in 2008

cryptographic coups, thermal events, lemon law, screenplays, walking bare toed on wooden pathways, politics, sleeping, writing, chocolate cake, low-budget video production, punch and pie, and demon lords.

I'd like to meet:

LeVar Burton, Michael Beck, Ren Woods, Olivia Newton-John, Josette Day, Zhang Zhou, Jean Cocteau, Ariadna Gil, Lemmy Caution, Timothy Treadwell, Billy Nayer Show

LeVar Burton for U.S. President in 2008
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Music:

Silversun Pickups, XTC, The Shins, Tom Waits, Peaches, Bright Eyes, Devo, Talking Heads, The White Stripes, The Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Killers, Spoon, Butthole Surfers, Black Flag, John Denver, and Green Day.

toothpastefordinner.com

Movies:

Blood of Heroes, Omega Man, Reds, In the Name of the Father, Shaun of the Dead, Brick, The Last Boyscout, American Astronaut, Sin City, Repo Man, Junk Squad, Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution, Logan's Run, Rope, Rushmore, Big, Blade Runner, Knife in the Water, Two Men and a Wardrobe, Two Men and a Baby, Hackers, Christmas Vacation, Tron, Punch-drunk Love, and Pecker.

Television:

Spaced, OPB, Reading Rainbow, Nova, The News Hour, Home Movies, Trading Spaces, Pokemon, and Static.

Washington Week with Gwen Ifel

LeVar Burton for U.S. President in 2008!

Books:

The Associated Press Stylebook, Slam (Doubleday, 1990), Very Bad Deaths, Flu, Faster Than the Speed of Light, The Catcher in the Rye, Bone People, A Seperate Peace, The Pigman, Fight Club, Naked, Me Talk Pretty Some Day, Vineland, Slow Learner (Short Stories), The Ticket that Exploded, Two for Tanner, Tanner on Ice, Franny and Zooey, and Breakfast of Champions.

Books from Reading Rainbow!

Heroes:

My family, Bonobos of the People's Republic of the Congo, Happy Harry Hard-On , Gore Vidal, LeVar Burton, Jeanne Moreau, Tom Waits, Jean-Luc Godard, Lemmy Caution, J.D. Salinger, Gwen Ifel, George Lakoff, Rudolf von Bitter Rucker, Panther Moderns, John Shirley, Lewis Shiner, and H. Jon Benjamin.

My Blog

the odd letter

A fictionalized correspondence between important menMy Dear Dr. Hubble-Wharton III, The dismal Hellhounds of Corporatism are proving to be worse than the Bubonic Plague or a hundred thousand evildo...
Posted by kshawncluster *Pan paniscus* on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:30:00 PST

Well Played S.214

New law S.214 deflates 2005 midnight insertionTitle: A bill to amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to preserve the independence of United States attorneys. Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dian...
Posted by kshawncluster *Pan paniscus* on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:53:00 PST

no confidence vote in senate on monday

Tell your Senators to vote no confidence on MondayHere are the short-form reasons for our Senators to vote no confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday. There's ample reason for Gonza...
Posted by kshawncluster *Pan paniscus* on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 02:21:00 PST

and now for a solution to benzene

Compressed Air: A solution to Portland's Benzene ...
Posted by kshawncluster *Pan paniscus* on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:22:00 PST

Oregon: blue sky, green trees and benzene

Benzene in Oregon's AirBenzene is one of the most serious air toxicpollutants in Oregon. Oregon has some of thehighest reported levels of benzene in the UnitedStates and our gasoline is THE major sour...
Posted by kshawncluster *Pan paniscus* on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:55:00 PST

letter

Letter from Rep. WuDear Mr. Edgar: Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns about U.S. involvement in the Iraq War. I appreciate your thoughts on this important matter, and I share your c...
Posted by kshawncluster *Pan paniscus* on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:39:00 PST

G8 on poverty

G8 spends more on trappings than the 'struggle against poverty'At the end of the 32nd G8 summit in Russia, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reported that the agenda of the G8 summit in 2007 had not bee...
Posted by kshawncluster *Pan paniscus* on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:00:00 PST

airwaves up for grabs

An article of general interestUse Spare Spectrum for the Net From Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2007The government-mandated shift from analog to digital television will allow local broadcasters to pr...
Posted by kshawncluster *Pan paniscus* on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:15:00 PST

war funding bill speech

Senator Boxer's Floor SpeechMay 24, 2007 In March and in April I voted for emergency spending legislation that would have fully funded our troops in Iraq, but also changed their mission to a sound one...
Posted by kshawncluster *Pan paniscus* on Thu, 31 May 2007 03:30:00 PST

flying high with the birds

Paint is for dreamers...
Posted by kshawncluster *Pan paniscus* on Wed, 30 May 2007 11:13:00 PST