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Bread or Revolution

We sneer at utopias while awaiting the new ruins to reveal themselves

About Me

I'm a geeky, progressive (I hope), semi-intelligent carbon-based lifeform.

My Interests

Computers, Video Games, Books, Pen & Paper Roleplaying, Music, Coffee, Steampunk, Anime, Politics (that is definitely not in any particular order)

I'd like to meet:

Doesn't matter, as long as they're interesting.

Music:

The Mars Volta, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Coheed and Cambria, Sparta, At the Drive In, Bear vs. Shark, Lingua Franca, Portugal: The Man, Morphine, Radiohead, Incubus, Something Corporate, Gorillaz, The Roots, Son Volt, Led Zeppelin, Dave Matthews Band. That should give you an idea...

Movies:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Brick, Fight Club, Steamboy, Thank You For Smoking, Nausicaa, Akira, Cowboy Bebop, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, American Beauty, Requiem For A Dream, Snatch, Trainspotting, Pulp Fiction, Sin City, The Manchurian Candidate (Original), Rent, Tommy Boy, Dumb & Dumber, Red Dawn, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, etc...

Television:

Fuck TV (Okay, Firefly rocks...Fuck Fox)

Books:

Ender's Game, Snow Crash, His Dark Materials, Cryptonomicon, Cloud of Sparrows, ANY Lovecraft or Vonnegut, Star Wars novels, SCIENCE FICTION!

Heroes:

Hunter S. Thompson, Neal Stephenson, Maynard James Keenan, Sam Harris.

My Blog

Merry Grav-Mass!

Today we celebrate the life of Sir Isaac Newton, and his plethora of contributions to science.From Richard Stallman's page:" On December 25, Isaac Newton's birthday, we celebrate the existence of comp...
Posted by Bread or Revolution on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 09:00:00 PST

Airing of Grievances

I've got a lot of problems with you people!-Frank CostanzaBarista at Cafe Ambrosia:I'm sorry I spoke Starbuckanese and ordered a "short", but was it really necessary to look at me as though I had just...
Posted by Bread or Revolution on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:21:00 PST

Christian Terrorism

Read THISWonder if they'll mention the words "Christian Terrorism" on Fox News?  I'm guessing no.Two things:1) Who would protest the funeral of Falwell?  I, for one, don't want him back.&nbs...
Posted by Bread or Revolution on Wed, 23 May 2007 06:27:00 PST

Kiss Me Son of God

I got this song stuck in my head today:I've built a little empire out of some crazy garbageCalled the blood of the exploited working classBut they've overcome their shynessNow they're calling me Your ...
Posted by Bread or Revolution on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:13:00 PST

Prepare for a Moon Spanking

Alright, when I say your name, you say 'here.' And we will assume 'here' is short for 'here I am...rock you like a hurricane. -IgnignoktWell, Ignignokt rocked Boston like a hurricane earlier this week...
Posted by Bread or Revolution on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:11:00 PST

DAM art is awesome!

We spent the morning at the Denver Art Museum (DAM), and it was amazing. I have never really been to a large art museum before, and it was an enlightening experience.We opened the place at 9 in the A...
Posted by Bread or Revolution on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 06:36:00 PST

The Dictator is Dead, Long Live the Dictator!

Ho-rah Marines. Saddam is dead. Lets play a drinking game while watching CNN:Take 1 drink when you hear "end of an era".Do a shot if someone says "dictatorial reign".Chug your beverage through the o...
Posted by Bread or Revolution on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:01:00 PST

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

After I write this I am removing Orson Scott Card from my heroes wall.I don't even know what to say.  I just found out that one of my favorite authors of all time is a raving, rightist, anti-gay...
Posted by Bread or Revolution on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 11:18:00 PST

Best. Headline. Ever.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.  -VoltaireYou Have Got To Read This.Wow...ummm...where to begin...I think the ...
Posted by Bread or Revolution on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:15:00 PST

Angels on the Sideline

Religious faith represents so uncompromising a misuse of the power ofour minds that it forms a kind of perverse, cultural singularityavanishing point beyond which rational discourse proves impossible...
Posted by Bread or Revolution on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:41:00 PST