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"The dog is howling again." "We should just have it join the band." "Yeah. We could have it on stage during our next show." "In a cage." "And feed it beer." "And we'd be known to everyone as that band... Keep reading this entry »
John Hawkins refutes the Top 10 Most Annoying Anti-War Cliches.... Keep reading this entry »
About 30 countries, now, have offered military support for a war against Iraq. Meanwhile, France is too busy being unilateral to offer any help.... Keep reading this entry »
Get your own yard sign! Duluth -- Friday, Feb. 28th, 4pm - 6pm: Piedmont Plaza, 2818 Piedmont Ave St. Paul -- Saturday, March 1st, Noon - 2pm: Minnesota State Capitol I'll pick mine up before driving down to the... Keep reading this entry »
Bill Whittle has a new essay: CONFIDENCE. Take a deep breath. Clear your head. Set aside the next few minutes and read. Feel the stones lifting off your chest? Realize now that the stones had been there so long that... Keep reading this entry »
A list of all the U.N. resolutions leading up to the current resolution proposed by the United States that says Iraq has not been in full compliance, has not disarmed, and must now face the consequences. Looks like we're on... Keep reading this entry »
Mwaaarrrggghhh. I just moved from my computer for the first time in four hours. I've been hacking away tirelessly on a webpage for class, and I think it's finally good enough to go live. Check it out. It's not XHTML... Keep reading this entry »
This school is falling apart. All of my classes are systematically being cancelled this week, which is any college student's dream but is driving me absolutely crazy. You see, I need to keep moving. I need to always be doing... Keep reading this entry »
Emmanuel Kant's categorical imperative states that moral rules are absolute. While hypothetical imperatives run the form, "If you want to get better at windsurfing you ought to study the mad stylings of Web Pedrick," or "If you want paint thinner... Keep reading this entry »
Ok, things are shakin' up 'round these parts. While I should have been doing homework I upgraded to Movable Type 2.62 this morning and added a search feature to the menu right over there. It works really well. I typed... Keep reading this entry »
A few unorganized thoughts on politics. Most of these were placed at 3:00 in the morning during a bout of insomnia. Dubya Bush didn’t hijack our planes. Bill Clinton didn’t hijack our planes. George Bush Senior didn’t hijack our planes.... Keep reading this entry »
Lileks' Friday Bleat was good. Read it with this in mind: It takes a particularly rarified variety of idiot to look at a Jew-hating fascist with a small mustache - and decide that his opponent is the Nazi. But what... Keep reading this entry »
Ryan and I are flying out to Portland to go backpacking over spring break. To make sure we don't end up subsisting merely on roots and dirt we need to bring a camp stove along. The stove consists of two... Keep reading this entry »
I'll bet you're wondering where this one is going: With the national security level raised from chartreuse to goldenrod, some extra precautions might be necessary to ensure your longevity. The media has added their own spin to the situation, but... Keep reading this entry »
The temperature in Duluth has a direct effect on the weirdness of its people. When it's all cold and grimy everyone stays indoors except for the pushy homeless that camp out on Superior Street. Duluth has to be the worst/stupidest... Keep reading this entry »
We're really starting to run out of worthwhile Flash crap, but I'll let you guys off with a bang, tonight. Courtesy of a guy named Lore at the Brunching Shuttlecocks, we have Bandwidth Theater. Can't decide where to start? Try... Keep reading this entry »
This is reassuring. Bush isn't budging, despite the weekend protests. Good ol' Dubya. He's nothing if not consistent. I can deal with that. Weapons inspectors have hit a snarl, as Iraqi scientists are asking that their private interviews be recorded... Keep reading this entry »
This shout goes out to my old roomie Peter Keyel: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US! If you missed this meme the first time it went around, here's your chance to finally know what all the freaks and dweebs... Keep reading this entry »
Alright. I finally got around to changing the weblog template so it is consistent with the rest of the site. I'm not sure if I like it anymore, but it's a step in the right direction. The rest of this... Keep reading this entry »
An excellent music video done in 64 colors with huge pixels? It can't be done. Can't be done. Can't. Oh hell, yes it can, and it can rock my white little ass. It's a 5 MB Quicktime file but worth... Keep reading this entry »
Fret not, for today we have not forgotten the Flash crap! In fact, we've got a double dose of crap! Homestarrunner.com is one of my new favorite sites. Strong Bad answers his email and, acting on a fit of inspiration,... Keep reading this entry »
Conclusions to draw from the international war protests: Pithy signs and creative puppets are valid substitutes for rational discourse on the morality of war. The weapons inspections can work, nevermind the fact that even if they do, Saddam remains in... Keep reading this entry »
You thought it was done? You thought the vast fields of Internet crap had finally been picked over? Nay, dear reader. Nay, indeed. Flash animations are the modern equivalent of a million monkeys hammering away on a million typewriters, and... Keep reading this entry »
Bill Whittle over at Eject! Eject! Eject! has posted the most beautiful, most inspiring prose I have ever read on the internet. It's about Columbia. It's about flying. It's about courage. It's about what it means to be human. One... Keep reading this entry »
The working world grinds to a halt on the weekend, but the grimy gears of Web Crap continue on and on at their petty pace. Do you ever go through your day and feel that you haven't gotten your recommended... Keep reading this entry »
The Spontaneous Combustion Jazz Sextet Valentine's Day Throwdown at the Blue Max tonight was fantastic. The crowd dug our band so much we honored some drunken song requests. By the end of the night our cigar box was brimming with... Keep reading this entry »
Just another day in class... "So, how can we learn more about the silenced viewpoints of marginalized people?" "We can use our burgeoning abilities for logic and reason." "Well, yes. That approach is definitely valid, but it represents a masculine,... Keep reading this entry »
Happy Valentine's Day, ya'll! The run of crap continues, and today we've got a wonderful dish that will make your loved one(s) quirl all the way to the bedroom and/or backseat and/or kitchen table. LOBSTER STICKS TO MAGNET! This one... Keep reading this entry »
Fark has picked up on the photo of the protestor in Harmony, Minnesota that couldn't keep his Mr. Rogers separate from his Mr. Roberts. The photoshopped results are disasterous and wonderful. Poor guy. Before the internet he could have just... Keep reading this entry »
What happens when you take a Japanese children's song, a slight grasp of Macromedia Flash, every possible item of pop culture taken from a diseased library of clip art, throw it all in a burlap sack and toss it down... Keep reading this entry »
Cowboy Curtis rocked. Chris was wearing black high-top Reeboks. Jake was wearing an argyle sweater. Neil had a baby megaphone and an 8-track player with foreign language tapes. When Neil broke a guitar string Jake played cheezy filler with the... Keep reading this entry »
A short excursion I took a few weeks ago to breathe in some frozen waterfalls. They wanted me to fill out a page of paperwork and pay $3 to be in the park. I refuse to fill out paperwork... Keep reading this entry »
As promised, another steaming round of nostalgic Flash crap today! WEEEEE! GONADS IN THE LIGHTNING, IN THE LIGHTNING, IN THE RAIN! Think that's bad? Tomorrow's is gonna lodge so deep in your skull you'll need a box of matches and... Keep reading this entry »
I dashed up the Shore this morning to shoot some photos, and I have a newfound appreciation for anyone that does winter photography. First off, you need to have gloves, nice warm gloves, that you will remove every five seconds... Keep reading this entry »
Ok, so, the internet just plain rocks, but lately I seem to have gotten distracted with less-important things like weblogs and politics and rational thought. So, for the next few days I'm going to dig up rocking garbage from the... Keep reading this entry »
My friend Pip has Bill Radke's WORST VALENTINE'S DAY DATE EVER. How worst? Really worst. Listen to Pip's wise radio words (requires Real Audio). The action starts at 27:00. Everything else is weird stuff about meat and patron saints, so... Keep reading this entry »
I'm gonna make this quick, cuz the mouse on this terminal is really hot for some reason and I want to be somewhere else when it explodes. My friend Mark is in Italy, and he's now got photos up over... Keep reading this entry »
Ok. So. The thing with complete site redesigns is it forces me to go back and edit pages that I haven't really considered for years. I just got done with the new "Pure Strangeness" section (which, to any astute observer,... Keep reading this entry »
SomethingAwful's got the goods. Gulf War II: The Reckoning! collectable card game. Print off a few and slip them into your Magic deck and see what your opponent does! I especially like the Weapons Inspections card: "Remove all enchantment, artifact... Keep reading this entry »
This evening I drove down to the Norshor to check out the going-away party for a guy I don't really know. Hans went to Kenya a ways back and lived in a Masai village and recorded African folk music to... Keep reading this entry »
I've brought the online availability of my published works up-to-date so you can read them without picking up the Statesman. There are still a few pieces that are AWOL, but you won't miss 'em.... Keep reading this entry »
Went out to Spirit Mountain for some snowboarding this windy evening with some fine Woochers. Ryan, Sandy and others were taking noble stabs at learning to snowboard on boilerplate. Corey and I headed over to the terrain park to play... Keep reading this entry »
"Is it too much for you to remove the tattered remains of the American flag from your antenna?" Today, everyone at Miller Hill Mall had to take stupid pills before parking their cars. You had to weave through crooked rows,... Keep reading this entry »
Sgt. Stryker's got words on the space program. His conclusion? Do all those 7-year-olds out there proud. Go for Mars. Now. Come to think of it, that may be why space and I had a falling out. Despite a probe... Keep reading this entry »
Yesterday was my second anniversary of going online. Whoopie. This past weekend consisted of a crapload of site redesign, among other more fun things. I'm keeping the whole thing veiled until it's done. Meanwhile, feel free to check out the... Keep reading this entry »
Powell's got pictures of Party Girls Gone Wild, and he's got the soundtrack to Party Girls Gone Wild. He's now the most popular guy on campus. Meanwhile, Saddam's ex-bodyguard, Abu Hamdi Mahmoud, is spilling his guts (figuratively, thankfully) to Israeli... Keep reading this entry »
It was a nice warm snowy day, today. Now it's incredibly windy. From the northwest at 16 mph, gusting to 28 mph. If I was drunk I would have been knocked over. I guess something's gotta prepare me for the... Keep reading this entry »
Kofi Annan proves the U.N. is toothless when dealing with dictators. Again. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed for funds Monday to "avert a major humanitarian crisis" in North Korea and create better conditions to peacefully resolve the nuclear standoff. Surprised? The... Keep reading this entry »
Lileks has the words on space exploration. NPR had an interview with one of those people who think we should not send people into space, but rely entirely on robots. As I pulled into the parking lot at the mall... Keep reading this entry »
7 astronauts die as shuttle breaks apart Colonel Rick Husband; Lt. Colonel Michael Anderson; Commander Laurel Clark; Captain David Brown; Commander William McCool; Dr. Kalpana Chawla; Colonel Ilan Ramon. "Human spaceflight is a passion." When I was a kid all... Keep reading this entry »
Let's try one of those egg timer thingies again, as the last one was kind of fun and I really, really want sleep now. Sleep good. A silverfish just welcomed me back home to the apartment, at a good 2:50... Keep reading this entry »