February 2012
Where does time go?
Seriously. The last year has flown by like nothing else I’ve ever experienced.
January 2012
Ten months before the general election, the... →
TYPE YOUR NAME: Rick TYPE YOUR NAME WITH YOUR ELBOW: 598dfo TYPE YOUR NAME WITH YOUR CHIN: rtiovc m, SLAM YOUR FACE ON THE KEYBOARD: About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him-and I didn’t know how potent that part might be-that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.
I can't believe The Great Adderall Shortage is...
moorehn:
Props to fek.
spiers:
Wherein the Times, Reuters and Slate discover The Big Adderall Shortage, seven months after Foster wrote about it. (Maybe no one had the attention span to notice till now?)
I was going to reblog this with a rant about chronic over-prescription for non-indicated symptoms being a larger problem, but evidence from several studies in the last ten years (including...
Let's start paying college athletes. →
Or: the myth of the “student athlete” and how college athletics are either money-makers or wanna-be money makers at US colleges and universities.
December 2011
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Lamb of God (41)
Northlane (39)
Meshuggah (36)
Darkest Hour (23)
This Will Destroy You (23)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Northlane (46)
Wanzwa (29)
Sons of Azrael (24)
3 (14)
A Wilhelm Scream (13)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Massive Attack (22)
Blotted Science (21)
Shelter Red (20)
Barenaked Ladies (14)
Bernhoft (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
November 2011
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Keith Merrow (26)
Lamb of God (21)
Elliott Smith (16)
Mats/Morgan Band (14)
Devin Townsend Project (14)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20) →
Vildhjarta (67)
Bill Evans Trio (19)
Big D and the Kids Table (19)
Муха (16)
Deftones (16)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
On OWS, gambling, and zugzwang. →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13) →
Gride (27)
Buke and Gass (23)
Vomitory (22)
Ride (20)
Devin Townsend Project (20)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-6) →
Fleshgod Apocalypse (41)
Vomitory (23)
Buke and Gass (21)
Opeth (18)
Nirvana (18)
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October 2011
“poor boy
why don’t you try getting water?
poor boy
why don’t you...”
“He added that he was disappointed that members of Congress from New York,...”
– this, in a nutshell, is what is wrong with america
constituents are not the fatcats who give politicians the money
they are the everyone
In Private Conversation, Wall Street Is More Critical of Protesters - NYTimes.com
(via fred-wilson)
“Parties losing elections tend to take one of two paths. Either they collectively...”
– James Joyner, from the piece entited “The Changing Definition of Conservative” in The Atlantic this week.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-9) →
Melechesh (16)
Ion Dissonance (14)
Buckethead (13)
Dave Weiner (12)
Shugaazer (10)
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New Hampshire Leaders Call for Boycott of Nevada →
LEGISLATORS AFRAID OF LOSING THE ONLY THING THE STATE IS FAMOUS FOR AFTER THAT DUDE’S FACE IN THE MOUNTAIN COLLAPSED
Echoes of 2008: Here we go again →
A short treatise from The Economist about how Europe really didn’t learn anything from our mistakes.
“The man’s hypocrisy belongs in the Smithsonian.”
– columnist Eugene Robinson, in his love letter to Occupy Wall Street, on Tea Party supporter Rep. Eric Cantor’s denouncement of the movement. (via washingtonpoststyle)
September 2011
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-25) →
Betraying The Martyrs (53)
Carnifex (13)
Brand New (13)
Jethro Tull (10)
Melechesh (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Slowly assembling most of the music I've posted on... →
this is kinda fun.