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1109/N20091117110118X1117.jpg mark your calendars. Thank you to Paul, Matthew, and Terry for being nice enough to host. And thank you to you for being awesome. 0 . . .
Hi everyone. We have had three elections this year: School Board Primary General And each time I asked you guys for a few votes. So, here are the two I am asking you guys to cast. 1) Captain0 . . .
Sometimes this job requires strange tasks. Right now, I am reading a 100 page report on the cement industry, and steps to make it more green. It is a facinaiting read that totally does not make me 0 . . .
There once was a pumpkin With a curl in his hair And when he was good He was very, very good But when he was bad he was horrid 1009/photo_4ae4597e0c30f_1025.jpg0 . . .
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Hey Everyone, At 5:30 in council chambers on the 13th floor of City Hall, there will be a public hearing on Domestic Partnership legislation. It is completely open to the public, so if you want 0 . . .
I posted a brief bit of this on Twitter/Facebook. But I will post it here as well. I just got a letter from the parent of a four year old boy. A massive brain tumor caused by a rare form of cancer 0 . . .
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Howdy, On Tuesday Councilmen LoCurto and Rivera will be introducing a Domestic Partnership resolution. It will create a registry and extend benefits to city employees. The following week, on eit0 . . .
You know what P T Barnum said about oral sex? 1009/ScreenShot20091006At61744PM1006.png0 . . .
They should have a website: This Is Why You Are Diabetic With A Tumor And Unloved. 1009/photo_4ac9edde17662_1005.jpg0 . . .
This is our marvelous new floor. It is so much better that the gulag blue nightmare of a carpet we had before.Now, all we need are some rugs. Any suggestions on where to look. Kisses 1009/photo_4ac60 . . .
Jim is greater than the sum of his cafinated parts. But not always by much. 0909/photo_4ac3dc2d96da8_0930.jpg0 . . .
This is fucking EPIC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc0 . . .
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I had meant to write an impassioned plee for registered Democrats in the city to vote for Mickey Kearns in the primary tomorrow. But, I only slept for three hours last night, got home at 11PM from 0 . . .
Ah, I was forced at gun point to organize a fundraiser/rally. Not at gun point. And not forced. But no one in the group wanted to do it, understandably. It is so much fun organizing something li0 . . .
This is why I can never be a Christian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsHH_HYSkH80 . . .
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This has been a glorious morning. 1) Coffee first thing 2) Tea in the office 3) A brownie with a peppermint cup baked inside 4) Everyone has returned my calls 5) My new office supply toy came 0 . . .
Folks, I have gone two times to Dodgeball at Lafayette Church and it is so much fun I want you all to come too. The church has a large gymnasium, so it isn't played under the watchful gaze o0 . . .
Have you heard about this? Caster Semenya is an 18 year old South African female who came in first place at the IAAF games in Berlin. She ran an unbelievable 800M race with an incredible time. 0 . . .
So, a new take out place opened on Elmwood right near the ghetto liquor store and We Never Close. Captain Jack's Fish and Chips. First, I am super excited they did all that work on th0 . . .
Oh come on! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyYhdY-A_Hs0 . . .
This is an ad I saw on the web 0809/Picture30818.png And here is what it says "Hey you, ya you overweight white guy in his early 20's. How is unemployment treating you? And gosh, th0 . . .
I love these ads so much. They make me chortle. 0809/Picture20817.png0 . . .
I just read about this most delicious sounding dish: Russian Hairy Sausage. They look like this uncooked 0809/50806.jpg But boil them for a little bit and they look like this 0809/60806.j0 . . .
And all I can think about is this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVBsCCV6NG40 . . .
Yesterday a story was posted to the Buffalo News about the Great American News porn shop on Niagara Street. They do not have the proper permits to run part of their business. "We're goin0 . . .
Ugh, So, Jim Heaney of the Buffalo News ran a story about how Councilmember David and the Brown administration are under investigation from the DA and the FBI. Hurrah! This is just part of0 . . .
Folks, Who wants to rub elbows with the local political elite tomorrow, eat a whole mess of clams, and drink beer for free? If you can volunteer some time to help out at Sam Hoyt's Clambake 0 . . .
Gentlemen, I urge you to view this only if you do not posses a heart condition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBmkJIxGy0I0 . . .
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This is my new favorite music video from my new favorite band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7oNouvi0xI I love plushy monsters with plushy claws.0 . . .
We spent 9 hours in the car on the way there. We spent two days there. We spent 8 hours on the way back. I spent the whole weekend sick and the weather was chilly and rainy. Thankfully I was 0 . . .
Hey Folks, Just letting you know that I renewed with AA. The renewal price will be $309, which is a 3% increase over last year's, which is excellent. I am so incredibly tired from this 0 . . .
Folks, It is that time of year again. I just need to know how many people plan on renewing their membership to Allentown Athletix? I have already heard from a few of you about your plans (Ta0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQak6ng0RXQ0 . . .
Here is the artvoice interview with John Lacata, the man who came in first in the school board race. I am proud and excited that he will be serving on this board and taking it in a new direction. S0 . . .
Heidi requested that I sum up the school board race and its implications here. I am a little drunk with victory right now, so please forgive my wide-eyed optimism. The school board currently is dy0 . . .
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA EAT IT! You spent 100,000 to come in second place. Your Saturn club friends couldn't help you either. We won and you couldn't cary your team. HA! not0 . . .
I have been at work since 9AM and I am just getting home at 12:15. I need to be up in four and a half hours for election day, then go to work all day, and then finish up the election. me sleepy.0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGmPLOwVCtQ Made of Magic.0 . . .
Folks, Jim and I will be at Cazumell at 9:15. e:PMT will be there. e:Drew and e:Janelle might stop by. I hope you all do as well. 0 . . .
Hey, I just realized that today is Dine Out For Life: a day we celebrate rifts in the time/space continuum in which we are stuck waiting for a table for the duration of eternity. A perce0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxfe8YTd6N40 . . .
I spent 12 hours of my weekend cleaning petitions for submission to the board of elections (cleaning, by the way, is very legal. It just means I make sure errors are corrected). Monday night I went fr0 . . .
Hey everyone, Hope to see you all tomorrow at Jim's party. Just a reminder, Bistro Europa is cash only, so bring some paper because they don't take plastic. Love you kittens, 0 . . .
I need to remember to take pictures when I am in the kitchen experimenting. So tonight, around 8:30 I get hungry and go into the kitchen to do something about that. Two hours later I have made bors0 . . .
Howdy, I told the good folks in my office that I started this two weeks ago. And I should have, I had the bacon in the fridge. But I didn't have a handle of vodka and just saying I had sta0 . . .
I bought a whole 14lbs frozen turkey. FOR $3.98! The place was so crowded I couldn't even check out the aisles, just the produce, meat, dairy perimeter. Oh, and I just ate crabs I got0 . . .
I was walking home yesterday and saw a bunch of police cars in the parking lot of the Wilson Farms on Elmwood near summer. The trunk of one car was open with a tree branch hanging out of it. A detecti0 . . .
Ya, Matthew is having a birthday party this weekend. WHO CARES! e:Jim will be celebrating second annual 29th Birthday! It will be at Bistro Europa on April 7th at 7:30. We will have the whole resta0 . . .
I try not to talk about how much I utterly detest the Catholic Church (the Church, not Catholics). I feel it puts Catholics on the defensive, and I don't want anybody defending the indefensible. 0 . . .
...you NEED to see this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w0 . . .
I love my job. It is the best job I have ever had. I deal with crazy people on the phone for about 30 minutes a day and the rest of the time I work on making the city a better place. But I am s0 . . .
It makes me a terrible person in a way, but ever time I see this banner ad I crack up. 0309/Picture10308.png First of all, it is your dads funeral kid, could you have at least not worn a brown 0 . . .
I started getting misty eyed browsing this new site. 0209/DfrTitle0218.jpg 0209/GoQ1uU6jOjldixb4bcxzADUyo15000218.jpg 0209/GoQ1uU6jOjxz7n2veQpGRWrGo15000218.jpg Please, RSS Dinosaurs Fuck0 . . .
I will keep this short and just give you two reasons. The NYTimes has been giving Zilly Cakes more coverage for her Obama/Lincoln cupcake portrait than the Buffalo News. And then I saw this on 0 . . .
I have a new favorite game. It is called Make My Head Grow. At a Nordic gaming festival game programmer extraordinaire, 2dboy, was given 48 hours to conceive, design, and program a game. And thus M0 . . .
The property management company who ran my last apartment has been renovating a house on the corner of elmwood and lafayette for a few years now, never quite finishing it seems. Since the end of s0 . . .
Thank you god and Al Gore for inventing the internet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTcz-etqwKg0 . . .
Dear employment, Thank you for paying a visit. We really should do this more often. kisses.0 . . .
I just heard about this hot new game coming out for the Wii and I have to ask... 0109/950888108123Front0131.jpg WTF! In this exciting game there are 30 minigames. In one, you use your remot0 . . .
Have you heard of this bizarre product from Microsoft. Basically, all those budding vocalists out there can sing into your computer and Songsmith will provide the music. That is a pretty nifty idea. B0 . . .
If you are reading A-Ha I think this would make an excellent storyboard for your comeback music video. 0109/Chikillacochinahe40127.jpg0 . . .
Buffalo is a little rough around the edges, but a beautiful city. We have some absolute gems in this town and many homes of the middle class from the turn of the century have more character and charm 0 . . .
No, Thank the heavens, I am not going to go on about having a viable local TV station here in Buffalo. No, that would be much to crass and I am sure the Buffalo Rising readerhip has already cont0 . . .
I love filth. Too bad I will be a good puritan that weekend. 0109/Picture10124.png0 . . .
Hey everyone, Looks like our beloved Senator Clinton was just confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of State. So now the ball is in Gov. Patterson's court. Who will he appoint? Names like0 . . .
1) It is a strange day when you feel bad for Cheney 2) Aretha Franklin still has it and she isn't ever going to let it go 3) Rick Warren has such a gay beard, and I am not talking about his wif0 . . .
In light of Obama's inauguration I found this old poem to be especially moving. Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a0 . . .
So, There is a comedian with cerebral palsy who goes on this Norwegian weekly satire show and sings to famous songs with his own brand of lyrics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ivTKRSURsQ 0 . . .
Hi, The only thing I read in the New York Post is the pun for their leading front-page story. In fact, sometimes for fun I like to imagine what their headline would be for colorful historical ev0 . . .
If you recall a dream I wrote about James,47152 about a talk show called Uncle Talk. Last night I had a fourth Uncle Talk dream and it is worth journaling about. The premise of the show is that a b0 . . .
So, Lindsey Lohan has a myspace page. The content is pretty much what you would expect. But the comments. The comments. Oh sweet fucking god. Thousands of people, humbly prostrating themselves be0 . . .
This fills me with giggles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yELOiYgR2aI0 . . .
The best thing about christmas is that it is over. Not that it was bad, I am just always more happy when it is in the past. But, this made my day yesterday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmgL90 . . .
...before we stop entrusting them with 90 minutes of our time? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss6WcSd2bLA what the fuck?0 . . .
... I had the most glorious dream. I was on a talk show Uncle Talk: The Talk Show For Uncles, By Uncles. It was a rousing conversation about the issues that face uncles today. But when I awoke 0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duLds-TZMGw 0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYSGVvA4ojE I just crapped my pants0 . . .
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I am fairly certain this is not meant to be racist. It was written and produced by a black man, but that is all I know. He could be a front for some hip hop white supremacist. And with that awkward in0 . . .
Lack rhythm? No problem. Just hook electrodes to your face and dance the night away. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxdlYFCp5Ic0 . . .
Erie County Democratic Chairman Len Lenigan backs Brian Higgins for Senate. Here is the money quote After beating back a well-financed Republican effort in 2004 and winning a seat held by Repub0 . . .
A week or so ago a certain Senator resigned to take another office. He took with him another Senator from Delaware. And on Monday he plans on pulling yet another Senator from New York. GOP, take no0 . . .
There is no ulterior motive in my mind when I do it. But I just can't help myself. The way I talk to gay men is by flirting. I don't do this intentionally, but every gay man I talk to is, af0 . . .
I'm breaking up concrete slabs. Of course, I'm on vacation. Why can't I be breaking up concrete slabs at a time I could be working? 0 . . .
Behold, musical group The Protomen's first video in their opera based on... wait for it... wait for it... MegaMan! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGvqMXYhYhU0 . . .
There is no more pleasure left in the world. Everything is just a shadow of what used to make you happy. Turn on the faucet to slake your thirst and ash pours out. Close your eyes for sleep and you wi0 . . .
Chris Morris, as I have said before on this site and others, is a genius. I just found this clip from his show Jam in which he remixed the funeral service of Princess Diana. Favorite line: "W0 . . .
There was a piece in the Friday Times about Buffalo's architectural history and our future. I just don't think the authors understand a damn about our city. 1) There are some very signifi0 . . .
Deven Green does my favorite series on youtube. She just uploaded this one and it fills me with happy. "Now will him over here with garbage-bag eyes!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw0 . . .
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Bruce Labruce is the new, new-queer cinema. Move over Greg Araki, there is a new sherif in town. I feel in love with the man when I saw Raspberry Reich: a queer retelling of the Patty Hearst story.0 . . .
Lord oh lord, I got the blues so bad I can't even shut my eyes. Prop-8 has been an absolute disaster. The latent racism and bigotry against Mormons has exploded in the GLBT community. We need to 0 . . .
Can you vote on prop 8 again in two years when voter turn out it low? kisses, James0 . . .
I am writing my cover letter for a job I am applying to at Roswell. Cover letters are so tough to write, I have been in front of the computer for an hour banging my head against my desk. It is such a 0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRzTfgds0UI enjoy the ear worm0 . . .
much, much, much better than Aerosmith urging you to vote for whoever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQvw8rvcQxg0 . . .
Movies don't scare me. I love horror movies for the pure cheese, without a trace of felt terror. Movies like The Exorcist, The Shining, The Omen, are all good horror movies, but I don't get 0 . . .
In regard to Jim's most recent post on Baconnaise e:jim,46365 A trifecta of an outstanding sketch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zkMFFm4tdQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVBsCCV6NG4 0 . . .
Does it ever end? It was recently revealed, through the magic of campaign financial disclosure, that $150,000 was spent on wardrobe and accessories for Sarah and family. Which, from the convention 0 . . .
So, I find it difficult to not get angry sometimes. And I don't fault myself for getting angry. The trick isn't never being angry, but dispelling that anger. And so, to no longer be angry at0 . . .
Way to go Sarah Palin! You are such a great, principled woman. You could of had an abortion, but you didn't! You would have been tempted to abort one of those horrible, ugly, demi-human's0 . . .
There has been some chatter about Carl Sagan's Cosmos being available online in the chatter pannel, which got me thinking. The first series that got me hooked on these epic, far reaching TV s0 . . .
1008/Sarahdemocrat1022.jpg I have said it before and I will say it again, John McCain should have fired his entire political operation months ago. Look at that scarf! I guess while in Neiman Mar0 . . .
... and that angel had pea soup on his chin. John McCain got an endorsement today that is right out of the Onion. John McCain has said he will be tough on terror. He wont come home from Iraq in def0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmSWNWRZg4Q Never has the 70's been so monumentally awesome.0 . . .
This is my 300th journal. I think a month ago I had 250, but I am working hard to make semi-quality posts for you e:Paul so we meet our quota. I have been so busy this summer I didn't get a c0 . . .
I am still working on costume ideas. I fear that I am an idea man and incapable of executing anything I put my brain too. 1)Dungeon Master: no, not the kind wearing leather chaps. Rather, get toge0 . . .
I went down to Ohio to canvass for Obama. For a dying city, Cleveland looks very nice, had a vibrant night life, and had plenty of new construction. Think about it Buffalo, are you so different? Updat0 . . .
Where have you been all my life baby? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MJcMy-3fHs& and this PSA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mRpdbclR340 . . .
I have a big fundraiser tonight (wish me luck) and so I don't get to go home an eat dinner. So, I set out for some supper. I exit the front door of this building and a guy is sitting on the stree0 . . .
From Ben Smith's blog. One voter said "Well, I don't know much about this terrorist group Barack used to be in with that Weather guy but I'm sick of paying for health insurance 0 . . .
DMILF 1008/InMemoriamGaryGygax200803040412445930001014.jpg har har har0 . . .
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It is a post-apocalyptic world down here. None of the businesses in this building are open and I think I am the only one here, at least the only one on this floor. So I am doing work with music bla0 . . .
Jim hates some of my favorite foods. So occasionally I make something so delicious he can only throw up at the mentioning of it. Today, for example, I made stuffed eggplant. You peel the hard skin0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuz-jDcOSiQ holy crap0 . . .
I went for a long bike ride through Delaware Park on account of the fantastic weather. First, there was a bunch of boy scout troops camping out. Troops from Kenmore and Eden drove into the city to cam0 . . .
It is such a beautiful day out as soon as I am done with this part of homework I am going for a bike ride. You all should do the same.0 . . .
Oh god. I understand that we are all human beings and that we make mistakes. There are just some mistakes that are too convenient, too wildly unbelievable to make them authentic. http://timesunio0 . . .
yippy, I just found out I will be going to Cleveland next weekend to canvass for Obama. I wish I was able to go to a state where the polls are closer (like Georgia bitches!) but I guess Ohio wil0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO65OlAhEJg0 . . .
Comfort Zone is delicious. Their coffee is yummy and their deserts are so freakin good. Thankfully, the sell them in tiny sample sizes, which is more than enough. That is, it is more than enough w0 . . .
I had a couple of costume ideas that I am hung up on. Each sound awesome but I have really don't want to wear them. Why don't we all write a journal with crazy costume ideas that we would lo0 . . .
Last night I felt like garbage. I am prone to depression, you might not believe. Autumn especially seems to provide one or two week long bouts. So when I was feeling crummy last night for no apparent 0 . . .
Howdy, A friend invited me to a social networking site last week called GoodReads. It is like Last.FM but for books. So far I have gotten a few good recommendations from checking it out, but mor0 . . .
I used to love Japanese music. Acts like Malice Mizer, Der En Grey, Gackt, and most horrible of all, X Japan. Oh, just thinking about them makes me want to curl up into a ball of shame. But I rece0 . . .
I have been giving advice to John McCain all week. Mostly in the format of yelling at boxes of text and images on my computer screen. But last night I got to him in all of his animatronic glory on TV.0 . . .
Just a reminder Genesis used to be a great band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUiSZdA3w9Y It is just too bad that Phil Collins someone other band member is a douche bag even though he is a 0 . . .
Howdy, I saw an enjoyable documentary yesterday in which David Williams of British Comedy troupe Little Britain prepares himself for nine months, while on tour, to swim the English Channel for c0 . . .
What happened to John McCain? With people I have serious disagreements with, I try not to assume that because there are disagreements that the person is entirely bad. Particularly with politics I t0 . . .
I am discovering that our datebase system at work is beyond fucked up. My guess is that 40% of the information is incorrect because it has not been updated in a decade. This is good, because I can fix0 . . .
Over the weekend my brother and father wanted to get beer, and certanitly wasn't going to stop them. In fact, I went and got it for them. My brother told me "get I C Lite". Now, I do0 . . .
On a happier note I am playing my favorite video game on a Super Nintendo Emulator. Chrono Trigger is just as awesome as I remember it.... now if only I can remember how to travel through time in0 . . .
I love seeing my folks, I really do. They are both Republican and single issue voters with regard to abortion. Which makes me sad. John McCain isn't a bad guy. At least he wasn't before 0 . . .
... but if she introduces e:jim as my "friend" one more time so her Catholic buddies wont think I have committed the sin of sodomy I am going to sodomize a reliquary. For someone who jus0 . . .
I am meeting my parents at my youngest brother's college in that part of the world where Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia all cluster fuck. I am really excited to see my brother, as he is in0 . . .
John Edwards always seemed like he was doing a preacher impression. Last VP debate I saw I clearly remember John looking into the camera with that dura-flame fire in his eyes and said marriage is betw0 . . .
It is October and I am listening to the Dina Martina Christmas album. It is the funniest album of holiday music since Motorheads. And who is this Dina Martina you may ask? http://www.youtube.com0 . . .
How could you say no? 1008/Obamaobey1001.jpg0 . . .
My landlords snagged us a blender before it went into our neighbors trash. They are awesome. For a blender that was second away from being covered in diapers and vegetable peelings, it is the sweet0 . . .
Races are fun. e:Janelle was nice enough to drag me out to a race this Sunday. We both ran a 5K with 1,500 other people. I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised. My dad loves running. LO0 . . .
Remember those choose your own adventure story books from childhood? They always had so much potential. One second you are having a perfectly educational experience exploring pioneer life, then the ne0 . . .
See how long you can choke down this turd. I lasted two words before vomiting all over myself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7xD59eAnUc0 . . .
With Hurricane Ike causing disaster it is important that we applaud those brave souls who stayed behind. And most of all, the Furries who stayed behind. 0908/Furries0913.jpg http://www.youtu0 . . .
The lease on the campaign office lasted only until city hall processed permits for redoing our space. They sat on them knowing the developer was an ally of Sam's. If only they realized that it wa0 . . .
0808/FolsomInvite0822.jpg Finally, her leathery face will look at home.0 . . .
For you e:paul and e:mike http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LQS1VO4IqI 0 . . .
I knew it would happen one day, it was only a matter of time Pet Store at Eastern Hills Mall - m4m - 22 (Eastern Hills Mall) Reply to: pers-797446656@craigslist.org Date: 2008-08-15, 1:05AM EDT 0 . . .
I will be downstate visitng my folks and friends for the weekend. My youngest brother is going away to his first year of college this weekend. All the way in the middle of no-where Ohio, nearly a h0 . . .
Ted Nugent Concert - M4m (Williamsville) 27yr Hey dude this might be a long shot but I seen u at the Ted Nugent concert at the fair and we both caught eachother looking at eachother, u were with yo0 . . .
Have you seen the new John McCain promo poster? 0708/Mccainposter0724.jpg The lighting, that overly-poised face, the jets, the cheesy tag line. It reminds me of something. 0708/Pearlharbor070 . . .
Oh the exotic places I have been. Yesterday I had to go to the Greased Pole festival at the Olivencia center on Swan. It was so freakin crazy. For those not familiar with it, as I was, it goes like0 . . .
Howdy, One of the great things about being the gay guy on the campaign is that everything gay gets put on my lap. And please, do take that sentence out of context. Today, I met with a bunch of m0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G9jA-FGGd80 . . .
Hi, I was talkiing to e:TinyPliny in the chat yesterday and I mentioned that I once wrote a terrible, terrible poem. Years later I put into an online translator, Babel Fish. I translated it from0 . . .
Howdy, If you know anyone that wants a job making a living wage for a couple months have them email me. The job would be talking to people about issues and political candidates. Qualifications ar0 . . .
Hi, I missed the last party and I don't blog as much as I used to. I miss my epeeps. Here is a picture of a boxer and a goat. 0608/GOATDOGBESTIES0621.jpg0 . . .
Yum Yum, I have cherries soaking in brandy in my fridge. Hope they are ready in time for the next party, because we will all be cherry soaked messes then. love, -James0 . . .
Toirtose attacks kitties. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0INRdpT6nSE adorable ensues. 0 . . .
The Iraq war will no doubt go down as one of the great blunders of the American empire as it stumbles into history. Of all the scandals, the millions in misappropriated funds, the stockpiles of missin0 . . .
Howdy, So sorry I missed the party. I was down state visiting my folks. They were throwing a big shindig for my kid brother who just graduated high school. I didn't know anyone at the party 0 . . .
My new job is awesome. I work 12 hour days but love it. This is the first time I have worked with a group of smart people. Everyone is smart, tells good jokes, and works hard. Perfect. So, if I don0 . . .
Howdy, I am going to Fugazi tonight around 10:30-11:00 if any of you folks want to meet up. FINALLY! My weekend bachelorism involves more than cooking lamb!0 . . .
howdy, I love estrip. It is fantastic. And I really hate pimping it out for my job. But I am. You know why? Because I love you all and want you to clutch the beating heart of power in your hands0 . . .
Hey ladies! That's right. e:jim is out of town at a conference, so I am a bachelor of the weekend. Oh, a playa such as mwaself knows exactly how to play while the kitty is away. Meow. That� . . .
I havn't laughed this hard at a youtube clip since 2girls1cup the sitcom. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyyajjVMrHk This one in particular is spot on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRb0 . . .
Howdy, I generally believe that most Communists are not all that much fun. You wouldn't want to bring a bunch to a party to liven it up. Take the leader of Russia's Communist Party, Ser0 . . .
Hi, Due to something, I am not sure what even though it was explained to me, we have to wait until Wednesday to sign up... Bill, the owner is on vacation and can't be reached. Ya, the p0 . . .
Hi, I signed up on Wednesday and have worked out there twice so far at different times. Seriously, I have never had to wait for a machine. Even if I am doing three part supersets I still donƆ . . .
Hi, I quasi-left my boring job that I walk about too much when drunk. I say quasi-left because today I was on the phone for 40 minutes helping my boss out with something, which was lovely, it is 0 . . .
Howdy, Jim was an absolute doll and took me to Toronto for the weekend. It was such a blast. This was the first time either of us had gone on a vacation without visiting either of our parents. I 0 . . .
California Supreme Court strikes down the states ban on same-sex marriage. From the opinion: Third, because of the widespread disparagement that gay individuals historically have faced, it is 0 . . .
From the annals of WTF? 0508/245942267709f05a0bab0512.jpg0 . . .
Howdy, I just heard back from Allentown Athletix owner Bill Maher. Everything is a go! So cats and kittens, go on down there and sign up and start lifting weights, jogging on a treadmill, or roll0 . . .
e:Jim is awesome. Freakin' awesome. When I was a little boy there was someone very special in my life. I looked up to him and he greatly influenced me, shaping my into the person I am today. W0 . . .
Last weekend I was in Premier and exclaimed "Oh my god! Swiss wine? That has to be terrible!" and picked up a bottle. A pinot noir with a label that looks like a Marsden Hartley treatment of0 . . .
Hi, This isn't about politics for the most part. It is about my next favorite topic, me. So last night, my man did better than all of the polls predicted except one, and that polling place h0 . . .
Not having any legitimate arguments as to why she should still be in the race or why her opponent is unfit to lead camp Clinton offers a new argument: Hillary Clinton is the Only Candidate Who Can 0 . . .
Why do they do it? With this extended primary season I have spent many a Tuesday listening to the radio while at work. It is still way too early in the day for the news to be able to report anythin0 . . .
Hi, The final figures are in. First, Bill and Pete at Allentown Athletix are both a pleasure to work with. If they google AA and find this journal, thank you guys, you kick several flavors of ass0 . . .
My mom works a crazy job. I have no idea what it is. She has been working there since the mid 70's and although she has no college degree her peers have PhD's in computer science. So, they p0 . . .
Awesome, This is awesome. This afternoon I met with Pete, Allentown Atheltix's representative. He gave us what I think is a really sweet deal. Normal fees for a year long membership paye0 . . .
Aloha children, I have a meeting with Bill Mahr from Allentown Althetix tomorrow. We will be going over our options, so I will have ideas about costs and stipulations and what not. So I will fill0 . . .
Howdy, I just heard back from someone at Allentown Athletix. They would be willing to do a group rate if we commit to a year long membership. He would like to schedule a meeting. So, I am looking0 . . .
Howdy, I know e:Paul and e:libertad have expressed interest in Allentown Athletix. This August I am going to be getting a membership there no matter what. But what about group membership? If0 . . .
Hi, As it turns out Clinton will nuke Iran into oblivion if they nuke Israel first. Of course, Israel has a shit load of nukes on subs so that if they are wiped off the map they can still nuke th0 . . .
WTF? "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran," Clinton said. "In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an a0 . . .
AHHHHH!!! Six weeks since the last contest in this drawn out primary. They were hitting us every week, sometimes twice there for a while. But then we have this long, long break and the suspense h0 . . .
Well, that was fast. Apparently I have only one class and a thesis to write. Problem is I should have started looking into a topic last semester, if I was in that program. I have worked with two pr0 . . .
A martini is made with gin. A martini is always made with gin. A martini is never made with vodka. Now, a vodka martini. Yes, that is made with vodka. But a martini is always, always, alwa0 . . .
Ugh, To get an MA in Social Studies education, you need about half pedagogy classes, half history. I walk into the history/S.S. ed. department to find out what I have to do to finish up my S.S. e0 . . .
I think I am a gentleman of taste and culture. I am also a man of no shame. With that said, my favorite movie of all time has to be 0408/OverTheTop0404.jpg the wasteland that is Over the Top; wh0 . . .
Visiting the folks was fun. I am kinda glad I live eight hours away from my friends. The drama achieved nuclear fission while I was away and the radiation petered out somewhere near Rochester. T0 . . .
Hi, I just got back home an hour ago. The other day I felt bad because the weather was nicer down at my folks home. But today when I return it is warmer here and not raining. EAT IT down state0 . . .
Hi, This weekend e:Jim is at a conference in Salt Lake. So while the cat is away the rats will PAR-TAY!!!! I, on the other hand, am visiting my folks downstate. When I got here it was as su0 . . .
Ladies and Gentlemen, The future is Assylicious 0308/Picture20326.jpg0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg1LEsSeYJw and by the way, there is a new B52's album out. It makes me want to dance.0 . . .
oh my god What happens when you combine music that is equal parts drunken karaoke and Mrs.Miller and imagery sampled heavily from Rene Magritte? Well, you suddenly think Megadeath0 . . .
Have you heard? It is virtually impossible for Clinton to get the nomination? Reports of Clinton's Demise are Greatly Underexaggerated. But let me talk about a few of my favorite candidates fo0 . . .
My mom and I are going to write a book. She basically wants to cut and paste our email correspondences into a book, but I am having none of it. There is not enough aspirin for the headache I would 0 . . .
Hi, I am going to ask a favor to you estrippers. If you hear of any entry level positions in a public relations department or firm kindly let me know. Volunteers positions would also work, but p0 . . .
So far I like out new Governor David Patterson. Admittedly I don't have much to go on. He has been a state senator since the 1985 so he has quite a track record. However, New York politics being 0 . . .
I can't believe I forgot this! Remember Elliot Spitzer's campaign slogan? "Bring some passion back to Albany" Comedy gold.0 . . .
So, in the wee hours of the morning someone set off a small explosive in front of an army recruiting station in Time Square. No one was injured, and the door to the recruiter got smudged up. The r0 . . .
It is amazing how you can never meet someone, or even be aware of them and still be greatly influenced by them. I had never met Gary Gygax, and didn't even know his name until I was 19. But his i0 . . .
I have a job interview tomorrow for the Smoking Cessation hotline at Roswell. Not because I have any passion concerning smoking or cancer or junk. I just feel bad about e:Jim leaving Roswell. We can� . . .
A classic. Part of the margharita assignment challenge. How drunk are YOU! http://youtube.com/watch?v=DvQwXOCKNLY 0 . . .
e:Drew. I have read the sermons posted on this site and believe you to be a good person and a fine pastor. But buddy, you can't hold a candle to this man. When you are out there preaching a0 . . .
Ya damn kids. When I was a boy we had comics that were actually funny. The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbs, Opus. Those were actually the only three. Peanuts was a little too Christian for my tastes, bu0 . . .
I have been avoiding the b-word for a while now. But now that the Clinton campaign is swirling in the bottom of the bowl and her claws are out, it seems like the only word. Listen to this bit from0 . . .
Guess who is running for president! That is right! George Bush's chief enabler Ralph fucking Nader! Ralph will be irrelevant this election as an Independent. Oh the hubris! The arrogance! God 0 . . .
Talk to Rush Limbaugh and he will tell you that the Clintons and Fidel Castro have been in an unholy cabal of Marxist-Leninist ideology. That was made all too apparent today when the Clinton's ph0 . . .
Well crap, I suppose if anyone could take mugging and turn it into a workout the Japanese could. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24pQFNbb0bo If they offer classes like this at Allentown Athle0 . . .
*This post was stolen almost entirely from Susie Bright's blog.* I am a lucky man. Porn it is ubiquitous. Go online to look for a car loan and you end up with two buxom babes urging you to cli0 . . .
Despite her New Jersey looks, Amy Winehouse is British and is rightfully HUGE! Before Back in Black was released in the US it was rightfully HUGE in Britain. Haven't you ever dreamed of seein0 . . .
My favorite fake emotion is nostalgia for a time I never lived in. The history of the early 20th century is not very uplifting stuff. Economic depression, two world wars, the resurgence of the KKK, Te0 . . .
Remember Patty Hearst? Patty "don't move pig-dog or I will blow your fucking head off" Hearst? 0208/TheOrdealOfPattyHearst0212.jpg Patty Symbionese Liberation Army Hearst? 0 . . .
I complain about NPR on here a lot. I shouldn't be so hard on it, as it does make my work day more tolerable. But WNED, you got some 'splainin' to do. We are in the middle of a beg-a0 . . .
Ever see those fake personal ads online? They will be lurking in a web pages sidebar where advertisements are. Usually the image is of some impossibly hot person. The hottest guy or gal you have ever 0 . . .
Hi, I just made 55 calls to random people in Nebraska on behalf of Obama. It is really odd reading from a script at strangers. I mean, I like Obama. I really like him. But it feels so plastic to0 . . .
Hi, I am very excited about some new books I am getting. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollen of Omnivore's Dilemma fame goes where his previous left off. OD talked about "What is it0 . . .
I got a new phone recently and I haven't programmed all my numbers from the old phone into the new. The old phone has gone missing and so half the people I know and love are missing! This makes m0 . . .
I finally understand all my ancieties surrounding this presidential election. It has everything to do with James K Polk. 0208/JamesPolkPicture0204.jpg That hairdo looks strangely familiar 00 . . .
Hi, My name is James and I am an addict. This addiction has been manageable in the past. More of a perennial nuisance than a full time hunger. But now I can't even recognize myself. I ju0 . . .
What do we know of Joe Biden? Yes, he is one of the longest serving members of the senate. Yes, he has been a presidential candidate a few times. And yes, I want him and Obama to make sweet, sweet 0 . . .
Since bailing out of student teaching I am pleased I didn't go through a week long 'I am a miserable failure let's drink a few years off your life' phase. Rather, I am super glad I0 . . .
Tony, I have a book your daughter needs to read. 0108/061868000401LZZZZZZZ0128.jpg0 . . .
Chris Morris is the funniest man alive. Check out this State of the Union address he spliced together. I peed myself three times watching it. http://youtube.com/watch?v=8PAGb2O7lms 0 . . .
Now that Grandpa Fred's presidential bid/nap is over what is his staff up to? Much bigger and more noble work apparently. A former communications staffer has launched Boycott Chuck Norris t0 . . .
So, Now that I am out of student teaching I have to do a lot of work. I have a part time job that pays well enough and has a very flexible schedule. But the tricky thing is getting a career goin0 . . .
I fucking hate student teaching. We will see if I finish next week. Then I will beat myself up for the next month and drink too much. Then, I will do something else. God damn it what a was0 . . .
0108/DSC424420120.jpg I have a horrible cold. The cold medicine got me through last nights lovely dinner with e:pmt. I would have loved some sushi, but my palate has gone to hell with this cold. If0 . . .
There have been a lot of 'ZOMG my fucking doctor is teh lamest lulz' posts over the past couple of months. You would think there are no competent doctors in Buffalo from reading it. So, when0 . . .
I love snobby movies. I just finished a film noir kick and still can't get the zither music from The Third Man out of my head. A bunch of Hitchcock is due from Netflix soon, but I have my site0 . . .
Politics is my favorite sport. Sadly, the New Hampshire primary did not go as I hoped it would have. Very sadly in fact. I started off well enough with a celebratory glass of wine. Then the numbers0 . . .
Is America ready for a black or woman president? This is the most banal question of the campaign. It is also the most over asked question of the campaign. Why wouldn't be ready? Because the0 . . .
Wow, I am not a Hillary hater. She isn't my candidate of choice but I still like her well enough. But she is having a rough, rough day. Between thursday and tomorrow she has gone from0 . . .
So, it is show time tonight! The pre-election season has been running since November 2006. And tonight we finally start to get this over with. Iowa has been the first state to nominate a candid0 . . .
If you don't read Rehabilitating Mr.Wiggles you are either not aware of this fantastic comic strip or are a descent human being. Knowing many of you, I am going to bank of the former. This, h0 . . .
ZOMG! Stop the press! I have a great addition to the Society page of the newspaper. My first celebrity encounter was with Leslie Feinberg, author of Stone Butch Blues[/i. I was working at 0 . . .
Hi, Any queer worth his salt should not only know but love and adore Gore Vidal. He was throwing down with Bill Buckley while toe tapping senators were still in diapers (not a joke about David Vi0 . . .
Hi, There is a hilarious story behind all of this, but only e:Jim knows all the players and so I will spare you it. Well, there are four, count them four cats living in my bosses attic unti0 . . .
Hi, I can't talk for long so this will have to be brief. Jim has left his laptop to go do something like eat or hydrate himself for the first time in days. I don't know when he will ge0 . . .
Thinking of you e:Janelle and e:Laureen You love to rock out. I know you do. But, you couldn't get your hands on Guitar Hero III Or maybe you didn't dig Rock Band. Or maybe yo0 . . .
e:Jim and I were chatting over On Point this morning (both Tom Ashbrook and Jane Claison are on vacation! Who is this Jame Hitori?). The topic was a 're energized' and 'resurrectedƆ . . .
I was reading the times, wasting a Sunday with it in a way I never can when in school. Reading the health section I came across a little article that, without doubt, will help solve e:Paul's stom0 . . .
Hi! I had my last final yesterday! I did well. So that means I could drink myself into oblivion, right? Well, I had to be at school at 7:45 for a seven hour long seminar on cover letters... mand0 . . .
Here is the ranking Republican on the Intelligence comitee saying something so profoundly silly he would be purged if this was Soviet Russia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8aFtOLJdWM My brain 0 . . .
God! I am so bored of these sex scandals. So a Washington state house rep. with a huge conservative, anti-gay record named Richard Curtis got mixed up with the wrong 26 year old boy. Cody Ca0 . . .
Howdy, How do you like to spend Christmas? With tinsel and trees and good cheer? Or do you wake up at half passed whiskey and shave just a little too close around your throat? If you are amo0 . . .
With the first caucus less than a month away, a huge upset with Mike Huckabee beating the shit out of Romney in the polls, and Obama in a statistical dead heat with Clinton in Iowa and South Carolina 0 . . .
We have a few illustrious estrippers in San Francisco, but I thought I would beat them to their local news stories. 1207/PgBillboard21208.jpg Yup, it generates more than enough energy it needs0 . . .
John Cale + Magritte = Love If I accomplish one thing with this journal it will have been to expose more people to John Cale. This is about the 4th Cale video I have posted here. Just a great song 0 . . .
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, the GREATEST CRAIG'S LIST M4M AD EVAH!!!! 1207/868p1sw1206.gif To actually read the Gurnica of personal adds, go here tell me you don't want 0 . . .
Holy cow? How did this happen without me knowing? But, aparently, it is now legal to make and buy absinthe! You know, the same substance that turned the unreadable Coleridge into a poet tapped di0 . . .
Oh man, I am so behind on my regurgitating of sex scandals. Ya, it is always hilarious to find out that a hypocritical Republican was doing the nasty with a prostitute in a nappy, or an anti-gay0 . . .
It is the end of the semester and I have a ridiculous amount of work to do. I need to pump out two essays tonight (one on a book I didn't read) and write a 20 page research paper by next Thursday0 . . .
Hey there estripper, Are you tired of people telling you how awesome Ron Paul is? Sick of having to defend your politician of choice against the flawless glory that is web-candidate Ron Paul? 0 . . .
Hi, So, I am taking two graduate history classes this semester. One of them is on US immigration. 1/3 of my grade is based on my participation in a debate on immigration policy and an attendin0 . . .
I have been at my folks house since Wednesday evening. I have so much work to do this evening and I haven't had a chance to do much more than read 30 out of 300 pages of a book I need to have 0 . . .
Hi, So I did it! Had my first day teaching and man was it fun. It lesson was on the end of WWI and the treaty of Versailes. Here is how it went down. As kids came into the class I handed on0 . . .
Winter break is a few short weeks away! Normally during break I like to make up for the complete lack of learning that took place during the semester (as in, I had to take a class that points out0 . . .
Bah mother fucking humbug, I worked in retail for years, from the age of 16 to 24. Christmas in retail land is christmas in America. It begins somewhere in October and doesn't end until Feb0 . . .
Want to check out the first Canadian android? Want to check out the first Canadian handicapped android with a mysterious hand injury? Well, then this youtube clip is for you! Marvel as a cree0 . . .
Well, this was on topic. With all of these lists going around I feel compelled to join in. But after careful consultation with my legal team we thought it prudent to not. But I don't listen0 . . .
Hi, Autumn is my favorite season. It is the season that feels most like we are heading somewhere. The weather is still nice and it has a romantic feel to it, two people sharing something in spit0 . . .
There are lessons that one must be taught. Oh sure, wouldn't we all like to learn what our passions tell us to learn as Rousseau would have us. But for the sake of survival there are lessons whic0 . . .
Howdy, I was away this weekend with my brother Jordan. He had just become an Eagle Scout and had a ceremony to commemorate it in the basement of a church. There were about 150 people; mostly fel0 . . .
Awesome. I just got a new phone. My old cell phone was a wonder. It was perfect for me because of two main features. 1) It was virtually indestructible and 2) it had sudoku. As it turns out,0 . . .
So, e:jim recently wrote about how I am learning to program. Oh god, why, o why! Last weekend Jim took me a long to a programmers conference. Looking around it was an awesome sight. Guys. Around0 . . .
Hi, Jim took me on a romantic get away last weekend. We went to a computer programming conference in Charlotte, NC or SC. It was right by the border and I wasn't sure what state we were in.0 . . .
Holy shit. I was just in the middle of the biggest collective nerd orgasm and I feel like a long shower.0 . . .
Hi, Stephen Fry has a delightful blog of no particular subject, but the man loves to chat about his gizmo obsession. In his latest piece he references Umberto Eco's little ditty on MacƆ . . .
What happened to Barack Obama? The 2004 superstar, who had commentators calling for a presidential campaign just as he was elected a senator, is now limp and useless. Like other superstars, Menundo0 . . .
My weekend has been awesome, though I feel like I am going to have a hangover on Monday despite complete sobriety today. Friday I drove to Albany to go to a party my college friends were having. Od0 . . .
Ahoi! Good news kidos, NY is one green state. Well, not #1, #9 actually, but that is a mighty fine showing. e:Cjamgeisgood's latest post about commuters sucking certainly can be heard in th0 . . .
So, President Bush tonight is supposed to give a big ol' speech tonight in which he says that America will not accept a power transition in Cuba between Fidel and Raul Castro. Oh shi0 . . .
I know this is my second post for the day but.... Breasts shooting sparkles Jiggly Booty And a Pickle Fucks a Teddy Bear Welcome to Hell! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9XC_sYp0g00 . . .
Howdy, You may remember a recent post where I complained about what American's know about Asia. Well, the saga continues in a very embarrassing and oddly amusing way! This terrible pr0 . . .
The post by the lovely e:twisted reminded me of some hip and happening changes to the craigslist personal ads. Check out their Misc. Romance section. That is right, craigslist is no longer limited 0 . . .
Welcome to the Golden Age of Men's magazines! 1007/11019.jpg Sometime during the 50's and 60's, before the sexual revolution, sexual desire was that secret thing inside of you: so0 . . .
Hi, I am in two classes that deal with Asia this semester. They are both my least favorite classes too. Not because I don't like Asia. Nope, I really like Chinese history, Japanese lit. and0 . . .
e:Joshua has been talking about cooking. Well, e:Jbeaty has been talking about cooking a lot and e:Joshua brought it up. But it made me think about why I don't like Rachel Ray. The thing about0 . . .
Ever since the NY Times let me once again have access to their op/ed section I have been doing basicly what I have been for the last four years since they initially restricted access.... reading other0 . . .
Dude! 1007/Cww32571014.jpg Crab Apples are so fricken sweet. Growing up we had a crab apple tree in our front yard that was constantly rotting. Like a much beloved fruit dispensing zombie. 0 . . .
Ahoi, On Halloween last year I accomplished two fine things. First, I sold my piece of shit car to a guy in Rochester for more than I should have; but he was as desperate to get a cheap car as I0 . . .
Well, well, well, My brother Jordan is about ten years younger than his two older siblings, me and my younger brother Matt. Matt and I were free to blaze a trail to adulthood, dabbling in se0 . . .
I have now done teacher observations in two school districts: Buffalo and Orchard Park. The difference is disgusting. In Buffalo, the teachers hadn't had a raise in six years. In Orchard Pa0 . . .
e:Janelle has been journaling about the Sims, that video game where you... uh... simulate humans? You know, soup to nuts. From planing out their home and rise in a simulated capitalist economy to the 0 . . .
Hi, You know how you get a song in your head, in this case Last Dance With Mary Jane by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and then you read a little on wikipedia then 30 minutes later you have fol0 . . .
Ya, the big, big, big, big news is out. We made it on the top ten list after all. I am happy for Buffalo, but after all that hype I wouldn't have been happy with anything short of a five-0 . . .
UGH! It has been an hour since the big ass Buffalo news was unveiled at Glove market by the Elmwood Association. yet, why can't I find any info about this? This was supposed to be HUGE f0 . . .
There is a private discussion involving an online hit job around here. It made me think about my favorite such hit job online that is amazingly NSFW. It was also a great coincidence that the tar0 . . .
What fun, I have two tests on Monday and a ten page paper due. That material isn't difficult and I should do well. And that is a big problem. Unless I am into the material or find it 0 . . .
e:zobar just posted something from them, which was the first time I had ever heard of this comic. Being bored at work (again if you can believe it) i started browsing through them. Several times I 0 . . .
Howdy, To catch you up if needed, two posts ago I wrote about the human feces which littered the men's locker room at the Buff State Gym. Well, I wrote an email to the facilities di0 . . .
Since man first stood upright and developed the brain to ponder the great questions of the universe one question has plagued him particularly over others. Perhaps in our brain's simian past we re0 . . .
Dear Buffalo State, I have given you a lot of money over the years. Why, you nearly even denied me financial aid this year because my graduate program is considered an undergraduate program. But0 . . .
Two posts ago I mentioned an insanely boring class in which we have to write papers and present them. And my desire to liven up the class by talking about something sexy like prostitution or opium. Bu0 . . .
In high school, I was king dork of nerd mountain You see, not having a social life, not touching vice, and having the social skills of a lifeless golem I could devote considerable time of the be0 . . .
My Thursday night class sucks. It is indescribably bad! But just as Dante described the indescribable torments of hell (and the indescribably boring followups on purgatory and heaven) then so 0 . . .
I was listening to Sam Harris give a lecture yesterday. It wasn't in person, he gave it at the Aspen Ideas festival and it was rebroadcast on Word for Word. You can listen to it here . If yo0 . . .
I am SO excited! Being a snooty New Yorker by proxy I love me some NY Times. Their web site has been the way of choice to read it for me. About four years ago they changed their site creating Ti0 . . .
Ahoi, New user e:wwebby has a lovely user icon that reminded me of one of the little gems I found on the internet. Yes, my lovelies, Edward Gorey presents an original teleplay of the infamous St0 . . .
e:Jim is the freakin' BEST! Just out of no where, for the heck of it, he gets me two books on how to teach leftist politics in the classroom. Just so show he cares. I am so happy. Soo0 . . .
My uncle James has been my hero since I cast off childhoods diapers for grander things. He lives at the tip of long island and I live at the tip of western New York, opposite sides of the same state w0 . . .
I wanted to post my reply to Jim's 'how did you find estrip' thing in its own post because I have nothing better to talk about and I am inching my way towards having 100+ posts! YA for 0 . . .
.. I would find this video more awesome than it actually is; which is pretty awesome. If you can't taste the Donie Darko flava then you never saw the movie. And if you haven't you can hear s0 . . .
Hello, This is directed to the TV execs who surely read this journal regularly. I wanted to tell you my brilliant idea that will turn TV from the cultural dinosaur is has become into the cutting0 . . .
Want to see a British football team strip, get into the showers, lather up, and then play with their balls? Well, what if you could learn about Testicular Cancer Prevention at the same time? It0 . . .
To to do list for the weekend was kind of lofty, so I thought I would do a simple task to get my mind going. And that task was to save the world; you know, the sort of thing you do while sitting on th0 . . .
The sunny beaches of Capri, the well tanned sin of Rio, the underage in Thailand. What if you could take all these distant locations and put it into one experience greater than all of its components? 0 . . .
Howdy, I was looking to expand my blues knowledge a year or so ago when I was reading about Blind Willy Johnson. As a kid his mother rubbed lye in his eyes to get revenge on his father. He did s0 . . .
Mitt Romney is wearing the Emperor's New Cloths. Like Rudy he is a blue state Republican trying to win over the red state heartland. Doing so his song has changed more times than an ex-boyf0 . . .
Howdy, This journal has nothing personal in it. It is a single youtube video that I enjoyed briefly while here at work. enjoy your tuesday, chumps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ-KyLYGzO0 . . .
A school district in Marlton, New Jersey banned a video to help teach diversity. First, if you don't use your own community to discus diversity and instead look to a video to do it for y0 . . .
I love my job, I really do. My boss has a terrible habbit of chatting stream of conscious while giving no context what so ever. And these stories are repeated for months. Eventually you hear the0 . . .
So, AP has a story letting us good citizens know that Larry Craig, the foot-tapping, wide-stance, closet case toilet queen senator from Idaho, will be resigning tomorrow. I for one, am underwhel0 . . .
Howdy, So, I mentioned Larry Craig yesterday and that whole gay sex in public toilets thing. Well, yesterday he had the most hilarious press conference which began with "Thanks to everyone 0 . . .
EH, Since I have been blabbing about Politicians who have gay sex I figured I might as well do this one as well. Larry Craig has been a vocal opponent of gay marriage. The Idaho Republican0 . . .
Today was my first day back, We still have a 1/3 of Summer left but my fall semester has already begun. School should not be in Summer. Summer is for being naked outside, contributing sweaty ski0 . . .
On our way back from the Elmwood art fest the giant plate of clams I had at Merlin's was on my mind. I was playing a game with Jim's cousin's two kids, age 6 and 4, where I described th0 . . .
I hate the Electoral College Reading the Federalist Papers years ago, in which the original American argument for the College was put, after a dozen readings I still had no clue why we needed0 . . .
There was a time I was convinced one could acheive a sort of spiritual transcendence from playing Quake 3: a first person shooter video game in which you spend most of the time listening for tell-t0 . . .
Well, as my JCC membership expires next week I am going to have to say goodbye to all the decrepit men littering the locker rooms talking about the housing market. Goodbye to the trainers with biceps 0 . . .
not seeing the forest for the flesh eating ants swarming up my leg. I have had my nose buried in polls and campaign news concerning national elections in '08 since... well, since the nati0 . . .
My addiction started many years ago, You see, I had not seen the wonderful friends I had made the freshman year of college in about a year. Being absolutely horrible at making friends by my ones0 . . .
Hi, Youtube still amazes me. One day it will occur to me to type in the name of a musician, show dog, novelty cigarette manufacturer, just to see what comes up. Well, today was Dan Deacon's0 . . .
We just got back from visiting my folks. A 6-7 hour car ride makes those at the destination the most horrible people on the planet, by simple virtue of their distance. But, it was a lovely trip 0 . . .
The title of this journal is not a failed playwright MFA thesis, but it could be if you ask nice enough. No, I am talking about Pandora.com it is a streaming music site where you plug in the name 0 . . .
You may recall me posting james,40063 about a Florida state representative who offered to give an undercover police officer a blow job in a public restroom for $20. And seriously, if you don't re0 . . .
E:Jim loves his birthday Seriously, there will be some new birthday related psychological disorder in the DSM-V with his picture next to it in the future. By calling it a birthday I have already0 . . .
I was going to post another tale about the JCC gym, but something major came up. I am leaving e:Jim. Things have been going great in our relationship, in fact he is perfect in every way. I will loo0 . . .
I have been at the JCC (Jewish Community Center for the goys and others) for two years now. It has been good and all that for a while now, but it is time to go. The staff is wonderful, Kandy and Joe c0 . . .
I love tormenting e:jim subtitles in movies have this hypnotic effect which just puts him to sleep. At least when I get a Russian film the guttural sounds of that language keep him awake, not co0 . . .
Since we have been on a Scientology streak with e:libertad libertad,40256 and e:paul paul,40252] here is a bit of fun So, there was some mild hubbub about a creative up and coming artist couple; 0 . . .
Being a frothy atheist I sometimes feel the need to remind the religious that I have no problem with their personal spirituality. Their institutions sometimes make me vomit a little, but those are exc0 . . .
I have never read a Harry Potter book. I have seen three of the movies. I don't read about them, or care about them I am sure they are fine and lovely books, blah blah blah. But e:Jim just fini0 . . .
Sorry about the title, I was on such a roll it just came out. No, I want to talk about more serious matters: lunch. I am the only employee of my bosses business. I work in her basement, which is0 . . .
Sweet Teets of god! In the last week the Catholic Church they will be paying $600 million in settlements to over 500 victims of priests who can't keep their hands to themselves in the Los A0 . . .
*****Edit***** I was checking out some other videos, and this one is just so fantastic I had to include it. If you could watch only one, make it this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssOiYx0_0 . . .
Well, I told e:Joshua that I would be just as giddy when a democrat got caught in a super awesome homoerotic sex scandal. Of course, I didn't find this one to be as hilarious as the last one0 . . .
From the "You Can't Make This Shit Up" file Yet another congressman from Florida was caught in a homoerotic sex scandal that will make your eyes water. Granted, it is just a state0 . . .
Who is this crazy man? I was raised a Catholic in as much as a wining, pretentious, sophomoric gasbag of a child can be. But, somewhere in this deeply secular heart (anatomically correct, for sc0 . . .
Transformers: The movie: The review: The RIDE! Let me preface this by saying that I am not a transformers fan. The toys were cool but I had Go-bots instead and preferred the Thundercats cartoon. 0 . . .
Howdy, The Francis Bacon exhibit opened at the Albright Knox in early May and I was so ridiculously excited to see it. But the heavy burden of careless weekend possibilities would keep my Friday0 . . .
What to do, what to do. The owners of most of the homes on my block live on those homes. They aren't sleazy slum lords who live on Long Island and rent until the house burns down in a bong-0 . . .
You know what I find super cool about our Independence day? Other nations celebrate their independence with the day they stormed a Bastille, or lopped off some head, or won some battle. But here 0 . . .
A clip from the movie Groove Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6vJYyYrRps goodnight0 . . .
Apparently New York state health insurance sucks! They covered my hospital trip minus $50 no problem. But the ambulance ride which cost more than the ER and resulted in a mis-diagnoses is not co0 . . .
I love dinner parties. The crushing weight of social awkwardness which keeps me up at night pondering if it was rude to say hello to a neighbor two houses down while on his porch. Is there some sor0 . . .
Howdy, I was planning on editing my Theremin post down to just facts, after all it was just a crudely constructed fiction around little snippets of vaguely related fact. And then I found this0 . . .
I have to giggle, When the National Review, the conservative magazine who gave a national voice to conservatives back when it was considered a social disease, sells out its founder William F Buc0 . . .
Properly titled: Everything I know about the Theremin without the use of reference material. Already, I have told you a lie. For this post does not contain everything I know about the Theremin. F0 . . .
Oh ya, this election season is going to fricken rock! First off, the GOP has the worst field of candidates possible. Which makes me giggle. But then, what is this? Quinipiac has a poll that shows G0 . . .
Everyone loves the Beatles. They are a very safe band to love. They have the ability for their fandom to encompass the burgeoning psychedelic with Sgt. Pepper, Rubber Soul, Revolver. The radio-fr0 . . .
e:Jim and I had a BBQ for the Buffalo flickr group yesterday. The rules went like this We provide meat, buns, and condiments you folks provide side dishes and beverages. Only one person told us0 . . .
Hi, Over the last month or so I have been rehashing reports about how backwards Russia is on Gay rights. Backwards, my history training tells me, is both a word considered insensitive as well as 0 . . .
I love Metafilter. It means that if I find a good link I can waste the better part of an afternoon. In this case though, it was a comment on a question in which the person didn't know wh0 . . .
Howdy, Doesn't talking about tax bases and city planning just get your week off to a lovely start? And now for something completely different.... its James Burke. One of my 0 . . .
Politicians don't get me hard. Oh ya, those young left leaning kids love Obama, and certainly he is spreadable like butter. But no hard on, just limp with missed expectations. And activist0 . . .
How much ignorance can $27 Million buy? A whole heck of a lot it seems. In fact you can build a whole museum! A monolith to the perpetual dull glaze that shall keep zombie science at bay. Specifica0 . . .
Hello, Having just posted about stupid American's protesting stupid Russia in a stupid way, I was on a bit of a Russia kick. Russian history is awesome. It is the story of the runt of0 . . .
So, Check this shit out. Russians hate gays. Oh yes they do. In the city of Moscow, a group of people wanted to have a gay pride parade and festival and all that good stuff. But, once again, 0 . . .
So, I finally went, I have thought of pride as 'see your ex-lovers in public' day for so long that I haven't had the desire to go in something just short of forever. This year 0 . . .
There is a momment, amid total inebriation, walking down elmwood and using the parking meter as walking sticks, where typing what one in fact says and what one infact intends end up being two very dif0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g8JVpgWRu8 Latoya, like a siren who will eat my bowels, I am drawn to you despite all warnings. And that moment, with the camera focused on her empty chair, one 0 . . .
Ah yes, that feel! Ten minutes ago I deleted my LiveJournal account. Dear fat baby christ, thank you for splashing that muse up against my skull. LJ used to be awesome. I had a ton of frie0 . . .
e:Jim and I are busy moving accross town this week. As such, I am cranky and no fun to be around. The only way I am tolerable when moving is if I get good and drunk. And I as I am making about a dozen0 . . .
How to do this? Ballpipe has such an indelible mark on my human meat brain that I am not sure what to do. Once, while at a lovely dinner at my boss' home, with her husband and two children 0 . . .
Folks, If you, dear reader, recall, I mentioned a sport me and my best friend Joe invented many years ago when I was too good for drugs and drink and preferred violence (consensual only, of cour0 . . .
As you know, Jerry Falwell is dead and all is right with the world. To celebrate here is a video of a demonic possessed little girl wrestling Japanese men. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmHzds0 . . .
So, I am walking the dog and the e:Jim (I finally can trust him off the leash) around 6 today and I notice every other person out and about is wearing a Sabers jersey. From this I have gleaned0 . . .
Yesterday I took my last final, handed in a butt load of papers, and schmoozed with a soon to be beloved professor. This summer I have no classes to take or school reading to get ahead with. With 0 . . .
Jim and i have been watching Invader Zim from netflix. When this show was on TV i was usually drunk or stoned and couldn't quite comprehend it's delights. This was one of my favorite moments0 . . .
Riding up Delaware Ave to drop e:Jim off at work the car in front of us had a rainbow flag sticker with a bear paw on it. I made some joke about a bear sighting then notice his license plate. A Virgin0 . . .
*giggle snort* a horse in the Kentucky Derby is named Scat Daddy that is all *snort giggle*0 . . .
I am pleased as punch The sort of punch distilled from a child's smile ground of their face and mixed with scotch. Oh yes, it was indeed a happy moment. I had heard of bubble tea a fe0 . . .
I found this article while looking for a picture of the Hutchinson house which is now the leveled parking lot of the Saturn club. Here is an excerpt: There is a fine line between something and 0 . . .
Damn, I am good. I don't say this to pat myself on the back. For I am pliable enough to do that myself and I am sitting down now anyway and the patting would be uncomfortable for the both0 . . .
Hi folks, If anyone is planning on using this information to torture/murder me I must warn you, it wont be easy. I have a phobia, and it is really weird. Do you know anyone else that has0 . . .
Dear me, What ever happened to the hardened alcoholic I fell in love with all those years ago? I used to watch you, in an existential sort of way, do a shot of grain alcohol and chase it with pl0 . . .
0407/0420071ghf10420.gif So, how about fighting religious extremists at home?0 . . .
Right now I am listening to Alberto Gonzalez testify before the senate judiciary committee. Al's voice sounds so soft. I imagine him wide eyed, doe like. Naughty boy is going to be spanked. An0 . . .
In Virginia 33 people were killed. Between this weekend and today about 500 people were killed in several separate bomb attacks including 178 today alone. So, what exactly makes a tragedy? Proxi0 . . .
I don't like watching sports, at all. Background human interest: In high school my best friend and I thought about what makes sports so popular. And, like most things, we determined it was0 . . .
Folks, I have been reading craig's list incessantly for the past week. It has been a slow week, what can I say. The M4W ads will some day in the future be considered the highest form of lit0 . . .
I have never seen this movie. Which makes me the only gay guy in this or any universe who has not had a hard on for Audrey Hepburn. And I am happy to be flaccid before her image. And while watching, s0 . . .
We Buffalonians love nothing more than to worship spring, The rites of spring begin on the first day it is over 45 degrees. Our puffy coats with faux fur hoods slip off and we expose our pail sk0 . . .
I hate spring, In a town that spends 4-5 months clasped in the icey womb of winter that is blasphemy. Even now mobs with torches and pitch forks are gathering out my window. Ready to storm my cit0 . . .
Flickr, oh Flickr! She was the first web 2.0 community driven content site I really got involved when, and she stole my heart. I started off in the local Buffalo group started by the enigmatic e0 . . .
Seriously, WTF? Our soon to be old apartment is right on Delaware near Children's Hospital. Ambulance, fire trucks, and popo have been driving up and down, sirens blaring, all day. Has s0 . . .
Kids, I was excited about the John Edwards press conference today. Not looking forward to him dropping out, but excited to hear what had to be said and neurotically move on with this fantasy foo0 . . .
Awesome, It pays to know people who know other people. It makes up for what ever social deficiency one might have. One, in this case, refers to me, who has the social grace of an elephant on ro0 . . .
Ya know, How hard is it to find an apartment that allows dogs? Before you struggle to speak the obvious answer to my question allow me to lecture for a moment on this topic. I like to pontificat0 . . .
I have an irrational fear of drag queens. They scare the shit out of me. I can talk to them one on one. That is fine. But put them on a stage, or have multiple drag queens in a single room an0 . . .
It is very difficult to blog about something meanigful while playing world of warcraft. Oh shit! A Tauren just ganked me! and while I was writing that, an Orc actualy was doing the ganking... I 0 . . .
While (e:Jim) is ranting about the serial rape and dismemberment of the English language, I thought I would share an experience from atop the ivory tower of academia... not Saurumon's ivory tower. 0 . . .
My favorite restaurant in Buffalo is closing My favorite bartender in my favorite restaurant in Buffalo has left. Laurie Sweet you will be stalked! We are following you to your new job! Le Me0 . . .
Buffalo, is not full of celebrities. This should not be shocking news. However, a sea of minor celebrities are creeping about in plain cloths all round us in each and every city. I was upset when 0 . . .
oh you! Ya know, you Buffalonians have some pretty crummy weather. I mean, it isn't all that bad, but it is not exactly warm year round and humidity free. So, this guy comes into my store an0 . . .
Let me preface this by saying I am not a Harry Potter fan. I have nothing against the books now that I am not working in a book store (I once refused to call him by name and referred to him angrily as0 . . .
I have always been a cat person. This is not to say that I will ignore you and lick my own ass hole. For if I could lick my own ass hole, I would surly have no need for human contact and thus ignore y0 . . .
It snowed for the first time of the season (Autumn technically, but the wisdom of the ancients did not account for the weather of the northern Barbarians). The first snow is somewhat romantic; the0 . . .
Hello, I decided to drop the incognito, AIM-era screen name and just stick my actual name down here, as it is available. So, I will no longer be making posts as e:trollheim any longer. I know! 0 . . .