The USA trails other industrialized nations in high-speed Internet access and may never catch up link here

“Americans pay 10 to 20 times as much as people do in other countries for far less service.”, the U.S. is lagging far behind many other developed nations when it comes to high-speed internet access link here

ask a ninja about net neutrality, too

Our real enemies are not those living in a distant land whose names or policies we don't understand. The real enemy is a system that wages war when it's profitable, the CEOs who lay us off our jobs when it's profitable, the Insurance Companies who deny us Health care when it's profitable, the Banks who take away our homes when it's profitable. Our enemies are not several hundred thousands away. They are right here in front of us... from a speech by Iraq War Veteran

help to get your FBI files right here, get your files from other "three-letter agencies" (CIA, NSA, DIA, ...) too

the beer belly

omg be afraid. . . gumball terror (watch the insane video)

powerful pictorial on drug abuse, just scroll down

great NY Times article on Bob Cassilly of City Museum fame but its mostly about the new Cementland

video of  otters holding hands    . . . and the twirl-a-squirrel as well as more funny squirrel links . . . and here is my most favorite celebrity in the world right now, a cute video diary, more recent videos, and an Easter update (cover of Vanity Fair!?), . . . bunny vs. snake . . . here's incredible brawl during a safari . . . Chihuahua adopts four baby squirrels . . . and here's a new celebrity and the newest abandoned celebrity . . . and here's a talented twirling bear

kids' drawings illustrated by professional artists

check out the strange houses and wtf? pics

very sad but heroic award-winning wedding pic, and here's the story and more pics

Did you know that for years Google has been keeping a record of every search you do?

An Iron Curtain is descending, and most of us don't know. . . I didn't

exxon posts largest profit ever, but "there is nothing newsworthy or significant" about exxon valdez oil that continues to pour into Alaskan waters 18 years later

idiot bus driver almost kills students

link to Casper the friendly ghost stuff and video

nothing better than a baby laughing, and speaking of babies, you have to watch this baby panda sneeze . . . and back to laughing, check out this silly laugh

most dangerous roads (and trail) in the world

dice stacking vid, I've never seen anything like this

map of U.S. hate groups

just in time for Halloween, ghost hunter's supplies

Britain's Information Commissioner looks into micro-chipping its citizens

in baseball and crime, we're #1 (StL)! . . . press freedom in the world, we're #53 (U.S.), so what can we do?  you can start by signing this pledge on Internet freedom . . .

listen to this story from npr about the dog that loved to suck on toads

pics of old food products for kids

very cool and different way to carve pumpkins, more cool pumpkins here, and check out this egg art

free hug campaign

this is cool but I don't know what it is or what to call it

free college education online, well, kinda

lotta cool optical illusions

gotta go see this guy's yard and meet him, sounds like fun

best thoughts I've found on 9/11 five years later are from MSNBC's Olbermann, while speaking of 9/11, here's "scores of threats far more likely to kill an American than any terrorist -- at least, statistically speaking.", and just before this 5 year anniversary: U.S. deaths in Iraq, war on terror surpass 9/11 toll

don't forget to get your free annual credit report

Think the U.S.A. doesn't negotiate with terrorists?  think again

"Miss your Mom or Dad who's off fighting in Iraq little guy? Well here's a FlatDaddy Life-sized cardboard cut-out of him to make it all better, courtesy of the National Guard. We only WISH this article was from the Onion"

it cracks this person up when people say they don't get their news from the MSM, he says: what a crock.

here's more video on the net . . . PBS TV Series "Free to Choose" by Milton Friedman

now this article was prophetic, Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' . . . note: this was published January 17, 2001

Free movies and documentaries.

How to avoid being arrested . . . interesting look at the 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th amendments.

A church in Russia made almost entirely out of bones

hmmm . . . article on the arrogance of ignorance

a fun toy, make your own newspaper clipping

Chernobyl photo essay

    . . . here's more about the first real battle in the coming War of Internet Democracy.   . . . and a update May 25th House panel votes for Net neutrality . . . Holy.Crap. is right, check out what Senator Ted Stevens has to say about the Internet and Net neutrality!?!?. . . and wait a minute, forget about net neutrality (well, not really) and check out this $200 BILLION broadband scandal!?!?

"As democracy is perfected the office of president represents more and and more closely the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) writing for the Baltimore Evening Sun on 26 July 1920 . . . think what you like, but I sure hope that Iran gets the message at the end of this article.

LyricWiki get reliable lyrics for any song from any artist without being hammered by invasive ads

check out recent Frontline shows. . . the war in Iraq "Insurgency" and the war at home "Meth Epidemic"

. . . and here's more about losing the drug war - Afghan drugs barons flaunt their wealth and power

gonna add this one to favs -  free medical books

free music lessons online

wanna catch this new movie Why We Fight about our military-industrial-congressional complex, and here's Eisenhower's 1961 Military-Industrial Complex speech

December 2005 have a new job. . . won't be postin' nearly as much

very, very sad - one of the most beautiful places in the Midwest was severely damaged . . . Notice that the governor not only had to make 3 requests to Ameren for stabilization/ restoration, the state also had to provide funding (I'm gonna boycott Ameren. . . well never mind). . . UPDATE: reopens Memorial Day 2006  . . . and more on May 25th - report faults AmerenUE

November 2005 GoogleMapki, long listing of map projects

Bypass compulsory web registration - gonna add this to favs, use it to get into a site that requires a login and registration, such as . . . 

Forbes article Attack of the Blogs . . . really bashes 'em

very cool I want to . . . listing

Gonna add this Open Library to my favs

October 2005 No longer safe for work: blogs

Watch Nova television programs online (free)

. . . is this an example of The Death of Television.  Will the Internet replace the boob tube?

. . . and even more about our monopolized mass media - check out the new video "The Tower" (music by the Austin Lounge Lizards) on the Consumers Union web site (while you're there, go ahead and sign the petition)

Fall foliage report from the Ozarks and another from the Missouri Conservation Dept!

Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia web site. . . not much MSM coverage, I guess being on trial for genocide "isn't newsworthy".

Here's an article about a new project, Wikibooks. . .  an "attempt to create a comprehensive, kindergarten-to-college curriculum of textbooks that are free and freely distributable, based on an open-source development model"

We're finally gettin' mainstream media coverage of the potential Bird Flu Pandemic. . . and here's a good Flu Wiki

huh, a cougar wanderin' through town near here?!? and here's another article about cougars in the Midwest (Carbondale and Chester Illinois confirmations) . . . here's a couple of links from that last article SIUC Wildlife Coop and The Cougar Network

how could I forget about postin' The World's Largest Catsup Bottle!

September 2005  Once again, the ACLU will be defending religious freedom against those who want to force creationism into our public schools. . . It is all too clear that powerful political forces are not just tinkering around the edges of our religious freedom -- they have set their sights on transforming our country from a constitutional democracy to a thinly veiled theocracy. They want to turn America into a country governed by their interpretation of the Bible (wherein ya can use the F-word!), serviced by faith-based, taxpayer-funded institutions and guided by religious doctrine against which neither citizens nor judges should dare to speak up.

check out what this guy sez about the "Red Cross Money Pit", and they post a refutation on their site!?!?

check out one of my kind friend's site WopJew. . . they're havin' a baby and have posted ultrasound pics

Hey, this could be another useful tool of the Internet. . . when ya need to get off of the phone!

Another good article from Paul Graham "What Businesses Can Learn from Open Source" (I really like what this guy sez, he was one of my first entries below for the "What You Can't Say" article)

PubSub is unleashing a new site ranking tool, called LinkRanks, that measures the "strength, persistence, and vitality" of links pointing to and from a given Web site.  They have also begun an effort to compile lists of influential Weblogs by category, which could be of use to media buyers and planners eager to buy advertising in blogs. (what category does my blog belong in!?!?)

NASA announces new mission to put people on the moon again

speakin' of bluegrass, check out the Saturday morning (10 to noon CST) bluegrass show on KDHX . . . (88.1 here, Internet access for the rest of the world, other good shows, too) - Keith does a great job (for a super-hyper follically-challenged guy)!

man, how could I forget about onlinin' those car talk guys!

heard on the radio this morning that excessive doses of vitamin E may be harmful. . . gonna cut my intake down!

Please watch this great show about the Patriot Act from the ACLU (I love the quote from Benny Franklin)

31 August 2005  Urge your friends to help Reform the Patriot Act . . . update: be a true American, stand up for your rights, it is our belief that this legislation needs to be reformed, not expanded, send this out if ya agree (hurry up, sign up now, ya might get 'sneaked and peaked', maybe ya already are. . . right now!

30 August 2005 recording industry vs. the People hmmm. . . for some strange reason I'm very interested in legal issues today!?!? and I find it sad the eDonkey felt they could win but "threw in the towel' because of legal costs. . . but you go Jane Doe!!

. . . and it looks like we have our first blogger gettin' sued. . . "potential to cause major upheaval in the blogosphere as comments would need to be filtered in cases where there was even the slightest chance someone might sue or find the comment offensive or disagree with it"  Oh man, better get to editin' mine fast . . . gotta go!!!   just jokin' - I'm an American, I believe in this country, and the right to free speech, to me personally (being a jerk), is oh so very much an important protection.  Besides, and if ya haven't noticed, I've been smart enough not to allow you buttheads out there to post comments here.

Great source of free music from Richard Thompson, a very well done site called RTList, ya gotta check out at least one song (has lyrics posted as well). . . do Vincent Black Lightning 1952 - note: in this solo version (yep that is him and him alone, awesome guitarist, too) he includes "Harley's" as motorbikes which "don't have a soul like a Vincent '52"!

Saw Grizzly Man last night . . . what a freak!  I remember this kook, Timothy Treadwell, when he was alive, and was saddened when I heard he was eaten.  Did he still love the bear as it was chewin' on him?  The movie did not answer this question as the creator chose not to include the audio (camera was runnin', but lens cap on, during the attack). . . .that was a very touching part of the movie, as opposed to the staged scenes of the shmucky coroner's animated description (dude, if ya see this, please don't sue me for sayin' that!).  Richard Thompson does a great job on the music, too (duh, the guy's incredible!), oh yeah . . .  its Not for kids, for sure!

the rest of August 2005  a pic and article of Rumsfeld and Saddam smoozin'  - this is "proof" for a bud per a conversation we had the other night.

just added the "world's oldest boy band" to my favs. . . Austin Lounge Lizards, check out their new tango "Strange Voices..." (full length mp3), they did the music for Drugs I Need video below (Friday 11 March 2005 entry - thought it sounded familiar)

check out this crack in my windshield . . . sheesh, those crazy  motorcyclists, and the passenger did Not have a legal DOT approved helmet on (I noticed this first thing when I first saw 'em)

just added  "An honest man is the noblest work of God" from a tombstone - Alley Spring, MO to my affirmations, what a cool epitaph!  "us'ins well niver c 1 dat sez "an honest woman" coz you'sins no thar jest ain't such a thang", quotin' an undisclosed source ("X". . . that's how he signs his name) down yonder 'round the spring at a spit-and-whittle meeting.  

news flash (and its negative as usual) - U.S. blowjobless rate at all-time high

Bonerama check these New Orleans trombonists out, listen to Frankenstein and War Pigs (Edgar Winter Group and Black Sabbath, remember those songs!?) - very fun stuff.

check out the new moon thing at the bottom of my favs, pretty cool

very scary roundup on the avian flu pandemic . . if ya don't know about it, or you're not scared, well, it not only says you should be scared, ya should also go out and scare as many people as possible!

July 2005  update: I'm disappointed, didn't take the time to look and didn't miss much. . . Deep Impact is about to happen early in the morning on the 4th (see entry/ links below for Wednesday 12 January 2005). . . here's a guide to assist in observing this event, but note that the "comet might get bright enough after we hit to be seen in binoculars, but more than likely, you'll need to look through a telescope to see it"

good article on podcasting, may have to get one of these!

here's a pretty good round-up of articles following up on the controversial Death of Environmentalism paper (link/ entry below under Thursday 13 January 2005). . . I don't quite understand why some of the black environmentalists in this roundup are "pullin' the race card out"

June 2005  lots of links from the Museum of Online Museums

how could I forget stupid videos!?!?

great collection of bird pics  field guide

pretty good collection of vids

really cool optical illusion, check it out!

I really like this new search engine from yahoo, results are sorted according to whether they are more commercial or more informational, it really helped me find all of these. . .

ordered a couple hammocks for campin', here's reviews and then other links for hammocks that I don't wanna stick in my favs. . . tips (knots)    tips    more tips     why & history     newsletters    

May 2005 very, very bad report on US, but what'd ya expect

Star Wars is satan's tool, better not go!

a great search engine thingy for music and books!

check out this record catfish caught in Alton!  I swear, and my girlfriend will testify, we saw this same huge fish during a motorcycle ride on the Great River Road a few weeks ago (not too far from where he said he caught it)!

very good article on anonymity on the web

great New Yorker article about Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, can't believe I haven't searched web/ added to favs, have loved their stuff since "Oh Brother" (saw her in "Old Crow Wagon Wheel" vid below)

does my blog suck? it must. . . (oh well, doin' it mostly for my benefit)

added Old Crow Medicine Show to favs, these kids are very good. . .check out Listen page/ Wagon Wheel video. . . I believe this to be the sleaziest old-timey music vid ever (I love it!). . . check out the mighty fine pickin' on Hard To Tell and here's a link to a live performance (couple of other good vids here, too)

also added FireCrow, awesome Native American music, gotta get his other CDs

very different upper arm/ wrist exercisers from DynaFlex, got one and love it!  . . . supposed to help with carpal tunnel as well!

good source for graph/ grid paper PDFs

27 April 2005 USGS National map viewer. . . need to check out and may add to favs

What in the world (or out of it) is this Boohbah about? pretty cool and a great time waster (although it looks like stuff for kids).

upload your videos (any length or size) to google

Cyber criminals are starting to use fake blogs to snare new victims.

c'mon folks, we're gonna run outta oil sooner or later. . . here's a good collection of different sources from an "independent" org ODAC.

Joyce Meyers really needs your money $$$ she is so very pathetic

8 April 2005 Here's a great spoof of a search list, very funny stuff

A most excellent Springtime Homeland Security speech made by a famous and spiritual American

Wednesday 30 March 2005 Here's some interesting history on the Old Negro Space Program

finally, here's proof that some songs have satanic messages when played backwards!

for Easter, here's a huge listing of Peep sites

Monday 14 March 2005 added to my favs. . . real good list on search engines.

H5N1 infects nurses in Viet Nam

Friday 11 March 2005 Here's a great video. . . the drugs I need

Link to archives of the Dr. Demento show.

Here's a movie gallery of stuff gettin' shredded (washing machine puts up a good fight!)

Check out this NameVoyager "an interactive portrait of America's name choices"

Would I be bad for thinkin' this guy's t-shirt is funny?

Thursday 3 March 2005  Here's bloggers' code of ethics, and here's a somewhat interesting article on giving employees the freedom to blog

Wednesday 2 March 2005 Here's a very cool vid of sand animation.

gettin' ready for the bird flu pandemic (its lookin' more like 'when' than 'if')

Here it is, the infamous craigslist.org (this link set to St. Louis).

Monday 28 February 2005 A most descriptive link for homeland security (think about it)

Punk bud turned me onto this site with a couple good vids, a video of a high-speed wreck that happened here in St. Louis last weekend, and a great clip of one whacky weatherman! (I cannot recommend that stinkin' morning show, it sucks. . . then again, I hate those kinda shows)

Tuesday 21 February 2005 Looks like Discovery's Return to Flight mission (Shuttle) will be somewhere from May 15 to June 3, 2005

I can't stand this guy, but kinda like him a lil more after seein' this series of pics.

Monday 14 February 2005 Saw a good, very strong movie last night - Hotel Rwanda, check it out if ya can. . . here's real footage and the real people involved in excellent reporting from Frontline - ghosts (check out video clips of the show), and here's a good article on why Hotel Rwanda is more of a Christian film than The Passion of the Christ. And I do not comprehend how we (developed world) ignore these terrible tragedies. . . as genocide continues in Darfur!?!?

Sunday 13 February 2005 Happy VD! (be careful, may piss someone off!)

Here's an article on fired bloggers.

The making of an ice wall.. . kinda interesting to watch it grow, and damn is it cold there!

Lincoln Library/ Museum opening in Springfield April 16 - 19th, 2005 . . . sounds very cool (check out "ghosts of the library")

A visual history of whispering imps on magic posters.

Friday 11 February 2005 beautiful pics of snowflakes

email me and let me know what you were thinkin' this was about before it got to the last frame!

go ahead and do this (quick, safe, and easy way to check) . . . 

. . . ya weren't really gonna do it, were ya!?!?  maybe I should make this an active link, and get some of your $. . . bet there's lots of fools out here that'd do it!

I'm listening to NPR/ Diane Rehm with a very interesting, enlightened gentleman discussing what it means to be a peacemaker

Thursday 10 February 2005   Summer is on the way, and here come the festivals! bonnaroo (...the big one), Suwannee SpringFest (Florida), wakarusa (Lawrence, Kansas), and Telluride (...the best one), here's one that looks awesome - - - here's links to many jam band festivals

Monday 7 February 2005 did ya go to church this weekend? I love the bumper stickers

Gizzogle, try the translation thing ("Translizzle some text" link)

Thursday 3 February 2005 A poor hostage (this is actually funny!), now they have Major Matt Mason, (flashback for me, I had him when I was little!), and omg, they have Elmo, too!!!!! update: I Love what Half-Bakered (Major Matt Mason link) has posted with that pic. . . . . . The government took my property and all I got was this lousy blog

Are bloggers journalists? Do they deserve press protections?

House hearing on the future of Hubble.

How to cut stuff, and how to defend yourself with a walking stick.

Here's a weird wreck, and speakin' of wrecks, check out the faces of meth.

Wednesday 26 January 2005 Touching love story, they met in Auschwitz

the next stage of the web (hmmm, I'll have to see about this, but looks very cool!)

problems with ghosts in tsunami region

do ya like the Grateful Dead!?!? even if ya don't, or you're not sure, ya should experience it once. . . anyway, if ya do like 'em, then check out Dark Star Orchestra, I usually don't care that much for cover bands, but these guys do a great job. . . gonna see 'em again tonight!  Local deadheads, check out The Schwag . . . ya just gotta go to Zoe and twirl at a Schwagstock, ya'all (worldwide) can also check out the Deader Than Ever show on KDHX (88.1 here) on hey, hey hey, one more. . .Saturday night!

Friday 21 January 2005 do ya think this guy (a judge!)is a perv? (I'll just betja he's a neocon)

Thursday 20 January 2005 My favorite enewspaper (updated weekly)

Space Storm Hits, Earth Survives

Free Google program finds, catalogs pictures on PCs

what's happenin' in Babylon

Tuesday 18 January 2005  Are ya a Moody Blues or a bluegrass fan?  Check out Moody Bluegrass!   Yonder Mountain String Band have been doin' covers for a while, and take a gander at these hillbillies!!

Sky Watch: a way to determine sightings of many visible objects . . .hundreds, if not thousands, in Earth orbit, and here's a good latitude/ longitude query by zip code.

more porn

Friday 14 January 2005 Busy week for NASA as the Cassini mission has released the European Space Agency's Hygens probe just a few hours ago to land on Saturn's moon Titan.

5^th case of human bird flu in 2 weeks in Vietnam

Iraq has replaced Afghanistan as the training ground for the next generation of "professionalized" terrorists, according to a report released yesterday by the National Intelligence Council, the CIA director's think tank.    And more . . . 'The torture and degrading treatment of prisoners in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay have undermined the credibility of the US as a defender of human rights and opponent of terrorism, the New York-based Human Rights Watch says in its annual report.' . . .Guardian article - much easier reading.    OMG - look at what this mess war is $$$$ costing us $$$$

Thursday 13 January 2005 Earth almost put on asteroid impact alert a few days ago.

Very interesting and controversial paper Death of Environmentalism. . . makes a strong case that modern environmentalism must die in order for a new movement to be born. . . there has not been much progress made towards recognition, much less a solution to our global warming problem.  Here's the Wikipedia article (a very cool, new open-source online encyclopedia. . . ya can click on "edit this page" and add your own comments!) about the Kyoto Protocol . . . scroll down a bit and see our (United States) position on this agreement.

Wednesday 12 January 2005 girlfriend sent this . . . animals sensed tsunami, usin' that "6th sense" we've lost (but can try to hopefully regain, at least a lil!?) . . . good reason to have a pet, keep it natural and fit, and bond with it.  Man, I miss havin' a dog. . . they're not only great for this 6th sense (I've had 'em clear out snakes and other creatures while hikin') but they're also such good buds!

NASA update . . . the Deep Impact mission, which will crash a projectile into Comet Tempel 1 travelling at 37,000km/h, is ready to launch from Cape Canaveral today. It will arrive at Tempel 1 on July 4th and eject a 372kg (washing machine-sized) projectile into its path to blast a deep hole in its nucleus and reveal what lies beneath. "We will be capturing the whole thing on the most powerful camera to fly in deep space," said Dr Mike  The impactor will also carry a camera to take pictures as it hurtles toward Tempel 1, although it will probably be sandblasted in the final minute before hitting the comet's surface. . . and the Mars Rover is still goin', and then the Cassini/ Saturn thing - NASA....a different link here, is so very much kickin' it lately!

Best freeware of the year

Speakin' of Alison . . . she produces and helped Nickel Creek "get started" (very first blog entry at the bottom). . . was checkin' on them, and saw that Chris (incredible mandolinist from Creek, one of the best!) will be touring with Edgar Meyer. . . The Best bassist of our time and one incredible composer. . . just a few shows, but alas, not here (IU is the closest, hmmm just might havta go!!?)

the page that will turn you into a cabbage (don't worry, there's a converter to "bring ya back"!)

Tuesday 11 January 2005 Have ya heard of Alison Krauss!? A beautiful Illinois girl . . . have seen dozens of shows (All Good!) . . .  saw her many times at the beginning of her career in Harman's Auction Barn nearby in a lil town called Shipman, I remember a rainy and chilly outdoor show years ago at 6 Flags with only about 30 fans in attendance (she was kinda crabby and was upset with the people who left. . . actually, it was kinda funny!), and remember a free outdoor show in beautiful weather on the banks of the Ohio River with John Hartford. . . first concert I've ever seen performed "under protest" as they were not aware that the show was in strong support for gambling and they wanted no part of it, and I remember a free concert in our most snooty mall, Plaza Frontenanc (the acoustics were horrible, but still Good as always!).  She not only makes some of the sweetest music around, this sad story shows what a beautiful woman she really is.  Go see her, she's on tour (I can't wait, and will be at the Fox . . . will have to do the buffet dinner before!) and she has a great new CD!

Iraq mess war update - here's an article on first-hand experience at Abu Ghariab. . . another article, the first paragraph is very interesting reading, talk about a "cool head", and how about this welcome home for our soldiers!?!?

Monday 10 January 2005 very cool text to speech site, just type in your words, and the "puter will say it"!

Bird flu kills another kid . . . ya think the tsunami disaster was bad? . . . WHO estimate: that H5N1 (bird flu) could infect up to 30 percent of the world's population and kill between two and seven million people which is a conservative estimate, the maximum range is more ... maybe 20 to 50 million people (would make horrible tsunami fatality figures seem small) . . . my Grandma remembers the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 which is posited by different investigators to range from 20 million to well over 50 million deaths; here's CDC avian influenza portal

awesome road rage signs for those times when you're crazed but they can't hear ya!

Wednesday 5 January 2005 down-south-pig-poop . . . Sheriff fires 27 employees, puts snipers on roof, sends 'em home in paddy wagons.

cute, cuddly uterus doll

December 2004 CNN article of a very scary scenario of an Atlantic ocean tsunami threat (Adobe pdf), check out graphic on page 3 . . ."could impose a great sequence of waves of 10 - 25 m height on the shores of the Americas" (note: in meters, not feet!)

Fortune article "no escaping the blog" and another good article on blogging

Highest warning issued for earth/ asteroid collision don't worry, it was "watered down" significantly a couple of days later

Man bites dog and this gets headline news (it is kinda funny), but we don't seem to be in any hurry to help all of those poor people in Darfur (best article I have seen on this horrible situation)

Someone paid $65K for a ghost on eBay!

blogging is gettin' big, so here comes Mr. Gates

never forget this, (or maybe ya didn't even know about it. . . and its still goin' on), and this is an American company which we not only support with our consumer dollars, we also allow them to produce, train, and truck that same deadly shit throughout our country (right here literally in my back yard and probably yours, too!)

grumpy Santa

we should all get more involved within our communities, become more politically active . . . ya can start here

November 2004 BLOG #1 word of the year

Hey, here's  a cool system tray app for sun times, don't know if it carries spy ware . . . ya should use Spybot And AdAware privacy agents, especially if ya search porn, of course, I do not, well, never mind - and here's a antivirus prog that has worked very well for me so far,  and all of these are freeware!

Here's what I've found to be a very interesting article "What You Can't Say"  from Paul Graham.

Anyway . . . Don't Forget to Wipe Your Ass, Folks! Tommy has some real good advise, check it out!

6 dead hunters in WI , we anguish over this "incredible tragedy" as our country enables the killing of thousands, probably over a hundred thousand innocent people (a lot of 'em are women and children) and nobody cares (I don't think this last story even made the front page). 

You should check out this great new band Nickel Creek, they'll be back on tour next Spring (they are absolutely awesome live!).  The video will play when you click on Video and then Play (duh.), and ya may also get the lyrics - click on Tracks, and then click on Lyrics by the song "This Side" ("only the curious have something to find"!).

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