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The income gap is growing

I was just having a conversation with someone about this very thing a couple of days ago. The article even cites something we were directly talking about, service-industry pay rates.

I really don't think there will be much of a "middle class" in another 20 years or so; just the very rich, and the very poor, and the chance to...
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Bahahahah

To continue on the "Fuck you, I'm from Texas!" theme I began in my last update, I wish I had been there to witness this Texas musician attempting to piss on Lars Ulrich in a Houston bar.

Oh man, that's too funny .... too bad he got chucked out of the club before he could start streaming, but at least he got to wave...
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So take about 1000 punk rockers, give em a bunch of cheap beer and a bowling tournament as an excuse, dump them in a casino in Vegas for 3 days -- it's as great as you'd expect it to be!

Blanco came out on last-minute notice to fill out our team, which was absolutely perfect, and some friends of mine from Chicago and Texas were...
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It's kind of hard to explain

But there I was, watching a funny hair-metal cover band that included washed-up members that had played in Quiet Riot, Guns N Roses, and a couple other hair metal bands I never liked, when the singer starts mumbling some nonsense about Jimmy Fallon, who then shambles drunkenly up on stage and tries desperately to look cool while singing unintelligibly...
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Got a phone call from the crew at the Ship today. They'd been out ice skating for the employee holiday party again, like we did last year, and wanted to call and make me jealous!

Ace crew, that lot. Miss 'em. Need to travel!

Right ... still trying to round up a 4th bowler for Vegas, weekend of the 20th, might have a couple possibilities. Anyways, found out that some friends of mine from Chicago are going to be there, too, which is pretty cool.

So

Weekend after the upcoming, I'm entered in a bowling tournament in Las Vegas, put on by BYO Records.

New problem: My 4th bowler can't make it over from Hawaii due to some work commitments that he really can't get away from, unfortunately.

2 of the other people on my foursome will be there, from London. One of them has dire brain cancer and will...
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Less drinking, more saving of money. Travelling is needed. I need to make a return trip to London and remind the Big Smoke who's really in charge!

I'm still grinning ear-to-ear about Texas beating USC the other night. I just downloaded a 15-minute highlight film from the game onto my iPod

TX > CA

I have nothing else to say.