Man... Perusing fb today there are some folks who are REALLY up in arms over the Chik Fil A thing. My thoughts? I've never had their food in the first place. Maybe I'm missing out. The owner expressed his right to 1st amendment speech by being against gay marriage. He has been within his rights to donate his money, the profits of his business, to... Read More
The least of my concerns about him is his religion. Mormonism is no more or less ridiculous than any other religion. Anyone who allows religious dogma to dictate their public policies is going to end up doing a disservice to a large portion of the people they are elected to represent But make no mistake about it, whatever lipservice the men and women running our country may pay to their religious figures- they kneel at the alter of one god and one god only- monetary greed. Period..
So, I've only been playing this thing a matter of days, but I think I'm getting better. So, with that being the case, in a few months I should be awesome! (I hope...)
August, I have no beef with you... but you must get out of my way quickly because Septeember is going to be chock full of kick ass. OFF! is playing on the 14th, Henry Rollins is in town the 15th, Otep is here on the 16th, and AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA is on the 22nd. And the new season of SOA kicks... Read More
Holy crap! Otep Shamaya, one of my favorite musicians/poets/etc liked my ukulele cover of her song We Dream Like Lions and shared it on one of her fb pages! I'm stoked!
Now I know I've really got to keep practicing (cuz I'm not very good) and get better at this thing, but after only playing it for 3 days, the "Ukulele of Doom" and I... Read More
Yup, I could have bought more food for the fridge...
Instead I bought a ukulele and will continue to eat pb&j and ramen.
My heart won out over my stomach.
A reply I wrote to an article about gun laws in america written by Roger Ebert yesterday in the wake of the shooting in colorado-
Mr. Ebert, I read your blogs and reviews and articles regularly, and agree with you often, and even when I do not, I can see your points and understand your points of view.
This is one of those issues in... Read More
Oh Phoenix, how you have been good to me.
This is a celebration of people and things I've seen since coming out here at the end of Dec 11/start of Jan 12
Saw Saul Williams in concert-
Did some epic karaoke-
Midnight premier of Zombies vs Strippers-
WWE Money in the Bank PPV live-
Shawn O'Hare, Kayla VanFleet, Dani Danger, and Gimp Da Pimp doing... Read More