and when I say devil, I mean the manifestation of doubt

Here’s a list of stupid things that I do out of principle.
1. Boycott Sony. Sony mixes evil and stupid together in a way that astounds me when I’m not retching from it.
No matter what you think of the nature of online file-sharing, you have to agree that Sony’s steps in combating it have [...]

if the hate doesn’t make you want to die, try harder

I’m reprinting this op-ed from my birthplace’s paper of record on why the War on Drugs is destroying this country without further comment:

Imagine you’re Cheye Calvo, the white mayor of Berwyn Heights, an affluent part of Prince George’s County. Coming home one night in late July, you find on your front porch a large package [...]

president gas is up for president

Time to talk politics.
First, hitting up the Opposition Party, Radley Balko has a few questions for Barack Obama:
In your autobiography, you admit to using marijuana and cocaine in high school and college. Yet you largely support the federal drug war — a change from several years ago when you said you’d be open to decriminalizing [...]

it’s like that, and that’s the way it is

First and most important, c/o Phanatic (who swiped it from a friend of his) here’s some fresh breakin’ to start your day.

Next: I remember reading a copy of the Journal at the kitchen table in the family homestead over Christmas and seeing a full-page ad for Lifelock – an identity theft [...]

for a moment this good time would never end; you and me, you and me

“Free Tibet” flags made in China (BBC)
Police in southern China have discovered a factory manufacturing Free Tibet flags, media reports say.
The factory in Guangdong had been completing overseas orders for the flag of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
Workers said they thought they were just making colourful flags and did not realise their meaning.
But then some of them [...]

but I never thought you’d be a junkie because heroin is so passe

Time to troll the week’s headlines:
I’ve never registered to vote because, for other reasons, I want to stay off of jury duty rolls in Massachusetts. Lately, though, I’ve started to wonder whether that’s really the right tack. My one vote is so insignificant as to be statistically discountable – but think of the [...]