Barack Obama on the Issues »
Read up, everyone. Pretty sure you can search for everyone on there, so check your own representatives and John McCain as well, while you’re at it.
NBA - Pete Maravich Takes on George Gervin (via )
This really should be a NBA All-Star competition again.
A Tribute To The Longest Blog Post Ever Written. »
I know what you’re thinking. You’ve been wondering where I’ve been, counting down the days since last I wrote a blog. What’s it been, like two or three months? Something like that. Anyway, I…
Seniors suspended over T-shirts »
On a mildly related note, when I was in high school, I was in a “band” called .10, which was the legal limit in Minnesota at the time. There are no new ideas, but that doesn’t mean that they’re not funny.
All Of A Sudden, I Like Chris Matthews… »
I don’t want to see the TV pundits, be they right or left-wing, as actual thinking human beings. They should be caricatures, giant inflated egos with flashy graphics. If we’re learning world history…
How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power | World news | The Guardian »
So, Pres. Bush, who were you comparing to a Nazi sympathizer? Because I’m pretty sure that securing loans for Hitler is worse than wanting to talk with him…
Olbermann was right the other night, maybe you should just shut the fuck up.
Our Visual System Has 'Future Seeing' Powers - Study | Scientific Blogging »
I’d tell you to read this article, because it’s interesting, but you’ve already clicked on it…
Bands That Fame Forgot: John Vanderslice »
John Vanderslice is an American Four-Tracker. He’s declared it on an album(Life and Death of An American Four-Tracker), he’s built a retro recording studio(Tiny Telephone) based on his love of…
The Dumbing Of America - washingtonpost.com »
I couldn’t agree more. Of course, I found this on reddit, so…
The Henry Rollins Show - America Is Under Attack (via )
As awesome as Olbermann’s recent comments on Bush not playing golf are, this beats it. Well, to be honest, Rollins’ rants beat just about anyone, just because he makes half the population piss their pants, becuase, unlike Olbermann, you get the feeling that Henry would actually attack you physically if you pissed him off.
I need to start watching IFC…
msnbc.com video: Special comment on Bush’s unforgiveable interview »
Olbermann may be a bit of sycophant at times, even this time, but he’s fucking right and he speaks for large swaths of this country, specially on this point.
Science Sez: 100% of rape accusations made by women are false »
Trigger alert.
Did you know that 100% of rape accusations made by women are false? Fact. Researchers working at the nonpartisan Women Always Lie Institute (WALI) came up with this percentage…
A Picture Worth A Thousand Words - Helen Thomas News Story - WCVB Boston »
Have I mentioned that Helen Thomas is great? (yes, yes I have)
Where Does the Time Go?
Honestly, I used to have so much more time for meaningless shit, and now it’s all gone. I used to stock my massive music library with bands and albums that I had no intention of ever listening to, just so I could say that I had that album or had heard of that band. It was a street cred thing, I admit that, but I had more street cred than most people because of it. That meant something, I think.
I used to have a bunch of time to write meaningless shit on thisisby.us and post comments on blogs that I read. All of that is gone now. I mean, I have a Tumblr blog, for crying out loud! Isn’t it painfully obvious that I don’t have the time to commit to writing long, drawn-out diatribes about the minutiae of being me on a daily basis? I’m down to sound-bites and hyper-linked pictures, embedded videos and Garfield Minus Garfield and that’s about it. Sure, there’s Sodblog, but half the stuff I write for that site is below my standards and half-finished, anyway.
Where did my free time go?
I used to have time to spend with friends. I used to have time to see my wife and play with my dogs. Now, I get home from work, do some more work, go to the gym, find time to eat something around 9 o’clock and then, maybe, I have time to say “hi” to the wife. That’s if she’s not busy with some work of her own, that is.
A quick illustration of my point: I used to read ESPN’s The Sports Guy religiously. I knew when his columns came out and I’d get to them as soon as I could. I’d even print them out and smuggle them into the shitter, if I was having a busy day at work. You have to multitask sometimes, y’know. Now, I look up to see a column on Deadspin talking about how it had been two weeks since the last Sports Guy column. Two weeks! I had not noticed this. Not at all.
Reading more about it, it appears that Bill Simmons (Sports Guy) had a podcast all lined up a month ago with Barack Obama. Yes, that Barack Obama. But ESPN nixed it with very little in the way of official explanation. That instance, along with various others, apparently, has led to Simmons basically abstaining from writing anything for ESPN, save a throwaway column here and there.
Thing is, it has to be killing this guy not to be writing right now. It’s the NBA playoffs! He lives for the NBA. The second round is actually heating up and still, barely a peep.
Sure, The Sports Guy isn’t the be-all end-all for humorous sports commentary and thinly veiled dick jokes, but still…what the fuck?! How did I miss this? Has my head just been in the sand, or has it been up my own ass?
I need to get out more. I need to read more. I need to listen to more new music. I need to go to more shows. I need to spend more time with my wife and friends (which would involve going to shows and getting out, of course). Most importantly, I need to find more time for inane shit in my life. I’m becoming boring and pedestrian without it. I mean, life isn’t worth living if I can’t watch a documentary on the Ancient Maya while reading about how inferior the WNBA is to men’s badminton, it just isn’t…
Fuck me, I have some catching up to do.
