Archive for February, 2008
Budget Shmudget
It’s no wonder most peoples’ eyes glaze over when you talk about politics. The minority federal government’s third budget was released yesterday. How our government spends our money is an important issue but it came off as one big, fat yawn.
Here’s what I believe the average person hears during budget coverage and how they react:
The [...]
Lying To The Masses
The Black Crowes are PO’d and I can’t blame them. Maxim Magazine has reviewed their new album without even hearing it.
Maxim gives Warpaint two-and-a-half stars and says it’s more of the same, shows little growth, etc, but the reviewer never got an advanced copy of the CD and now admits he was basing his review [...]
In Dreams
The smoking dream is back again. It’s the one where I’m lighting up behind everyone’s back and I wake up pissed off at myself! It had gone for a while but now it has returned with a vengeance. I awoke this morning certain that I had been sneaking puffs, now, 20 years after quitting. Weird.
I [...]
Review: Jumper
Hayden Christensen plays a young man with a rare genetic abnormality that allows him to transport himself elsewhere, anywhere in the world. Government endorsed religious zealots are out to kill him and the few other “jumpers” that exist. These types of movies require you to suspend some disbelief, and that’s cool. But this movie requires [...]
Read More..>>Sikh In The Head
A local Sikh man is challenging a law that says he has to wear a helmet while riding a motorcyle. He must wear his turban as part of his faith. Helmets don’t fit over turbans. Ergo, he has a problem.
We have freedom of religion in this country and we darn well should. No one ought [...]
A Childhood Icon
From the time I was 12 until 16, Rhoda Morgenstern was my role model. She was a bit brassy, funny as hell, she had a real woman’s hips and trouble turning down the offer of a cookie. Her little sister looked up to her for advice and her Mom drove her crazy. Little did I [...]
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