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| Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 | | 3:50 pm |
| | Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 | | 11:55 pm |
| | Monday, July 21st, 2008 | | 1:37 pm |
| | Saturday, May 10th, 2008 | | 3:34 pm |
| | Monday, May 5th, 2008 | | 9:41 am |
Japan trip next week
Anyone want or need anything from Japan? I'm going to be in Yokosuka from 5/11-5/21. Also, anyone have any tips or suggestions for travel in Japan? | | Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 | | 10:23 pm |
| | Thursday, March 13th, 2008 | | 10:06 pm |
| | Friday, January 25th, 2008 | | 11:49 pm |
| | Saturday, January 12th, 2008 | | 1:42 pm |
I hate Huckabees
Okay, I'm going to give in and get political for a while. Many of my friends are actively apolitical, and I know this will not matter to them, but instead of sullying a friend of mine's LJ with what could prove to be a bile-filled exchange, behind the cut is my line by line analysis of Mike Huckabee's tax plan, a plan lauded by one individual as "much saner". I can't stress how wrong this person is... ( Text from the Huckabee website ) | | Friday, January 4th, 2008 | | 1:29 pm |
For a friend
A friend of mine finally caved and bought an iPod. Now she's trying to get all of her legally purchased, now ripped MP3s onto her iPod. How can this be done with the least amount of pain? | | Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 | | 2:01 pm |
Geek's in the Cradle
My friend ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) quetzalcoatl_9 just found out that he and his wife smoonn are having a little baby boy. Now he's fretting about raising him, so I modified a popular ballad to soothe his concerns. Since I know many of you will appreciate this...I give to you... Geek's in the CradleMy son logged in just the other day Level seventy already so I had to say Would you like to group with me and maybe grind for a while? But he shook his little gnomish head and he said with a /smile No, the guild's going raiding and I'm next up for loot But it was sure nice /tell-ing with you, dad it was sure nice /tell-ing with youuuuuuu. And then all of a sudden it occurred to me He had more reputation than me My boy had more XP! | | Monday, December 31st, 2007 | | 9:02 pm |
2007
Thanks to everyone who made 2007 a pretty good year. I love you guys. | | Friday, October 19th, 2007 | | 3:38 pm |
| | Monday, August 6th, 2007 | | 1:11 am |
| | Sunday, August 5th, 2007 | | 5:15 pm |
I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds
At approximately this time on August 5, 1945 (August 6, 8:15 AM in Japan) America forever relinquished its moral standing in the world when it dropped the bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima. 70,000 civilians were instantly killed and a further 70,000 or so would die horribly in the subsequent few weeks thanks to radiation sickness. It is important to note that Japan had been trying to negotiate a peace with dignity for about two months before the bomb was dropped. The Enola Gay had no fighter escort as the Japanese Air Force had been completely wiped out as had its anti-aircraft defenses. In fact, Colonel Curtis LeMay had been fire-bombing Japanese cities with impunity for months. The US had broken Japan's codes and knew that they were actively trying to negotiate a peace that let them have the purely symbolic condition that the Emporer would remain in power. The citizens of Hiroshima, a town almost untouched by the ravages of war until that point (the US wanted to bomb an intact town in order to gauge the effect of their shiny new toy) found themselves the real victims in a political whose-dick-is-bigger contest between the US and the USSR. If the US and Soviets were prize-fighters, this would be a case of the US pulling a pistol out of its boxing trunks and shooting its previous opponent who was recovering in the front row of the arena. The argument is often made that the US had to use the nuclear option in order to keep from having to fight-to-the-death on the mainland of Japan. This is patently untrue. Japan was trying to negotiate peace and Truman came in and committed two war crimes to prove how powerful the US was. I encourage everyone to investigate and read the writings of the main mind behind the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer. Upon seeing the first test of the bomb, he immediately began work to keep it from ever being used on people. The result of this was a political hackjob against him by our glorious government. I, personally, only respect people who, when presented with new facts and realizations, change their minds. The current administration is the exact opposite of this. As recently as 2004, the US was still testing the feasibility of new Nuclear Weapons (bunker busting nukes). This ignorance is not strength. It is the closest thing to "evil" that the US, and mankind, can do. And this administration wonders why Iran wants nukes! We all live with this legacy of our forefathers. Let us work together to communicate, enlighten and refrain from violence at every possible turn! Maybe someday we will wash this blood off our our hands. | | Saturday, July 28th, 2007 | | 2:27 pm |
Thinking of a change, looking for your input!
So, I'm thinking about trying to change my shift at the radio station from Saturday afternoon to Friday Nights, midnight to 2am. Right now I'm on from 2pm-4pm on Saturdays. The Pros: My weekend wouldn't be quite so neatly bisected in two. More folks who like the type of music I'm playing (electronic) are up when the sun is down. It's a shift when no one will be at work, therefore much less chance of getting a work call at the studio. The Cons: Friday Nights would be lost for going/hanging out. Possible sleep concerns as far as habits go. Possibility of having a work maintenance window during that period. What do you guys think? Any words of wisdom? Current Music: Covenant - Pulse | | Thursday, July 26th, 2007 | | 11:20 am |
| | Tuesday, June 5th, 2007 | | 7:55 am |
Re-dedication
This is mostly a note to remind myself that I want my life to be about creating, discovering and experiencing. That the governing motives of truth, knowledge and joy still hold sway in my mind and in my heart. That the impossible is worth striving towards for it unleashes the worlds of possibility one has overlooked. That I create my own value and that my sense of worth is my servant not my master. I'm going to turn my little apartment into a laboratory, studio and gaming arena all in one. | | Friday, May 18th, 2007 | | 10:27 am |
| | Monday, April 30th, 2007 | | 10:09 am |
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