End of Silence

I attended an interview with Henry Rollins during SXSW which was mainly to promote his new show on IFC, which starts tomorrow tonight. In that interview, Rollins was asked about the status of his music career. He essentially responded that he still likes music, but it doesn’t like him, ie that he’d love to keep [...]

Too many good things pass through my newsreader. Here’s the best of today:

I’m linking this because of the graphic and also because of the message on the unitary executive and signing statements.
The Founding Fathers Never Imagined the Bush Administration - More on the same topic
Notes for New Converts for those who’ve finally woken up and [...]

We started work on remodeling our downstairs bathroom. Well, the contractor started work, I wrote a check for half of his original estimate. Since starting at 8am, I’ve already received two calls from The Wife.
The first was to tell me that pretty much all of the framing behind our shower is rotted. This isn’t surprising [...]

The time to be civil is over. I said it. I’ll say it again. I’m sick of this crap.
Transcript of and commentary on Helen Thomas’s question to Bush yesterday in a press conference.
More commentary and calling out the aforementioned sack of shit.
Not mad yet? How about this?
Why didn’t the press corps call Bush on his [...]

I was just playing Downtown Texas Hold’em on my Razr. The game essentially has you playing at the final table of several different tournaments. You play your spot and the program plays the other four spots. I had just entered a new one, which meant that each player had an equal amount of cash ($200k). [...]

Yep. We were out of town last week. Disneyland. I’ve got some stuff on that later when I find the time to post it. There’s also some SXSW stuff going up on Austin Metroblogging this week from my brief stint as “press” and I’ll be giving the outlook of a first time music festival showcase [...]

I neglected Nevada Thunder for nearly a week and look what it has wrought:

Incomes fall, hunger worsens as Nero Bush says “We’re doing fine”
The Case for Impeachment
85% of troops in Iraq think they’re there to retaliate for Saddam’s role in 9/11
Graduates versus Oligarchs

Update: And right after I posted, this hefty, but essential read from Bill [...]