1. Thanks so much to Russ Emerson for the Sam Raimi’s Darkman DVD. I saw the film when it first came out, remember liking it very much, and look forward to revisiting it. Much obliged, Russ. 2. Terry Hastings points me toward this piece from Wretchard discussing a nuclear-armed Islamic world. From “The Coming of the Bomb” (which analysis relies in large part on this War College report cited previously
January 17, 2006
January 17, 2006
in which protein wisdom is certain he’s just experienced an authentic, countercultural Joan Baez moment, only to realize he’s been duped by the buildup of benzodiazepine in his system
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me / —but it turns out it was just an IWW raccoon in dirty Carhart overalls rummaging through one of my trashcans, trying to get at the leftover garlic chicken and eggroll bite I’d found buried in the back of the refrigerator and thrown out only yesterday. Lord only knows how long that shit was tucked back there.
January 17, 2006
“Senate Panel’s Vote on Alito Delayed Until Next Week”
Via The Washington Post: The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee reached an agreement yesterday evening to wait until next Tuesday to vote on the nomination of Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court. The agreement alters the schedule announced Friday, during the final moments of Alito’s week-long confirmation hearings, by Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), who said he would conduct the panel’s vote today.
January 17, 2006
“ACLU Sues to Stop Illegal Spying on Americans, Saying President is Not Above the Law” (with helpful protein wisdom gloss)
From the ACLU Press release: Saying that the Bush administration’s illegal spying on Americans must end, the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the National Security Agency seeking to stop a secret electronic surveillance program that has been in place since shortly after September 11, 2001. [Translation: Asserting that law has been broken without having evidence that a law has been broken, the ACLU today filed
January 17, 2006
“Things to do in Denver when you’re dead,” 3 (a philosophical meditation / Andy Garcia tribute post)
1. Marshall Tucker Band Reunion concert, Red Rocks Amphitheater 2. Broncos v Steelers AFC Championship game (generational) 3. outlet shops at Castle Pines / Park Meadows Mall 4. blackened Angus beef, 1” thick 5. world-class mechanical bull competition, Grizzly Rose Bar 6. Every Which Way But Loose retrospective tour 7. John Elway Chrysler-Jeep 8. Sauza Conmemorativo and Sandee H—closing time at the Denver Mattress Co. 9. Wipe your hard drive
January 17, 2006
It’s been three days
So, you know, feel free to help a brother out. And while you’re at it, if anybody reading this happens to knows of a discreet way to beat back a 48-hour Cherry Nyquil erection, I’m all ears—and yes, I promise next time to use the little plastic dosing cup rather than trying to play bartender and top off my Sidecar with the stuff.
January 17, 2006
“After a Particularly Unpleasant Bus Ride, a Shy and Timid Young Gentleman Named Willard Finally Comes Into His Own” (a protein wisdom microfiction)
“Excuse me, waitress…? Just what was it, exactly, that you didn’t understand about my request for NO FUCKING MAYONNAISE ON MY TURKEY FUCKING SANDWICH?” ~the end~
January 17, 2006
Identity politics are great and all, just so long as they, y’know, don’t get too uppity
From USA Today: Sen. Hillary Clinton on Monday blasted the Bush administration as “one of the worst” in U.S. history and compared the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to a plantation where dissenting voices are squelched. Speaking during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event, Clinton also offered an apology to a group of Hurricane Katrina survivors “on behalf of a government that left you behind, that turned its back on