Today was my second to last day of working full-time in the operations department of the bank. Not expecting anything I walked into a full-on vegetarian spread, a card and a $100 pitched in from everyone in the office.
That was cool.
Three Generations of “America to the Rescue.”
In case you missed it last night C&L has the clip of this brilliant segment from last night’s TDS. Honestly, this will answer all of your questions regarding the war and is the reason why TDS is one of the best shows on TV.
Pure genius.
Ready…aim…fire!
Showing once again that President Bush has a marginal grasp of both history and metaphors.
The best part:
April 13th, 2004
Interviewer: How do you feel about the Vietnam analogy?Bush: I feel the analogy is false…and it sends the wrong message to our troops.
Do Bush and Cheney forget that the things they say are actually recorded and archived?
Seadragon demo, recently acquired by Microsoft.
Consider your mind blown.
So have this first assignment for my Metro Reporting class where I have to take a song that deals with urban issues or city life, write a 1,500-word story/report on it and then create a PowerPoint presentation on it. The problem is, I’m bad with song lyrics and themes. So I’m looking for suggestions here.
Right now I’m looking at one of these:
That’s all I can come up with right now, but it’s due in a month so I need to get cracking. The PowerPoint is where it will shine though, I’m thinking full-on music video with gratuitous animations and depressing and tear-jerking photographs.
So suggestions needed audiophiles.
No I’m not talking about the Peter Mayle book or movie, but something almost as sweet. I just looked at the rosters for my classes this semester and all five of them are almost all 90% female. The odds are in my favor.
It’s going to be a good couple of months.
Rendition
Darjeeling Limited (new Wes Anderson)
Bonus…newer and different Across the Universe trailer that makes it look even better.
G’night.
ATFHcolonMMFT
Enjoy the weekend.
Someone pass the peyote.
Featuring Biz Markie in a segment called, Biz’s Beat of the Day. Awesome!
So maybe the prisoners don’t like it so much. ABC News reports…
Still, it’s damned entertaining. And I’m sure it’s a nice break from the gang rapes and knife fights.
Coming soon. Who wants to go? Sign up quick, there are only so many spots.
Suicide Rate in Army at a 26-Year High
WASHINGTON -- Ninety-nine U.S. soldiers killed themselves last year, the highest rate of suicide in the Army in 26 years, a new report says.More than one out of four soldiers who committed suicide did so while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, according to a report scheduled to be released Thursday. Iraq was the most common deployment location for U.S. soldiers who either attempted suicide or committed suicide.
I know that statistically these things are inevitable in war time but this is ridiculous. I wonder if the pro-war lobby and the administration look at these these sort of figures as anything more than just that, as an inevitability and/or collateral damage.
This is not just another mere side-effect of war. This is another bright and blaring warning signal that the war is wrong and something needs to change, and fast.
Leave it up to the God-fearing folk to have all of the evidence in front of them yet still believe their own bullshit fantasies.
