http://badstuff.net/mav I'm tired. I've been walkin' all day. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:38:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The music of Nine Inch Nails has played some very important roles in my life. Pretty Hate Machine gave my formative years a voice. Years later, The Fragile helped me through some hard times. I don't track everything Reznor does but regardless his music is very important in my life. ... http://badstuff.net/mav/2008/09/03/lights-in-the-sky-lights-up-my-mind/ 2004 was bad. And this year when I saw the news from the DNC that protesters were being arrested and incarcerated in makeshift jails it didn't look like it was gonna get much better. But this year's RNC seems to be trying to set some sort of crazy new record ... http://badstuff.net/mav/2008/09/03/its-assault-on-protesters-season-again/ Actually, I do, I have much better things to do. But I need to take a minute and think a bit. I hate leaving home because there's always so much shit that I haven't gotten done yet, and I really need to get it all done. Considering the massive self-image problems ... http://badstuff.net/mav/2008/08/04/defcon-16-day-4-i-have-nothing-better-to-do-than-post/ See, you think this is going to get less awesome at some point but it never does. http://badstuff.net/mav/2008/07/14/holy-crap/ It's been a fucked-up last few days. Adding to this fucktardedness is the fact that last week I decided to get a phone from T-Mobile. I figured the only way I could get a real feel for how their service works is to get a phone and try it out. ... http://badstuff.net/mav/2008/07/07/my-very-short-experience-with-t-mobile/ Look around you. There are lots of fat people out there. Therefore, what I am hereafter calling the Carlin Rule applies: think of how stupid the average person is, then realize that half of them are stupider than that. Averages would indicate that the stupidest person you could think of ... http://badstuff.net/mav/2008/06/28/breaking-stupidity-knows-no-weight-limit/ Here's some pix from the rock gardens. The lawn looks somewhat bare without the rock gardens. The big garden looks rather brutal still but you can see where the small garden is how much better it's going to look as only lawn. Lawn is damn easy to maintain. Those of you who ... http://badstuff.net/mav/2008/06/26/rock-garden-pictures/ Carol, Nola and Michael showed up tonight to help me tear up my rock gardens. I really need to get out more because after doing a couple hours of moderate labor I'm sore as fuck. Tomorrow will be way, way worse too. Fourteen years of working on computers have made ... http://badstuff.net/mav/2008/06/25/i-get-by-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/ George Carlin died yesterday evening. He was 71. He was also my favorite comedian, hands-down. George would be the first person to remind us that when comedians are making the most logical arguments, shit is truly fucked up. But for the last few decades his satire has been closer to ... http://badstuff.net/mav/2008/06/23/if-god-does-exist-may-he-strike-this-audience-dead/ It's just a bunch of intelligent design anti-science propaganda. This explains the most perplexing part of the whole movie: why a science teacher? I mean, he sure doesn't act very scientific... Turns out that much like the scary plant monster, if you look for a conspiracy, you'll probably find one. Whether ... http://badstuff.net/mav/2008/06/16/so-this-is-why-i-hated-the-happening/