Go Cubs Go
6.5 games ahead of the Brewers.
50-19 at home.
Best record in baseball.
Can't wait til they are my neighbors!
Oh yeah, here's what Ramirez did last night:
Wake up, America! Dennis Kucinich is freaking awesome.
I love Dennis Kucinich. I hope he gets a cabinet position if/when Obama/Biden get in the whitehouse. Who has more energy and better ideas than this man?! Wake up, America!
Here is his speech from the DNC last night:
DNC protesters chant “fuck fox news” on live TV. Amen.
While very awesome, this video pissed me off.
This just gives them something more to broadcast and skew. I like how the 'reporter' willingly walked in to the middle of a protest to try to get an interview. That was a maneuver. Of course he wouldn't get a reply. Of course he would get yelled at. It makes the Democratic party look bad, and that's just what Fox News wants.
Someone should call the FCC and make sure Fox News gets fined for broadcasting a dirty, dirty word.
Sony’s new music robot. Meet “Rolly”.
I heard about this thing a year or 2 ago and it just sounded stupid. Those kooks over at Sony are always coming up with strange robots... but this one just seems pretty damn cool. So cool, in fact, that they're releasing it for retail, in both Japan and the USA on Tuesday (for $400).
If it was around $100 I'd probably get one. This is the first electronics product in a while that has reminded me that not everyone in this world has abandoned science and innovation for the consumer. With Bush's war on science, we stupid Americans have just been patiently waiting for someone that believes in science and education instead of Jesus. Anyone seen the movie Idiocracy?
Good work Sony... now where the fuck is my hoverboard?!
Here are some leaked videos of this thing in action:
A Whole New World… literally and figuratively.
Obama picked Joe Biden for VP. Freakin' awesome. He was one of the few on the short list of what I considered acceptible candidates. Obama finally will have some balls in his campaign. Now instead of just sitting back and taking all the bullshit attacks from McCain, he has one of the most vocal and intelligent congressmen on his side to bite back. Go get 'em, Joe.
Check this video out... make sure you watch at least the first minute and a half.
Wrigleyville, here I come.
I finally signed for my new apartment today. The location is freaking awesome.
1 block to DQ
1 block to my favorite small venue in the city
2 blocks to Wrigley
We have a permanent guest room too.. so I'll start taking orders for Cubs playoff games!
Here she is:
Colbert asks: Does McCain plagiarize Wikipedia to show tech-savvyness?
Recent accusations that John McCain plagiarized from Wikipedia (Article here) in a recent speech on the conflict between Russia and Georgia could have simply been an effort to move away from earlier concerns that he doesn't know how to use a computer at all.
A lot of people have said a guy who can't use a computer is the wrong person for the White House. The last time i checked, the president only needs to know how to press one button.
But now comes proof that McCain has learned how to use a computer because evidently he has plagiarized from the Internets.
-Stephen Colbert, 8/14/2008
(probably) my final Lollapalooza.
OK, so I forked over the freaking $80 for a one-day ticket for the right to sweat my ass off again in Grant Park. Why? Toadies and Rage Against the Machine back-to-back. Opportunities like this don't come along too often.
The Toadies exploded into the post-grunge alternative rock scene in '95-96 right about the time my teenage angst was in full-steam. They rock. Hard. Their only problem is they can never get along. They made their first CD and waited 7 years to release their 2nd one... and their 3rd one is due in a couple weeks.
Anywho, I ended up in the 3rd row for the Toadies, who I hadn't seen live since 1999 when I drove 4 hours to see them in the middle of Missouri. They were worth it then and they are definitely worth it now. Barring some gray hairs (holy christ that makes me feel old), the Toadies can out-rock 99% of any other band around. (Rage Against the Machine being one exception.)
I went to Lollapalooza '96 which featured Rancid, Soundgarden, and Metallica. I went for 1 day in '07 to see ChkChkChk and Pearl Jam, and I went yesterday to see Toadies and Rage. This will probably be my last ever lollapalooza unless I need another PJ or rage fix. $80 just blows and Grant Park is nasty with 150,000 people there. Was it worth it? Fuck yes, but I probably can't be convinced again.... prove me wrong, Perry!
Here are some photos I took yesterday with my trusty ol' Panasonic zoom:
