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August 2004 - Posts

The Killers - Hot Fuss

OK, so their album cover is kinda lame, but I really like this album. A friend of mine recommended this after I sent her some of the stuff I was listening to and I'm glad I picked it up. Their single, which is sort of popular with the kids these days, Read More
posted Saturday, August 28, 2004 5:47 PM by poo | 0 Comments

Garden State Soundtrack

The Garden State Soundtrack replaces Keane in “My Music In My Playlist” links. It's an excellent complication of mellow, but powerful music. I still highly recommend Keane. Just trying to rotate the music in my playlist ever so often. Read More
posted Saturday, August 28, 2004 5:27 PM by poo | 0 Comments

"Garden State"

I got a chance to see “Garden State” last night. I had heard of the independent film buzz surrounding the film and had really wanted to try and catch it. I'm a big fan of movie soundtracks and I actually picked up a copy of the soundtrack earlier this Read More
posted Saturday, August 28, 2004 3:32 PM by poo | 0 Comments

What's the Matter with Me? (What's The Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank review)

In retrospect, I'm not entirely sure why I thought it was a good idea to read this book (What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank). It had two things going for it alone that should have been enough of a warning sign to stay away from it: a “discussion” Read More
posted Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:02 PM by poo | 1 Comments

Legion by William Peter Blatty

I meant to post about this book, Legion by William Peter Blatty, a while ago, but I was unable to find a cover for the book and figured I'd just scan the cover from the copy I had. I've finally gave up on that task so here's my post. Paul lent me this Read More
posted Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:20 PM by poo | 0 Comments

Ali G

Da Ali G Show on HBO is absolutely excellent. One of my favorite sketches ever: “In My County There Is Problem” His singing takes place in Tucson, Arizona and the crowd reaction is classic. In my country there is problem,And that problem is transport.It Read More
posted Tuesday, August 10, 2004 12:28 AM by poo | 0 Comments

Anti-Itch

I got two really itchy bug bites this weekend that I've been scratching a lot for the last 36 hours. One is on the top of my foot (mmmSandals) and the other is on the side of my leg (mmmShorts). It's been really itchy so I resorted to using a never used, Read More
posted Tuesday, August 10, 2004 12:23 AM by poo | 0 Comments

Got Carbs?

I felt the weird desire to blog this even though i don't normally blog stuff like this. Yesterday was Soccer Sunday and I was the one that ended up with the extra food from tailgating to bring home. I don't have a problem with that, since I have room Read More
posted Monday, August 09, 2004 6:11 PM by poo | 0 Comments

"...[N]ever stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people..."

At a bill signing today, President Bush said:  "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we," Bush said. "They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." [ via Yahoo! ] UPDATE: TheSmokingGun Read More
posted Thursday, August 05, 2004 1:12 PM by poo | 0 Comments

Troops

In discussions I keep having with people about the war in Iraq, I keep pointing out a scary, but true fact: we had a lot more troops for the first Gulf War in the early 1990s than we do now. The other scary trend is the use of the National Guard in Iraq. Read More
posted Monday, August 02, 2004 12:56 PM by poo | 0 Comments