"Partisanship is about advocating for your own beliefs and discrediting
the beliefs that you reject and believe are harmful… [P]olitics is and
should be about defeating ideas — and people — that are discredited
and destructive."Glenn Greenwald @ Salon.com/opinion/greenwald
As you know, I'm a big fan of ghost stories. Stories set in decrepit
mansions, dark castles, or creaky houses always manage to raise the
goosebumps on my arms. It's a satisfying feeling especially alone in
your darkened house snuggled up in a blanket underneath the glare of
your reading lamp. Yet, for me the spookiness of ghost stories was never translated well in
movies. I like watching them but the fear or excitement isn't the same.
Mainly, I can't look at them, but I can't look away unlike in reading
where the haunting tale focuses me to the words unwilling to look
around.Today's link take you to a marathon of blog posts. Click through and
read Arbogast on Film's January posts for some reviews and of ghostly
movies. Makes me want to watch some to get spooked out. Then, it makes
me want to read some in a cold, dark corner of my house. What's that
coming up the stairs?http://arbogastonfilm.blogspot.com/2008/12/coming-up-in-new-year.html
Defiance is about a group of Russian jews that hid out in the forest during WWII defying Hitler’s extermination scheme.
I don’t have too much to say on this movie.
Watch it because it tells some sort of historical tale of heroes doing things to make it through terrible times. Don’t watch it because it is non-descript and will leave your memory once you leave the theatre.
3 of 5 stars.
Zero Republicans voted for the stimulus bill.
Didn’t I tell you that you should ignore those people?
Fools for even trying.
A famous man once said, “Fool me once. Shame on… Shame on you. Fool me, can’t get fooled again.”
Don’t be President Fucktard.
"Because of the high volume of phone calls and correspondence received
by my office since the Politico article ran, I wanted to take a moment
to speak directly to grassroots conservatives. Let me assure you, I am
one of you." Congressman Phil Gingrey (R-GA)
Freaking hilarious! Yo, Washingtonians! Man up!Why, we in the Chicago hinterlands eat this ish for breafast! It ain'twinter unless there's 12" on the ground!This? This is spring!In other news, I put a scratch on Itsuki-chan today trying to free her windshield nozzle. I just want to crawl back into bed to make this stuff go away.
One of the songs I loved playing while DJ’ing the Saturday shift @ WVUM.
I thought I was the only person to hold his chopsticks that way.
http://www.girlhacker.com/2009_01_01_archive.html#839492537007580872
When I was holed up at my Mom’s, and when MTV2 was just about to go lame, I caught this video. Loved the groove. Loved the song. Never remembered who it was. I asked the internets on the imd message board to identify the song by describing what I could recall of the video. They nailed it within a day: Stardust’s Music Sounds Better With You. I’d like to share it with you.
"Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group
for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar."Drew Carey
