Sometimes when you read something thought-provoking examples pop up everywhere. For example, yesterday I heard this quote by Steven Colbert: "And folks, there is still time for you to get on Santa's "nice list" by going to Colbertnation.com and donating to US speed skating. It counteracts any...
....dad ask me via my mother over the phone what I fancy for my dinner tonight as I am going up theirs and then when I call my mother later in the day to ask if she will put a colour in her hair proceeds to tell me that the suggestion I had made (and something I really really fancied and had been...
They've ruined your retirement fund They've ruined your savings They've ruined your property values They're about to obliterate lower tax rates They're about to ruin health care And they'll ruin your life completely if any global warming initiatives pass In my recent post about remembering when, I...
OOOO, there's a chill in the air and that means a few things: winter has hit Santa Barbara (ok, so it FEELS like winter to us So Cal folks), I'll be drinkin more hot spiced chocolate, a la Aztec/Mayan hot chocolate with peppers, and be going within to do much self-reflection. The solstice is that...
230th day of 2009 - 135 remaining Tuesday, August 18, 2009 1998: Prospector Rob Mitchell’s football-size gold nugget sold in Australia for $263,000. Mitchell said he found the nugget in 1992 and buried it in his backyard. He decided to sell it when he came home one day to find that his dog had dug...
On the near impossibility of knowing just about anything... No, I do not believe in a personal deity. Should I be worried that hundreds of millions of people disagree with me? Should I question their judgment, their intelligence, their sincerity? Should I be reassured that some of the most...
The idea that a basis of simple design evolved through the duration of time was an interesting thought for me. The basic recordings of history and the world around these developing artists, caught by the graphical/symbol or text related images communicated such beautiful scenes of history. To me it...
This section will be a work in progress for a while and even then I can't promise to have included everyone and have tabulated all the bands each musician has been in. However corrections and contributions are welcome. So far these are taken from The Broadgate Gnome site and Rex Brough site. A Adams...
It has been noted that the richest 1% of the American population owns as much as the combined wealth of the bottom 90%. So let’s think about that. The U.S. is a democracy, right? So everyone is equal. Wrong. If you’re one of the 90% you are not equal to those in the 1%. You just don’t have the...
I swore I would never wear them, never buy them, why would I ? UGG boots were hip and trendy a few years ago, now they are just everywhere. They are ugly. They are not cheap. I could not understand why so many people are wearing them. I am seeing them on seemingly normal women- not just the I try to...
I go by the name Earl H. McCullers (Howie), a.k.a. Errick Howard, a.k.a. Shadow G215. I am formally from Manhattan (El Barrio) and starting in 2007 I now reside in Long Island (Huntington Station). I was always deejaying at the house parties given in the neighborhoods since grade school, my friends...
Topic of the Hour: Spotlight on Glenn Beck and NBC The two names speak for themselves, so I'm going to avoid going into much detail about them. Instead, I'm going to cap a strange little segment done by Beck on the subject of NBC, communism, and secret conspiracies hidden within the Rockefeller...
Oh here we go.... Politics. Actually, this is not about politics, per se. It's about the American way of life - and how we consistently impair our way of life by hiring idiots on Election Day, JUST because they have a "D" or an "R", or even an "I" next to their names. A few months ago, I found the...
"The Rhumb Line is waiting there too, you know it's worth the night's we wait there" -- St Peter's Day Festival, Ra Ra Riot I knew after the first listen that The Rhumb LIne was a strong contender for my favorite album of the year. The short-hand I kept using to describe this band to friends is The...
UPDATES AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE Folks, yes, you read the title right. I'm talking about "The Big One". The one who just can't seem to be part of the "top three radio shows" in America. Believe me, I used to be a big fan of Mark. Keeping in mind I'm also a big fan of the "top three" as well, and,...
Topic of the Hour: Spotlight on Glenn Beck and NBC The two names speak for themselves, so I'm going to avoid going into much detail about them. Instead, I'm going to cap a strange little segment done by Beck on the subject of NBC, communism, and secret conspiracies hidden within the Rockefeller...
