Derek Coward’s Noise
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The Reason Behind The Union Busting?
Has it occurred to anybody that the reason the Conservative governors are trying so hard to bust the public unions is because they cannot outsource those jobs overseas, like private corporations have done to weaken the private unions? When the unions are busted, the Democratic Party will then get rid of all pretense of caring…
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Our judicial system at work?
A judge oversentences kids to private detention facilities in exchange for a kickback. This seems like a modern day slave trade to me. Unfortunately, I seriously doubt if he gets the harshest sentence available to him. However, I wonder how many other judges do something like this.
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My rules for creating
Recently I mentioned my rules for creating on Twitter. I have them written in a notebook, but I don’t think I have ever stated them on a podcast or put them in a blog post. Remember that these rules apply to me and don’t reflect how I see what other people do. Don’t overthink a…
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Not All Good Ideas Are Transferable
One of the oddest, but strangely brilliant, blog ideas I have seen in a long time was the ‘Garfield Minus Garfield’ site where someone took the original Garfield comic strips but removed Garfield. According to the website it is “…a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the…
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A Pretty Sad Sight
I stopped following baseball when they went to interleague play. I am one of those old school guys who thinks the only two times the American and National Leagues should meet are during the All-Star Game and The World Series. To me, any other meetings are meaningless in the grand scheme of things. To the…
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My Top Five Favorite Sonic Youth Songs
1. Kool Thing – I have always liked this song because of the connection to the rap world (Chuck D’s vocals and the fact the song was originally written about LL Cool J), but it’s appearance in Hal Hartley’s ‘Simple Men’ put it over the top for me. 2. 100 Percent – I’ve never been…
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Lesson Learned
OK, I admit it. I cannot run Filezilla, GIMP 2, iTunes, GOM Player, Chrome (with two tabs open), Firefox (with five tabs open), Task Manager and Notepad++ all at the same time and still expect for my laptop to not move slower than a kid going to clean his room. I’ll close some things.
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Random Picture of Chaat
I think this looks really good, even though I am allergic to peas. If I could eat things like this (even though they contain tomato, bean, peas and corn), I would consider eating more vegetarian meals. I wonder if there are any vegetarian/vegan restaurants near me.
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Random Picture of Grits
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Not So Random Picture of a Bassist
This is Kristen Pfaff, former bassist for Hole. This picture was stolen from Fuck Yeah Hole. Check out their cool site for details on Kristen Pfaff and a bunch of other stuff.