Archive - March, 2008

1984 | A Book Review

March 31 1 Comment Category: Literature, Realpolitik

For Christmas we got George Orwell’s classic novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. First off, let me begin by saying that this is one of the most well-written and honest works of fiction I have ever read. I never have been a huge fan of fiction, preferring to get my doses of unreality via movies and [...]

Kool Aid, Oh Yeah!

I spent a few years of my childhood drinking the Kool-Aid, no really, I actually mean ingesting a delicious beverage made from a bag of colorful powder with an anthropomorphic pitcher on the front. This is not some self-reflective post trying to sort out how my formative years shaped me into the person today, [...]

Swap Meet – Food, Freaks and Tires

I was going through dirt mall withdraw last night and decided that a trip to my flea market meet was in order for this morning. This place is well-known in my area and it spans a 1-2 miles of paved parking lot directly next to the busy freeway, just look for the gigantic SWAP [...]

Orange Goop

First, let me start off my getting something off my chest – if you are purchasing a used appliance from someone, that means at one point it was in that person’s home, performing its manufactured abilities, which in this case, is to serve as a cool shelter to prevent food from spoiling. If you [...]

PETA is Evil

I used to think PETA stood for “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals”, but the more reading I do, the more it becomes apparent that their moniker should actually read, “People Euthanizing Terrific Animals”. Feel free to read through their official policies yourself here – PETA’s Position on Pit Bull Bans
PETA’s founder Ingrid [...]