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Archive for May, 2008

Taxi Driver #2

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

From the NY Times’ 4/14/08 article “Housing Woes in U.S. Spread Around Globe”:
“Such cutbacks are well under way in Ireland, where the taxi drivers complain that their ranks are being swollen by laid-off home builders. The housing collapse has brought an abrupt end to more than a decade of pell-mell growth that earned Ireland the […]

the money … the money … the terrorists

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

the money … the money … the terrorists

Look here, gashole

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Ya’ll should check this out when and if it comes to your town: http://www.gasholemovie.com I watched it Monday night at a special screening where you could question its makers afterwards. Yes, remotely intellectual things go on all the time in Vegas! Anyway, its a documentary, mainly about the story of the 100 mpg carburetor and […]

Complacency Kills

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

I get lazy, don’t feel there’s much to be said and then I realize we’re still in a tight spot and there are many many talking heads pushing for war with Iran and an administration just crazy enough to do it. Holy Geez.