Playlist for a rainy day

August 21st, 2007
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iPod(Courtesy of my iPod, Odysseus):

New Order - Blue Monday
REM - Leaving New York
Five For Fighting - Superman
John Mayer - Why Georgia
Coldplay - The Scientist
Nina Simone - Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
Garbage - Supervixen
Interpol - NYC
Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Crash Test Dummies - Keep A Lid on Things
Material Issue - Valerie Loves Me
Modest Mouse - Bukowski
Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk
James Taylor - Fire & Rain
The Postal Service - Against All Odds
Elvis Costello - Allison
The Beatles - Happiness is a Warm Gun
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (Unplugged version)
Sara Vaughan - Summertime

Tattoo Ideas

August 19th, 2007
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Those of you who have known me a long time know that I’ve kicked around the idea of a tattoo for many years now. My thing has always been that if I’m going to have a tattoo, using my body as a canvas, I want it to be of my own design, and not someone else’s. I’ve had many designs I’ve worked on over the years, and subsequently lost them. Well, I’ve been playing around in Adobe Illustrator tonight, and came up with some new designs. You can see them below by clicking on the image for a larger version. As for placement, I’m thinking on my back, below the collar line, between my shoulder blades. Either that, or a smaller version on my left upper arm.

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Feedback, as always, is appreciated.

Investigating the ‘Culture of Corruption’

August 13th, 2007
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Here’s an interesting little article listing current and former members of Congress that are under investigation.

Interesting to note that of the 14 current Congresspeople under investigation, the breakdown is as follows:

Senators:
Republicans: 2
Democrats: 1

Representatives:
Republicans: 8
Democrats: 3

So the totals on that are:
Republican Congresspersons under investigation: 10
Democrat Congresspersons under investigation: 4

Make of this what you will, but I think it definitely has something to do with the fact that a lot of the Republicans have fallen prey to the “culture of corruption” that has taken hold of the party and its leadership and current executive administration.