Monthly Archives: December 2003

“One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Three chords, and you’re into jazz.” – Lou Reed

Since I’ve been using my Midiman Radium-61 MIDI controller keyboard exclusively these days, I’ve found a lot of things I with they’d designed better. A week or two ago, I was inches away from just giving up on the thing … Continue reading →

I just finished watched the 2nd of the two-part “miniseries” of Battlestar Galactica. This is a brand new one, featuring Edward James Olmos as Commander Adama. It was produced for the SciFi Channel, where it was first presented last week. … Continue reading →

Well, it’s done! Last night my band 404 Not Found played our first gig since August. That was a 5 month hiatus from live performance. The event was our CD release party for “Paper Cuts” and it was at the … Continue reading →

Yahoo! News – U.S. Says Saddam Held Under Geneva Convention Rules: “‘He is being treated in accordance with the Geneva conventions and provided protections of a prisoner of war,’ McClellan told reporters.” This contrasts to the situation with the Afghan … Continue reading →

Yahoo! News – Saddam Hussein Captured Alive Near Tikrit – Woo hoo! Finally, some good news regarding the Iraq occupation. Hopefully this will signal the beginning of the end of the resistance movement, and the Iraqis can now put together … Continue reading →

Yahoo! News – Pentagon Audit Finds Halliburton Overcharged – What a surprise! A large corporation with tight connections to the Commander-in-Chief wins a huge no-bid contract with the DoD and then fraudulently overcharges? There surely must be some sort of … Continue reading →

Yahoo! News – Report: Qaeda Shifting to Iraq from Afghanistan – I thought we destroyed both these organizations – al Qaeda and the Taliban. And yet Osama bin Laden is still funding the Afghan resistance to the tune of $3,000,000 … Continue reading →

Holiday Snowglobe – I think you’ll like this. Grab and shake. Or just watch the little people. In other news, I got rejected by the 2nd blood bank in a week. They both said they could accept my blood donation … Continue reading →