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Jittery. Anxious. Too much to do.

I love woodcuts, especially ones of mythic creatures.

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Look up your birthday in Wikipedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday

( OK, November 15 it is... )

Came, saw, conquered quite nicely. Lessons learned from tonight:

1) It is vital that we enjoy what we are doing and not fret about our performances in the way we generally tend to do.
2) It is equally vital that we appear to be enjoying ourselves to others.
3) Crowd engagement = good. And we can do it.

I had more fun tonight on stage than I have done at any of our gigs that I can remember. The highlight, obviously, came at the very end of the show when the CD with the backing track fucked up and wouldn't play the last number, so the drummer from Blatherskite stepped behind his kit (which was conveniently set up on the floor nearby), started hitting out and we started playing... something for about 30 seconds or so. Brilliant.

I quite liked Blatherskite's set, although they were cramped on the stage. That's a small stage upstairs at the Sando, and Blatherskite had a drumkit that occupied half of it, and five people in the band. On a bigger stage I think they'd go down a lot better. Given that they were playing with a fill-in rhythm section and had only had a total of four rehearsals, I think they did pretty well. The Charles Manson Experiment were terrific. Pulling off a convincing cover of "Sympathy For The Devil" is something I'd normally consider difficult in the extreme, but they managed it not too badly.

There shall be photographic evidence—including the drummer—posted later. Right now, for once, I cannot make any serious complaints against the day I have had (and I'm sure you have some idea how relatively rare that is).

All good.

Actual musician plays with IVD. More news as it comes to hand.

A performer at a free concert Saturday night at Michigan International Speedway shouted, ``Anyone got a beer?''

One cool can of suds soared from the audience onto the stage, and then another, striking country singer Pat Green between the eyes. The impact knocked him out cold, ending the concert late in his 75-minute set, a Michigan State Police trooper said.

Green and another country act, Danielle Peck, performed after NASCAR's Carfax 250 race. Peck was the opening act. Green also was the grand marshal at Saturday afternoon's race

``As I understand it he asked for a beer, someone threw one and he caught it,'' track spokeswoman Sammie Lukaskiewicz said. ``Someone then threw another beer, and it hit him.'' Medical personnel treated Green at the track. [source]

It's been in my head all day (this time DO watch the video).

Yoinked from a bunch of people:

Look up your birthday in Wikipedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday.

4 events

• 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
  
• 1962 - Jamaica becomes independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations.
  
• 1965 - Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
  
• 1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.

3 births

• 1897 - Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian pilot (d. 1935)
  
• 1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee, American dancer (d. 1970)
  
• 1944 - Alice Walker, American writer

2 deaths

• 1881 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (b. 1821)
  
• 1989 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (b. 1928)

1 holiday

• Saint Apollonia, patron saint of dentists and dental technicians

(Slim pickings on this one)

Today I stumbled across something that intrigued my capacious curiosity. To wit:

Several human skulls with horns protruding from them were discovered in a burial mound at Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, in the 1880's. With the exception of the bony projections located about two inches above the eyebrows, the men whom these skeletons belonged to were anatomically normal, though at seven feet tall they were giants. It was estimated that the bodies had been buried around A.D. 1200. The find was made by a reputable group of antiquarians, including the Pennsylvania state historian and dignitary of the Presbyterian Church (Dr. G.P. Donehoo) and two professors, A.B. Skinner, of the American Investigating Museum, and W.K.Morehead, of Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. The bones were sent to the American Investigating Museum in Philadelphia, where like so many finds that question anthropology, they were stolen and never seen again.

(source)

Further information, however, is scarce.

I'm just passing along the frustration ...

Via corvus.

PETA Warns Mexican-U.S. Border Crossers

No matter what your stance is on the highly controversial U.S.-Mexican border fence project, everyone can agree that those who decide to come to the U.S. should be warned about the downside of our nation's meat and milk consumption habits. PETA is warning immigrants that there's much more to worry about than proper documentation.
We've written a letter to the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection asking to buy space at each of the nine southwest border sectors for our new ad. Those considering entry will then read this message: "If the border patrol doesn't get you, the chicken and burgers will. Go vegan" (or, in Spanish, "Si no te agarra la migra, te atraparan el pollo y las hamburguesas. Sé vegano").
By leaving behind a far healthier staple diet of vegetables and grains—like rice, beans, corn, peppers, and tortillas—Mexicans and other immigrants will likely find themselves fattening up on the fiberless, fatty, cholesterol-laden U.S. diet, which is linked to heart disease, various types of cancer, and strokes (our nation's three biggest killers) as well as impotence (internationally recognized killer of the mood).
PETA's placement of these colorful ads would certainly offset some of the tax dollars that fund the fence. It's a winning solution for the folks at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, immigrants, and farmed animals alike!

Yeah, because if you're going to run the risk of fleeing one country and illegally entering another one in search of a better life even though you'll likely just end up with virtual slave labour working for someone who knows you're there illegally and so can just call the cops on you if you refuse to accept the substandard pay and conditions they wouldn't impose on anyone else but can get away with in your case, the most pressing issue you have to face is that McDonald's isn't that good for you. Yeah. I was too scared to read the comments on the original blog post, but corvus reposted a few. I suspect this one says it all...

I don't think the ads are insulting but, even if they are--so what?? Diets high in animal products ARE bad for you--that's a FACT, like it or not. Animals are tortured and slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands and fed to humans--that's a FACT, like it or not. Just because people are poor, that does not excuse their eating of animals. They bear the same guilt as those who are wealthy and eat animals.

Jesus.

Look up your birthday in Wikipedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday. 


4 Events

1314 - First War of Scottish Independence: Battle of Bannockburn, south of Stirling, begins.
1611 -The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again
1917 - In a game against the Washington Senators, pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire. (!)
1988 - James Hansen testifies to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources that it was 99% probable that global warming had begun.

3 Births

1894 - Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (d.1956)
1955 - Glenn Danzig, American musician (The Misfits and Danzig)
1964 - Joss Whedon, American producer, director, and screenwriter

2 Deaths

2006 - Aaron Spelling, American television producer (b. 1923)
2006 - Harriet, Galápagos tortoise (b. 1830) Woah!


1 Holiday

Midsummer's Eve, Christianized as the eve of the feast of Saint John the Baptist, is celebrated in much of Northern Europe

A drunken man on a wildlife tour leaned over a rail to stroke a crocodile - and was pulled into the water and torn to shreds by eight of the raging beasts as 50 horrified holidaymakers looked on. Fire department spokesman Ramiro Alos, speaking from the Lake Carpintero sanctuary near Tampico, Mexico, said: "It’s unheard of for eight crocodiles to join forces in killing a man. "It’s the most savage attack in living memory in Mexico. "There are no remains and we can’t identify him. He must have suffered horrifically." [source - EDIS email]

Welp.

I got paid.

A day early.

With my pay rise effected.


I paid my bills.

I still have two thirds of my money.

I may not run out this month.


This pleases me.


And now, some Emiliana – because this fits my mood today (don't bother watching – just listen).

12 hours out today, 800km round trip. I personally drove about 460km and a tad less than 5 hours of it. Very sore and tired. The first time in quite a while I drove a manual, kept forgetting about the clutch.

Also I seem to have lost my ipod somewhere.

Anyone want to find me a picture that perfectly illustrates apathy? I couldn't be bollocked.

I was recently stopped by Homeland Security as I was returning from a trip to Syria. What I saw in the hours that followed shocked and disturbed me.

A bit of a read, but worth it.

How Fucking Long does it take to update the Segment Status of a phone line ?
Certainly not over a goddamn week, thats for sure.

Absolutely No Love,
Neef.

So five fish in suits walk into a lab, and the lab assistant goes "what the fuck? Since when can fish wear suits,... and walk, and breath in the air?"

I am so tired

entertainment?
*clap clap*

no?

Two 'Aliens' chess sets.