Guy LeCharles Gonzalez (aka glecharles) (aka loudpoet)

An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

"Freedom" in America is like living in a really nice zoo, where the walls are spread far enough apart to allow you to lie to yourself, but close enough to quell the desire to maul your inattentive captors, knowing a bullet with your name on it waits on the other side. As much as I wish we could leave the country when if Bush wins the election in November, I know it's an unrealistic fantasy. For us, at least. Especially with two kids. A drunk kid accosted Matt and I last Friday after the Jets game, asking us if we…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Today's Moment of Zen, courtesy of the fabulous Electoral Vote Predictor: Polls have become marketing tools for the candidates. According to www.race2004.net "during the 2000 primary race Karl Rove had pollsters call Republican voters in South Carolina asking if John McCain's black baby born out outside of his marriage influenced their decision on whether to support him. The question was not only racist, it was misleading. McCain and his wife adopted a baby from Bangladesh. The child isn't black in the "traditional" sense, and the baby was born outside his marriage because he was adopted."With everything these sociopaths put McCain…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Pumpkin Seeds: 2004 VMA Edition

1) Did Outkast officially step beyond the constraints of hip-hop and establish themselves as pure musical artists able to weave sonic magic from thin air? 2) Did Usher finally break through the inexplicable logjam of cookie cutter whiteboys and their stolen dance moves with his two awards last night? 3) Has a celebrity ever seemed more conspicuously absent than Britney Spears did last night? 4) Did Christina Aguilera deliver the final "enough is enough" nail to the "there is no comparison between Britney Spears and I" coffin with gusto, or what? 5) Was there anything sweeter than the love the…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

I've always wanted to be in a real life disaster movie. Part of me, the same part that believes in parallel worlds and alternate realities, looks forward to this happening in my lifetime, though preferably while we're still living up on a hill in the Bronx. Don't want my comic books getting wet! In more optimistic news, this weekend's wedding was a lot of fun. Not counting my own - or my father's town hall quickie for his second marriage - it's only the third wedding I've ever been to, and the most elaborate by far. The other two were…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Pumpkin Seeds: Are You Ready For Some Football? Edition

1. Thanks to Eliel, I'm going to tonight's Jets/Giants pre-season game! Guess that means I really can't back out of his feature at 13 on Monday, hunh? ;-) 2. The football season couldn't have been better timed, what with the Mets doing their best impersonation of Justin Guarini's entertainment "career." Please, please, please give me hope for 2005 by firing Art Howe now and giving Don Baylor the job before someone else snatches him up in the off-season! 3. I'm in four fantasy football leagues this year, two on Fanball.com's Exit42 and two on Yahoo! Sports. My primary league, the…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Paul Ballew gets the Jackass-of-the-Day Award. Report finds softer SUV sales; Detroit laughs By Sarah A. Webster Knight Ridder Detroit — SUVs, which have been berated in recent years as rollover-prone gas hogs, are losing appeal, a respected automotive research firm said on Thursday. Demand for sport-utility vehicles, such as the Ford Expedition, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Chevrolet Suburban, is softening, the Power Information Network LLC, said in a report that quickly became controversial in Detroit. The research firm is an affiliate of J.D. Power and Associates of Westlake Village, Calif., which is known for its consumer quality surveys and…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Cannibalism is nutritious

“War is good for the economy…like cannibalism is nutritious.”

In related news:

U.S. stocks rally as oil drops to two-week lows

Wednesday August 25, 1:35 pm ET

By Mark Cotton

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) — U.S. stocks gained ground in afternoon trading Wednesday, buoyed by fresh drop in oil prices to two-week lows.

Crude for October delivery fell as low as $44.08 per barrel intraday on the New York Mercantile Exchange after the latest industry data showed motor-fuel stocks either unchanged or higher on the previous week, confounding analyst estimates of a decline.

A two-week low is cause for investor enthusiasm? Cannibalism, indeed.

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