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Deep Thought #15354 (UPDATED)

Posted by Brendan on March 1st, 2010 filed in Uncategorized

Battlestar Galactica 1980 totally sucks.
Also, I am convinced Dillon and Troy are the inspiration for SNL’s Ambiguously Gay Duo.
Updated with footage: if you can get past acting so wooden you’d think the roles were played by marionettes, check out Galactica’s Dillon and Troy:

and compare them with Ace and Gary:
The Ambiguously Gay Duo – First Served, [...]

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Obama, Using Your Dead Mom as a Campaign Prop is Despicable

Posted by Brendan on September 4th, 2009 filed in Uncategorized

Inspired by a comment by cbl at firedoglake
hey Barack, that’s you when you wanted to be president, talking about the injustices your dying mom faced as a cancer patient. here’s what you said:
In those last painful months, she was more worried about paying her medical bills than getting well
That’s why so many people believed in [...]

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Wind Gap 2009

Posted by Brendan on June 15th, 2009 filed in Uncategorized

I’ve been off the internet since Friday morning, when Sam and I left for the 2009 Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival, which is about when my camera decided it wanted to die. So I don’t have much of anything other than shots my buddy Nik took.
Last week, i dropped a few more bucks than i [...]

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Sam in December 08

Posted by Brendan on February 4th, 2009 filed in Uncategorized

After what can only be described as a long and punishing tript to get him, including a blizzard, 4 hours of sleep, the flu, and an hour of interrogation at the border, we had a great visit with Sam. Here are some shots. Click for full size images.
The first few are from the Franklin [...]

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Deep Thought

Posted by Brendan on December 18th, 2008 filed in Uncategorized

What does it mean when National Review thinks I’m worth linking to?
don’t answer that….

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Under the Big Top

Posted by Brendan on October 25th, 2008 filed in Uncategorized

Begin by playing this:

As the music plays, enjoy the following excerpts, beginning here:
A federal judge in Philadelphia last night threw out a complaint by a Montgomery County lawyer who claimed that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was not qualified to be president and that his name should be removed from the Nov. 4 ballot.
Philip J. [...]

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I Am Part of the Problem

Via atrios, I discovered that I am part of the problem:
Retail sales fell off a cliff in September, plunging by the largest amount in three years as worried consumers shunned the malls and auto showrooms in the midst of the country’s financial meltdown.
The Commerce Department reported Wednesday retail sales decreased 1.2 percent last month, nearly [...]

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Priceless

President Bush has a second career awaiting him as a comedian:
Condemning as unacceptable what he called Russia’s “bullying and intimidation,” President Bush on Friday said Russia must withdraw its troops from all of Georgian territory and said the United States would stand with Georgia in the conflict.
“Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected,” [...]

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Still For Sale…

Posted by Brendan on June 19th, 2008 filed in Uncategorized

I am selling a re-issued Danelectro u2 electric guitar. The guitar is brown with white trim and features two lipstick tube pickups. Cokebottle headstock. The guitar has a great surf/psych-pop tone (it’s almost as if the tremolo is built in) and super deep low-end. Comes with gig bag.

This is not my guitar, but [...]

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Ennui

Posted by Brendan on April 8th, 2008 filed in Uncategorized

If I read one more blog by Clinton supporters seeking to make excuses for why Clinton should stay in the race, I am going to lose my mind.
By the same token, if I read one more blog by Obama supporters exposing “another Clinton lie!!!1!” I am also going to lose my mind.
Blogging was a [...]

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