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[...]So on my way to work yesterday, I’m at a stoplight and there’s some jackass in a beat up red pickup who has been swerving and tailgating me for a good chunk of Emerson Ave. My windows are down as it was a nice morning and I hear the guy [...]
Tonight!
Drinking Liberally: Indy debate watching party
7pm-whenever
Spencer’s Stadium Tavern
802 S. West St. (as corner of West & McCarty)
Debate starts at 9, well have it on the big screen. See you there!
[...]Alright, I’ve been looking around but so far striking out in finding a plugin that does what I want with a GoogleReader shared items feed. I’d write it myself, but I don’t have the a) time or b) experience with WP internals to do it. Or at least not to [...]
Someone shoot me. I just made a “Welcome Back Kotter” reference.
Job
First up, I’ll be starting a new job in a week and a half. Full time performance testing on n-teir web architecture at a company here in Indianapolis. It’s a HELL of an opportunity to learn alot of exciting technologies. [...]
Update: Gah! I fucked up but little changed except a couple numbers and some rankings onthe linked spreadsheet in the middle of the pack.
A bigger, much more interesting post coming sometime this week re: politics and a new job. But for now…
Hockey, Beer and Math!!
Inspired by this post over at [...]
I’m a Democrat. (Duh!) I want to get Mitch Daniels out of the Governor’s Mansion very badly (privatizing everything left and right, killing local government budgets for the sake of state budgets are the big reasons). But how the FUCK am I supposed to vote for a Democrat when all [...]
So it takes an article about the clusterfuck that has become Apple’s MobileMe service to get me to write a blog post again. Specifically the part about testing caught my eye as that’s what I do for a living - software testing.
Developers do testing, load testing and infrastructure planning, [...]
Well, the Democrats in the House finally caved and capitulated to an unpopular party pushing an unpopular bill - and expanded spying powers at the same time!!! Way to go! The “compromise” essentially gives telco companies retroactive immunity for helping the government spy on American citizens illegally as long [...]
Just saw this ad pop up on my Yahoo mail.
It’s animated and starts out saying “Feeling Fat?”
Now, 99.99% of my readers will know exactly what all is wrong with this. Fat? HER? If anything she’s scrawny. Not to mention the whole body image issues that come [...]
Okay, so Newt Gingrich is right on one count, his party is fucking doomed right now. But then he tries to come up with another magic plan for change. Because his “Contract With America” was implemented so well.
1. Repeal the gas tax for the summer, and pay for the [...]
Alright so I should be sleeping but i want to get these thoughts out before sleep chases them off into crazy Jason dream land.
Well when I first read this link courtesy of CJ, I was thrown for a loop. Mayor “Chinatowns” Ballard supporting mass transit and potential taxes to make it happen? It was as if my world had been turned upside down. Bit then it all became clear at Drinking [...]
I’m officially getting behind a new candidate for president. A candidate who understand the real issues. A candidate who doesn’t hate America.
American Flag Lapel Pin is patriotism you can count on!!!
LapelPin08.com is the home of the most patriotic candidate in the race for the [...]
I can’t even begin to write coherently about the Democratic debate last night. I didn’t watch it because I’d figure it was going to be more of the same blandness: semi-important policy questions and a whole lot of nothing said. Instead it was apparently an before any actual policy question [...]
After reading this piece on Politico, I can only come to one conclusion - we need to turn the election of our President into a drinking contest of some sorts.
When I saw a video of Hillary Clinton downing a shot of Crown Royal whiskey in Bronko’s Restaurant and [...]
Barack Obama has lost my vote.
Why you ask? I’ll tell you why. Because Barack Obama hates cats and cat owners.
That’s a harsh thing to say, I know. But he’s only just now done his first interview with national magazine Cat Fancy. He has yet to do an interview with [...]
Read this for your daily requirement of outrage.
From one of the linked articles in that post:
A study by the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University shows turnout in 2004 was about 4% lower in states that required voters to sign their name or produce documentation. Hispanic turnout was [...]
Alright, I’m going to poke a giant* because this has been bugging me since I read this in my RSS feed. I respect the work at Shakespeare’s Sister immensely, and Melissa McEwan is a very talented blogger, but sometimes I just don’t get it.
Apparently this ad [...]
Alright so I decided to get my girlfriend hooked up with a wireless router. Ended up getting a simple Netgear wireless-g router, perfect for someone who just needs to get online and doesn’t need much in the way of fancy stuff. All set to install, which is when I started [...]
A sign I am getting old: An album I’ve been waiting on for eleven years comes out next month. Portishead’s third studio album, Third, drops April 28th. I’ve found a few tracks on YouTube and.. wow. This album might just have the potential to live up to an 11 [...]
He means it. He actually means it when he blabbers on about wanting a Chinatown in Indianapolis. It wasn’t just a one off goofy statement.
Our roads are more cratered than the moon, ALlisonville Rd over 465 has had a lane closed for nearly [...]
Via Masson’s Blog, this choice little quote from a guy in Delphi re: the property tax bill Mitch Daniels is due to sign today and the fallout for local communities and schools:
Bill Hasser, a Delphi resident, said he is happy to see property tax relief but doesn’t want to [...]
In honor of the passing of author/futurist/all aroudn badass Arthur C. Clarke, I’m going to share my short but somewhat humorous 2001: A Space Odyssey story.
I have a younger brother (2 years younger) and younger sister (8 years younger). Back when my sister was probably 8 years old [...]
Inspired by this brilliant post mapping Ludacris’ song “Area Code” showing geographically the location of his hoes, I decided to map Johnny Cash’s “I’ve Been Everywhere” and compare the two:
A little tidbit from the star caught my eye in Google Reader today:
Gov. Mitch Daniels appointed a former phone company attorney to represent ratepayers in utility matters.
David Stippler, an attorney with Bingham, McHale, LLP, will be the new the state’s Utility Consumer Counselor. He previously worked 17 years at [...]
I can’t help but die a little inside after reading this gem found via The Accidental Mayor:
So I was intrigued and a bit amused the other day when Mayor Greg Ballard mentioned something about a Chinatown to a local business leader, after a news conference on the city’s [...]
I got a REALLLLLY shady political polling call just now. can’t remember the name of the company but there is certainly something shady going on. I was first asked to hand the phone to the “youngest registered voter” in the household. Then I was asked if I worked for any [...]
While those traitorous commies at The Accidental Mayor have been ripping Mayor Ballard for his testimony at the State House and for the lack of talk about where he is going to come up with his promised $70 million in cuts without layoffs of loss of services, X-Tra [...]
So the special election for the 7th District here in Indy is heating up and the Star offers a brief q&a over a few major topics with the candidates, Republican State Rep. John Elrod and Democratic City/County Councilman Andre Carson.
What’s your position on a withdrawal timetable for Iraq?
• [...]
From today’s article on the Frankenstein’s Monster that is the property tax bill that is in the state house:
Kenley, whose committee would consider HB 1001 if it’s passed by the House, said he does not support the increase in the income tax credit for the working poor.
That measure [...]
This article gave me a bit of a chuckle.
I-69 delay honks off Fishers council
The Fishers Town Council unanimously passed a resolution tonight calling on the state to speed up reconstruction of I-69 through Hamilton County.Council members are peeved that plans to redesign intersections and add lanes along the [...]
I won’t say much about Cloverfield. Giving away spoilers for this movie would be a bad thing. I WILL say that it was a movie that, at times, was completely terrifying at a level unlike any horror movie I have seen in a very long time. The hand-held viewpoint definitely [...]
So somehow even after I turned comments to only for logged-in users (of which there is only me) it was still getting through. Not good. SO I changed my password, but anyone know of any other ways this may be happening? I also now have BOTH SpamKarma2 and Akismet running [...]
I had to temporarily turn off commenting. All of a sudden today spam comments have started slipping through my filters. No idea why. Going to update WP and see if Spam Karma has an update or if other users of it have seen it.
Fuck you, comment and trackback spammers.
[...]So last night we had a New Hampshire Primary Party for Drinking Liberally:Indianapolis. Good times. The highlight of the evening had to be Ron Paul’s never-ending old man rant when he addressed his supporters. We tried to ignore it but it just kept going on and on and on.
So [...]
I wish I’d noticed this before my big gubernatorial campaign website comparison entry, but why is Schellinger using a company out of Portland, Oregon to implement his website? Could his campaign not find anyone locally to do this? It’s not like there aren’t some very talented web designers [...]
Alright, time for a really pointless breakdown of the Indiana Gubernatorial candidate websites!
First the Democratic side.
Jim Schellinger:
Democrat Jim Schellinger has raised $2.4 million in his gubernatorial bid since he got into the race in March, his campaign said Monday.
The exact amount is more than double the $1.2 million that Schellinger, a South Bend native and president of an Indianapolis architecture firm, reported raising [...]
So the informal “meet the candidates” forum last night brought out 8 potential Democratic candidates for our Wise And Sage Party Elders to decide for us who should run in the special election.
The candidates who had expressed interest in the seat by Monday and who attended were: state Reps. [...]
IndyStar finally answers the question I’ve been wondering: Who is choosing each party’s candidate for the special election? And who is running?
First, who is running
They include City-County Council members Joanne Sanders and Andre Carson, the late congresswoman’s grandson. Others who have been mentioned as candidates include state Reps. David [...]
6:49pm: Well the first meeting of the new CCC is about to begin, and it looks like the circus is already in town. There’s a guy here all dressed in American Revolutionary garb. I hope to hell he gets up and talks when/if there is a chance for public comment. [...]
Christopher Hitchens does a great interview with The Onion’s AV Club about atheism. I particularly liked this quote
And my challenge is this: “Can you name me a good action done or a good thing done by a believer that couldn’t have been said or done by a non-believer?” I’ve [...]
Found this meme via my father.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album [...]
So Greg Ballard was inaugurated yesterday. Our long city-wide nightmare of peace and prosperity is over! (Yup, those taxes Bart raised to put more cops on the street? The ones Ballard and local idiots hate so much? Murder down 19% in 2007.)
The inaugural address is interesting in that [...]
Something that Masson posted today (dude, what are you doing up and on your computer at 5:49am?) led me to leave a comment I figured I would share with you. I essentially made a similar point in my post about the Council meeting this week, but this distills it [...]
In for a penny, in for a pound. Why not pile on a little more? From Evan Bayh’s statement on the passing of Rep. Julia Carson (D-Amazing)
Julia Carson overcame much and accomplished much, and devoted her life to helping other people do the same.
Yes. She did overcome a [...]
So I decided to go to evanbayh.com (yeah I’m a masochist), which is currently forwarded to allamericapac.org, his mild, bland, completely pointless PAC that’s really just there for his own political ambitions and not to actually do anything. I mean it. Good luck finding out what they actually do.
But [...]
Final meeting of 2007, and final meeting of the Democratic majority on the CCC. If this story in The Star is any indication, it could be an interesting night.
Two proposals that City-County Council Democrats are introducing today would put new limits on the mayor’s authority to borrow money or [...]
Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears is currently my favoritist awesomeist band, especially to see live. They have a new album coming out next year and you can hear the third track off of it (Imitation Of The Sky) on their myspace page.
They will be also giving away [...]
Past And Future facts about the Ronald Reagan Parkway:
* It will promise never to have tolls, in fact in the beginning it will pay you to drive on it. But eventually it will charge tolls.
* The RRP was once a prop used in the production of “Earthquake” (1974) before [...]
I had my second tattoo session last night. 5 hours, lasting until the wee hour of 1:30am. I do believe I have found my upper limit of tattoo time: 4 hours. But Conan rocks like you wouldn’t [...]
Bayh, Lugar help block energy bill
WASHINGTON - Indiana’s Democratic and Republican senators today helped block a vote on an energy bill aimed at curbing gasoline use and promoting renewable energy.
…Both Sen. Evan Bayh, a Democrat, and Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican, voted against having a final vote on [...]
Well tonight was the first night I went to an Indianapolis City/County Council Meeting for the Indy Council Watch project. Not much raelly went on, but if it did anything it reminded me of how much of an ass my Councilman, Scott Schneider, is. There was a proposition before [...]
So last I wrote, I had officially decided to wait on Conan Lea’s waiting list for my tattoo. Well today was my first session. And let me just say, Conan kicks ass. If you are in the Indy area and want a kick ass, fine art tattoo, he [...]
I’m not going to pull any goddamn punches on this shit.
Sen. Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn, gave a minute-long prayer, that he ended by saying:
“We pray this in the name and beloved power of our Lord Jesus Christ and for his sake, Amen.”
You know what, fucker? Not everyone you represent is [...]
ArsTechnica has an excellent article about the recent Firefox 3 “blocking bugs” hubub, and the resulting response from the Firefox community. I will say that this article and this issue really sums up some of the difficulties of the software QA process - especially at the end of [...]
Really not in a sleeping mood, so decided to watch Domino with Keira Knightly. Rotten Tomatoes hates it but I actually quite enjoyed it. It’s an over the top, exploitation, crazy movie. Think Natural Born Killers with a bit less crazy and some interesting plot twists to go with [...]
Dear NBC,
I would really like to start watching your show Life but I’ve missed all the episodes so far and apparently you only go back to the fourth episode on NBC.com. It seems you really don’t want people to be able to watch your shows online in any sort [...]
Alright time to dig into another Tully article. Always fun. This time it’s about the the 16 Republicans who will be on the Council’s majority naming their leadership team.
GOP united in filling top council posts
It was just after 5 p.m. when the Republicans gathered in the offices of [...]
Interesting article in the star today about the report from a “bipartisan legislative commission” about taxes, specifically what to do about property taxes. it basically hinges on mandating or incentivising counties to raise the county option income tax to make up for a 1/2 cut in property taxes.
This makes [...]
just testing syndication it ICW
[...]Well I’ve got the site up and running I mentioned before. IndyCouncilWatch.org. The idea is that when the new Indianapolis/Marion County City/County Council starts up, that we (at least CJ and I, others if you are interested) go to every open council meeting possible. At these meetings, take [...]
First off, my own accountability
* I didn’t do nearly enough for this election. I could have done more and I just plain didn’t.
* I didn’t take Ballard seriously enough. More specifically, (and less credit to Ballard) I didn’t take the anti-incumbent fever sweeping the state seriously enough
* I’ve [...]
I just had a sudden flashback to the old Forum2000.org. Does anyone remember that? It doesn’t exist anymore and the only thing I could really find was this Slashdot post from 2000 about it being shut down. Damn that site was funny. Thankfully there is always the Internet [...]
So if you’re interested, I think a few of the DL regulars are going to get together tonight even though our “official” night was Tuesday this week for the election. I think we could all use some beers and reflection on what happened. So feel free to [...]
My old theme is apparently broken with the new WordPress so I’m switching temporarily to this more stripped down theme. Some features are missing (Twitter, Netflix, Flickr especially) but the site is loading way faster so that may be just fine. I may or may not do a whole redesign. [...]
I’m not really up for dissecting everything from the election yesterday. I will say that apparently 77,000+ Marion County residents would rather vote for someone with only two or three talking points and no concrete plans over an incumbent who has done a ton for this city all over a [...]
So I’v ebeen neglecting this horribly, but a couple things from election day. First off, some shadyness from my polling place in Washington Township.
This sign was plastered to the outside of the doors going into the school:
It was paid for by the Marion County Republican Central [...]
Grr. I think my WP install is broked. I’ve been neglecting this too long.
[...]Just a quick link. Drinking Liberally: Indianapolis made this week’s Nuvo Newsweekly. It’s a good profile and includes information not only on DL but on Spencer’s Tavern and the ReplicAle beer event from a couple weeks ago. Good stuff.
[...]So Liz & I were hanging out at Nicky Blaine’s, chillin’ and enjoying the live jazz/lounge music. Somehow we got on the idea to invent a new drink. I give you…
The Creepy Scoutmaster
Serve in [...]
So I decided to take a couple days off and head to Colts training camp. I wrote up some diaries at StampedeBlue about each practice which you can access all four easily from my post at CWAMB. It was a good time. Soul-meltingly hot, but fun. I may [...]
well this is a short one, again crossposted from last.fm
8/3 - Lord of the Yum-Yum, The Born Again Floozies at Radio Radio
So I headed out last night with the idea to see the Born Again Floozies at Radio Radio in Indianapolis. they are great fun always good to see [...]
so once again I’ve been gathering tabbed links in my browser with the idea of posting about them but it hasn’t happened. So that means another Link Dump! You are excited, I can tell.
Been meaning to write both of these for awhile but this week just got crazy busy. Both are crossposted from last.fm.
Fri 27 Jul – Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears, THE HEDRONS, Tiger City
I’ve been meaning to post this review for a week now but just now getting the [...]
DailyLit is awesome. I just subscribed to “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions” by Edwin Abbott. (via Wil Wheaton)
[...]Awesome! My favorite reality show that is ACTUALLY reality and about REAL surviving is coming back. Survivorman, with Les Stroud. Season 2 starts August 10th. Sweeeet.
Tags: tv, discoverychannel, [...]
Update: Definitely still going with Conan Lea. It’ll be worth the wait, and fitting that Orion will be high in the sky once his waiting list frees up.
So I’m still on the waiting list for my tattoo. Looks like it won’t be until the end of the year before I [...]
There is no other explanation. Bill O’Reilly is a true to his core breast man and decidedly NOT an ass man. It really is the only way to explain this little racist diatribe:
O’REILLY: So I guess this is being driven by Hispanics, right, with all the illegal immigration, millions [...]
In honor of the 4th of July (and via Ricky), I took a sample quiz such as those applying for citizenship take (although there is the advantage of multiple choice). I passed, missing only the question about which form to fill out to apply for citizenship.
[...]
I shouldnt’ give away the secret, but it’s chili tepin 
