Sweet fancy Moses, I love stereotypist...



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New Rule Protects Health-Care Workers' 'Right of Conscience'

And thank god, because, as a doctor, I have a moral issue with treating African-Americans for sickle cell anemia. Now I no longer have to treat this disease which is so clearly God's punishment for being black.

Dear doctors who don't want to have to practice medicine "in direct opposition to their personal convictions"... Tough shit. Don't be a doctor. Refusing to perform procedures is not a fucking free-speech issue. WITHHOLDING MEDICAL INFORMATION is not a free-speech issue. Perform the job you AGREED TO PERFORM and then go out and protest abortion to your heart's content. Pharmacists: fill the birth control prescription that is fucking LEGAL and then voice your support of the Vatican's stance wherever you please. YOU took the goddamn job and you knew what it entailed. The medical profession is ABSOLUTELY different from all other professions and you do not get to pick and choose which aspects of it are palatable to you.

Brent Bozell, Media Research Center president, on FOX News...

10/25: Obama went "the entirety of the campaign saying the kind of things that you're saying in the debates, where on, for every question, you've got a redistribution of wealth answer, where you've got socialism, where you've got the government controlling every aspect of life."

11/7: "Obama ran as a Reaganite and won over the fiscal -- the public as a fiscal conservative."

I love the new narrative.

If you're unaware, at midnight on election day, the small village (pop. 75) of Dixville Notch, NH, gathers in a ballroom to cast their ballots, then closes the polls at 12:01.

Tonight's results?
Obama: 15
McCain: 6

First Dem to win there since 1968.

Sure, it's sorta meaningless, but who cares?

There will be a memorial service Saturday for Robi Lyle. Let me know if you need details.

Robi Lyle passed away this morning, quietly, surrounded by his family.

Anyone who might be reading this who was a fan of my former band Radiant City, or who may have known him personally... Robi Lyle, also a former member, is currently in the hospital. He has been in a coma for a week. I won't presume to guess at the prognosis, but please keep him in your thoughts.

It's been a seriously long couple of months. so... why not be a goof?

I think its inevitable that as we read each other's journals we createmental pictures of each other. Post this on your own journal to findout who your friends see when they read about your life.

Two Rules:
1)The person must be in the movies or on TV (but doesn't have to be an actor/actress). The person can be specific to a role (e.g. Jennifer Elhe's Elizabeth Bennet) or just the person themself.
2) Post a picture!

• 11:07 @hodgman unfortunately, the demand for Cosmohol has led directly to the sudden increase in the cost of Rose's lime juice. #
• 15:13 Dear MobileMe, I know you're a free trial and all, but so far? You suck. Could you make just ONE aspect of yourself function correctly soon? #

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• 11:29 It is an amazing thing to watch a company self destruct before your eyes. #

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• 13:08 @remaindered I'm sorry, I wasnt listening. What? #

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Just so you'll know I'm alive...

Below is the Entertainment Weekly's list of 100 Classic Movies of the past 25 years.
Italicize the ones you've seen, underline the ones you plan to, bold the ones you loved, and strike the ones you didn't much like.
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• 18:25 Freash new Big Barda tattoo on my arm! #

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First of all, it seems with the Iron Man movie I am back to getting a lot of comments on him on my arm. I flew to Boston last week and had a chat with the guys at the security checkpoint and then a 13 year old kid took a pic with his phone and then gave me the little "chest-tap and peace out" gesture as he got off the tram. Then in Boston a 14 year old girl also took a pic with her phone.

So, finally, last night it was back to get more work done. I didn't realize that it had almost been a year since the last bit was done. In the meantime my artist switched to a different, but actually closer, location. Therefore, all new recommendations:

Need a tattoo? Call Jason Kelly at Ink and Dagger Tattoo Parlor in Decatur, GA. The new spot is really amazing, sylish and clean and new, all the things you probably don't expect from a tattoo parlor.

On with the photos:
( Kirby cheesecake! )

Playing tonight at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge tonight at 10:30 tonight. Come out if you can!

I had another choice this week but it can't be embedded. Screw you, Universal Music Group! So, instead, here's my favorite video from high school.

Peter Gabriel - I Don't Remember

Why, yes, Iron Man DID fucking rock. Thanks for asking!

I may as well update, I know I haven't in a while and more has happened in the interim than usual.

The previous crisis involving zeppo's job has been averted. I don't know whether she will post about it or not (probably not), but basically, people in power who were being asked to remain made it a condition that she be retained as well.

I set myself up with a manager a few months ago. It's been her belief that I would do much better in the northeast, where she's based, than I do in Atlanta, a sentiment I suspect is true. But I explained we just bought 50 acres here last year, so we're really not going anywhere at this point. She offered to put together a backing band for me in Boston if I would be willing to travel there as much as I might be able. So, that's what we've done. The even odder aspect of it is that Michael Lorant (Big Fish Ensemble) is the drummer of said backing band; the Michael who when he still lived here played on my first two records and live for a few shows. So, two weeks ago I travelled up to Boston and rehearsed with them, as up to that point they'd been practicing without me based on demos I'd sent. The first run through was fine but not inspiring, the second was a bit of a revelation. Not that it's a wild left turn, but it is a different sort of sound and I think I really like it. It involves the realization I had a few months ago about how my music sounds and how I actually write and it has totally opened up things for me in a surprising way. So, where does it lead? I have no fucking idea. Except, hi, Boston, I'll see you June 14th at the Lizard Lounge.

Even apart from that music has gotten busy for me at the moment, between the Arts and Sciences doing a few shows and also the imminent rehearsal of another singer's backing band that I joined. All this and I still don't know for sure if I want to be doing music. Maybe I just won't ever know?