January 2011

Bed races for charity in Thailand

In this world where tens of thousands take to the street on any given day to express their outrage over one thing or the other, and in a time when the earth itself seems to be on a mission to remind the human race, by frequent earthquakes, volcano eruptions, floods and hurricanes, that we are no better than temporary squatters who are worst than parasites, and in this era of crazy weather, with storm after storm of snow and ice, (in the Northern Hemisphere), making us fed up with winter, up to our keisters, it is good to have an Internet to go to, where we can find people who are not so full of themselves, that they have forgotten, that the best reason for living is to have fun, and to do a little good too.

Question of the Week: The Purpose of Man

Life is full of uncertainty. To exist is to question, to ponder the mysteries of the universe even when any answer would be little more than conjecture. Perhaps if we approach these quandaries from multiple perspectives we might gain some deeper insight. Maybe we can acquire a purer truth by asking those who differ from us in ways both minor and significant to offer their own understandings.

The Question of the Week for January 25th, 2011 is:

What is the purpose of man?

Kenny Burrell: Future Freedoms

Unfortunately, Kenny Burrell isn’t today thought of as the most adventurous guitar player to ever record a side. Well, he’s not, but discounting his career because of his adherence to a bop flavored blues seems a bit ridiculous. Persisting through the new thing found the guitarist able to retain a following. And while there’re times when Burrell and fellow staid six stringer Wes Montgomery are thought of in less than glowing terms, each was able to swing harder than a huge number of the free jazz players from the era claiming to be pushing the medium forward.

And really, name any second tier free player? Can’t? That’s probably because their catalog’s fallen into disrepair and only lauded by Thurston Moore sycophants.

Fill My Rx or Get a New Job

All of these pharmacists who are refusing to give women life-saving medication are the most ridiculous pieces of crap on the planet. I don’t give a damn about their religion. If you are so religious that you allow your beliefs to interfere with your work—and your duty to save lives—then you shouldn’t be in medicine. I also don’t think that people actively against abortion or birth control should be doctors, but that’s another post.