I just watched Queen: Rock Montreal on Netflix yesterday and a thought popped into my head: Do bass players get as much pussy as singers and guitar players (or cock in Freddie Mercury’s case)? John Deacon seemed a little bit humdrum compared to the other band members, and I would understand it if he wasn’t the groupies’ first choice.
Just a reminder that it’s May 1st and you shouldn’t take anything for granted. You have what you have today because others fought for it, and if you don’t stand up for those rights they will be taken away from you.
Steven Tyler is doing commercials for Burger King. Rock & Roll just died a little.
Old Stevie boi must really be hurting for cash.
Am I the only one who’s pissed that the primary is all set and done before it even reaches my state? A good half of the country (probably more; I didn’t bother to do the math) should feel disenfranchised as voters right about now. Democracy my fucking ass. Last time around I changed my party affiliation from Independent to Democrat, and wouldn’t you know, my guy dropped out before “super” Tuesday because he was hopelessly outspent by Barack & Hillary. Imagine if the general election were to be held over a period of six months. What a fucking joke.
So now we got the choice between Willard and Barack. What’s the difference? One straps dogs to the roof of his car and the other has funny ears. Skin tone is about the same.
Don’t kid yourself. America is about as democratic as Sudan. We live in a two-party dictatorship owned and paid for by corporations.
I mentioned in this post some time back that I might consider getting a Glock. Well, I did. I am no the (proud?) owned of an ever so slightly used gen. 3 Glock 19. I traded in the Ruger LC9 for the Glock that was so sparingly used/well taken care of that the gun shop (Shooters in New Milford, CT) could have told me it was new and I would have believed them.
After having put a few hundred rounds through it my impression so far is (and I’m comparing it to my Springfield XDM Compact 9mm) that it is a crudely made gun (and I say that in the best possible meaning). The XDM feels like a much more finely engineered and tuned pistol. While you’re holding it in your hand and just checking it out. But from the very first shot I fired with it, I was much more accurate than with the XDM. For all its “crudeness” – the Glock trigger has a “rough” feel to it, but it also breaks cleaner and more predictable than the XDM – I am just better able to place the shots where I’m aiming than with the XDM.
I think the main problem with the XDM is the trigger. While it is very smooth, it also has very long pre-travel, an unpredictable break, and a fairly long reset. I ordered and installed (I’m a gunsmith now!) a trigger kit from Powder River Precision in Oregon that greatly improved the feel of the trigger, and also, my groupings at the range, but still not as good as the Glock.
So at this point my heart is with the XDM – I really like the feel of the gun – but my head is with the Glock; I simply shoot it better. I still have some ideas on how I might improve the XDM, though, and haven’t given up all hope. I’ll keep y’all informed.
I think The Daily Texan got it right. Shame on the Lamestream Liberal Media for painting the Trayvon Martin case with a racist brush.
If you ever, EVER, were in doubt that racism is still bogging down this country, then this cartoon from The Daily Texan sets you straight. America was a better place in the 1920s. Shame. Just pure shame. Notice how the cartoonist – Stephanie Eisner – even misspelled Trayvon’s name.
A big thanks to The Daily Texan for clearing things up on the coverage of the Trayvon Martin killing.
I don’t like sugar in my coffee. I think sugar in coffee is an abomination. I don’t trust people who like sugar in their coffee. I really fucking hate it when they put sugar in my coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts when I clearly, loudly and with perfect enunciation and diction declare that I DO NOT WANT SUGAR IN MY GODDAMN FUCKING COFFEE!
So Brian Hugh Warner, AKA Marilyn Manson, is at it again with a new song, Born Villain. I’ve never been a huge fan of Marilyn Manson, but I think he has some good stuff and at some point may have even had a “mission”, so to speak. Maybe I’m getting old, maybe he is, but this one just didn’t do much for me, either musically or visually/artistically. My guess is he’s trying to regain his waning celebrity with shock value for the sake of shocking. It will probably work on some people. I don’t know, I just wasn’t impressed.
On a different note, YouTube certainly has changed policy on what can be posted. Close-ups of shaved vaginas with eyeballs inserted? What’s with that? Parental advisory, lol!
This is our future. These kids think they’re cool and rebellious, sticking it to the parent generation, but really, this is the definition of sheeple, giving in to peer pressure and being too afraid to even attempt to produce an independent thought lest your buddies should think you’re lame. I wonder how many of them are even of Irish descent.
My comment to this video got a few nasty replies on YouTube, most along the line of “moron, people like to have fun and college is a good place to have it, so fuck you gramps”. It’s also a good place to get an education. Frankly, at this point I’m starting to question the value of an American college degree, everything is so watered down and the average student graduates clueless about anything but partying. These are the kids who will flip burgers for a living five years down the road complaining that they can’t get a job even with a college degree.
America is descending into an idiocracy on so many levels. Hopefully I’ll be dead before we hit rock bottom.
If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention. Paraphrasing Edmund Burke: All it takes for the assholes to win is you not giving a shit.
Trayvon Martin, February 5, 1995 – February 26, 2012
Symptom of the Universe. I see some people are exploiting this opportunity to make a 2nd Amendment argument, both pro and con. But this isn’t about guns or the right to bear arms; it’s about the spirit of Jim Crow still haunting the South, it’s about racism, law enforcement misconduct, if not criminal negligence or even an outright cover-up, as well as class warfare.
George Zimmerman needs to go to jail for the rest of his natural life, the entire police force of Sanford fired and investigated, and the rest of us should try to salvage what is left of justice in America.
