Otters Holding Hands

Your weekend moment of syrupy sweetness.

Friday’s Random Ten

1. Ten Pins - The Connells
2. Hallelujah - John Cale
3. Know Your Rights - The Clash
4. Headshrinker - Oasis
5. White Spots - Marty Wilson-Piper
6. The Pogues - Lullaby of London
7. O’Stockholm - Marty Wilson-Piper
8. Knowing People - Matthew Sweet
9. Sinnerman - Nina Simone
10. Attitude - The [...]

A-10 Suited

This past Sunday I played another Texas Hold’Em tournament. There were 28 players and I finished 12th. Not bad as I almost made the final table and would have received something. I was short-stacked and blinds were rising, so I pushed all in pre-flop with A-10 suited. I was winning with [...]

Mr President, maybe you should just resign now…

British Teacher Murdered in Japan

Police on Tuesday were searching for a 28-year-old Japanese man who fled from his apartment where the body of a 22-year-old British woman was found in a bathtub on the balcony. Police have issued a warrant for the man, Tatsuya Ichihashi. The woman, who was identified as Lindsay Ann Hawker, worked as a teacher for [...]

More Corruption Unearthed

Josh Marshall has uncovered more Republican shenanigans. One would think that even Republicans would grow weary of the constant corruption, but no, they seem to have a masochistic taste for members of their own party abusing the public trust and, in this case, stealing federal tax dollars.  Of course 9/11 changed everything …

Smugglers Force Passengers Into Stormy Seas

This is a horrible story:
SANA, YEMEN — Human smugglers sailing from Somalia to Yemen forced hundreds of illegal immigrants overboard in stormy seas in an effort to escape security forces quickly, officials said Monday. Thirty-one bodies were found, and nearly 90 people remained missing.
Passengers who resisted the smugglers were stabbed or beaten with wooden and [...]

Speak No Evil

Monica Goodling (pictured above), a 1999 graduate of Regent University School of Law, has decided to plead the fifth in regards to the US Attorney Firing Scandal. This just raises questions as to what criminal conduct she may have committed, does it not?
Aside from exposing more corruption and malfeasance from the Bush administration, [...]

The Hunt for the Homeland of Odysseus

ATHENS, Greece - A geological engineering company said Monday it has agreed to help in an archaeological project to find the island of Ithaca, homeland of Homer’s legendary hero Odysseus.
It has long been thought that the island of Ithaki in the Ionian Sea was the island Homer used as a setting for the epic poem [...]

Modest Mouse’s Sinking Ship

Modest Mouse (now with legendary guitarist Johnny Marr) has a new nautical-themed album entitled We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. The first single, Dashboard, is a catchy little number featuring salty dogs taking a voyage to the Sargasso Sea:

Album review.