Back with a brand new edition.Gmail | Twitter | Facebook var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-10752289-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @blackrage)http://blackrage.org/<p>I am going to Dave’s birthday party tonight. Will there be musical hijinx or just booze? ♫ <a href="http://beta.blip.fm/~lv4q9" target="_blank">http://beta.blip.fm/~lv4q9</a></p>http://blackrage.org/post/416280284http://blackrage.org/post/416280284Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:32:13 -0600<a href="http://beta.blip.fm/~lv4q9">listening to "EPDAGR Debut Part 2"</a>: <p>I am going to Dave’s birthday party tonight. Will there be musical hijinx or just booze?</p>http://blackrage.org/post/416280180http://blackrage.org/post/416280180Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:32:09 -0600<a href="http://shortstorieslongodds.com/2010/02/26/essay-wishing-and-burning-and-quitting-and-starting/">Essay: Wishing and Burning and Quitting and Starting</a>http://blackrage.org/post/413853353http://blackrage.org/post/413853353Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:50:30 -0600<a href="http://www.checkitbro.com/2010/02/the-wolfman/">The Wolfman</a>: <p>How do you make a movie that a) stars Benicio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Hugo Weaving, and Emily Blunt and b) just barely - and I mean just fucking barely - turns out to be mediocre? I have no idea,…</p>http://blackrage.org/post/396405598http://blackrage.org/post/396405598Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:38:00 -0600<a href="http://www.checkitbro.com/2010/02/manhood-for-amateurs/">Manhood for Amateurs</a>: <p><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.harpercollins.com/harperimages/isbn/large/7/9780061490187.jpg" alt="" width="178" height="272"/></p> <p style="text-align: left;">I would never admit it to my wife, but I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK I’M DOING. Neither do any of my friends, married or otherwise. Bros everywhere share a secret; that of being completely…</p></p>http://blackrage.org/post/392064176http://blackrage.org/post/392064176Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:46:17 -0600<a href="http://www.checkitbro.com/2010/02/nivea-for-men-active3/">Nivea For Men Active3</a>: <p>I’m usually wary of trying FANCY PRODUCTS FOR MEN but I see a dermatologist regularly for skin cancer check ups, and when he saw my pores a few years ago once we had my rampant melanin tamped down…</p>http://blackrage.org/post/392064190http://blackrage.org/post/392064190Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:46:17 -0600<p>1) Transcribe / Novelize film version of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”</p> <p>2) Replace the word “Slughorn”…</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxx0q9BobI1qzz2bn.jpg"/></p> <p>… with “Slobodan”</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxx0r8r23E1qzz2bn.jpg"/></p> <p>3) Use finished document as Statement of Purpose for Poli Sci PhD program applications</p>http://blackrage.org/post/391990171http://blackrage.org/post/391990171Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:07:00 -0600Harry PotterJim BroadbentSlobodan MilosevicPolitical ScienceschoolMiley CyrusNeil Patrick Harris<a href="http://www.checkitbro.com/2010/02/mr-chopsticks-denton-tx/">Mr Chopsticks – Denton, TX</a>: <p>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/mr-chopsticks-denton#hrid:M_yMn8VSpO7v7KpJ3MNAOQ" target="_blank">Yelp</a>)</p> <p>Mr. Chopsticks is not crazy gourmet. I think of it as the Asian equivalent of a really good neighborhood deli or pizza joint. I love eating here because I’ve been eating…</p>http://blackrage.org/post/388174375http://blackrage.org/post/388174375Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:32:11 -0600<a href="http://www.checkitbro.com/2010/02/buffet-king-denton-tx/">Buffet King – Denton, TX</a>: <p>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/buffet-king-denton#hrid:zEmyX0peslDpqx7x9rvg4A" target="_blank">Yelp</a>)</p> <p>Buffet King is always packed and Diana and I wanted to know why. You find out one reason when you walk in the front door: the prices are reasonable. Lunch buffet on the…</p>http://blackrage.org/post/388174387http://blackrage.org/post/388174387Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:32:11 -0600<a href="http://www.checkitbro.com/2010/02/google-buzz/">Google Buzz</a>: <p>You probably don’t need Google Buzz, but so what? Unlike most new social media applications, Buzz is not a train wreck from the get-go, it integrates well with other applications and platforms, and…</p>http://blackrage.org/post/386940262http://blackrage.org/post/386940262Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:20:24 -0600Joe: gibbs is a dummy<br /> <br /> me: ?<br /> <br /> Joe: the whole hand writing things<br /> <br /> me: hahaha, I think its funny<br /> <br /> Joe: its funny, but mocking a stupid woman will just make people who are on teh fence like her more.<br /> <br /> me: she is deserving of ridicule. and anyone "on the fence" about sarah palin is helping you pull up a front row seat to the end of fucking empire. Just let it burn, man. We'll have more fun between then and now<br /> <br /> Joe: i know. thats truehttp://blackrage.org/post/384066046http://blackrage.org/post/384066046Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:24:00 -0600“You idiots are being used. Think for yourselves. If the Fox Network believes it so wholeheartedly, how could it possibly be in your interest? They’ll take your ratings, sure, so they can sell you Charmin and $5 footlongs. I mean, Jesus, how can you not see that? If you had real allies that powerful, don’t you think someone would have taken care of you by now?”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a title='Matt Taibbi, "We, The Tea Partiers"' target="_blank" href="http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2010/02/02/we-the-tea-partiers/">Matt Taibbi</a></p> <p>True/Slant: <i>We, The Tea Partiers</i></p></em>http://blackrage.org/post/379664066http://blackrage.org/post/379664066Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:30:46 -0600<a href="http://shortstorieslongodds.com/2010/01/14/if-i-am-a-stranger/">If I Am A Stranger</a>http://blackrage.org/post/333932595http://blackrage.org/post/333932595Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:26:56 -0600<a href="http://shortstorieslongodds.com/2010/01/12/holiday-vignettes-3-iv-brothers/">Holiday Vignettes 3: IV – Brothers</a>http://blackrage.org/post/332048668http://blackrage.org/post/332048668Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:56:56 -0600“All the way to Opelousas, I thought of the machinist whose name I never learned. He had gone out and come back only to find a single change: he was older. Sometimes a man’s experience is like the sweep second hand on a clock, touching each point in its circuit but always the arcs of movement repeating.”<br/><br/> - <em>William Least Heat-Moon <br/><i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Highways-Journey-into-America/dp/0316353299/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263194407&sr=8-1">Blue Highways: A Journey Into America</a></i></em>http://blackrage.org/post/328357541http://blackrage.org/post/328357541Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:22:00 -0600Me: I love how southern newspapers will just use people's first names in crime stories. Like this, from Bainbridge, Georgia - "Billy Ray Suspect in Tuesday Arson"<br /> <br /> Diana: Well, everyone knows Billy Ray. If you said Mr. Donaldson was a suspect, they'd think you meant Billy Ray's father.http://blackrage.org/post/319814381http://blackrage.org/post/319814381Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:57:16 -0600<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvtaitfJwF1qzatf7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A while ago, I stopped taking pictures. I had stopped doing interesting things.</p>http://blackrage.org/post/319336844http://blackrage.org/post/319336844Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:11:17 -0600<a href="http://shortstorieslongodds.com/2010/01/04/holiday-vignettes-3-iii-twitter/">Holiday Vignettes 3: III – Twitter</a>http://blackrage.org/post/316169907http://blackrage.org/post/316169907Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:55:48 -0600<a href="http://shortstorieslongodds.com/2009/12/22/holiday-vignettes-3-ii/">Holiday Vignettes 3: II</a>http://blackrage.org/post/295377182http://blackrage.org/post/295377182Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:34:51 -0600<a href="http://shortstorieslongodds.com/2009/12/07/holiday-vignettes-3-i/">Holiday Vignettes 3: I</a>http://blackrage.org/post/273084861http://blackrage.org/post/273084861Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:29:45 -0600