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Well, it's been ages since I've posted, but I thought I'd let all of the Rochester LJers know that D and I will be in ROC for Xmas from Dec 21st-29th. We'd like to see all of you!

Well, we took the plunge and bought a house. Holy cow. You can view pics on the house in a "before" state here.

Hells bells, I'm nervous. The mortgage is about 300% our current rent, but on the plus side, we bought the house for $253,000 but the appraisal from the bank came back at $265,000. Instant Equity! Well, on paper anyway.

Hopefully now we won't get screwed on our txes like this year. We owe $2000!

Ok, stuck at work on a Saturday, so I feel like posting.


Here are the three albums I think everyone should own:

1.Radiohead; OK Computer.

Absolutely, unequivocally, the best album ever recorded. Here's the thing with Radiohead- the first time you hear a song, you won't like it. The second time, you'll think it's interesting. By the third or fourth listening, you'll see how amazingly textured and layered the whole thing is. Lyrics that might have seemed random or unintelligble suddenly seem to fit perfectly.

Here's a clip of them performing "Lucky" at Glastonbury in 2003.

2.Pink Floyd; Dark Side of the Moon.

Yeah, yeah- I know. It might be a little cliche, but it really is one of the greatest albums ever written.

Here's them performing "Time" on their Pluse tour in 1994. I saw them at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, NY- 60,000 people were there. It was without a doubt the best show I have ever seen.

3.Cat Stevens;Teaser and the Firecat.

For a long time, "The Wind" has been sort of a personal anthem for me. The rest of the albums is amazing, too.

Here's an animated short film for the song "Moonshadow"

So what are your favorites?

Just saw this is the best look at the Bush administration's idiocy concerning stem cells and their "culture of life".

The imminent war in the middle east is just an excuse to post some Bob Dylan lyrics.

Oh, who did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony,
I met a white man who walked a black dog,
I met a young woman whose body was burning,
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow,
I met one man who was wounded in love,
I met another man who was wounded with hatred,
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

This is for danish_modern. I'd mentioned it before, here's the video.

NSFW language

Hey all-

I'll be flying out w/Dana on the 25th of July, returning the 1st of August. She'll be returning on the 8th.

Interesting...

The way things are going the last few days at work, this really struck a nerve.

Have a good weekend everyone!

CNN: "NSA building massive database of phone records"
MSNBC: "NSA collecting information on tens of millions of Americans"
Fox News: "There's a sale at Penny's!"

Groundskeeper Willie: It won't last. Brothers and sisters are natural enemies. Like Englishmen and Scots! Or Welshmen and Scots! Or Japanese and Scots! Or Scots and other Scots! Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!
Principal Skinner: You Scots sure are a contentious people.
Groundskeeper Willie: You just made an enemy for life!

Stolen from another LV LJ. Sorry for the lack of a cut- I'm busy. Sue me.

1. First, it's pronounced LOSS-VAYGUS. It doesn't matter how they say it in other places. (& it's NEV-A-DA, NOT NEV-AW-DA)

2. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Las Vegas has its own set of traffic rules. There's no book about them. All you can do is get in your car and hope you survive to learn them.

3. All directions start with, "go down 95...'cause you don't want to get on 15."

4. Las Vegas Blvd, Charleston Blvd, and Torrey Pines have no beginning and no end.

5. It's impossible to go around a block and wind up on the same street that you started on. The Chamber of Commerce calls this a "scenic drive".

6. The 8:00 am rush hour is from 4:30am to 11:30am. The 5:00pm rush hour is from 11:30am to 10:15pm. Friday's rush hour starts on Thursday morning and ends sometime late Sunday night.

7. If you actually stop at a yellow light, then you cannot be from Las Vegas. You may only apply your brakes when the end of a yellow light and the beginning of the red light create a "pumpkin-orange" hue.

8. For the most part, you can do anything you want, as long as it isn't in a school zone.

9. Just remember that Camino Al Norte is Martin Luther King Blvd., Boulder Highway is Fremont Street, Eastern Ave is 25th Street or Civic Center Drive, Desert Inn is Lamb Blvd., Spring Mountain/Sands/Twain are all the same street and so are Durango/Fort Apache/Rampart. Don't try to figure it out. Just accept it.

If you question the intelligence behind this naming convention, people will simply tilt their heads to the right and stare at you.

10. Henderson is the only place in the world where THREE "parallel" streets intersect at one traffic light. That would be the 4-way of Green Valley Parkway/Eastern Avenue/Maryland Parkway. For laughs ask your middle school Geometry teacher to try to explain it.

11. Rainbow Blvd. has THREE exits from the 95, this just makes giving driving directions to newbie's more entertaining. There is also a Lake Mead "Drive" and a Lake Mead "Boulevard" and both run east/west but are 30 miles apart. You have to be specific when you say "the corner of Lake Mead and........" Again this is just another way to harass the 5000 newcomers every month.

12. Many major roads just end abruptly in somebody's garage, a Home Depot, a Casino or McCarran International Airport Runways and start again after the interruption. That was done to encourage you to "see the sights" and meet new people. For fun, just try to take Harmon Avenue from Rainbow to Nellis.

13. If moisture at hand is determined to be rain, not sweat, all traffic must immediately cease. Ditto for daylight savings time, girl applying eye-shadow across the street, or a flat tire 3 lanes over. Do not attempt to access any road after an apocalyptic event like snow, blowing dust, or a 3-day weekend.

14. Once a year, when it rains, the Las Vegas wash and the City of Las Vegas are one.

15. The wind blows every day, and it is impossible to live in Las Vegas without some kind of allergy drug.

16. Construction on I-15 and US 95 is a way of life and a permanent form of entertainment. I-215 will never be completed. Get used to it!

17. Stay away from the corner of Nellis and Las Vegas Blvd. if you do not like the thought of being in a remake of the movie "Top Gun."

18. And, yes, we all know that man in a teddy and a tiara on Fremont Street. His name is Leslie and he probably makes more money than you do.

I got hold of a tape of the Devil speaking and played it.

I couldn't understand a word of it, but when I played it backwards, it was the some of the best damn rock & roll I'd ever heard.

-Steven Wright

Real quick post.

funny Video.

For those of you who knew her, my Grandma passed away on Saturday morning. Although she's been sick for a while, it's still tough to see her go. You can read the obituary online at the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Anyone looking for a birthday gift idea for me? Look no further!

So there was a contest to do a homemade Fatboy Slim video. You won't even believe what won. It's almost as cool as "Weapon of Choice".

Here it is...

What did the Buddhist say to the hot dog vendor?

Make me one with everything.