Only in puritan America would a foot-long prosthetic penis shut down an interstate highway. And conservatives wonder why I question the War on Terruh... it's only because I'm afraid I'll be penalized for my size. God forbid they found out mine is LIVE - they'd probably declare martial law.
Here's my little brother John with his new wife, Nicole:

My new, improved family:
More pictures here.
I know Matt didn't mean it like this when he said it, but I would like to publicly thank him for hosting my blog, 6th Density Research and Recording, and my professional website (contact me if you're really interested in a link, I try to keep my professional name out of this blog because, well, I use words like "poop"). He has been very gracious and generous and helpful in my crazy adventure on the internet, and I just wanted to give him a shout out and say, "Hey!" and, "I really don't want to see Star Wars again with you!"
But I probably will. :-)
I've got it! I'm sure to get a Congressional Medal of Honor for this one. I've come up with the cheapest, most cost-effective way to make sure a maximum amount of Muslims are pissed off maximally at America. Let's just dump a billion gallons of pig blood on the entire city of Mecca! MUCH cheaper than some silly invasions. It's like a broken faucet - I just can't stop these good ideas from pouring out. I don't know how I do it - I just do it.
Grover Norquist can thank me later.
Holy shit.
Being paid to sit at a computer will never be the same again.
This blog will blow your mind.
Thanks, Jane.
You can read some thoughts of mine here and in the comments here. All I'll say on my blog is this: consider that Luke uses the same idea to turn Vader against the Emperor as Palpatine uses to turn Anakin to the Dark Side.
Now, you think about that long and hard. Seriously, Star Wars has one of the best allegories about good and evil that exists in modern popular culture. It's just too bad that Lucas has no subtlety whatsoever.
I just realized that I've never really talked about my music on this blog (at least that I can remember, or at least for this incarnation of the blog in Wordpress).
6th Density Research and Recording is sort of an internet label that I'm trying to start in a half assed manner. The goal is to find people who are interested in using electronic music to convey spiritual concepts in a more abstract form than simply composing lyrics. Many spiritual traditions recognize vibration, including music, as a powerful force in the universe. I'm just trying to find people who want to use the beats, breaks, and sounds of the emerging electronic culture to musically talk about the more subtle aspects of life and the coming shift into fourth density. You can read more about the mission here. You can also find my music here.
Just thought it was wierd that I wasn't shoving my interests down y'all's throats. Sorry 'bout that.
I'm going to try and start writing about music I like more often.
My favorite band is Brothers Past and they have a new album out called This Feeling's Called Goodbye. They are just doing everything right - their live shows are stellar (for a good taste check out this show) and this new album is so non typical of the improvisational rock genre. Check it out!
UPDATE: I cannot get this recording from the show mentioned above out of my head. Best live version of the Brothers Past song Getaway Somehow I've heard yet... so fat. You can hear me hollering "Break it down!" in the background around when the singing stops, and my other vocal contributions can be found throughout the recording...
Sorry, Matt - I found a best man on eBay. And only for $1525!!!
That pretty much seems to be the reasoning of the Muslim gov'ts, who are arguing that Newsweek should be held responsible for the fact that the people who live in those countries are irrational idiots who got themselves killed over a book:
The article, published in Newsweek's May 9 edition, said U.S. investigators found evidence that interrogators at the military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, put copies of Islam's holy book in washrooms and flushed one book down the toilet to try to get inmates to talk.
The article sparked protests in several other Muslim countries.
Afghan presidential spokesman Jawed Ludin said Newsweek's retraction Monday was a "positive step" toward clearing up concern about the report.
"But at the same time, we feel angered at the way this story has been handled," Ludin told a news conference Tuesday. "It's only fair to say at this stage that Newsweek can be held responsible for the damages caused by their story."
And surprise, surprise: the Bush administration knows a scapegoat when it sees one:
The White House on Monday said the magazine had taken a "good first step" by retracting its story, but it wants the magazine to do more to repair damage caused by the article.
"The report had real consequences," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Monday. "People have lost their lives. Our image abroad has been damaged. There are some who are opposed to the United States and what we stand for who have sought to exploit this allegation. It will take work to undo what can be undone."
Yeah, no reason at all that people in Afghanistan would be pissed off at America - just this article alone was enough to enrage the Muslim world.
This is pathetic. The administration and Muslim gov'ts cannot have their cake and eat it, too. On the one hand, they want to eliminate Muslim extremists who commit horrible, violent acts (such as, oh, for instance, the propensity to riot over a motherfucking book). On the other hand, they want to say that these people are victims of the West - that they were somehow manipulated by Newsweek and the free press which we advocate into becoming irrational crazy people who burn and get themselves killed. Get iit right - either violent people need to be stopped, or they need to be coddled. Either extremism is a Muslim problem or a result of Western practices - you can't pick and choose from the root causes of terrorism out of momentary political expedience. That, my friends, is a sure way to not be taken seriously by countries you're occupying, ahem, liberating.
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