July 31, 2003
The Newest Cabinet Member
-insert comment about the "Leader of the Free World" playing with dolls here-
July 29, 2003
It costs how much?
At the risk of being labeled a leftist pinko hippie, I'm pretty sure that it's a bad idea to be spending this much money cramming America down the throats of ... er, sorry, fixing the problems of the Iraqi people while millions of our own citizens go hungry and without health care.
*Sigh.*
July 28, 2003
Keep it coming
Another sign that we truly are living in Futureworld.
July 25, 2003
the JEAUN 3.0
i know aden started a thread like this a while back, but i'm thinking we could give it another whirl. i think the new jeauncom is friggin' awesome and i would like to extend big ups to chairman wadsbone for a rad daily distraction. and in the interest of going forward, i ask: how can we improve the jeaun?
-paypal link to help pay wads for stuff
-FTP
-new heads page
-links page
at least our government just resorts to name calling
Opposition lawmakers swarm the chairman to stop the passage of an Iraq bill forced by the ruling party lawmakers at the upper house in Tokyo on July 25. The ruling party plans to approve the Iraq bill, which enables the Japanese government to dispatch Self-Defense Forces to Iraq to help reconstruct the war-torn country.
July 24, 2003
You hear that?
That cash register sound? The cha-ching? That's our democracy being sold to the corporations. Never mind that soft money has been banned outright. I love the logic: We need corporate sponsorship at the convention. Too right. I mean, why even have a US flag? I'll fly the flag of McDonald's. (Apologies for posting too much)
We've been had
Hoaxed. Tricked. Defrauded and bamboozled. Hunting for bambi is a hoax
Women who enjoy running around naked (except sneakers) in the woods around the world rejoice.
I WASN'T looking at her breasts, I swear!
What I love about our country is the right to associate or something that sounds like that word I just used. These people have decided the cause that moves them is that of small nametags. The female co-founder is tired of people staring at her breasts.
I for one, propose that nametags be removed from the chest and placed on the groinal area. Then you can't possibly be accused of looking at her breasts.
GOLDEN 26!
Birthday party at my house.
Saturday
9:30 p.m.
July 23, 2003
My name is Jonas
This Friday my band Nolan is covering the Blue Album in its entirety at Gabe's. Everyone should trek the hundreds of miles to Iowa City and see it.
Geologists do too many drugs
check them out (click the numbers for more slides.). Very trippy.
Not Ice Cube!!
So the Chicago police have had to apologize to Ice Cube for saying a rapist in the Wicker Park area looked like him. link
In other news, they're still looking for an assault suspect that looks like Carrot Top
/not funny
July 21, 2003
GET RICH QUICK
i'm starting a pyramid scheme. who's in? it costs 500 to sign up.
this financial opportunity is your best bet to get ahead in these troubled times. also, according to leading experts in scheming, my plan may also help you to lose weight, keep your hair and cause your *ahem* to grow.
hurry, time is running out! help me help you make your money grow!!!
please make checks out to com edison, citibank or my landlord. thanks.
the most disturbing thing I have seen in at least 10 days
July 20, 2003
creed sucks for art's sake!
remember that moron from creed who got so wasted that he couldn't perform, and a bunch of his fans sued him?
get this: he says he did it on purpose as a "symbolic, personal gesture."
in a related point, i propose that the new slogan for jeaun.com should be:
"Creed Sucks!"
July 19, 2003
ah, democracy
you cant make this stuff up folks!
UPDATE 7/19: I FOUND THIS ON THE DEAN WEBSITE:
(it checks out)
U.S. Constitution, Article I, Sec. 6:
"[The Senators and Representatives] shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place."
July 18, 2003
You Must Choose!
i swear we think of everything first.
Can anyone say childhood "inoculation"?
Ok. Call me paranoid. Call me a conspiracy theorist. But now that we have the implantable human tracker it's time for Big Brother to really get his groove on. I like the whole tracking people from satellites thing. Maybe if we had orbital laser platforms (halfway down page) it would make sense so we could zap people from space.
Or we could just squish them with the zeppelin of death.
July 17, 2003
something new to aspire to
i'm really glad that this made national news.
Grinnell's famous again ... for oppression
The Progressive magazine mentions Grinnell in an article about civil liberty infringements. Here's the excerpt: "One example comes from Iowa, where two police and a county attorney 'threatened to arrest a pair of Grinnell College students for hanging a US flag upside-down from their dormitory window ... as a sign of their "displeasure with the policies of the United States government,"' the report notes."
I heard about this incident; evidently the administration sided with the police, using some bullshit excuse about how the inside of a dorm room is the students' to do with as they please, while the outside is college property.
The whole article is pretty interesting, if scary.
July 16, 2003
A little piece from Publius
You all should read this article by Publius and let me know what you think.
I kind of agree with the man. While scarier to contemplate than stupidity and laziness, it just might be that the American people know full well what's going on and reall just don't give a damn. They wanted the war with Iraq, knowing full well Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.
Whadda y'all think?
July 15, 2003
Here's some fodder
Just dumb and amusing . . . nothing more
shoot naked humans
what the hell is wrong with americans?
July 14, 2003
Win's wettest dream coming true?
Held breaths might not be in order just yet, but late 80s/early 90s (or, late 90s for those who appreciate the music's timelessness) Boston indie supergroup The Pixies have been discussing a reunion!
Pitchfork references a UK radio interview during which Franco Negro admits the old gang's been jamming, Kim Deal included. Is the fabled blood feud thinning? Will the manta ray be alright? Stay fuckin' bat-tuned.
July 13, 2003
Mo pitchas
Click below to see more intoxication. They're kind of huge, but I figured people like a decent resolution.
July 12, 2003
July 11, 2003
hey, chicago jeauns!
actually this might apply to everyone... have any of you seen big posters of aborted fetuses around the area this week? i keep driving past them on my way to work. they're awful. so i wrote a letter to the editor and hopefully it will get in... meanwhile, you can read it here. do any of you know if this is a big anti-choice week/month? the posters are driving me mad!
July 10, 2003
Ah, my home town...
MILWAUKEE -- Pittsburgh first baseman Randall Simon was interrogated by the
Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department after a strange incident in which he
struck a participant in the popular sausage race during Wednesday's game
between the Brewers and Pirates.
The race, which takes place after the sixth inning, features runners wearing
costumes of various sausages -- bratwurst, hot dog, Polish and Italian. As
the runners passed the Pittsburgh dugout, Simon hit the Italian sausage with
his baseball bat, perhaps harder than anticipated.
[see extended entry for rest of story]
The woman wearing the Italian costume collided with the female runner in the
hot dog costume. Both fell and were taken to a Miller Park first aid center
for treatment.
"It was hard to see from the angle, but whether it was intentional or
joking, the outrageous conduct remains," said Rick Schlessinger, Brewers
executive vice president/business operations. "I was shocked. I was sick to
my stomach. It was a very distressing thing to happen."
Officials from the sheriff's department, which provides security at Brewers
games, questioned Simon in the Pittsburgh clubhouse. The interrogation was
later moved to another part of the stadium and, eventually, Simon was taken
from the park.
"They were doing the sausage race. He hit her with the baseball bat," said
Deputy Inspector Sherry Warichak. "When he hit her, that other character
fell.
"They both were treated at the scene for scraped knees, but at this point I
don't think they have any other complaints," she said.
Simon drew boos from fans when he was used as a pinch-hitter in the seventh
inning. He grounded out and that's the only playing time he saw.
"It's very strange -- live and learn. Unfortunately, that's what life is all
about," said teammate Reggie Sanders.
Sanders said he thought the weight of the head on the sausage costume, plus
the strike with the bat, may have been harder than anticipated.
"It maybe made it look worse than it was," Sanders said. "It was an
unfortunate situation and, hopefully, it gets resolved."
Manager Lloyd McClendon said he would wait to comment.
Dan Hart of the Pittsburgh media relations department said, "At this point
in time, other than to say it's in the hands of the authorities, we have no
comment. Until we get more information, that's all we have."
"We certainly do not view this as endemic to the Pirates or as a Pirates
issue, per se," said Schlessinger.
"It's difficult for me to put into words the anger that I feel and the sense
of outrage. My concern, and the organization's concern right now, is to make
sure the girls who are the victims are OK."
july 4th pictures
any body have any? feel like posting? don't you mean BIZZARO post them?
July 09, 2003
whaaa?
The administration argues that the lawsuit by the Sierra Club and a conservative group, Judicial Watch, is an unwarranted intrusion into the internal deliberations of the executive branch of government.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26380-2003Jul8.html
Full Article
July 08, 2003
There goes the planet
Well, they've done it. The first in a long line of killing machines are being worked on at IRobot. These are the people who brought us the robot vacuum cleaner.
Even more troubling is the one the call the Deployer It deploys a group of little robots called the swarm. Care to imagine a bunch of little robots with small spears hunting for humans?
Can armageddon be very far away?
July 07, 2003
July 04, 2003
Johnny Nostalgiatron
I was at a party there last weekend.
Sigh... I hate you, USMLE. I really, truly do.
So.
I'm on my way out tonight, and I turn around to lock my door. I notice, thanks to the virtues of a big ol' envelope sticking out of the mailbox, that I didn't check the mail today. I decide to grab our mail and just toss it on the table. Unfortunately, my natural curiosity takes over, and I check who the big ol' envelope is from.
Turns out it's from USMLE, the group that administers our board exams.
So now I've received my scores after two weeks of the "two to six weeks" they usually promise, even though I know they're all coming out this year on July 16th. My heart is beating as fast as it's ever beat. Ever. I thought I was cool about my scores. "Hey, no big deal," I'd said to myself. "You'll have a PhD, self, so your scores won't matter so much. You can just relax and not worry."
Not so much.
The most agonizing moment of my life passes: I slowly, ever so slowly, peel the big ol' envelope open. I can't even look at the papers as they come sliding out of the big ol' envelope. Finally, I force myself to stare down at this fateful mailing.
It's a survey. The same goddamn survey we all filled out online during the test.
Fuck you, USMLE. I'll tell you where you can stick your precious survey.
However, the night did take a turn for the better, followed by a turn right back around, when I met the most beautiful woman I have ever met (admittedly, I was drunk, but I'm still pretty sure she was that beautiful), talked to her for probably an hour, walked her home, and then realized that I had thoroughly forgotten to ask her for her number.
Welcome to my life.
July 01, 2003
You spin me right round, baby
Remember this guy? Pete Burns of Dead or Alive used to be just another glam rock muscle queen in makeup and big hair, but now, according to a recent interview, he is no longer expressing himself through his music--he's expressing himself through his body.
This was brought to my attention via a recent video re-release of "You spin me." Check it out--I didn't think it was possible for someone's lips to be bigger than my ass.