obama mural venice beach california

obama mural venice beach california, originally uploaded by Name On Rice.com.

New Obama Mural on Hollywood Blvd.

New Obama Mural on Hollywood Blvd., originally uploaded by FROLAB.

Barack Obama Mural in Houston Texas (Houston Graffiti Art)

Day 55 - Barack Obama Mural in Houston Texas (Houston Graffiti Art), originally uploaded by Marco From Houston.

Greek squid

In moto terminology, a squid is a reckless wifebeater-and-flip-flops wearing young'un on a sportbike who rides stupid fast and usually hurts himself. You've probably seen them before. Here's a good squid vid....

Boogaloo 2

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The department of no self-awareness

Headline of the day!

CYA!

See how the wrinkly old shitbag Greenspan covers his ass after the fact!

Shit you don't want to eat

There's unhealthy food out there and then there's scary franken-food. Something tells me the Baskin-Robbins Heath® Shake should be avoided if you want to live past 25. It comes with 320% of your daily recommended allowance of saturated fat. Yum. Check out the ingredient list, too.

Shooting down deficit hawks

With the economy now firmly in the shitter, people like to talk a lot about "tightening belts." Tightening belts and reining in spending are good if you're managing your household budget, but don't believe the hype that cutting government spending during an economic downturn is necessary or good. It's not.

Check out Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman's op-ed today on the subject.

Gag me with an antique spoon

Why Walnuts McCain won't be our next president:


This ain't no photochop. It was actually taken by a Reuters photog during last night's debate.

Sarah Palin is..... 50 Cent?

This is just an awesome comparison. A. Serwer at Tapped says Palin reminds him of 50 Cent. Read on, it actually makes sense:

The conservative movement at this point basically reminds me of people who thought 50 Cent was going to be the greatest rapper ever because he had been shot nine times, not because he could actually flow. Let's face it, 50 is wack. He's wack like Sarah Palin is wack. But like Sarah Palin, he had a story that reflected the cultural values of realness and authenticity that hip-hop fans had come to place above actual rhyming ability. Most of these fans are not from the hood in the same sense that the folks at The Corner are not Real Americans(tm) from "flyover country," and they can't yet understand what the obsession with authenticity is doing to a movement they supposedly love.

Sarah Palin parking lot

Check out this recent parking lot action outside this Ku Klux Klan rally Sarah Palin rally in Ohio. The stupid! It hurts!

Where are the foreclosures happening

Here's a cool map of where the nation's foreclosures are concentrated. Florida, you're doomed!

Caribou Barbie's strange odyssey

Here's a bewildering look into the icey heart and addled mind of Wasilla's village idiot. Enjoy.

Walnuts is a little bitch-boy

Why don't you go cry to your mommy!

Seriously. What a jackass. Republicans made a huge mistake voting for stupid-ass Walnuts over Mittens or Huckabeez.

Moto photos

I finally got around to washing the bike and taking a few photos. Here ya go. In case you missed it, I got a 2001 BMW R1200C.


Rest assured, this isn't my typical riding gear. No flip-flops!

Greta Van Nosejob

She looks like she walked really fast into a wall. Yep, that's Greta Van Susteren, possibly the least qualified jackass on Fox News (Steve Doocey is a close second). Check out her interview with the "First Dude," and prepare to want to kill yourself.

Billy Badass

I must be on some kind of Billy Badass kick lately, because I'm getting a bike, got a fresh tat and am even considering growing a beard just for shits and giggles.

I've actualy wanted to get a tattoo for about a year or so, but could never decide what to get. It couldn't be something trivial, so I eventually decided to get my lovely wife's initials done up. Luckily my co-worker had a 70s-era graphic design book with tons of really cool stylized letters, so I chose one that captures not only Dionne's initials, but also what I call her on a daily basis -- Di (pronounced like "Dee," not the princess who got killed by the paparazzi).

I know it's probably not his most challenging piece of artwork ever, but I think I found a pretty damn good tattoo artist. Check him out my man Guzik here. I kinda want another one now!

2 Wheels

I have been seriously slacking on the blog this summer. I admit it. Hopefully you've been able to live your lives without me for a while.

There's one major thing that's been on my mind lately: I'm getting a motorcycle this weekend. It turns out, my old man bought a new BMW K1200GT for himself and decided to give me his 2001 BMW R1200c. To get an idea of what it looks like, check out this page.

Here's the plan: I'm flying up to Pittsburgh on Friday morning. Then we're going to ride south Friday and Saturday, eventually making it down to Asheville, N.C. Then Sunday morning I'm gonna do the last 200 miles or so by myself and pops will hoof it back to Morgantown. It should be a nice leisurely pace!

The Onion... or the real thing

Is this a joke or not? I can't tell. It really should be in The Onion.