27th January, 2009
Today’s Disturbing Mental Image
Don’t say you weren’t warned.
…suckling from Rupert Murdoch’s withered, reactionary grandpa teats…
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21st January, 2009
PBO
I hadn’t realized how much a couple of words could change things, but when I heard “President Obama” on a newscast this morning, I actually cracked a grin.
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20th January, 2009
About Fucking Time
Finally. Finally, Bush is out of the White House. In eight short years (although they seemed like an eternity), he managed to alienate us from the rest of the world, destroy the environment and the economy and rip the Bill of Rights and the Constitution to shreds. Heckuva job, Dubya. Now get the hell off this planet, or at least spend your remaining days clearing brush on your ranch in Texas. Jerk.
I listened to the inauguration address on the radio and felt he was pretty honest, for a politician. The general gist I took from it is: 1) There is a lot broken. 2) Now is not the time for blame, we need to move forward. 3) We have a lot of work to do but we will fix things. Like I said, pretty straightforward and fairly honest, and yet I felt he stated things in a positive manner. I really hope he can help show us the way to building a better country.
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15th January, 2009
Asher
For completeness, I’ve read some more of Neal Asher’s short stories and novellas. I also got a couple more full-length novels of his for Christmas. I do this for you, people, not me. No, it’s not a habit. It’s cool. I feel… nevermind.
Africa Zero by Neal Asher.
Look, everyone is allowed a bad day, right? There are some interesting ideas on the future of humanity, population control and the roles that technology plays for both tucked inside, but after all is said and done, we should probably just bury this and never speak of it again.
2/5 gogs
The Engineer Reconditioned by Neal Asher.
A compilation of short stories, most of them previously published in obscure sci-fi zines. Some of it was pretty damn entertaining. Some take place in the Polity universe (these are definitely worth checking out), some don’t. Some just suck. I’d say 3.8/5 gogs for the good stuff, 1/5 gogs for the crappy ones.
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12th January, 2009
‘Phones
The earbuds that ship with iPods really suck in both form and function. The rest of it, I’m pretty happy with. But those earbuds. Man, they’re just plain bad. That is all.
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