I went to Toxic Hell today and bought lunch.. I was poor and hungry, can’t fault a guy for making brash decisions in a hunger crisis. What blew me away was the wondeful thing i saw while i was there. At the table next to me, i witnessed a family of four prayin’ before they ate, arms folded elbows on the table style prayer.
I could not hear what they said, and would not want to intrude as much to hear either. I have nothing but respect for people who can pray in public and not disturb others while doing it. hell, it takes a lot to have that kind of faith.Now.. not knowing what they were saying, i have to imagine it instead.
“Dear Lord, bless this 7-layer burrito that it will nourish us and make us strong. We remember you, Lord, as we eat the seventh layer as… Read the rest
Last night i was outside talking on the phone with Mouse. i have a tendency to let my eyes wander in these instances. I looked up into the sky and was very excited becuase i could see 4 stars in the sky..
what the fuck? excited to see four stars? i told her about them and suddenly felt very foolish. What would i have said five years ago living in Utah? Perhaps something like, hmm, where are all the stars… If i were to tell somene in a rural part of the world that i had discovered 4 stars int he sky and become excited, they possibly would have mocked me or felt bad for my loss…
Three years ago, i wanted to see stars with my girlfriend at the time. we drove outside the city (portland) and kept driving. 45 minutes later and a good distance away, we… Read the rest
YouTube comes through again with badass music. The Tube brings you basically a whole Liquid Tension Experiments concert in a small venue. In fact, not just a small venue, but the NAMM in 1999.. the 3rd show they ever did. Mistakes are made and it still sounds awesome :)
Granted, the video and audio on these are so so, but you cant help but love it if you are into the prog rock. I have linked directly to one video and we will let you go to thoe others if you would like to.
For the unfamiliar, Liquid Tension Experiment is an offshoot from Dream Theater. Three DT band members and Tony Levin (who has played with more bands than i can possibly name here) are the core of the band.
Date of show: 1/30/1999 Los Angeles, CA
Venue: NAMM
Time: sometime after @am from what Tony’s website

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WOO HOO!
i got a new bike on friday and have been out and a bout a lot in the last couple days. I rode to work today and was comfy the whole way. For anyone interested, here is a link to their site www.HamptonCruiser.com please ignore their gay ass anime marketing style, this in no way reflects the badassness of the bike itself.
The above is the classic style, it rides reeeeally nice cost about $210 at 7-Corners Bike and Fitness (http://www.7-corners.com). If you ever get the chance to go in there, they have excellent service, discounts for folks who buy bikes there, they know their shit and they are not pushy in the slightest, what more can you ask for?.. well a kick ass bike to boot of course!
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So a few weeks back i was reading some information on The Register about the supposed bombers in the UK who were going to blow up air planes using explosives they were to construct from household checmicals in the bathroom of airplanes…
I felt it was unlikely that this was the case as we have been fed so much information over and over in an attempt to regulate the amount of fear that the american public feels. With the good relations that Bush and Blair hold together, it is not surprising that they would build this up to the point where they would be able to further regulate international travel in their favor. The Orwellian 1984 (Read the rest

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