true story.

Jul
3rd

Fri

Lovely afternoon in Georgetown.

Jul
2nd

Thu

Time for an Israeli strike? John Bolton is one of the most consistently wrong-headed people who has ever represented this country in any capacity. And that’s saying *a lot.*

Jun
30th

Tue

Are there major labels anymore?

— Phish bassist Mike Gordon, on why the band decided to release its upcoming album on its own label.

Jun
25th

Thu

A sad day for music.

Jun
23rd

Tue

desperate times

Me: I just got assigned a securities case. I don't even know what securities are.
James: You should watch that one episode of South Park as research. You know, the one where they make Margaritaville based securities. They explain it all in there.
Me: Um . . . is it bad that that's actually sounding like a decent idea at this point?
James: Yes.

Jun
22nd

Mon

Val's Blog My sister just began her summer job as a research assistant at a Jerusalem think tank, where she’ll be doing field research for a policy paper on the changing attitudes of settlers and refugees in and around the occupied territories. Pretty cool, huh? I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little jealous. Anyway, her blog promises to be pretty interesting. You should probably bookmark it.

Our mistake, we thought you were an infidel.

Val: (called in for questioning after being detained for several hours at the Tel Aviv airport)
Security Guy: Are you Jewish?
Val: Yes
Security Guy: What?! But we don’t stop Jews at the border.
Val: Well, you just did.

Jun
20th

Sat

Will there still be sugar after the rebellion?

— Millie, in George Orwell’s Animal Farm, which I just bought for $3 at the used books store in the Milwaukee airport.

about to catch a red eye to milwaukee for the night to see a phish show.

Impulsiveness: 1

Responsibleness: 0

Jun
18th

Thu

The great white high: Mexican navy finds cocaine smuggled in sharks Dear lord.