funny how theres been a lot more talk about music on this blog lately and i have been suspiciously absent. I was also planning on meeting up with oso and abogado in dc, but again i was nowhere to be seen. why oso puts up with me, i’ll never guess…such worthy grounds [...]

Who killed the Injuns?! We killed the Injuns!!! Maybe next war they’ll find a non-cheerleader to M.C.
I’ve noticed a strange pattern emerging: when I talk to white people I’ve begun calling them “boo,” saying things like “word up” and excusing myself with such farewells as “west side forever … represent.” When I talk to people [...]

I guess I should explain why I came to D.C. in the first place. Rebecca gave me the heads-up about a couple available fellowships for bloggers to attend a seminar on Computer Assisted Reporting and Researching hosted by the Heritage Foundation. Yes, that Heritage Foundation.

There is something I’ve learned about blogging while on the road - you’re never going to fit everything in and if you put it off until you think can, the post will putter away into oblivion. That’s what happened to me at the Internet & Society Conference in Cambridge last year; so many amazing people, [...]

I am both surprised and delighted that the internet has somehow managed to remain a mostly text-based medium. I hear people complain that children don’t read like they used to, but honestly, because of the internet, kids are reading more than they ever did before. Still, slowly I am beginning to appreciate videos over the [...]

My sister has recently discovered David Bowie. Well, musically at least. Little did she know of his acting career. So last night, on our way to do some shopping at Trader Joes, I insisted she watched both Labyrinth - a classic on par with The Princess Bride - and Basquiat where Bowie plays Andy Warhol [...]

If you think the title was lewd, you gotta get your mind outta the gutter. My first cross-post from Global Voices:
195 years ago today, in the town of Dolores, Guanajuato, a Catholic priest named Miguel Hidalgo rang the bell of his church and, in a call for Mexican independence, cried out, “Mexicanos, ¡viva México!” That [...]

a note Bush wrote to Condi while he was at the UN the other day. Never one to make decisions himself, the President is asking if he can use the bathroom! He has to ask?!! His Secretary of State!!! the man who is running our country can’t even run his own bladder.
damn those [...]

Honestly, I usually try to stay away from these things. Nothing seems more redundant to me than blogging about blogging - especially since 50% of the blogosphere has that covered anyway - but these are some thoughts that have been mulling around in my head for a while now and it’s time for me to [...]

The following morning:
“Man, you look skinny”
“Well shit, I probably lost four pounds riding up here.”
“Dude, you probably lost four pounds on the side of Cindylu’s car.”
(Laughter from the peanut gallery)
Lesson learned: no binge drinking after a 53 mile bike ride. As kind as it was of Ramone to greet me with a cold beer and [...]