I love "Lost". I love Sigur Ros. I do not love them together.

You know, I hate to judge, but some people shouldn't be allowed to write. Anything. Not even a grocery list.

Being in a cult - it's just like I thought it would be, but with better eye wear!

"If you want to see the true face of war, go to the amateur porn Web site NowThatsFuckedUp.com. For almost a year, American soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan have been taking photographs of dead bodies, many of them horribly mutilated or blown to pieces, and sending them to Web site administrator Chris Wilson. In return for permission to post these images, Wilson gives the soldiers free access to his site. American soldiers have been using the pictures of disfigured Iraqi corpses as currency to buy pornography."

I can't begin to comment on this.

May Day in Santa Rosa - quite moving.

This is quite possibly the most disturbing thing I've ever seen. I'm not kidding.

This is a small part the Santa Rosa, CA "Day Without Immigrants" march. A good majority of the wineries have shut down or modified business today in order to support their workers. Fast food restaurants are closed. The number of people marching is so big, you can't drive through town in an even remotely timely fashion.

And we're just a little suburb.

It makes for one happy May Day!

Today's post brought to you by the kind folks over at Planned Parenthood...

"An Indiana mother recently accompanied her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend to one of Indiana's Planned Parenthood clinics, but they unwittingly walked into a so-called "crisis pregnancy center" run by an anti-abortion group, one that shared a parking lot with the real Planned Parenthood clinic and was designed expressly to lure Planned Parenthood patients and deceive them.

The group took down the girl's confidential personal information and told her to come back for her appointment, which they said would be in their "other office" (the real Planned Parenthood office nearby). When she arrived for her appointment, not only did the Planned Parenthood staff have no record of her, but the police were there. The "crisis pregnancy center" had called them, claiming that a minor was being forced to have an abortion against her will.

The "crisis pregnancy center" staff then proceeded to wage a campaign of intimidation and harassment over the following days, showing up at the girl's home and calling her father's workplace. Our clinic director reports that the girl was "scared to death to leave her house." They even went to her school and urged classmates to pressure her not to have an abortion.

The anti-choice movement is setting up these "crisis pregnancy centers" across the country. Some of them have neutral-sounding names and run ads that falsely promise the full range of reproductive health services, but they dispense anti-choice propaganda and intimidation instead. And according to a recent article in The New York Times, there are currently more of these centers in the U.S. than there are actual abortion providers. What's more, these centers have received $60 million in government grants. They're being funded by our tax dollars.

A bill has just been introduced in Congress to stop the fraudulent practices of fake clinics, but it desperately needs more support. Tell your representative to take a stand: anti-choice extremists must not get away with this any longer!"

"Neil Young urges Bush impeachment on protest album"

Gotta love Neil...

Jason and I are going on a road trip to (semi-hip) Portland, Oregon next week. The last time we went on a road trip, we almost killed each other in the parking garage of a casino in Vegas. So, we'll bravely try to enjoy the all-American past-time of using gas station bathrooms, suffering sciatic pain from sitting in a car six hours a time, realizing the 50 or so albums brought have lasted about three hours and arguing with hotel staff about the number of pillows needed. Not that this will make us say, cranky or anything. I’m not even going to bring up the food issues.

And think – we don’t even have kids yet.

Song of the day: "The Beach" - New Order

I have two disagreements with this bill board.

#1: It's stupid. Who calls their wedding ring "bling"? Wait, don't answer that.

#2: I really resent the implication that sex is something women use to "lure" men into marriage. I mean, what century are we in? And what is the Iowa Abstinence Mission really concerned about? The emotional impact of casual sex? The number of children born out of wedlock? The rising numbers of sexually transmitted diseases among youth? The prevailing teenage value that oral sex is not sex?

Oh, I think not.

They're afraid that women are sexual creatures. That women might want to engage in sexual activity for a wide variety of reasons that don't include life-long commitments. That women can do this freely because they can control their fertility. And a woman who can control the path of her life can think for herself and make her own choices, without a husband or a church to do it for her. Without the backs of women to walk over, these folks will fall.

The sooner the better.

Nice, eh?

Well, duh.

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I have established that this is slightly funnier than this.

But only slightly.

"The Smiths turned down $5 million reunion offer"

Yeah, but would it have really been the same?

Song of the day: "How Soon Is Now" - The Smiths

Top Five Indications That You've Left Your Early Twenties College-era, But Aren't Quite An Adult

1.) SXSW is this week, and you could scrape the money together, but haven't been at your job long enough to accrue cred to take off a week.

2.) You have a Section 125 at work, but only use it to pay your health insurance premiums. Come on - as if 26% wasn't enough of a chunk.

3.) You still do your laundry at your parents house (and you get free dinner).

4.) You make fun of the indie teens at the mall, but realize you're carrying the same messenger bag.

5.) You'd become management if only for the exempt status, but "Assistant to the Fuckwit" seems like it might suck you into the career black hole.

Song of the day: "Spider in the Snow" - Dismemberment Plan

News flash!

"Gay Prevention Programs Harm Teens"

What a surprise. Try this, kiddies.

Song of the day: "Virginia Woolf" - Indigo Girls.

"24 - The Musical" almost tops my idea of "Cellar Door - A Study in Modern Dance". It's an idea I can definitely get behind.

"But the truth is that the powerful do not easily give up their power, and the door is now closing again. Equal pay for equal work - a no-brainer, you think? Never happened. A female president? Only on television. Abortion may soon become illegal once again. Birth control is under attack. Even Title IX is under attack. As it turns out, the door may have only opened a little way for a little while, and I was one of the lucky ones who slipped through."

For 28 years, I have managed to avoid watching the Super Bowl. That ends today. What's worse, it was sprung on me this morning, so I haven't even had anytime to mentally prepare. Nothing but all American good times coming up, kids.

Pray for me.