Category: General

I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist:

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It’s good to see that in the midst of all this election hoopla, people are still COMPLETELY INSANE. Read this article and laugh at the people depicted in it. They deserve it.

This article reminds me of something I witnessed a few years ago. The band I was in at the time was playing a club in Pensacola, FL. We had heard some talk that Pensacola was an extremely religious town, but I didn’t think too much of it.

Anyway, we went for a walk around the town and saw a group of people massed on one side of the street. As we got closer, we realized that they were trying to convert people who were going into a bar across the street. It was about 7pm and the scene was really weird. I felt like I had been transported back to the 50’s. Everyone was dressed in the standard religious garb: white short sleeve button down shirts with black skinny ties and black dress slacks. I swear a few of the men had Brill Cream in their hair. The women were wearing modest, conservative dresses. A few of them had protest signs and all of them had bibles that they were waving in the sinners’ faces.

I’m pretty sure the bar was a gay bar and the people had signs like “God Hates Fags” and stuff like that. The mob was screaming at the people that they were going to hell, the usual stuff.

We chatted with a couple of the younger members of the church and they were alot less pushy, but still had that glean in their eyes of the overly religious. These kids were about 15-17 years old and you could tell that the more vocal religious zealots made these younger members of the church a little nervous, but the kids tried to smile and make it seem like their church loved everyone even though it was very obvious they didn’t.

The whole scene was surreal and I won’t ever forget it. It was amazing to me how these people just couldn’t handle the fact that there were people in the world different from them and felt like it was their duty to convert all the sinners. This really is my only problem with religion. I think religion plays an important role in alot of people’s lives. But the second you start preaching to someone else about how they should live their life, you are pretty much in the same frame of mind as anyone who has killed someone else in the name of god, allah, or whatever. It is idiotic. Live and let live. Jesus fucking christ is that so hard to understand? Jesus? I’m talking to you…

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. We rocked Pensacola’s ass that night in case you were wondering.
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Sevencrabrangoon definitely kicks major ass. Here’s a sample:

“Washington never solves problems, they only manage them.”

Go to his site and read everything he has written.
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I hereby declare November 13-17 to be the first annual “The design for the muy’s home page is up in the air for the moment as I experiment with a few ideas” week. You might find yourself alternately annoyed, amused, or under the impression that Tim has no idea what the hell he is doing over the course of the next few days. Do not worry, these feelings are natural.

Please bear with me, I’m experimenting with server side includes.
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“Let me make sure I understand,” protested Bush, his victory speech in hand. “You’re calling me back to retract your concession?”

“Let me explain something,” Gore lectured in a stony tone, “your YOUNGER brother is not the ultimate authority on this.”

Full Story.
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Oh, I almost forgot. The muy.com has officially endorsed Al Gore for President of the United States. There. That should take care of all those undecideds. Now! Go out and vote!
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I’ve found myself doing more stomach exercises recently. I think subconsciously I have been getting ready for the sick, uneasy feeling I will have in my gut this Tuesday, November 7th.

Well, tomorrow is it. Let’s take a collective breath and let it out nice and slow. Think, “calm blue ocean.”
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Most of the kids that came trick-or-treating to our house last night didn’t even have costumes. It seems that holding a pillow case counts for a costume these days.

Me: “Oh, what are you? A kid getting ready to make his bed?”
Kid: “Cut with the small talk and give me a snickers.”

Here is my favorite thing a kid said to me last night:

“Do you have any chicken?”
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