Monthly Archive for August, 2005

The Farm at San Benito

Spent an uber relaxing day at The Farm at San Benito as a way of celebrating my 4th year as Rach’s tormentor.

Since I’m still in a very Zen place, I have no desire to do anything that may be mistaken for work today.

Will upload pics and post more about it later, eventually. Meanwhile, you can check out Rach’s pics of our weekend here.

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I have a theory

Let me tell you a true story about immunization. When i was a little boy in New York City in the 1940s, we swam in the Hudson River. And it was filled with raw sewage. Okay? We swam in raw sewage! You know, to cool off.

At that time the big fear was polio; thousands of kids died from polio every year. But you know somethin’? In my neighborhood no one ever got polio. No one. Ever! You know why? Because we swam in raw sewage! It strengthened our immune systems. The polio never had a prayer; we were tempered in raw shit!

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New iPau

I’ve forgotten how much I detest all forms of contemporary music until I had to go for two weeks without my iPau. To me, real music died when Alice in Chains released an Unplugged album. Everything that came out afterwards was pure drivel.

Nirvana was barely what I’d call music; and Oasis was, and still is, probably one of the worst bands I’ve ever had the displeasure of hearing. Of course there were exceptions like Tool, Dream Theater, System of a Down, Deftones and Pantera (we miss you Dimebag); but basically if it doesn’t fall under the category of Progressive Rock, Glam Rock, or Blues Rock, it’s only good for raping my ears. Yes, that includes the gay fest that is EMO, and the retarded cousin of rock: METAL (but Slayer’s an exception because, well you know, Slayer OWNZZZ ALLL!).
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