guess what day it is today! guess!

it's bullet's birthday! well, it was. yesterday. bullet is now two years old. fourteen in dog years. if it goes the same as with people, then there's a rough year, or um seven of them, ahead of us.

with that said, this was bullet then:


and this is bullet now:


a lot has changed.

priorities

there are some things in life you just have to do. these are some of mine (in no particular order).

voting. i plan on voting on november 7th. candidates picked out - going in as smart as can be given the options. one of these years, i know it, the options will be good. just not yet.

donating blood. as an immigrant, they don't let you donate blood. fucked, i know. the british fucked it up for the rest of us given the mad cow disease. regardless of the fact that my european years were vegetarian i'm still out of luck. yet, i still feel it is a civil duty to donate blood. still trying to figure out ways to get around it.

being a donor. on my license. on my will. i'm not going to need anything once i'm dead. if they can find a use for anything i've got, then it's theirs. not much of a pack rat.

adopting. at this point, it's a dog. later on in my fifties, it will probably be a kid.

public radio. i need not say a thing on this. everyone who knows me knows what's up.

art. not to be confused with artists. art in all of its forms. supporting what inspires me. it's only fair that it's a give and take relationship.

education. the day i stop learning is the day i blow my brains out.

work. being brought up under socialist rule is a good thing. it's a great thing. stagnancy frustrates me. laziness causes stomach irritation.

culture. you pick. yours or mine. just give me some.

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i talk too much

but on sundays, there is an hour long period at 3pm that shuts me up.

it's called 'this american life.'

now, my friends, i welcome you to a whole new era. the era of silence.


it was announced last sunday that starting this week, 'this american life' will be offered as a free podcast every week. a free podcast!!! and any old podcast is available for 95 cents a piece. regardless of when it was recorded. that is over THREE HUNDRED podcasts. over three hundred hours of silence. twelve and a half full days, sleepless. twenty five episodes a month. almost one daily. or, two every other day. think of all the mind bending stories in each program. at least three of them in an hour. revisiting old favorites. discovering new ones.

my first download was yesterday. i sat quietly at work, a full hour, just listening. "you and the little mermaid can go fuck yourselves" rining in my headphones. what a wonderful occasion.

to those who have not listened to "this american life" i strongly encourage you to do so. it changed my life. and the life of the people around me.

finally, i can shut the fuck up and listen. what was only one hour on sundays is now an endless opportunity. shhhh

http://www.thisamericanlife.org

the twinkies lost

did you notice the twinkie craze? all of a sudden, anything was possible. we're down eight to three, but we can still get through. it was so nice. people just changed. you dont have to be a sports fan to be an optimist. it turned all of us around.

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