transfering to the google blogger crap sucked

i cannot enter text where the post is supposed to go

blogger sucks and is broken

geeze louise

Nickel & Dimed

I just finished Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich and it was kinda good. I had done some shit jobs like she described in the past (working in "retail" for example; long story; my main shit job was a camp job during the summers) but she provided a nice insight into shite industries I had no idea about- maid work and food service. It was damn interesting to hear some of the standard practices of the maids (as mandated by their company training whatnot) but what really opened my eyes was the bit about working as a waitress. I never really realized that waitstaff really only make like $2 an hour. So your tip really is their hourly wage. I've been trying to tip 20% as a result of reading it. If you want your waiter to have a living wage, it's up to you. All you gotta do is tip like a ninja.

Rather Ripped by Sonic Youth

One last post I gotta get offa my chest. As usual I got a zillon great cd's for x-mas. In particular, of the ones I've listened to so far, Rather Ripped by Sonic Youth is impressive. They manage to keep a-rockin after all these years. Props.

Dim Sum at Mandarin Court

Been a while since I did a restaurant review. Let's get to it.

Dim Sum rocks. But it's gotta be authentic. With the carts. It makes the experience. They have this at Mandarin Court- 61 Mott St. NY, NY (now google maps can help you if you need it). I recently picked up a copy of the Michelin for NYC and they gave it a michelin man licking his lips. I thought I'd throw my two cents in and let all y'all know I found it first.

Ford

Ok, now, i don't mean to beat a dead horse or kick a guy when he's down but Ford pardonded Nixon.

I know we're supposed to say nice things about him now that he's dead but c'mon.

So say the vice president has to resign over corruption charges. There's a new vice president picked. Then the president has to resign over corruption charges. The the new vice president becomes president and pardons the old president. I'd say the new dude was just as corrupt as the lot of 'em, wouldn't you? Just a hypothetical situation for you to mull over.

Happy New Year, the Blog!

hey Blog,

Happy New Year!

wow, i have a lot of whatnot to post about but i'm gonna do it in a lot of little posts instead of one bigass random post as usual.

so what does the ghettoblogger do on New Year's Eve that he is back up in his jaun? the Mates of State at the Knitting Factory, of course! they were kinda good. too bad we had to leave early to make the last train back to dirty Jersey. yes, i know i should have sucked it up and taken the first train in the morning (4:15) but i'm old now.

to sum up: New Year's Eve = good, New Year's Eve at the Knitting Factory = better, with the Mates of State = best.

also they had a $6 PBR & a shot special so i was able to do a blue velvet. sweet.

and a merry christmas to you too!

hey Penn peeps!

guess what I got for christmas! a six-pack of lambic! now you may be saying that's nice, good for you (in a desperate attempt to hide your jealousy and be nice to try to score some for yourself). but i didn't just get a six pack of bottles of rasperry lambic, i got a six pack of 750 mL bottles of raspberry lambic! and you can't have any 'cause its mine all mine not yours! but seriously, of course i'm sharing but only with ma cherie!

mmmmmm....aarrrlllgghh...lammmmbic...

too much caffine man

i have quadrupled my caffine intake. not really on purpose. just because it's there. just because that's the kind of week i'm having. and man does it show. i am captain mania. there is no sad, only very happy or angry. and i hate the angry. but everything just seems so damn important when you're like uber hopped up on caffine. i want to bouce off walls, shake, and run a marathon. but i can't so there's only getting a lot of work done and damn quick. i am a ninja. oh, the shit i get done. i have been super productive but at what cost? ah, the mania. i didn't realize you could get there with just a little coffee. apparently you can! trust me, i know!

Google is not awesome: a cautionary tale

and so begins chapter three of the continuing saga of my love / hate relationship with Google. did I tell you about the time I googled Google? I digress.

Do not let Google cut your hair. I did a google search for places to get my hair cut in my neighborhood. This is also the continuing saga of why can't I find a decent hair person. I had a hair place but the last person that cut my hair there was a little rough. So I moved on. Annnyyyway, so Google helped me settle on three prospects for hair cuts in my neighborhood. The first was closed. No biggie. The second only cut women's hair (you should have seen the look they gave me when I showed up). The third didn't speak english. But the third was open and cut men's hair and hey, all americans know a little spanish. I mean, come on, they taught it on Sesame Street for chrissake. Also french and spanish aren't too terribly different (but different enough). So as I sat and waited my turn, I willed myself to remember that 'por favor' meant please and 'merci beaucoup' was 'muchos gracias.' By the time I was actually getting my hair cut, I remembered enough to chit chat with the lady about my Venezuelan and Colombian friends and I think I even taught her a little french. She screwed the sideburns a little but honestly, who doesn't? I fixed 'em when I got home as usual. Nevertheless, don't let Google cut your hair- they're not open, don't deal with guys, and don't speak the language.

awesome.

finally, some good news on the political front.

good news? make that great news.

any day a member of the Bush cabinet resigns in disgrace is a good day. but Rumsfeld? you mean it, no foolin', really Rumsfeld is gone? seriously? ahhhhh. that feels good. i mean it took them way too long to get rid of him and what with Bush's arrogance I thought it might never happen. But here we are. He's gone!

Now, add to that the democrats control the House. Top that off with the next speaker of the house is a woman! The democrats control of the House is the ice cream, Rumsfeld kicked out of the white house is the hot fudge, and Nancy Pelosi is the cherry on top! I have a good feeling Webb is gonna pull it off and add some needed whipped cream to my sundae- democratic control of the senate.

I've heard some rumors that I don't like about not impeaching Bush but if that doesn't happen at least they're gonna shove fifty thousand special prosecutors up his ass. Exxxxxcellent.

but what a crazy day it's been. pouring rain soaking through shoes that were supposed to be waterproof and a shit storm at work threatened to drop my sundae on the ground. but fuck it, this sundae is so good i'm gonna lick it off the pavement!

ahem.

WOO-HOO!

fucking a.

awesome.