i get mean

music and drawings by edie brickell.

pew news IQ test

i got 10 out of 12 correct--83 percentile--meaning i scored better than 83% of americans that participated. according to the survey, 84% know that oprah winfrey campaigned for obama, but only 24% know the current senate majority leader, and only 28% know how many americans have died in iraq... that's our inept corporate media for ya!

what's your news IQ? take the test here.

I'm Glad I'm Not A Mollusk

thanks to kathy speake (our wonderful school secretary) for the opportunity to play at her 4th OF JULY EXTRAVAGANZA! here's an outtake of THE THINGZ doing their patriotic duty...

tip of the energy dome to laura velez for the video and support!

war hero dies of drug overdose

sad...

Editor & Publisher:

PINEHURST, N.C. A former Army medic made famous by a photograph that showed him carrying an injured Iraqi boy during the first week of the war has died of an apparent overdose, police said.

Joseph Patrick Dwyer died last week at a hospital in Pinehurst, according to the Boles Funeral Home. He was 31. The photograph, taken in March 2003, showed Dwyer running to a makeshift military hospital while cradling the boy. The photo appeared in newspapers, magazines and television broadcasts worldwide, making Dwyer became a symbol of heroism.

His mother said the military could have done more to help with post-traumatic stress. “He just couldn’t get over the war,” Maureen Dwyer said. “He just couldn’t do it. Just wasn’t Joseph. Joseph never came home.” Read on…

from crooks & liars

new ride

for the last few years, my garage could have be considered a "battle ground state:" two red mountain bikes (of course!) versus a blue BMX and chamille, my blue altima. but this election year change is in the air. once stalwart red states are looking more purple--some have turned almost completely blue, sick and tired of republicans running roughshod over the constitution. the sea change is evident in my garage as well. say hello to. . .

miles
(seems like a good name since he looks kind of blue in this picture!)