If you were cheese ...

Newest political ramblings

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:03:12 GMT

OK, once again I am being featured on the 411mania site in a column called Fact or Fiction, which lets me rant semi-coherently about 4 questions posed by the columnist. Read along as I foam at the mouth.

This is the current one :

http://www.411mania.com/politics/columns/67393/411-Politics-Fact-or-Fiction-01.21.08:-Week-75.htm

And here is one I did back in October and forgot to post beforehand :

http://www.411mania.com/politics/columns/60659/411-Poltics-Fact-or-Fiction-10.01.07:-Week-62.htm

Enjoy!

Krunchy

Love Quotes for stalkers

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:38:14 GMT

"If I love you, what business is it of yours?"
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves."
~John Bulwer

"It would be impossible to "love" anyone or anything one knew completely.
Love is directed towards what lies hidden in its object."
~Paul Valéry, Tel quel, 1943

"I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long.
If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night."
~Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes

I should have all the CD's made within the next week, so I will need addresses to ship them out.

Krunchy

Yikes !!!

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:22:55 GMT

Either this poll is flawed or I'm not quite the moderate libertarian that I thought I was!

92% Barack Obama
90% Chris Dodd
89% John Edwards
89% Hillary Clinton
81% Joe Biden
80% Bill Richardson
72% Mike Gravel
72% Dennis Kucinich
48% Rudy Giuliani
40% John McCain
36% Mitt Romney
34% Tom Tancredo
29% Mike Huckabee
25% Ron Paul
23% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

Apparently I'm more of a librarian than a libertarian!

I still don't think I'm voting for Obama, he doesn't have enough experience.

Hmmm, been neglecting you all.

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:27:32 GMT

Well, I haven't posted much lately.

Here's what I'm going to do.

Just to make sure people are still around and reading.

Respond to this post, and tell me what kind of music you like, and I'll make you a mix CD, and actually mail it to you!

I'm hoping to do a few a week, depending on how many people actually respond.

I know I have like 24 people or something, but I'm betting at least half come on LJ like twice a year.

Everyone has until the 6th to respond.

If I get only a few responses, perhaps I'll make 2 mix CDs for each person, one with stuff I think that person would like.

Respond away everyone!

Krunchy

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:57:21 GMT

Since I forgot to put up the link when it was posted:

http://www.411mania.com/politics/columns/57424/411-Politics-Fact-or-Fiction:-Week-53.htm

That was the last one I did about 2 weeks ago.

This is what the editor of the political section had to say a few days afterward, in remarks that the writer of the questions for Fact or Fiction was leaving.

"We are all going to miss Ryan, but I will have him on the radio show as regularly as we can, and he knows that he is always welcome here in the Politics Zone. By the way, Krunchy is one of my all time favorite F or F guests. Chris you did a great job, but Krunchy is an F or F legend. Krunchy does have a real first name, but I promised him that I wouldn't tell you. The fun is over now. Crow's back in charge."

So I would assume that I'll be back doing more Fact or Fictions as time dictates.

Krunchy

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:54:05 GMT

Well, next week I will once again be featured in the political section of 411mania doing Fact-or-Fiction. Weird thing is, I consider myself a libertarian for the most part, but something about being ON there turns me into some sort of raving lunatic, which admittedly I am. I guess it's because they are youngish and male so they tend to skew towards democrats. I being somewhat older and WAY more jaded, want to knock the hope out of their smug faces I guess. I also tend to be funnier than the average guest on this site. If you want to check out previous appearances on mine, you can go to the following links.

http://www.411mania.com/politics/columns/44030/411-Politics-Fact-or-Fiction:-Week-14.htm

http://www.411mania.com/politics/columns/52201/411-Politics-Fact-or-Fiction:-Week-36.htm

They've asked if I wanted to have a column, but as you can tell from THIS journal, I'm not exactly reliable in electronic form. I rant fairly regularly in real life, but typing out rants takes all the bluster out of it. Krunchy in real life is pretty much Foamy the Squirrel.

Krunchy

Are you ordering lunch or voting for president?

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:31:46 GMT

Gotta Love this :

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BOSTON - Mitt Romney's been called many things as he runs for president, but chances are "Sticky Rice" isn't one of them.

That's how his name might be read on some ballots, according to state Secretary William Galvin.

Galvin says the federal Justice Department is pressuring Boston election officials to translate candidates' names into Chinese characters in precincts with prominent Chinese-speaking populations.

But there's more than a little lost in translation, according to Galvin.

Since there's no Chinese character for "Romney," translators have resorted to finding characters that most closely match the sound of each syllable in the name.

The problem is that there are many different characters that could be used to match the sound of each syllable, and many different meanings for each character.

So Mitt Romney could be read as "Sticky Rice" or "Uncooked Rice." Fred Thompson might be read as "Virtue Soup." And Barack Obama could be read as "Oh Bus Horse."

Galvin's own name could be read at least two different ways, as "High Prominent Noble Educated" or "Stick Mosquito."

But perhaps the most perplexing translation would be for Boston Mayor Thomas Menino's name, which could be read as "Sun Moon Rainbow Farmer" or "Imbecile," or "Barbarian Mud No Mind of His Own."

"To try to make rhymes or approximations in Chinese, you can have unintended negative meanings," Galvin said. "It leads to confusion. You can render it with a good meaning or a bad meaning."
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I was always afraid that the kanji tat of Munchkin's name on my leg said something like "anally pleasures toothless goats" when translated.

Krunchy

hmmm, seeing if this works part 2 !!

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:31:44 GMT

OK, if this works, you'll be seeing a music video that my former band made in 1996, for a song that was written in 1994 (aka the local radio "hit") called Losing All Control. We were even recognized a few times in weird places (like Taco Bell) as the guys who did that song "blah blah blah losing all control!" It was a completely shitty video, shot in a Gas Station parking lot in front of a burned out limo. Enjoy the cheese factor, and try to get the song out of your head if you can! I am the singer/bassist in the video (Eric and I wrote the song) back when I had LOTS of hair.

Krunchy

hmmm, seeing if this works !!

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:02:48 GMT

Figured I would try out Photobucket to see if I can actually post pictures here without posting a shitload of HTML codes.

If this worked, it's a picture from last year taken at an abandoned cold war munitions factory in Hingham, MA, fenced off in an area of a national park. I like the way it's framed.

This would be another from the same site. This is some sort of valve that was in on of the munitions rooms. Thought it was a good contrast of color.

Both of these are taken straight from the camera. The only modifications were rotating the images in Photoshop, there was no processing done to the actual pictures. Apparently I had to resize them on Photobucket; don't think it decreased the quality at all.

Krunchy

I'll be damned!!

Thu, 17 May 2007 04:04:40 GMT

Just got home from the hospital, as the little one has a little broken bone in her pinky finger. On the way home, I stopped to get some nutrients, specifically some chipage. Found this secret new flavor, called X-13d, which we are supposed to suggest names for.

DAMN THING IS A McDONALDS CHEESEBURGER !?! Has the flavor of the patty, with mustard, ketchup, onion, and a pickle.

It's actually really good, but makes me wonder, does McD's use MSG in their flavoring, since MSG is HEAVILY involved in the recipe.

It lists among the flavors : Natural and Artificial Flavors (including beef and wheat), onion powder, tomato powder, 3 different cheeses, and mustard seed ... OMIGOD BEEF TALLOW!!!

It's actually pretty yummy!

Krunchy

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:44:38 GMT

Liberty has never come from the government.
Liberty has always come from the subjects of government.
The history of liberty is the history of resistance.
The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power,
not the increase of it.
--Woodrow Wilson

Ahh, the innocence of youth

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:27:47 GMT

Overheard as daughter is on the phone with friends ... "Hi Ricardo ... welcome to your 1st threesome with girls."

Krunchy

PS. it better be the ONLY way you have a threesome with my daughter, dearest Ricardo, or I'll have to refer to you as Deadest Ricardo!

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:16:30 GMT

I read this in a newspaper article on the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings and I thought it was funny.

"School officials called police after parents and students reported spotting a 6-foot-tall man in a skirt, high heels, lipstick and a blond wig near a school drop-off area outside Cranbrook's Kingswood Upper School, Lt. Paul Myszenski said. Police were unable to find anyone meeting the man's description."

Either someone has a scary looking mom or someone picked the wrong time to be cross-dressing. It made me think of something the Lunachicks would've written, or perhaps Butt Trumpet, "Drag Queen with a Gun".

Krunchy

something I found funny

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:50:52 GMT

http://www.collegehumor.com/willferrell

You click on the button and it generates a Will Ferrell movie.

Will Ferrell plays Alec Billson, an egotistical, obnoxious poker shark at the top of his profession. He and his sidekick, played by Vince Vaughn, seem invincible until their dominance is threatened by a new rival. Alec Billson's excessive pride causes him to spiral downward to comical lows. When he is at the depths of despair, he removes his shirt and bellows, Sweet Thor's dragon! My eye is an opulent lantern!After a wacky training process featuring a surprise cameo by Owen Wilson and a marginally-developed romantic subplot, he enters into a climactic showdown with his rival and emerges victorious - but not without learning a thing or two about friendship.

or

Will Ferrell plays Phil Billson, an egotistical, obnoxious surfer at the top of his profession. He and his sidekick, played by Owen Wilson, seem invincible until their dominance is threatened by a new rival. Phil Billson's excessive pride causes him to spiral downward to comical lows. When he is at the depths of despair, he removes his shirt and bellows, Praise Kyle. My orangutan is a drooling rainbow!After a wacky training process featuring a surprise cameo by Jason Bateman and a marginally-developed romantic subplot, he enters into a climactic showdown with his rival and emerges victorious - but not without learning a thing or two about friendship.

My mom and things

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:39:42 GMT

Unfortunately, I was sick this week, which means I didn't really get to do what I wanted to do in honoring my mom's death anniversary. I did get to the cemetery today and leave a marker on the mausoleum with Glo and the munchkin, so that was ok, but I wasn't able to locate the grave of my godmother because it was muddy and a lot of the graves were overgrown. I am going to try to go back in a week or two and clean out a bunch of them, and maybe give some of the others that aren't visible a chance to shine in the sun once again. My goal was to take the two weeks between her birthday and when she died and clean the whole house so spotless that she'd want to come and visit us if she were alive. We are all so sick that I am now doing it from now til Easter, which was about the same time frame as before.

As time goes by, it gets weirder and weirder for me to think about, because what my life is now, is nothing like it was when she was here. I'd like to think that she would be happy with how my life is, but you never know with Moms. I'm sure I'm not living up to my potential, no duh, but I'm in a much better place emotionally than I had been throughout most of the 90's. I've only lost a few loved ones in the past 8-10 years, which has been a good thing for me, and I think that will help me when it happens again. 1993-1995 was a horrible time, and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. It fucked me up, and grew me up at the same time. I lost a lot then, but I've gained so much since all that other shit happened. I'm pretty sure she'd be happy that I no longer have hair down to my ass though!

The whole world is different now. I think my Mom would be amazed at what we've got. I didn't get internet until the end of 1994, and CD-ROM around the same time. Business has changed, politics has changed, the speed at which we live has gotten faster and faster. I think she'd be amazed that my dad has taken to computers as well has he has, he wouldn't even touch the IBM's we had in our business. Actually, I think that is one thing she'd really be amazed at is how much my dad has evolved. He's still a stubborn bastard (I'm a chip off the old block) but he has become more mellow in certain aspects, and is the perfect pepiere (grandfather) to my daughter. I remember the first time he signed a paycheck after my mom died, they told him that if they didn't know he was friends with the bank's president, they wouldn't have cashed his check, cuz I don't think he had signed one (or written one) in 25 years. He couldn't balance his companies books, or home finances. He knew who to ask though, and takes care of it all himself now.

Miss you Mom, and wish you had gotten to know Courtney, you'd have totally dug each other. Then again, you probably know all about her. You were very picky about my GF's but you'd have liked Glo, even though she's kind of a slob! You could tell when someone was genuine and caring toward me. Keep an eye on all of us if you could! Sometimes we could use it!

Krunchy (but Mom named me Derek!)

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:44:48 GMT

I AM THE GOD OF TECHNOLOGY ... and ummmm, hellfire too I guess? Heh heh

This weekend was one of those where if I really had the choice, I'd probably become a Luddite and start writing a manifesto ... but wouldn't be able to cuz adobe acrobat was acting up !!!

On Thursday, we traded in the old cable modem because it did this thing where, every half hour or so, it would just drop us like a bad habit, then like maybe 5 minutes later, decide to start working again, like it belonged to a union. We turn it in, and I brought the new one home (it is the boringest beige, while the old one was black) so we could while away our time downloading things (ok ok, most likely some sort of naked things) and answering our telephone (Vonage) and then handing it to my daughter, cuz I never usually get any sort of phone calls. Of course, once hooked up it makes all sorts of blinky lights and does not recognise our wireless vonage router.

(Flash ahead to Friday)
I hook up our computer straight into the modem with a long CAT5 cable, and voila (which is french for swearing for 15 minutes until it works) we can at least get some semblence of internet. I try to log onto my router, but for some weird reason, the default address does not seem to log me onto the network settings. Luckily my daughter is spending the night at her mom's and the GF is in NH at a weekend Renne Faire event, so my sceams of anger and frustration are not heard by them (they hate it when I invent new swear words like "shitasticle fuckbungle")

(Next stop Saturday)
Looking up stuff on the router (which can be reset, but not updated unless Voange does it) and look for my old paperwork. Computer keeps dying on me, because the case is old, underpowered wattage wise, and filled with dust since the side broke. It overheats with the graphics card, and is just a pain in the ass. I've got the new case, power supply, etc ... just haven't had that much time to put it together, and not much space to attack it. I've determined that THIS WILL BE THE LAST DAY AND NIGHT for the old boring beige case with 3 pounds of dust in it. I reset the router finally (I found the paper that quoted the weird address to set the router) and head off to do karaoke with my daughter, who kicked ass on her two songs. I didn't do that badly, and afterwards, someone yelled "Randall Flagg Rocks!" which happened to be an old bass player I hadn't seen in about 6 years.

(Finally Sunday Bloody Sunday)
Today is the day that will seperate the men from the men without ballsack hair. I set up a portable table next to the kitchen table, and look at what I've got. Apparently I forgot to grab a can of air from work, so I ended up going to Staples to buy a can of air! Yes, A CAN OF AIR!! It only cost 8 bucks for that can of air!! Truthfully, I needed that can of air, cuz I think I had Dust Boars that had eaten my Dust Bunnies and Kitties. Nothing that the can of air and 2 teaspoons of Benedryl couldn't fix however. Goes pretty well as I removed all the hard drives and floppy and DVD drives, Disconnect all the power cables, etc ... Moving the motherboard into the new case wasn't that bad either, even with the really small spacers.

Big issue was the fact that I had no paper work for the motherboard, and no paperwork for the computer case, and had all these pin settings for things like front USB ports, and default speaker and power and reset buttons. Back I went onto our roomies computer, after running a wire to the cable modem of course, so I could find the schematic for the motherboard. No printer hooked up of course, so it was a noble effort of looking at the page, then running over to the computer case and putting the wire hookup where it belonged. After all that, I hooked up the fans, and the flashing blinky lights, and whammo, plugged it back into the monitor, keyboard, etc ... and the DAMN THING WORKED !!!! I expected SOMETHING to go wrong, but apparently I did EVERYTHING right, even the front usb stuff. I rock.

Lastly, I fucked around with the router some more. Had the wireless network all set again (although I'm going to have to secure it soon) and the cable modem was all set. About 40 minuts ago, I hooked up the cable modem to the router, and it worked as well!! We now have phone service again, AND internet on all the computers! The new computer is shiny black, with blue and purple blinky lights on the side, and a demon type face on the front cover with red eyes. It opens up to the drives and buttons.

Now I won't have to grow a beard and move to a little shack in Montana. I might, however, cut my ball hair into a mullet, just cuz I can!

Krunchy

Giant Ravenous Snails Invade Island!

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:30:54 GMT

It sounds like a horror movie, but apparently it is true. The link is here:

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/giant-ravenous-snails-invade-island-of/20061108231709990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

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A nocturnal survey last weekend found hundreds of thousands of African snails - which are often about the size of a human hand - swarming the central parish of St. George, the country's agricultural heartland, where farmers complained of damage to sugar cane, bananas, papayas and other crops.

"We saw snails riding on each other's backs and moving in clusters," said David Walrond, chairman of the local emergency response office that organized 60 volunteers for the expedition. "You're just crunching the shells as you're walking through."
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I think we've found a new job for Rumsfeld, now that he has some spare time. After that, he can battle the Cockroach that ate Cincinatti.

Krunchy

hmmm, semi-libertarian eh?

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 04:21:25 GMT

Paleo-Liberal

You scored 62% Personal Liberty and 41% Economic Liberty!

A paleo-liberal believes in low to moderate government intervention on personal matters and moderate government intervention on economic matters. They tend to be opposed to war, police powers and victimless crimes. They believe in a social safety net, but to a lesser extent then most leftists. They generally believe in protecting personal liberty. They support self-ownership and privacy. Some Paleo-liberals may lean towards embracing capitalism as an economic system. Paleo-liberals are reminiscent of the attitude of the "new left" of the 60's and 70's. Strong Paleo-Liberals border on Libertarianism.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 99% on Personal
You scored higher than 99% on Economic

Link: The Politics Test written by brainpolice on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Apparently the GF is more Mass than I am

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:34:49 GMT

Dude! You're 96% from Massachusetts!

Dude! Me and Sully and Fitzie and Sean are gonna hit Landsdowne tonight after the game, hang out at the Beerworks. I'll pick you up at the Coop at 6.

How Massachusetts are you?

100% TRUE Red Sox Fan, PLAY ON!

Yeah you are a true and dedicated Red Sox fan, ya wicked sweet ma--hole! Kick those Yanks back to New Yawk where they belong! Go Red Sox! Yankees suck, Yankees suck!!

Are You a True Dedicated RED SOX Fan?
Quizzes for MySpace

Apparently I'm not Batman :(

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:16:57 GMT

You scored as The Punisher.

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Blade

80%

The Punisher

80%

Daredevil

70%

Ghost Rider

50%

Thor

50%

Gambit

40%

Superman

30%

Batman

30%

Spiderman

30%

The Hulk

30%

Wolverine

30%

Colossus

20%

Captain America

10%

Ironman

10%

Do you know your inner superhero?
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hey, i'm on a REAL website !

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:05:56 GMT

For all of you out there that think my ranting and raving doesn't matter, Go F@#$ your ... ummmm, go to this website and see my opinions on current issues at :

Political Fact or Fiction : Week 14

I've never listed a link before so let's hope it comes through.

If you like my postings, tell them, and the would probably invite me back for more funny and witty stuff.

Krunchy

Hot enough for ya?

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 23:18:28 GMT

Yup, it's been pretty damn hot here. Temp read 105 at 4pm on Wednesday. I understand other people have been baking too, but this is, ummmm, MASSACHUSETTS for fuck's sake!

It's hot enough to ...

BEDFORD, N.H. (Aug. 3) - Blistering heat was just what Sandi Fontaine needed to bake cookies for her co-workers - on the dash of her Toyota Rav4.

With temperatures soaring Wednesday, Fontaine placed two trays of cookie dough on the dashboard, shut the doors and retreated inside to her air conditioned office.

"My husband wanted me to run some errands this morning," said Fontaine, who works at Baldwin and Clarke Corporate Finance. "I said, 'I can't. I'm baking cookies."'

Fontaine first tested her dashboard oven three years ago. She said anyone can do it; the only requirement is for the outside temperature to be at least 95 degrees, so it will rise to about 200 degrees in the car. Temperatures in the area reached the mid to upper 90s on Wednesday.

"Mrs. Fields has nothing on Sandi," co-worker Brian Champigny said of the cookie company.

Though Thursday was supposed to be cooler, Fontaine said she'll still enjoy the benefits of her culinary effort.

"When you open the door to that car," she said, "it's like, oh my God. It's a wonderful smell."

08/03/06 16:08 EDT

Where my peeps at?

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:57:46 GMT

Or something. Looking at the friend list, I hardly see anyone posting anymore :( I know, I don't post that much anymore either. I'm guessing that everyone else has moved on to myspace, and I am kinda refusing to do so. I am trying to not be too trendy.

Went to the Rasputina show last night and it was awesome (GOD the heat was horrible!) I took my daughter to her first "adult" concert and she enjoyed it, other than the fact that they played about 5 new songs, and she didn't really know any of the songs they played. I bought her a poster though and she got 2 autographs, just didn't get Melora's cuz she was elsewhere. Hard to believe a good act was playing in Fall River proper, and I also didn't realize that we had a center for the arts.

I think I'll be seeing Clerks 2 this weekend since my dad has the munch for the next day, and then her mom has her on Sunday. Looking forward to it, not enough movies with Donkey Shows in them.

Laterz! Give me a holler in a comment to let me know you are still alive!

Krunchy

YIKES!!

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:19:16 GMT

I'm just waiting for a few conservatives to blame immagrants and gays wanting to get married for this. I am certainly going to hope that the terrorists aren't watching the news, they might get depressed. We are sabotaging our own structures with greed and corruption and putting them out of business.

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BOSTON - The head of the agency overseeing Boston's Big Dig highway project ordered a review of the entire highway system Wednesday after inspectors looking into the fatal collapse of concrete ceiling slabs found 60 more questionable areas in the tunnel's ceiling.

Initial inspections revealed dozens of signs of bolts loosening and other potential failures in the same connector tunnel, part of the main route to Boston's Logan Airport, Turnpike Authority officials and the Big Dig project manager said.

There were also trouble spots in the westbound lanes of the tunnel, they said.

"We're evaluating each of these individual sites," Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Chairman Matthew Amorello said.
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Glad to see my taxpayers dollars went to the LARGEST and MOST EXPENSIVE construction project in modern history for something of REAL QUALITY. It's ben estimated that the tunnel is taking in upwards of 10 thousand gallons of water A DAY! The concrete was watered down and old fill was used, illegally I might add, and now shit if flying all over the place. Way to go Massachusetts government. I guess it's what happens when your state reps are all democrat for a gazillion years AND you've had a republican governor for 16 years. EVERYONE has their own cronies in place, and you have to pay TWICE as much in bribes and payoffs.

It's totally scary now to go under an overpass, especially in Fall River. For some stupid reason, Fall River in the early 70's decided to put their governmant building RIGHT ON TOP of a major highway on an overpass. Concrete fell onto Rte 195 and struck a car, but luckily no one was killed. They've since started remodelling it, and now when you drive underneath, YOU CAN SEE HUGE SPOTS OF DAYLIGHT and pieces of the building. All the metal is rusted and rotted away and the concrete doesn't look too stable. What can you do though? The only other way to get across is a 40 year old drawbridge they are trying to replace (the replacement bridge has been under construction for 8 years now, and won't be done for another 4-6 years due to [a] the cost overrun on the fucking tunnel that is collapsing in Boston, and [b] somehow the engineers that designed the bridge are already a few feet off on their designs)that can only handle a certain amount of weight per day. If you don't take one of those options, you have to go at least 20 miles North of South to cross the river.

I swear, this state can fucking bite me. If I could afford it, my ass would be in New Hampshire. They at least seem to get it right most of the time. Problem is, I'm not sure they would take too kindly to a bunch of Massholes invading their utopia.

Krunchy

Syd Barrett is dead

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:44:23 GMT

Well, that is a huge bummer. I was honestly hoping that someday he'd come back and release some interesting and mind blowing music. He hadn't recorded or even played in public for over 30 years, and was suffering from mental illness AND diabetes, but I always thought he would make a comeback someday. Once he didn't show up with Pink Floyd at the G8 event last year, I had pretty much realized he would never do anything musical again.

Without him, there would not have been a Pink Floyd. Without him leaving, there would not have been a Pink Floyd. After he left, they based about half their musical catalog on a combination of him and Roger Waters. David Bowie was heavily influenced by him, as was Michael Stipe and countless others, including a huge rip-off by the name of Robyn Hitchock. His biggest legacy is probably the fact that he ended up walking away from all of it, as a self-imposed James Dean style creative death, where absence makes a legend. Along side J.D. Salinger and Bettie Page, there aren't many people who pretty much wandered off from their success and fame.

I guess he pretty much gave everything he had to offer, and as his mental acuity declined due to illness and drugs, it was harder for him to give coherent performances.

"Please lift a hand/I'm only a person/With Eskimo chain/I tattooed my brain all the way/Would you miss me/Oh, wouldn't you miss me at all ?"

Krunchy