galesburg? galesburg!
does this look like (a) the worst idea ever or (b) the best idea anybody ever had about anything:


??



bricks!



leaded glass!



a poorly constructed addition!

and a bunch of rooms in need of gutting:









and a brick foundation that's separating in one corner!



but... that attic... beautiful!

what to do, what to do?

so you wanna be a teacher??!
ugh

i've said it before
and i have no doubt i'll find myself saying it again sometime:

matthew david stidle is a very, very funny man.

to wit.

slaughter of poor pakistanis. what to think...?
mccain: "The United States' priorities are to get rid of al-Qaeda, and this was an effort to do so," he said on the CBS TV program, Face the Nation. "I can't tell you that we wouldn't do the same thing again."

bayh: ''It's a regrettable situation, but what else are we supposed to do?'' he said on CNN's ''Late Edition.'' ''It's like the wild, wild West out there. The Pakistani border is a real problem.''

soon we're gonna have to vote for one of these guys for president (probably).

democracy is great! somebody should start some wars so we can spread this fantastic way to govern! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee

a new favorite thing
the music of one reason. really, really, really good.

ken case
buy carole gallagher's book. please.

and buy one for me while you're at it.

farm song
the book from which the lyrics to Greg Welsh came was edited by this Robert Wolf character. interesting interview with him.

zizek!
In early James Bond movies, the evil genius was an eccentric figure, dressed extravagantly, or alternatively, in the grey uniform of the Maoist commissar. In the case of Bill Gates, this ridiculous charade is no longer needed - the evil genius turns out to be the boy next door.

wha?
my brother and some friends put this together. and i'm playing some songs. so there.

jesus lord god hell
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-walmart08.html