StaggerLee

I didn't realize there was so much of this pseudonym business going on. I've been duped by Kelly Anne... colour me gullible. I enjoy the GWB posts though, they're lots of fun. Check out this link for more Bush fun: http://www.oddcast.com/vhost/bush/host.php

Ok, I have to respond to this chastity business. If you feel that remaining chaste until you're married is the right move for you, then do as you will, I admire you for your conviction and commitment to your ideals; but please don't muddle the teachings of Jesus or force your views on others. I don't claim to be an expert, but having been raised in a christian family with two ministers in my extended family, I've learned a fair bit about the failings in the church's interpretation of the bible. First, the bible teaches that chastity is a virtue, as in remaining a virgin. It doesn't make any kind of distiction between married and unmarried sex in reference to being chaste, so the notion of remaining chaste only until marriage will keep one virtuous only until the wedding night. The situation is different of course for women, as the bible is a great source of misogyny and repression of women. According to the bible, a woman who has sex out of wedlock is a harlot, and as such is guilty of fornication. This does not apply to men, for whom it is not a sin to have premarital sex. I should point out that fornication is a word of disputed meaning. Some define it as adultery, bestiality, homosexuality, or sexually immoral behavior (harlots); others say that it applies only to the use of sexuality in worshiping false idols, such as in fertility rituals. The most common modern definition of fornication as simple unmarried sex is likely farthest from the meaning intended by those who used the word in the bible. Adultery is another good example of the double standard for men and women. A married woman who has sex with anyone other than her husband is guilty of adultery, while a man is guilty of adultery only if he has sex with a married woman. As for birth control, many churches have recognized that contraception is not specifically forbidden by the bible. They contend that it is not contraception itself that is a sin, but rather the spirit in which it is used. In general, much of the church's anti-sex type teachings are a product of reformers such as Calvin and Augustine, not Jesus. Please remember that although the bible is often referred to as the "word of God", it was in fact written by men, with all their subjective interpretations and cultural biases included. Years ago I was picked up hitch-hiking by a former priest who had left the church and he made an interesting point... he said the bible is like a signpost pointing people in the right direction, but that most christians are standing around clinging to the signpost.

Also... the debut of Dr. dFunkt, formerly known as Dr. Yellowfever.

It all seems a little convenient to me. The intelligence community gets blamed for jumping to conclusions that led to the invasion of Iraq, instead of blaming Bush and his cronies for fearmongering and lying through their teeth. To fix the problem, Bush says, "America's intelligence community needs fundamental change," which means spending a whole bunch of extra money on these agencies to bring them more in line with the Bush way of doing things.

Signs of spring... heady kids buying huge quantities of peat pellets and bags of soil at the local garden center.

I didn't realize you guys were playing too. I was planning on giving the show a miss due to schoolwork, but maybe I can swing it. Everybody has good things to say about the new band. Hopefully I'll see you there.

Is that you Carl?

Check this one out:

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/besthockey.html

So I just got home... was looking after a friend's four-year-old daughter this evening... she was checking out my week-old scruff and asked if I was growing a BEAR on my face... ::

All this talk has got me thinking of growing a beard back, even though I just shaved it off awhile ago. I usually go scruffy in the winter and clean cut in the summer, but exceptions can be made. Here's my last summertime beard, somewhat obscured.

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It was back in '32 when times were hard

He had a Colt .45 and a deck of cards

Stagger Lee

He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hat

Had a '28 Ford, had payments on that

Stagger Lee

His woman threw him out in the ice and snow

And told him, 'Never ever come back no more'

Stagger Lee

So he walked through the rain and he walked through the mud

Till he came to a place called The Bucket Of Blood

Stagger Lee

He said 'Mr motherfu©ker, you know who I am'

The barkeeper said, 'No, and I don't give a good goddamn'

To Stagger Lee

He said, 'Well bartender, it's plain to see

I'm that bad motherfu©ker called Stagger Lee'

Mr. Stagger Lee

Barkeep said, 'Yeah, I've heard your name down the way

And I kick motherfu©king asses like you every day'

Mr Stagger Lee

Well those were the last words that the barkeep said

'Cause Stag put four holes in his motherfu©king head

Just then in came a broad called Nellie Brown

Was known to make more money than any bitch in town

She struts across the bar, hitching up her skirt

Over to Stagger Lee, she starts to flirt

With Stagger Lee

She saw the barkeep, said, 'O God, he can't be dead!'

Stag said, 'Well, just count the holes in the motherfu©ker's head'

She said, 'You ain't look like you scored in quite a time.

Why not come to my pad It won't cost you a dime'

Mr. Stagger Lee

'But there's something I have to say before you begin

You'll have to be gone before my man Billy Dilly comes in,

Mr. Stagger Lee'

'I'll stay here till Billy comes in, till time comes to pass

And furthermore I'll fu©k Billy in his motherfu©king ass'

Said Stagger Lee

'I'm a bad motherfu©ker, don't you know

And I'll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get one fat boy's a$$hole'

Said Stagger Lee

Just then Billy Dilly rolls in and he says, 'You must be

That bad motherfu©ker called Stagger Lee'

Stagger Lee

'Yeah, I'm Stagger Lee and you better get down on your knees

And suck my dick, because If you don't you're gonna be dead'

Said Stagger Lee

Billy dropped down and slobbered on his head

And Stag filled him full of lead

Oh yeah.

Astroboy before school

Three's Company after school

Transformers, Smurfs, Thundercats, etc. Saturday morning

All the great musicians get bashed for something. Trey has blown my mind plenty of times in the past, but I think he hit his peak about ten years ago and everything since then has been a slow decline. I really wish he'd shake up his guitar tone as well, it seems like he uses the same settings on his gear 95% of the time. While I'm bashing... as much as I dig Phish, it always amazed me that they had practically nothing worthwhile to say in their lyrics. Their audience included a lot of socially-aware, intelligent young people, and Phish had nothing more to say to them than "gotta jiboo."

N-track is exactly what I was looking for but the demo version inserts annoying little beeps into your tracks every 10 seconds or so. Protools free says it won't run on winXP, which is what I've got. Acid pro and Audacity seem pretty good for my purposes. The effects processing is pretty weak for those two though. What does Soundforge do?

Thanks, I'll try that. I've got a mixer and a p.a. and some decent mics, so I want a program where I can just plug into my microphone jack without having to buy an external soundcard.

I'm looking for a decent, free, multi-track recording program to download. Has anyone tried any out? I basically just want something that works like a four- or eight-track and maybe has reverb and what not. There are quite a few available so I want to sift the wheat from the chaff. Suggestions?

Anyone into Nomeansno? They fit the math rock description from what I can tell. I love those guys. Propagandhi were another great Canadian band. More progressive thrash than math rock, but some similarities. The Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes album is fantastic.

Does Nomeansno count? Some good bands on those sites too.

Driving dat train, high on cocaine,

Casey Jones iz ready, watch yo' speed.

Trouble ahead, static behind,

And ya know dat notion just crossed muh ma fu©kin mind.

This old engine makes it on tyme,

Leaves Central Station 'bout uh quarter ta nine,

Hits River Junction at seventeen ta,

At uh quarter ta ten ya know it'stravlin' ag'in.

Driving dat train, high on cocaine,

Casey Jones iz ready, watch yo' speed.

Trouble ahead, static behind,

And ya know dat notion just crossed muh ma fu©kin mind.

Trouble ahead, Lady in red,

Take muh ma fu©kin advice you'd be bettah off dead.

Switchman'ssleeping, train hundred an' two iz

On da wrong track an' headed fo' ya.

Driving dat train, high on cocaine,

Trouble ahead, static behind,

And ya know dat notion just crossed muh ma fu©kin mind.

Trouble wiff ya iz da static wiff me,

Got two pimp-tight peeps but ya still don' see.

Come round da bend, ya know it'sda end,

The fireman screams an' da engine just gleams...

Jus' like Orenthawl James.

I certainly agree that farmers have a hard time making a living these days. We in Canada have the cheapest food in the world if you look at it from the perspective of the percentage of our disposable income that we spend on food. I applaud farmers for protesting to draw attention to the issue. That said, some of the things farmers are looking for from government in this protest are way off base. Large-scale farming is responsible for a wide range of environmental concerns, yet farmers involved in this protest are opposed to many regulations designed to protect our environment; including the Nutrient Management Act, Greenbelt legislation, habitat protection for wildlife, and buffer zones to protect waterways. They are also seeking money for tobacco production and unfettered access to water for irrigation purposes. These are important issues that farmers have to accept responsibility for, both in terms of farmers' role in causing the problems and their role in the solutions. The high-input, large-scale farming operations that are typical in Canada are inefficient and ill-advised. The mad cow crisis, for example, would never have occurred if beef farmers and agri-business had been properly concerned about animal welfare issues instead of cheap feed sources. Many problems in agriculture could be solved simply by changing breeding practices of crops and livestock to focus on overall health rather than aesthetics and high yields, and by moving toward mixed farming practices that encourage proper recycling of nutrients. Government needs to step up in compensating farmers for loss of land use, and in supporting farmers who are making the adjustments neccessary for responsible agriculture, but regulations are needed to protect our landbase, wildlife, and water resources. Moratoriums or rejection of environmental initiatives are not the answer.

I'm no expert on labelling practices, but I think that's what it means.

I checked it out, that's definately what it means in terms of the content listed in milligrams. I'm not sure about % of recommended daily intake. Recommended daily intake for calcium varies greatly with age so a % listed on the label would not be accurate for all people.

Calcium absorbtion from soymilk is the same as cow's milk; about a third.

I've found the ramp and bucket method to be very effective, but I set it up with an empty pop can covered in peanut butter on a coat hanger axle so the little buggers crawl onto the can and it spins, dropping them in the bucket. This is especially good for camps and cottages that are vacant for long periods of time as the trap will work indefinately.

a 8 oz glass of milk has 300 mg of calcium in it. to get this amount of calcium by eating broccoli (excluding extraneous variables, ie. vitamin D, short gut syndrome, fiber content etc.) you would need to persuade a young one to eat about 8 cups of broccoli.

This is an exaggeration. Of the 300mg of calcium in one cup of milk, about a third is absorbed by the body. The calcium content of broccoli varies with cultivar, growing conditions, and method of preparation, but typically ends up in the range of 50-150mg per cup. 50% of this is absorbed by the body, so only 1 1/3cups to 4cups of broccoli is needed to equal a cup of milk. Even better is tofu that is made using calcium chloride as a coagulant. I made tofu for a living for several years and our tofu was tested as having 146mg per 1/2cup. A third of the calcium in tofu is absorbed by the body so tofu and milk are equal sources of calcium on a per cup basis.

What's the deal with the adjustable upload rates? I'm seeding a bunch of stuff at the moment with the old version and the upload rates on some shows are pretty slow.