will you do me a kindness?

i hadn't thought about winnebago man in forever. then twofour sent me a link to an extended version of this classic.




his name apparently is jack rebney and he has his own entry in wikipedia.

forgiveness...is more than saying sorry

i wasn't going to comment on the VT story at all. but this just blows my mind...

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Virginia Tech pays respects to victims, and gunman.

BLACKSBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - Mourners gathered on Saturday for the funerals of many of the 32 victims killed at Virginia Tech as some students extended a note of forgiveness to the gunman responsible for the massacre.

A small tribute to Seung-Hui Cho, who shot his victims then himself on Monday, has been added to a growing memorial of stones in the center of the sprawling university in southwest Virginia where knots of weeping students continue to gather.

"I just wanted you to know that I am not mad at you. I don't hate you," read a note among flowers at a stone marker labeled for Cho. "I am so sorry that you could find no help or comfort."

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later on in the article it says...

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REMEMBERED EQUALLY

At Virginia Tech, graduate student Chris Chabalko, 29, said adding a stone memorial for Cho was fair.

"He was a student. Thirty-three people died," said Chabalko. "There's nothing anyone can do about it now. We've got to remember them equally."

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wow, so this is where our society is at? we can no longer look at evil in the face and identify it? can't wait to see the charles manson shrine they are putting in at sharon tate's house.

HOLY SHIT!!!

dana white is having to be talked off of the ledge of the stratosphere.

blast from the past

so the other night my girlfriend and i are on the couch. she turns to me and say, "hey, do you remember the old 'raisin bran' commercial. i told her i didn't really remember it.



so she looked it up on youtube and jogged my memory. now it has been stuck in my head on and off for the last week.

another birthday present

i had to keep my final birthday present secret because it's fahs' birthday present too and his wife wanted to wait to tell him. our respective lady friends our sending us to new jersey for the world's largest submission grappling tournament.

ABU DHABI

here are some of the big names competing this year:

marcelo garcia / renzo gracie / drew fickett / jeff munson / pe de pano / ricco rodriguez / elvis sinosic / leo vieira

the girls gave us tickets and a hotel room for the weekend. gotta love them.

goodbye and thank you

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
1922 — 2007

i've got mail

a belated birthday gift/care package from my friends and former employers at deathwish. the complete blacklisted "peace on earth, war on stage" starter kit.

29...the day after.

i turned 29 yesterday. my girlfriend organized a wonderful dinner at mekong's, thanks to everyone who came out (except for tre who couldn't make it). she also got me tickets to see morrissey this summer.

this morning i went to jiu jitsu. even though it was the day after my instructor lined the class for judo throws, with me as the dummy. one for each year. it kind of looked like this...

"smell like cabbage...small hands."

i finished both seasons of carnivale. it is one of the best shows that has ever been on tv. it was supposed to be six seasons, but was canceled after the second. if you haven't seen it, see it. if you've seen it sign some petitions.

petition 1
petition 2
petition 3

remember, the only cause that's really worth fighting for is our favorite television shows.

you want some art...come and get it

"untitled" by jessehate

a gift from the artist. it's a little collaboration we did awhile back.