So,

Everytime it snows these kids hang out around their appartment complexes on 7th, near the Warehouse, and attack people. I don't mean cutesy snowball "attack." I mean come at you to inflict physical violence. So, today I was going to work at about three in the afternoon, and sure enough, there they were. About twenty-thirty "youths" haning out outside the offices (!?!?) of their appartment complex. I'm biking through and a couple crossing the street stop so I can go by. Not really as a friendly gesture but more to shove me down as I pass. Now I'm strapped in using clips and straps (thank god I don't go clipless!!) so I can't really gain my balace using my feet. So, I careen towards the curb with kids shoving, hitting, and pelting me with snowballs. Notice, not a person stops to help, and no one comes out of the offices to break things up. As the kids are screaming in glee I get up, and in a furious monotone, hiss out,"fuck. off." To which a kid in camo comes back at me "what you want some more motherfucker?" At this point there is no course of action. So, I leave, but I do not give anyone the satisfaction of feeling like they have frightened me. As they are still all there debating more pumelling, and tossing a few odd snowballs, I slowly and calmly get on my bike and ride off. I recount the story to my co-workers, pissed off about hitting the curb with my bad knee. And eventually I shake it off............

Hours later, I close down the Warehouse, and procede to my bike. Hitting the pavement I notice an odd sensation. That's when I see that my front tire is flat. You can fuck with me all day long, but do not fucking TOUCH my fucking bike. Walking home made me angry enough, but thinking about my poor impaired bike makes me want to FUCKING KILL EVERY LAST JUVENILE MOTHER FUCKING ONE OF THOSE KIDS WITH A TIRE IRON!!!!!! The worst part is, there is nothing I can do about it. Calling the cops, even at the time of incident, would do nothing (except maybe make the kids angrier. I mean, they are at the suicidal age, they won't stop, even with a police threat.) I couldn't talk to the appartment owners; clearly they don't care. Hell I couldn't have even made it to the door this afternoon. You certainly can't talk to them, that's about as intelligent as trying to take them all on physically. Lenora said I should get some mace or pepper spray. I will admit that I mulled that one over for a while. I imagined my retort to that kids,"What you want some more motherfucker?" to be "EAT PEPPER SPRAY!!" But in reality I can only imagine what would happen if those kids saw me "reaching." I mean a beat-down sure, a gun down....no thanks.

So in conclusion: why are people alowed to propegate?
Man this Cannibal Corpse is helping though.


Say it to your face
Fuck you you fuckin fuck
I hate the human race
Fuck you you fuckin fuck
It's just a useless waste
Fuck you you fuckin fuck
I'm a human rascist
Cuz people fuckin suck!

Yet more photos from my archives... It's amazing how many of these I still have left. Click to open in a new window, and also check out the original, the sequel, and the sequel's sequel.

Brad inspired posting:

i was a bit skeptical when i first looked at this recipe but it's incredibly good. i've made it for my parents and an assortment of friends since--all being as skeptical as i was--and all loved it.

i used fresh chestnuts (holy christ they're amazing), which only seem available in november and december, but who knows, they may be available all winter... i mashed them up a bit when i made them fresh, though i assume you can do the same thing with the canned version...

i also used very thinly sliced green onions when i didn't have fresh chives.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS AND CHESTNUTS WITH BLUE CHEESE

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 large shallots, halved lengthwise, sliced crosswise
1 pound (fresh or frozen) brussels sprouts, stem end trimmed, halved lengthwise
1 7.25- to 7.4-ounce jar steamed chestnuts
1 cup vegetable broth
1/3 or 1/4 cup whipping cream (light or heavy)
3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
salt and pepper to taste

Heat olive oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add shallots and sauté 1 minute. Add brussels sprouts and chestnuts. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and sauté 1 minute. Add broth and bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until brussels sprouts are almost tender, about 5 minutes. Uncover and boil until almost all liquid evaporates, about 4 minutes. Add cream and boil until brussels sprouts and chestnuts are coated with cream, stirring frequently, about 3 minutes. Mix in chives. Season with salt and generous amount of pepper. Transfer to bowl. Sprinkle with cheese and serve.

Makes 6 servings.

ps. if you want to make fresh chestnuts, here's how i made them:
preheat the oven to 400. get a shallow casserole pan and fill it a half inch to an inch with water. place the chestnuts in it. bake them for at least 40 minutes, making sure the water does NOT completely evaporate. if it does, they'll start exploding all over your oven. put them in cold water after cooking and then slice them with a knife to de-shell them. it takes awhile to de-shell them...i think you're supposed to cut them BEFORE baking them, but i never have and they've come out fine.

Pairs' Figure Skating. Olympics.

That bitch didn't fall due to error in that throw quad. That was a ploy for sympathy of the judges. I've skated since I was 3, taken lessons since I was 12, and one doesn't fall that smoothly if he or she is truly injured. If he or she is injured, they go into shock immediately. She wasn't even shivering. That was total bullshit.