How many houses do you own?

Pretty simple one to answer.  I have 1 unless you count the corner bar as my vacation home.  This would have buried Kerry and Obama.  McCain, awww how cute, grandpa…

QOD

If I am not doing anything illegal, why do I care if the government listens and/or watches me?

My rebuttal to an asshole…

What can a guy say to a comment like this?

You are such a fucking loser! “Dave’s concerts!?” Are you serious!? “Yea, man, that Dave show ruled last week!”

It doesn’t really deserve a response, but in lieu of the passing of Dave’s bandmate, I think I will tell a nice little story instead. 

I think I was in the Navy underway 1994 ish.  There was a Nuke EM5 sitting with a few guys in the galley of the Minneapolis St. Paul.  We were leaving port navigating the channels of Norfolk, Va.  I can’t remember the specific weather that day, but I remember it being daytime maybe late morning actually sometime cool, possibly early spring.  There is nothing like heading out to sea off the shores of Norfolk on a beautiful spring day when the fog has burned off, there is a chill in the air, not enough to warrant a jacket, but enough to keep you from sweating as you heave the lines off the bow. 

QOD

What is the name of the last CD you bought? For me I believe it was "Happiness is a fish you can catch", Our Lady Peace

Justice American Style

A greedy, crotchety old Alaskan Senator is going to down in flames b/c the big oil in his own state bribed him into awesome deals. Well, we get to see…

QOTE

After reading Andrew Sullivan here...I thought I'd ask, was McCain ever really tortured? It is a valid question. If we don't torture, then there is no way what happened to…