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 Big
Brother is Boring!
I stopped watching the show, but I am updating a page about
it for my Internet friends. I originally made a chart for
my pal Irwin to track the shifting alliances and strategies
in the US Big Brother house. You can see it HERE.
Seems that BB4BBQ.com
found it and put a link on their site. Besides getting a HUGE
boost in traffic to quartknee.com, I got the satisfaction
of knowing that the Internet's largest and most popular Big
Brother fan site appreciates my work. Because I'm so grateful
for the props, I've decided to return the favour and stop
my recaps and commentary in my blog and just send you all
to the BBQ
for that type of thing... not that they need more traffic,
just that they have all the Big Brother info one would ever
need.
Price Hike
The city raised the fare for public transit and the change
went into effect this week. Now it costs us a quarter more
per ride for the same lousy service... or $10 more if you
purchase a monthly travel card.
I realized that this is an alarming trend where I have to
pay more for the same thing while my income has steadily decreased.
Here's the breakdown for products and services from the last
year:
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Item
|
Increase
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| Rent |
43.00 per month |
| Laundry |
4.00 per month (ave) |
| Transport |
5.00 per month (ave) |
Happy Hour
My
tall club had an impromtu happy hour this week to welcome
some tall out of towners. My pal Brian is a member of the
LA chapter of the club and he met UK member, Graham and his
pal Sean in London. The three of them are in SF for the weekend
so I thought it would be nice for them to meet some of the
local tall guys. My short pal Martin stopped by with his buddies
who are here for the weekend from NYC, as did my "little"
pal Tom Teare with David in tow. Needless to say I was quite
frantic bouncing round all the little side conversations,
but it was a great mix of people and a really fun night.
Earth Attacks!
We had a pretty big, yet still officially "minor"
earthquake this week. I was on a moving train and didn't feel
it. Tom Teare mentioned feeling it while he was waiting for
the subway, but no one else believed him. Yet it was the lead
story on the 11 o'clock news so kudos to Tom Teare for his
sensativity and perception.
Neo-Cons Attack!
This week the Shrub begged for an additional 87 BILLION DOLLARS
to fund his militaristic folly. While everyone was freaking
out about it, his administration quietly announced that they
are doubling or in some cases tripling the tour of duty for
the majority of military personnel deployed overseas. All
of this flies in the face of the assertions made by the self
styled "Neo-Cons" who have been jonsing to attack
Iraq for a decade or more. Of course they claim that neo-con
stands for neo-conservative, but I think history will reveal
that it should stand for neo-conspirators.
 Ebay
Pride
This weekend, I got to see Irwin Welker TWICE! Saturday we
had a nice excursion to the park for some frisbee and vowed
to return for some tennis next weekend. On Sunday, we had
a second adventure. Irwin had never been on BART before, despite
being a life-long Bay Area resident and I created the EBP
website, so it seemed like a good excuse to head over to Oakland
for the East Bay Pride festival. We had a great day out. While
attendance seemed sparse compared to other Bay Area pride
events, I knew quite a few people and it was a wonderful way
to enjoy the nice weather and a few good laughs. We even ran
into V-ness around lunchtime!
Supreme Summer Ends Early
This week the US Supreme Court met a month early to hear
arguments about campaign finance reform in a special session.
Ken Starr, of Whitewater Witch Hunt fame resurfaced for the
special 4-hour event. He was doing his best to undermine and
oppose any change in the system so perhaps it might actually
lead to real and substantive change in the electoral process.
2 Debates (Still NOT Prime-Time)
Gubernatorial and presidential debates were held this week.
Arnold didn't attend because no one would give him the questions
in advance. Bush didn't attend because people would question
him too much. Why don't Republicans at any level like real
and honest questions?
Election '03
Arnold Gives the Check Back
Gubernatorial hopeful Ahnold gave a campaign contribution
back after taking a lot of heat in the debate. It's obvious
that someone in his camp was paying attention to the debate
and even though most of the attacks weren't specifically aimed
at him, several hopefuls mentioned taking money from special
interests.
Election '04
Ready for some football
The NFL allowed the shrub to make an election style stump
speach on its opening extravaganza to mark the begining of
the new American Football season.
THAT's Entertainment?
Entertainment Tonight, which according to the show's opener
is the MOST watched entertainment programme in the world ran
a segment on Laura Bush's health scare. Apparently, she had
some complications during her pregnancy when she was carrying
her twins. Despite the fact that the twins are now under-age
drunk, part-time college students and the whole incident happened
several decades ago, ET gushed over the story and the President
just because some cable channel that no one's ever heard created
a documentary about the incident.
 The
Age of Imperialism
Death Toll Higher Than Ever
This week more Americans died because Bush lied.
Bush Team Back-Peddles
With Colin Powel out in front, team bush started squwaking
about the need for "multi-laterialism". These are
the same people who dismissed the EU as "Old Europe"
and said the UN was bassically irrelevant if it didn't support
a US agenda, yet these are the same people going round; hat
in hand begging for help. The Shrub still wants to control
his new colony but now he or his handlers have decided that
they want to use other people's money and put another country's
children in harm's way. They went to the UN security council
this week begging for help but they still don't want to relenquish
control of operations. Thankfully, France and Germany still
have the backbone to stand up to the US.
"Peace be with you."
~John 20:26
And as a special feature of Latino Heritage
Month:
"¡Paz a vosotros!"
~Juan 20:26
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Ending 7 September
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