Monthly Archives: August 2006

Another black metalist bites the dust.

August 18, 2006 – 8:44 PM
Man, do people involved with black metal die frequently or what? Jon Nödtveidt, lead singer/guitarist for Swedish death/black metal band Dissection, who was notable for being a hardcore Satanist and serving 7 years of a 10-year prison sentence for accessory to the kidnapping, torture and murder of an 37-year-old Algerian homosexual, followed in the footsteps of another famous underground black metal vocalist and offed himself yesterday. Since Dead’s suicide was one of the best things that ever happened to Mayhem, it’s probably not surprising then, that the new surviving members of Dissection seem to be greeting the news with something less than sadness. Oh, and being somewhat of a vehement, hardcore, outspoken anti-homophobe myself, I’d say that suicide is a fine ending for this miserable fuck of a human being, and furthermore, being a strong believer in karma and reincarnation, I’m sure that Jon will likely be enjoying his new life (or not) as a coprophagous rat. [Update] For what it’s worth, I liked their music OK. I prefer my black metal a little more blurry and wall-of-soundy than Dissection provided (they’re a little more on the precision-oriented Death Metal tip), but Dissection definitely did not suck.... Read More »
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Jesus would be proud.

August 18, 2006 – 12:02 PM
Georgia Tech ends gay hate-speech ban Following a lawsuit brought by social conservatives, Georgia Tech University agreed this week to remove parts of a speech code prohibiting students in on-campus housing from verbally injuring gay and lesbian classmates, among others. A U.S. District Court judge ordered the school to abide by the decision, which it made after being sued, with the help of a Christian law firm, by two students who claimed their right to free speech was being undermined by the code, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. I’m sure Jesus would be proud that litigators in a self-described “Christian” law firm are standing up for Georgia Tech students’ right to scream “Faggot” and “Dyke” at their classmates.... Read More »
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Putting the war on terrah in perspective

August 16, 2006 – 2:06 PM
I once asked the Perfesser in a private email why, for someone who claims to be non-partisan, he never had anything nice to say about Democrats. His response? “Democrats are suicidally insane”. I think what he meant by that was that the Democrats weren’t taking a cower-in-fear position about this “new” global threat that terrah presented and because of that, Democrats are suicidal. I don’t know about anyone else, but a life lived in fear of terrah is not a life I consider worth living. In case this fact isn’t prima facie, Kung-Fu Monkey lays it out in common-sense terms that anyone can understand: Osama Bin Laden got everything on his Christmas list after 9/11 — US out of Saudi Arabia; the greatest military in the world over-extended, pinned down and distracted; the greatest proponent of democracy suddenly alienated from its allies; a US culture verily eager to destroy freedoms that little scumfuck could never even dream to touch himself — I would like to deny him the last little check on the clipboard, i.e. constant terror. I panic, they win. To coin a phrase, Osama Bin Laden can suck my insouciance. Read the whole thing.... Read More »
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Cat discovers toilet

August 9, 2006 – 8:56 PM
Three minute video of a cat flushing a toilet No more, no less. (Link via Metafilter)... Read More »
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New server

August 4, 2006 – 7:14 PM
After a 7+ -month hiatus, I’m back. I know I said goodbye to my LiveJournal site, but since my last post, it appears that LiveJournal is now supporting OpenID logins. If I can figure out if that works with my free account or not, I might keep posting there. Mememiner.com is now running on my a server I’m sharing with some co-workers. After years of doing my mail and personal websites on other people’s unix machines, I’m finally running my own. I’ll post more soon. Mostly I’m just testing the MT 3.3 upgrade with this post, and see if it will still post to my LJ account. Update: Looks like the ljcrosspost plugin still works, although I can’t seem to configure the comments on my basic-plus LJ account to accept OpenID for login.... Read More »
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