I remember going to a Ted Nugent concert when I was a 17 year old boy. My good buddy and I drank about a case of beer, screamed down the Schuylkill Expressway, and staggered into the Spectrum. We were so lit, we couldn’t even find our seats. We roared so loud, Nugent himself, I swear to god, asked US to quiet down. Ted Nugent. Asked US to quiet down. For so long, that was one of the proudest moment of my adolescence. Funny thing is, I simply, naturally, grew to be a man; amazed that Teddy grew up to be a scared little girl.

As a #Denver native but a member of the #SteelerNation, I’d like to thank #TomBrady and the #NewEnglandPatriots for beating the (insert expletive here) out of Tim #Tebow and the #Broncos: .

I’ve been Mayor of Sushi Den forever. So, I leave for two weeks and some dweeb who has apparently checked in 4 times in 60 days becomes Mayor. Seriously? Typical. The Internet is all about now. No sense of history. But I remember. And I will not be responsible for what happens. Only a “love life” was ruined because I knew the first person that ousted me. Luckily, an instantaneous apoplectic groveling apology saved the second person who ousted me. This time an Unsub is involved. Up with which brook not will I. Rest assured, when I return, I will reclaim my Mayorship of Sushi Den. And the blood will be on Foursqaure’s hands. Mark me. The Blood. Hands. Sushi. Mark.

I have this jersey, #15 in Steeler Colors with this on the back (thanks, Judy!) I will never be able to wear it except in the privacy of my own home or a Steelers’ bar. Apparently Hollywood, which we all know is run by Satan, couldn’t have possibly come up with a script better than this. 7 and 1 with 3 overtime victories. Surreal. And next, the Patriots. Hmm. Christianity vs Patriotism? What’s a right-wing Republican gonna do? I’m just about out of excuses to hate this guy. If only he hadn’t worn those proselytizing eye blacks, would I think differently? Even his mechanics seem to have miraculously healed. I think I’ll be safe in despising him as long as he keeps up the appearances of being a genuinely nice guy who selflessly puts his team above himself. Jag-off.

I was thinking that a good supplement to the Occupy Wall Street signs would be Defend Main Street. Read a good (albeit dense) piece in the NYT about the Volcker Rule regarding financial services regulations. Representative Walsh (Democrat VT) advocating divestment of investment banking from financial services conglemerates, was spot on. The financing economy needs to support the producing economy. It’s getting to be the other way around. Need to focus on those of us that make stuff, not those who finance making stuff. Defend Main Street while we Occupy Wall Street.

You win and shove someone in the back, you’re a punk. You say afterwards that you must have “shook his hand too hard” - implying the person you just shoved is a whiny weakling to boot - you’re twice the punk. I was looking forward to seeing the 49′ers come back but after I see how Jim is a punk, I’m looking forward to seeing them get pounded. Just like his punk of a brother going for it on fourth down with a big lead, both the Harbaugh’s are punks. I’ll bet the only actual man in the family is their sister.

Not raising the debt limit to teach fiscal conservatism is like blowing off your hand to teach gun control. Something that I’m sure would appeal to many in the Tea Party as the consequences wouldn’t dawn on them until after the fact.

Not to belittle insomnia as I have a colleague that suffers from it, but I’m up and hey, why not post. I like to post but don’t do all that much of it because it’s all been one-size-fits-all for so long. Everybody can read everything and so one keeps things to the lowest common denominator. Strangely enough, I actually have a couple of followers on Twitter, mostly colleagues once again, and I always keep them in mind first and foremost. My MySpace account, terroristpedophile aside, I try to keep things above board. I was the center of a global email flame war on Usenet in the early 80’s and that experience taught me everything I need to know about being a dipshit on the Internet. So, it is with great anticipation that I look forward to Google+ to finally start compartmentalizing my musings on the Net (and I’ll capitalize it till I die). Not that I’m under any delusions that everything will still be globally accessible nor that the wealth of detail that Google knows about me already doesn’t terrify me to the bone. But, like I said, I’m having trouble sleeping.

So, some randomness is in order. First, Torchwood vs Falling Skies. I Tivo and I fast-forward, so a couple of hour shows can go by for me in about 20 minutes. Summary of tonight’s episode on Falling Skies - it’s a trap. Reminded me of the send-up of Return of the Jedi by Family Guy (OK, I watched that all the way through). Absolutely, stupidly transparent. Won’t even bother paraphrasing the episode (see It’s a Trap). Torchwood, on the other hand, lovely job. Am actually considering the slowest fast-forwarding next time, rather than the hyper-jumping for Falling Skies. Plots within plots, a little McGyver (though I never really watched the show), and some nice Anglo humor (the getaway car being a Cooper mini instead of a Cadillac SUV). Very nice. Also, I think the Wonders of the Universe on the Science Channel is going to be worth a look-see (very nice production values combined with a remarkably warm physicist).

But, it’s not all about TV. Like I said, I’m looking forward to Google+ and the ability to compartmentalize posts with an eye towards starting some great conversations about the technology Sean and I through our company Brilliant Arc are bringing out soon. When it comes to Structured Content, it’s all about the Structure.
Oh, and this personal introspection. The first commandment of Moses states: “you shall have no other gods before me”. That’s the same as, “there are no gods other than me”? Right?

Just finished watching Too Big To Fail about the financial crisis in 2008 and how it was barely averted. Watching McCain trying to sweep in and score political points and seeing him berated for derailing the solution. I think I realized what the whole political situation is all about in this country. It’s not about “Right” vs “Left”. It’s about “Simple” vs “Sophisticated”. It’s a cry from those on the Right to return to simpler days. To return to Original Intent. To get back to a constructiveist’s view of the Constitution. All because we have reached a level of complexity in our affairs that people just can’t handle. They are scared and they are trying to force things back into something they can understand. The problem is, we’re beyond that now. Simple won’t work anymore. For all that I couldn’t tolerate about George W. Bush, could you imagine Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachman dealing with what he dealt with in that situation, let alone put nuclear weapons under their command? We need deep thinkers at the helm of this country, regardless of political affiliation. People who are highly knowledgeable, deeply trained, and intrinsically intelligent. Only Obama fits that bill in my mind.

I heard the news about bin Laden. I went to my “local” to join in the reaction. I found the subdued. Later, outside, I talked with the 20 somethings. I saw their indifference. I realized they had all grown up with this. Starting with watching the Twin Towers fall on a borrowed TV in a social studies class. They have never known anything other than this time. I was born the year Sputnik orbited. I watched the moon landing in social studies class. I (secretly) suffered through the 70’s. I reveled in the 80’s. I generally ignored the 90’s. But I grew up with hope. With dreams. With possibilities. They had not. And I cried. I weeped for our hardened generation. I mourned for their loss of all that I grew up with. I was angered in ways I did not foresee. We owed them a new hope. We owed them a new future. I pray they will instead make what was not given to them.