"We Are.."

"Penn State..."

Blue/White game tomorrow.

Friday Morning Music

The best band I have ever seen live.

Nora Kicks Ass

Liz, your dad is a dick, seriously.

I Hate Technology

This was a very funny way to end what has been one of the more crappy days in my life.

"We Are America, We Do Not Fucking Torture"

Those are not my words (although they could be). Those are the words for Fox News host Shepard Smith. How 'bout the apples. Shep, I can't believe how awesome this is.

I love where about five seconds after the F-bomb he says, "oops" like he realizes what he said. I love this.

Karl Rove has tried to turn this into a left-right issue. If you are for doing "whatever it takes" to defend America, you are Republican and you are right. If you have limits to what you consider acceptable tactics to use when fighting a war, you are a a Democrat, and you are a pussy.

There could be nothing that is less of a Right-Left argument. This is a do you believe in the values of our founding fathers, or do you believe that drastic times call for throwing the Constitution out the window.

The fact of the matter is, as SUNY Brockport Political Science Professor David Stavely can attest (having almost failed his class in '03 for disagreeing on this point) 9-11 scared the shit out of a lot of people. People no longer felt safe in their happy little lives, as Tyler Derden was discribe it, they had lost their illusion of safety.

And in this new world, where the illusion of safety had been torn down, people were willing to forget the values that make this country special and do what ever those in power told them to do inorder to regain some semblance of the "saftey" they felt before.

In this act, this "pee-your-pants" response to Terror, is the ultimate truth of 9-11. Whether that act was perpetrated by Muslim Extremists, our own Government, or some combination (as I think it was) the result was exactly what "they" were looking for. Which was scaring enough people into going along with whatever the Cheney-Bush Cabal wanted them to go along with.

This, 9-11, torture, Iraq, Afganistan, Blackwater, GitMo, all of this is about one thing and one thing only. Money. Ok, two things, Money and Power.

And the way you know they are worried about this is seeing Darth Dick crawl out of his lair to defend their actions.

"President Obama Won"

Hillary, I love you here. This is the exact counter argument that could be used for anyone trying to say Obama was wrong to release the "Torture Memos".

"Just Keep Walkin'"

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I hate you Peggy Noonan.

10 Years Later

I was a sophomore in high school. This was the first national tragedy that I really remember.

How quickly we forget about things like this.

Watching the footage from the security cameras is surreal. Those were real high school boys shooting people.

10 years later.

The Last One

This is the final trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which releases either July 15th or 17th.

I can say in all honesty that the hair on the back of my neck stood up through all of this video.

I am about 100 pages from finishing this book for about the sixth time. I think this book is so good because it marks the end of a major part of the series. Until the end of book 6 and the beginning of book 7, Harry could always rely on Dumbledore to act as his guide post. This part of the story ends with the "lightning struck tower" and Dumbledore's death. It is from this point forward that Harry must figure out his path for himself. This culminates with the chapter at Shell Cottage in book 7 where Harry has to come to a final decsion while burrying his fallen friend, Horcruxes or Hallows?

I just finished the chapter last night in which Dumbledore is imploring Harry to see that he does not need to have great power to defeat Voldemort. Harry replies that the Prophecy states that one of them must die, and Dumbledore responds that Harry continues to put too much store into the prophecy, that had he never heard the prophecy he would still want to see Voldemort killed, and would want to be the one to do it.

At the end of the chapter, Harry thinks to himself that walking into the arena facing his own death is much better than being dragged into it, and that made all the difference.

It is in this realization that we see the seeds being planted for Harry's ultimate decision to face his own death by walking back into the forest, along side his parents, Sirius and Lupin near the end of book 7. I can't wait for this movie.

Lonely People

I was in a bar last night. I felt a level of discomfort, this is what I was feeling.

Lonely People.

More Friday Dave

I love how he can take a song that I hated so much the first time and make it into something that I love.

The first time I heard "What You Are" live I thought that it was a completely new song, it was that good. I think it is time I look for tickets online.

Friday Morning Music

Big Whiskey


And The GrooGrux King


The First Single "Funny The Way it Is"


This is the first time in a long time that I loved a first single the first time I heard it for a Dave Matthews album. I cried the first time I heard American Baby I was so upset. I can't stop listening to it.

RIP Leroi.

"I'm Passing Out"

I feel the same way when I hear Glenn Beck talk.

400 Million Dollars

And you have First Basemen/OF Nick Swisher pitching in a regular season game:



I am so glad I hate the Yankees

Citi Field Opens

So the Mets opened Citi Field last night. They lost a 6-5 game that was fun and exciting.

I love the new park, I think it is great and can't wait until I can get down there. I never bonded with Shea Stadium. I never went there and I always thought it looked like a dump. The old park always looked to me like it was still under construction even 40 years later.

The biggest improvement in my opinion is the lack of obnoxious and irritating noises that the Mets played between at bats and pitches at Shea. If you have not heard it think the "Mortal Combat" soundtrack turned up to 11.

Maybe the best moment last night was Terry once again proving he has an uncanny ability to call home runs. With the mets down by 3, runners on the corners, 2 outs and David Wright came to the plate. Terry texted his buddy Mike with the count 1-0 at 8:47 and said "Here comes a bomb"... at 8:49 and a 3-2 count Wright launched a monster 3-run HR off a breaking ball at his shins. How did Terry know this was going to happen?

Scary Stuff

I have not written a ton about politics lately. Some of it is burn out from the election season. Some of it is that I think by and large the President is doing a good job trying to sort through the absolute mess that was left for him to clean up. Aside from a stupid joke on Leno, I think he has done a good job and I have had my faith rewarded in his performance.

But this scares me:

http://mediamatters.org/columns/200904070009

These are people who are used to being alligned with those who are in power. The Hannity's, the Limbaugh's, the Savages and the Beck's. The last time these people put thier minds together and tried to end someone's political career they got a President impeached for getting and then lying about a Blow Job.

As laughable as Beck's nightly rants are, there are people out there who take this crap seriously. And these people have guns and bibles and are just as scary as any Jihadist. Scary Stuff.

Glad I Don't Own Prince

Of course the 12 guys I do own who are playing like they forgot how to hit, don't have the excuse that Reed Johnson has robbed them of all their hits. Chris Davis I am looking directly at you and your 50% strike out rate.

Terry to himself "There is still 96% of the season left, There is still 96% of the season left, there is still 96%..."

Can't Wait

And Most Importantly:

This is How You Handle Fucking Pirates

Get your shit together.

You've Already Lost

What you fail to see here is that you have already lost. This battle is over because the people who you would hope would be fighting for you don't care enough to fight anymore.

New York Governor David Patterson announced yesterday that he will once again propose a same-sex marriage bill in New York. Joe Robach, expect some calls from me.



You have already lost

My Generation Does Not Care

Thank You Satan

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Keith

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I love Keith and this was him at his absolute best. His absolute best ever.

Santana

Why I love Santana.



I love Santana

The Dawning of a New Day

Santana pitched brilliantly. Left the game in the 5th after throwing 99 pitches and striking out seven. The mets were clining to a slim lead... Wait, I have seen this film before, I hate how it ends.

Ahh..but this is the directors cut, alternate ending. In the 2009 version Sean Green (not the Jewish guy), J.J. Putz and K-Rod pitched 3 1/3 innings allowing no hits and more importantly no runs.

Seriously? This is awesome.

The Mets collapsed the last three years because a terrible bullpen put pressure on everyone to perform at a level that they simply could not. The hitters ground their bats into saw dust knowing that no lead was big enough. The starters were so worried about handing the game over to the pen that they put themselves repeatedly in situations that led to failure.

All of that is done now. 2009 is awesome.

Opening Day

Although the weather may not feel like it, today is in fact opening day. And with that I think it is time to roll out what has become a bit of tradition around here on the Head.



One of the all-time great moments in baseball.

I spent way way too long on pre-season predictions last year so let me run through this a bit faster this year.

AL East

Red Sox-Too much pitching
Rays- Too good and young
Yankees-400 million just doesn't buy what it used to. Mariano's arm will fall off eventually
Orioles-Heading in the right direction
Jays-Heading in the wrong direction, except for hottie Alex Rios

AL Central

Literally throw all five teams in a hat, I blew this one last year big time

Twins- Too much pitching
Indians- Can Hafner and V-Mart bounce back?
Kansas City- Call me crazy
Detroit- What happend here last year
White Sox- Not a huge fan of this club, sorry Obama

AL West

Oakland- Trendy pick but I have liked them longer than Buster Effin Olney
Texas- Too many huge bats
Los Angeles Angels of Anihiem, Orange County, California, The West Coast, The United States, North America, the Western Hemisphere, The World, The Solar System, The Galaxy- I just think they are going to take a step back
Seattle- They suck

NL East

Mets-Don't give me all this "Ghosts of the past" crap. They blew up two years in a row because they didn't have a bullpen. Now they have the best bullpen in baseball.
Braves- eh
Phillies- Who exactly is in their rotation besides Cole Hammels
Marlins-I really dislike this team
Washington- Still crappy

NL Central

Cubs- Stil the best in division
Cardinals- I love this rivalry
Reds- Getting better with a young staff
Brewers- Will miss Sabthia and Sheets
Houston- Kinda Crap
Pittsburgh- Really Crap

NL West

Doders- Who else is in this division
Arizona-Eh
Colorado- Will miss Holliday
San Fran- Much Improved, may have listed them too low. Watch out LA
San Diego- Which of course means a Whale's Vagina

So there you have it. I have about as much Cred on this subject as Buster Fricken Olney and Steve Phillips and somehow they get paid a ton more than I do.

Xeno Lovegood

www.the-leaky-cauldron.org is reporting that they have cast Xeno Lovegood's character for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows double feature.







In my opinion they could not have chosen better. Xeno is a tragic character, and spike is as tragically Punk Rock as they come.

It's Like Tipping a Rapist

Sorry I have not been posting more. School is kicking me in the balls right now. Actually it kicks me in the balls, turns around like it is going to walk away and leave me alone, and just as I let my guard down it turns around, runs full speed at me and cracks me in the balls again.

Needless to say, my balls are sore.

Buy my motorcycle.