I was one of those who supported Barack Obama for president, and he’s been in office long enough for us to judge his record.

Governments cut spending to make up for lost revenues. That weakens the economy, diminishes revenues, and prompts more spending cuts.

We older ones are crumbling with age to the same soundtrack of our salad days while those who still have time on their side absorb our energy through osmosis.

When the Timbers score, the lumberjack mascot Timber Joey cuts slices from a log located in front of the Timbers Army and presents them to the goal scorers after the game. No joke.

He evidently believes that poverty and illiteracy are personal choices, on a par with overeating.

Let’s look at something else. It’s called a calendar. If you were to go to all these fests, you’d almost have to be rich or live with your parents or something, because who can get off work this much?

To get the answers, we’ll need to consult the work of experts who have actually been right in the past.

You’ll be the death of him, you know,” she said scanning the room. “Whether it’s alcohol poisoning or hepatitis, it’ll be your fault.”

Gruff melodies, catchy choruses, and a united front to crush all norms!

Five Tunes I Recommend You Play Full Blast at Work Between the Hours Of 3-4 p.m.

That’s really what the Snakepit comic represents: Life.

We all get what we deserve.

As a bunch of forward-thinking, touring musicians we used the band fund to buy whiskey.

If this debut EP is just the first taste, it’s pretty obvious that Big Crux are not in it to lose.

"Do I look fucking crazy?" asked Tyler, looking fucking crazy. He had a mass of brown, curly hair tangled with dirt and vomit on his head and a beard that only someone who made moonshine would sport.

Completely unorthodox, even by what I though punk standards were. And what the hell is a saxophone doing in a punk rock song? Suddenly the horizons of what punk was and could be opened up all around me.

“The Bears Still Suck Polka”

Constrained, but jumpy and really catchy. That’s tough stuff to pull off because it runs along the ridge of slipping down the steep cliffs of boredom, corniness, or cliché.

It just made me more depressed thinking about how I was assisting the vanity of rich people for a living.

If I hit a dude on a bike with my car, I’m not the one who’s getting hurt. Just trying to help here.

“What is your advice?” I implored.
“Keep teaching, keep learning, and keep writing.”

New Arrivals.

He was a great writer who was criminally overlooked by students and lovers of writing, probably because few of them would look toward modern-day, grimy punk rock bands for inspiration.

Howard Zinn, I always knew I was lied to in history class, but this is ridiculous!

Count what I’ve got left in my wallet. It’s about nine dollars less than I came with. I figure it’s hardly much of a price to pay for a day of small victories.