Yep, I was a boy scout as well, and although not reaching the heights of an Eagle Scout, I spent some valuable time in it as a youth; the biking and canoeing trips are things I still do today. But I won't tell of my history in the organization to anyone who doesn't know me very well already; I don't care if people…

The Boy Scouts tried to reverse that call on homosexuality in the early 2000s but big conservative donors like the Mormon church held fast and BSA sold out to them, in fear of losing their money and members.  So, no worries, Chuck, the almighty dollar will keep the gays out of the Boy Scouts this time as well.

The Boy Scouts tried to reverse that call on homosexuality in the early 2000s but big conservative donors like the Mormon church held fast and BSA sold out to them, in fear of losing their money and members.  So, no worries, Chuck, the almighty dollar will keep the gays out of the Boy Scouts this time as well.

I wonder if the collapsed lung made the drummer mellow out some, because the drumming on that first album was fierce.  The next two, not so much.

I wonder if the collapsed lung made the drummer mellow out some, because the drumming on that first album was fierce.  The next two, not so much.

Well, it's a charter school, and they already think teacher unions are socialist and corrupt, so he might have fit right in.

Well, it's a charter school, and they already think teacher unions are socialist and corrupt, so he might have fit right in.

They came and played a fest in St Paul this past weekend, which I would have loved to see, but it was headlined by the Dave Matthews Band so it was 90 dollars a ticket.   And I don't care about DMB.  90 bucks is just too much to pay if I haven't been given six months to live or something.  I haven't seen them live yet…

They came and played a fest in St Paul this past weekend, which I would have loved to see, but it was headlined by the Dave Matthews Band so it was 90 dollars a ticket.   And I don't care about DMB.  90 bucks is just too much to pay if I haven't been given six months to live or something.  I haven't seen them live yet…

They worshipped a tree instead our savior Jesus Christ. 

They worshipped a tree instead our savior Jesus Christ. 

It's Slave to the GRIND, stupid.

It's Slave to the GRIND, stupid.

Growing up in that decade, I will say that it was the absolute dregs of quality, both story and animation.  There were better examples of TV animation 40 years prior in Looney Tunes, and better examples of movie animation in any golden-era Disney movie.  The story telling in Pixar movies is top notch now, and I'm not…

Growing up in that decade, I will say that it was the absolute dregs of quality, both story and animation.  There were better examples of TV animation 40 years prior in Looney Tunes, and better examples of movie animation in any golden-era Disney movie.  The story telling in Pixar movies is top notch now, and I'm not…

In the pantheon of recognizable names in indie-rock "super"groups (1 for guy from Spoon), they are below New Pornographers (1 for Neko Case, .5 for the guy in Destroyer) but above Broken Social Scene (no points awarded)

In the pantheon of recognizable names in indie-rock "super"groups (1 for guy from Spoon), they are below New Pornographers (1 for Neko Case, .5 for the guy in Destroyer) but above Broken Social Scene (no points awarded)

I have tremendous respect for voice-actors;  I saw Brave over the weekend and there was a preview for the new Ice Age movie, and one of the featured voice actors was Nicki Minaj, who I'm sure adds as much to a voice-acting role as The Rock did in Planet 51 (still the worst example of voice-recording by a "star" I can…

I have tremendous respect for voice-actors;  I saw Brave over the weekend and there was a preview for the new Ice Age movie, and one of the featured voice actors was Nicki Minaj, who I'm sure adds as much to a voice-acting role as The Rock did in Planet 51 (still the worst example of voice-recording by a "star" I can…

I would even sub out BTTF for LTTR in the good category.  The sequels to BTTF were a lot like the Matrix, in that the first one set up the origin, and it's better to sort of imagine how the future adventures would play out than to really watch them after you see the first one.  Avatar seems like it would follow in the…