Simon Bar Sinister

For China to open up copper mining operations in Afghanistan, evidently: http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/14/2098654.aspx

the law banning Sunday alcohol sales before noon goes back to Prohibition. There won't be any additional permits needed for that, just for the later bar hours.

sooooo...in a desperate scramble to rake in every last cent into the state's coffers, 2 changes have been proposed: extending cutoff time for selling alcohol in bars from 2 AM to 4 AM. bars would need an additional permit to do this, which would cost $1,500/year. also, Sunday alcohol sales would be moved forward from their current noon to 7 AM. there seems to be no one opposed to the 2nd half of the proposal, but there are plenty of legislators opposed to the 1st part. unfortunately, this is before the state House as one bill and not two. thoughts?

light refraction of some sort would be my guess...I've seen photos of some strange sky shit caused by temperature inversions. admittedly nothing like that, though.

I only came across this singer's work a week or so ago, and I know almost nothing about her. what I do know is that it's awfully hard for people to get away with covering a U2 song, and that this is probably the best cover of a song by the world's greatest band that I've ever heard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxK6Lf0YjWQ ...I'm still having a bit of trouble matching that face with that voice.

you can also get advance tix at the Crofoot's own box office and avoid the "service" charges.

new species of spider discovered in Central America. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33281411/ns/technology_and_science-science

a bad Terry Gilliam movie beats the shit out of most directors' great ones. Tideland borders on greatness.

now that they're out of the closet, I have no problems with them.

not really a word, but...I HATE misuse of apostrophes.

will "chillax" do?

a nice long (about 3.5 miles) walk, followed by linguine for din-din.

SITD's new album is out in less than 3 weeks; 'til then, here's my fave SITD song:

Ken Burns or John Waters what song do you most want to sing at karaoke?

I'd like nanotech-scale lasers at the root of each follicle so I could light them from within.

the first 3 songs from Kate Bush's The Ninth Wave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKFy5PuNBUY&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tD5i5laNH9M, back in '79.

car, bicycle, skateboard, canoe do you gotta have art?

my fave is the autumn leaf hair thingy.

so that comes out to what - $4,000 for a pound of bacon? FUCK. THAT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgLKkNY9eUA you're slippin', Jynxxxy