camels

I read some history today, which was new for me.

It was about the First Ride of the British Camel Regiment

First, Camel Regiment! I might even join the army if I could be in a camel regiment. That's some Lawrence of Arabia shit.

Second,

The decision to send Gordon cost the British Government dearly. A hero from his days fighting in the Taiping rebellion, "Chinese" Gordon, was a popular figure and a there was a huge outcry came from the British public to send an expedition to his aid. Soon, the British government gave in and tasked General Lord Wolseley to mount the expedition it had tried so hard to avoid.

Ok, I wish it were still acceptable to have nicknames like "Chinese".
I'd go for "Pakistani" Parcells. Because of my ideas for America East. Or "Irish Parcells" because of my love for potato products.

Book Club! Special Topics in Calamity Physics

I read a book! This book, entitled Special Topics in Calamity Physics, was about teenage drinking, private school, the Electra Complex, inappropriate relationships between teachers and students, between teachers and students’ parents, and between students’ parents and school administrators. Also, violent leftist radical failures [Yes, the last word is extraneous].

This book is extremely well-referenced! I identified strongly with the narrator, because she is slightly more intelligent (you can tell this because she attends an Ivy League school that is more prestigious than my Ivy League school), and slightly more socially adept (you can tell this because she wasn’t raised by Catholic priests) than I am.

I say, read this book. It has many astute references to other books I think you should read, and it’s funny at times. While it’s about as believable as Harry Potter, the writing is far more colorful, and there’s almost sex in it! Oooohhhh! Literary!!!

you should. . .go see Transformers

I mean, I wanted to see it so badly that I went and saw Harry Potter instead. I'm willing to buy teenage magicians living among us, but alien robots that look like Volkswagons? No.

Pump. Up. The. . .

The Recording Industry Association of America is going to be in congressional hearings again soon. This time they are trying to get local radio station to pay them royalties. As usual, this comes off as pretty selfish on the part of the record labels, and one can see several reasons for their arguments being faulty. Have these guys ever been behind something that the average citizen stops and thinks, "Well, that sounds fair. The record companies deserve that."? I'm just waiting for the eventual collapse of the recording industry. I cant wait until all of music is disseminated by Myspace and street musicians.

If we ever needed Christian Slater to remind us about the virtue of free airwaves, that time is now.