Onefinemess

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You fell down the stairs! Skip your turn.

onefinemess | December 31, 2008

So this morning, like a dumbass, I slip on our attic/bedroom stairs and fall – twisting my arm/shoulder and hitting my neck on the stairs in the process.  It’s quite painful, and my chiropractor tells me the same kind of thing as getting whiplash.  The doctor just gave me Vicodin. And the beat goes on…

writer’s block

onefinemess | December 30, 2008

So, as some of you may know, I’ve been working on my first attempt at a longform/novel for the last 2 years or so (JESUS has it been that long?…yes, google docs tells me it has been at least 19 months. fuck.).  And, judging by the fact that I haven’t really added anything of substance [...]

The River(s)

onefinemess | December 26, 2008

I mentioned The River & various modern updates recently  in my review of the last Gaslight Anthem album, and I thought I’d return to that briefly, just to post the 3 songs in question and see if anyone out there knows of any other direct modern takes/updates/covers/etc. Click on images to play from my Vox [...]

christmas links

onefinemess | December 25, 2008

OK, so these pretty much have nothing to do with Christmas, other than that I’m up at 630am feeling like shit because Z is sick and slept with us last night, which means he woke me up every 15-30mins.  So enjoy. Inventive way to catch crooks. Dispatch from future cyborgia: baby modified in the womb [...]

so I’m the only one not blown away by the new Batman

onefinemess | December 22, 2008

or so it seems? It took me about a week to watch it – I took a break at the Joker-in-jail scene because it was getting to be too much. Sure, the acting, the special effects, the scenery, props, casting (except for someone with a really old face) was great.  But the story?  Meh.  I [...]

there’s a lot of snow here

onefinemess | December 21, 2008

The pictures with less snow are from yesterday, when it was just getting started.  We don’t have as many from today because it’s hard to get out there & get around…Jen just took the trash out (down the back stairs), and that was a mini-adventure.  She did get to break in her new snow boots [...]

minor update on the Dymond/Galveston lawsuit

onefinemess | December 19, 2008

more info from the original blogger/reporter (?) is here. Excerpt: So let’s clarify some misconceptions… It’s all a hoax. The lawsuit is very real. It was filed in August of this year.  Here’s a write-up from the Courthouse News Service from the day it was filed.  Here’s a copy (pdf) of the complaint.  If this [...]

just in case you wondered the name of the little black girl

onefinemess | December 19, 2008

who Dave Chappelle immortalized in one of his movies, and who happened to be much smarter/etc. than that other little girl who got kidnapped and only taken a few miles from her home… Anyway it’s Erica Pratt. Some links to bits of her story here and here.

this story needs more press

onefinemess | December 19, 2008

I don’t usually post for single links (but who knows, maybe I’ll start, some things do need more discussion) but this story was so vile that I had to. Plainclothes police officers beat and attempt to kidnap a 12 year old girl.  Father charged with assaulting police officers for trying to stop 3 men from [...]

Avengers: Initiative 19

onefinemess | December 18, 2008

Man, I feel really bad for the ..whatever that guys’ name is. Obviously he’ll be back in some form or another – the cube ring is doing something.  Didn’t he get his ring rather unscrupuluously?  Still, he “learned what it means to be a hero”, so I have to feel bad for the guy.