bored beyond belief #34 – blackout beyond belief

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Welcome to Apocalypse Day #3

The remnants of hurricane Ike (& Tina Turner) blow through Columbus, OH and we’re all left in the dark for a week or more. So says the AEP, INC.

And thanks to American Electric Power, INC. , our for-profit power provider, for thinking ahead. I mean, after all, it’s so rare for this area to be hit by high winds. Oh, fiddledeedee about all that tornado activity that occurs on a regular basis. We don’t have to worry about high winds in these here parts at all!

Teresa Ortega graciously warned me of the lapses into apocalyptic moments in LA before I had moved there. But, so far Columbus has offered LA stiff competition in that regards.

If you ever have a chance to visit Columbus, OH, don’t. Beg the pilot to fly over it. Really, it’ll only be to your advantage…

Apocalypse Day #4 starts at midnight tonight…

Incidental music:
David Gahan - “Kingdom”

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bored beyond belief #23 – LA apocalypse with Teresa Ortega

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Pizza Babe welcomes to the Freak Network bored beyond belief. Although I thought about asking to be a member before, Master Zilla insisted that the Pizza Babe add my podcast NOW.

Get to know my LA gal-pal Teresa from In Sequence. She recently got over the flu (my brother recently got over pneumonia) and she reminds me that I chronicled my own travails with the flu in bbb #16.

Teresa updates me about my old hometown LA. We’re back to recession levels of dumpster diving in LA. I also have memories of my old apartment there, which faced out onto an alley (as I previously mentioned in bbb #3). Oh, how I don’t miss my former land-lady who never returned my security deposit and is now using it to fix the old, decrepit and damaged balcony.

Traffic density is the worst that Teresa has ever seen in LA. Gas prices are up to $4 a gallon, too. Teresa’s girlfriend and her co-workers are hungrily looking at mass transit maps. Oh, what a joy to use mass transit in LA (like I used to do while living there). Imagine two hour commutes one way…

It’s the beginning of the LA apocalypse. Finally.

The second part of our conversation next time.

And thanks for all of your comments for bbb #22. Don’t be stiff-necked and comment again!

bored beyond belief #13 – American Christian Fundamentalism – my Xmas Nightmare

UPDATE (22 December): Jim, over at Box Turtle Bulletin, has an excellent post about Republican presidential candidate Huckabee’s involvement with Christian Reconstructionists. Jim’s post gives a brief, but clear definition of who and what Christian Reconstructionists believe. Check it out!

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Imagine what the U.S. would be like if laws were based on Christian fundamentalists such as Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, & James Dobson.

Recent report from CBN about “purity sieges” in front of gay bars, family planning clinics, and strip joints. “Fire!” Fundamentalism harassment at its best!

Young gay man is converted from homosexuality! “Fire!” The real story is here. [The young man, named James Stabile, was "converted" four months ago, coerced into an "ex-gay" ministry, where he spent thousands of dollars, and eventually reconnected with his family.] [Thanks to Towelroad and Michelangelo Signorile's blog for information.]

“We want a holy nation!”

Michelle Goldberg’s talk about the dangers of Christian Fundamentalism in U.S. Politics. [Thanks to Freethought Radio & Podcast].

Another preacher shouts about holy enemas and butt kissers. No kidding.

Enjoy the nightmare.

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