Last night Ann and I went out to see The Bad Plus at the Regattabar. They are a pretty kick-ass piano trio that has been getting a lot of press lately - mostly for the fact that they play some unconventional covers. Last night's encore was Iron Man by Black Sabbath, and it was excellent. I've never heard anyone bang on a piano that hard and I believe the drummer was certifiably insane - he was smacking the cymbals with his bare hands.

What I was wondering the entire time I was listening was "where were these critics when MMW was playing 'Crosstown Traffic' in 1995?" Besides that minor quibble, the show was great, and I definitely recommend catching these guys if you can. I picked up their first album at the show, and it is well worth it. I love buying CDs at shows - usually they are cheap, I don't have to pay sales tax, and I think that more of the proceeds find their way to the artists. Enough rambling for now...

In 27 years
I've drunk fifty thousand beers & they just
wash against me like the sea into a pier.....
-David Berman

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Back to school...back to school...to prove to dad that I'm not a fool.

For those of you who I may not have told, I'm going back to Dartmouth to get my Ph.D. in Immunology next fall. So if you don't hear much out of me in the next 5-6 years, that's where I'll be.

This article is an important read - it's written by an ousted member of Bush's bioethics panel. I think it's safe to say the Dubya is the most anti-science president in American history.

Are you a Democrat or Republican? Kinda fun, but also kinda stupid.

God Hates Shrimp! Makes you wonder if the evangelical Christians are living by all parts of the bible, or just the gay bashing parts.