I hereby announce the long overdue invocation of the Thaksin Shinawatra Rule for:




Kwame Kilpatrick.
Please, go away.

Resurrection Blues

When I first awoke this morning, I thought it was Monday. When I finally realized what day it actually is, I felt like a man who had come back from the... no, that's going to far.

Easter has always seemed like a second rate holiday to me. It's right up there with Flag Day. But, maybe it's just me. After all, without the resurrection Christianity wouldn't be a religion and Christopher Hitchens would have one less thing to complain about.
So Happy Easter, everyone.

Dirt In the Ground

alpha charlie bravo presents: a product of Sunday night boredom--acb a cappella.
Tom Waits a cappella
Remixed, but not re-recorded. I feel confident in saying that it could be worse.

Morning Theft

And this is what happens when I have nothing to do at 1am on a Friday night.
Jeff Buckley a cappella
Also poor, but I'm not re-recording this one either.

I Just Wasn't Made for These Times

I am a visionary. There are times when I am far ahead of the zeitgeist.
But, the rest of the world usually catches up with me and my futuristic vision of reality eventually. For example, in my reality, Arthur C. Clarke had already been dead for 3-5 years. The rest of the world, however, has only caught up with this fact in the last 24 hours. Another recent example: Michael Stipe revealed that he is gay. This has been true in my world for at least a decade.

And now, The Best of alpha charlie bravo presents a post in which I posit a premise that is basically the opposite of what I have stated above.

Also titled:
I Just Wasn't Made for These Times

Holiday Inn

What? St. Patrick's Day?
Hasn't it been St. Patrick's Day since the week after St. Valentine's Day? Hasn't it been St. Valentine's Day since the week after Christmas? Hasn't it been Christmas since Thanksgiving? Hasn't it been Thanksgiving since Halloween? Hasn't it been Halloween since the 4th of July?

OK, I give up. If I promise to buy something I don't need once a week, can I just ignore all the holidays?

Does Hillary Clinton's victories mean we get to play "Clap, Clap--Point, Point" for another month? I've decided that I want her on the ticket. It seemed unthinkable a few weeks ago, but now it seems like the most reasonable choice.