"The Christian Religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun, and pay him the adoration originally payed to the sun." Thomas Paine

"It's universally wrong to steal from your neighbor, but once you get beyond this one-to-one level and pit the individual against the multinational conglomerate, the federal bureaucracy,...or the utility company, it becomes strictly a value judgment to decide who exactly is stealing from whom. On... read more

If fueling up in Hana, HI (currently $4.61/gallon for the 87), beware that you will also be charged an extra $1 or so as the fuel does not begin dispensing until the meter reaches a dollar. Hence, an extra little hidden service charge to the already hideous fee.

It is illegal to use your mirrors while driving your moped in Vietnam. Instead, simply rail on your horn to inform the pack that you are present. How does anybody know who is honking at who? Not so fast. The answer to that question would give away the delicate relationship of chaos mastered in the Streets of Saigon, and to a lesser degree, Hanoi.
The average down time between beeps in Saigon is 0.72 seconds. And that figure may have since declined. Hanoi boasts a breakage in sound poll... read more

upon returning to the mission district i entered Cassanova's with a distinct memory of debauchery on my lips. but i had no time to squander. i had to get back on the BART and get to SFO. remembering that a recent mystery of the soul reading challenged me to eschew the vices that clouded my spiritual awakening, i quaffed a handfull of Jameson's and Racer #5 IPA's. YBL was feeling it. He gave the little red headed rugger an Abu Graib offering on the way out the door and we are off to Michi... read more