Jason Griffey

Inspired by Justin’s email to Senator Edwards, I just fired off one of my own in response to the news that Senator Orrin Hatch has introduced legislation to eliminated the “sunset” date of the Patriot Act.

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Dear Senator Edwards,

It has come to my attention today that there is a measure within the congress to make the PATRIOT act a standing piece of legislature and remove the sunset date. This is appalling news, and I must say that as an opponent of the PATRIOT act from day one it concerns me greatly. In the post-9/11 US, it seems that individual liberties and freedoms are being eroded in the name of national security, when in fact it is those liberties and freedoms that make this country great.

As a librarian, I see myself as a defender of these freedoms of privacy and speech.

I oppose the so called “PATRIOT II”, I oppose the extension or elimination of the sunset date for PATRIOT, and I believe that it is time that the government stop reacting to world events with a campaign of fear, uncertainty and doubt.

Thank you,

Jason Griffey

Not a huge fan of mass media in general, esp. commercials…but geez this is a cool commercial.

http://www.honda.co.uk/newcars/accord300k.html

Rube Goldberg eat your heart out.

http://www2.gamesville.lycos.com/html_poke/poke_penguin.htm

No commentary. Just go there. Do it.

One tip: Keep poking.

Boy, I’m in a wierd humor mood…just spent the last 5 minutes giggling uncontrolably at this comic. Probably only funny to a game geek, but oh well.

In other news: have WWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY to much work to do, and don’t wanna do any of it. Spring fever is setting in terribly.

Finally, bowing to intense peer pressure, I install comments on my blog. Thousands rejoice at the opportunity to tell me what they really think about me.

So, I took this test, and here are the results….try it out for yourself and see which Great Old One you are!

For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about…google for Lovecraft Mythos

I amShub-Niggurath! Shub-Niggurath is often called the “Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young”, and is the force of creation, life, evolution/mutation. She represent the force of the one universal constant (ie change) on the biological. She is often envisioned as a dark, low lying cloud, with goat’s hooves with numerous tenticals writhing from within. Her rites are best performed during a New Moon, or on Mid-Summer’s Eve.

Which Great Old One are you?

Number Two in Jason’s favorite band/mp3’s up today. Here’s an oldie: Toad the Wet Sprocket recently reunited, and have played a handful of live dates. Here’s one of their best: “Something’s always wrong” from a show in March, 2003.

http://www.unc.edu/~griffey/somethings.mp3

Enjoy. Bonus points if you know where Toad got their name.

🙂

Off to visit friends for the weekend (or part of it). Should be interesting…hopefully get away from the war coverage for a bit, and unfortunately maybe get some work done on my papers.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I haven’t laughed so hard in weeks….

http://crossspot.net/objective/propaganda.html

An exerpt from the link:

“However, these propagandists aren’t just targeting the young. Take for example Apple Computers, makers of the popular Macintosh line of computers. The real operating system hiding under the newest version of the Macintosh operating system (MacOS X) is called… Darwin! That’s right, new Macs are based on Darwinism! While they currently don’t advertise this fact to consumers, it is well known among the computer elite, who are mostly Atheists and Pagans. Furthermore, the Darwin OS is released under an “Open Source” license, which is just another name for Communism. They try to hide all of this under a facade of shiny, “lickable” buttons, but the truth has finally come out: Apple Computers promote Godless Darwinism and Communism.”

ROTFLMAO

One of my favorite blogs “Is That Legal” recently had a post about my little town: Carrboro, NC and its recent stand against the war in Iraq.

http://www.isthatlegal.blogspot.com/2003_03_01_isthatlegal_archive.html#90763283

Very, very funny stuff. I love my little town and its radical history.