I am going to hell: I just had pizza delivered when it's like -10 degrees outside. It really felt like a pizza and beer night though! I gave the guy a four dollar tip (which is actually kind of chinsy, I now realize) and thanked him for coming out on such a cold night, which was literally the least I could do. Oh well.

So it's pizza, beer and Fugazi night as I couldn't stand hearing one more minute of this Michael Jackson molestation nonesense on the news. He should offer himself to be the first person sent to Mars in exchange for all charges being dropped. And speaking of Mars, how can Bush even be thinking about sending someone to Mars with Osama still creeping around? I agree with Al Franken, who predicted in Lying Liars that Bush is going to pull Osama out of a hat right around November. I can barely stand to contemplate how scarily plausible that is.

That said, it's time for the official Male Mannequin endorsement for the Democratic nomination:


HOWARD DEAN

(Sorry, I lost my HTML notes otherwise I would have centered that.)

Anyway, after much deliberation I finally came to my decision by imagining each candidate in a debate with Bush. I decided that Bush would absolutely fry if pitted against Dean in a debate. Dean does a really good job of staying within his alloted time, which I think is really important. To me it means he knows what he's talking about and that he actually believes what he is saying. That is an instant leg up on Bush, who usually looks like he has no idea where he is, how he got there, or what he is saying. I think Dean has a real chance of making Bush look like a good old fashioned fool during a debate, and making everyone else realize what a fool Bush is too. And I can't wait to see it.

Man, I totally forgot what an awesome album Repeater is! I remember in high school going to see them at The Channel in Boston. It was the first time I had seen a "most pit." Then I remember driving somewhere in the wilds of Maine to see them. At some school. Does anyone have a memory of that trip? I totally forget who I was with...