Required Reading

Some people have suggested or recommended reading lists. I’ve done those before. Such lists are basically saying, “I liked these books. You might like them, too.”
Well, there are some books I am convinced every person must read. These books discuss, describe, and address extremely important social, economic, political, moral, philosophical, and [...]

I love my Hamer USA ‘90 Centaura and ‘80 modified Special (and ‘89 Peavey Vandenberg)

Centaura:
1) Beautiful appearance. I’ve gone in the room I’m keeping it just to look at it several times since it arrived on Friday
2) The trem stays in tune
3) Wonderfully versatile sounds, from single-coil quacks to bridge HB distorted metal
4) I feel like I can play faster/cleaner on the maple fretboard, even though the necks [...]

Liberal Arts Colleges to Reduce Time to Get Degree

In an era when college students commonly take longer than four years to get a bachelor’s degree, some U.S. schools are looking anew at an old idea: slicing a year off their undergraduate programs to save families time and money.
That raises two questions.  Why was “four years” the standard, and why do they think they [...]

Always Worth Reviewing

Media Malpractice.

My Guitar Gear (non-Guitars)

Main amp:
Roland MicroCube – Great little amp.  It has several different amp models on it, so I can get modern metal, classic rock, British rock, jazz, and clean sounds.  The gain knob allows you to control the amount of distortion.  It has tremelo, reverb, and digital delay on one effects knob (so you can’t have [...]

I’m a SuperStrat Guy, Now

Most of my guitars are superstrats, now:
Tobacco burst Hamer USA Centaura
Yellow/black Hamer USA Centaura
Transparent Red Hamer USA Diablo
Transparent Red Hamer Slammer Series Californian (import)
Black Hamer Californian Deluxe (import) w/ boomers
Red Hamer Californian CX series (import) fixed bridge
Black Peavey Vandenberg
Red Peavey Vandenberg
All of the above have 24 frets, with the exception of the trans red and [...]

New Guitar Day: 1990 Hamer USA Centaura

Beautiful, beautiful guitar!  Great action.  A little bit of cigarette smoke smell, though.
But all in all, it was a steal for $350 shipped!
(all pictures are thumbnails that can be clicked on to see a bigger picture)

President Obama’s Waterboarding Memo Releases Were 100% Political

How do I know this?
Simple: we classify information to protect one of two things: Sources and methods.
By releasing the memos, President Obama already decided to let everyone know both source (the terrorists, like KSM) and the methods (waterboarding).
There’s nothing left to protect.
So why doesn’t he release the facts on what valuable information was gained from [...]

Obama’s Broken Promises, A List of Links

There are several broken promises covered more than once.  I didn’t cull those out because: 1) I don’t have time, and 2) Sometimes a different perspective on the same broken promise is useful.  Bottom line: if you believed President Barack Obama’s statements, you are a sucker.  Or, perhaps to be more accurate, you thought he [...]

All Barack Obama Statements Come With an Expiration Date. All Of Them.

Jim Geraghty
Consumers should be aware that promises, pledged, and soul-healing rhetoric are only effective for a limited time; upon expiration they become “just words.”
IRAQ
STATEMENT: “Based on the conversations we’ve had internally as well as external reports, we believe that you can get one to two brigades out a month. At that pace, the forces would [...]