Viva en un Saco by Jarabe de Palo. Awesome stuff. Enjoy it!

I’ve just finished reading To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia, by Michael Parenti. This is one of the better books out there about the Balkan wars and this country’s hand in the events, from start to finish. Our motives were less than pure and this book doesn’t candy coat a single fact. And it’s got plenty of cites to back up every assertion set forth. Anyone with an interest in what happened in Southeastern Europe in the 1990s should read this book.

James Brown, dead at 73 from heart failure related to pneumonia. New Year’s Eve won’t be the same without you.

Suffice to say that since I don’t have any kids there’s no compelling reason for me to “celebrate” Christmas or otherwise make a big deal out of it. I can at least say that I spent some time today (figuratively speaking in one instance but that will have to do) with the few people I care about. Hope yours was safe and happy.

For the love of all that is good and holy, back that a$$ up — right into a staple gun, puh-leeze, boy!