GadgetComa’s Subconscious Rantings

Announcing the Rushhouse!

After living in the new house for almost a year, I’ve finally put the finishing touches on the audio system. We have speaker wiring in 8 rooms, but haven’t been able to wire up all of the speakers because we needed an impedance matcher to avoid blowing up the receiver. Well, we’ve had the impedance matcher in a box for...

10/22/05

The History of the Rushmobile

Back in 1980, after I had recently moved to Buffalo, a new friend introduced me to Rush. Very soon after getting into Permanent Waves, I went to my first ever rock concert – Rush, of course. Then came Moving Pictures around the same time a became close friends with Kevin. I hooked him on Rush and proceeded to do the...

10/22/05

Goodbye Kevin

My dearest friend Kevin passed away last week. While I’m still too emotional to write much about him, I wanted to record my thoughts as they came to me. I just got back from Buffalo where I said goodbye to Kevin. I was truly blessed by having many of my friends from high school there. We supported each other well....

10/04/05

Congress is quietly ruining the environment

In much the same way that the Bush administration is redefining science around cleaner air, medical studies and more, Congress managed to slip new language into the Endangered Species at. Some of the changes include: Defines “best available scientific data” as scientific data, regardless of source, that are available to the Secretary of the Interior at the time of a...

09/22/05

Air Force One

George Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld are flying on Air Force One. Bush turns to Cheney and says, chuckling, “You know, I could throw a $1000 bill out the window right now and make someone very happy.” Cheney shrugs and replies, “Well, I could throw ten $100 bills out the window and make ten people happy.” Not to be...

09/13/05

Now I know why I’m perpetually on a diet!

My japanese name is Hara (wilderness) Kenta (healthy and plump). Take your real japanese name generator! today! Created with Rum and Monkey‘s Name Generator Generator.

09/13/05

I don’t know how they came up with this…

My crappy little elf name is Leafwind Horsebeard. What’s yours? Powered by Rum and Monkey.

09/12/05

Brown Resigns From FEMA to Protect Bush Regime

I’m sure Michael Brown felt that he could at least help Bush save face by resigning from FEMA. While it appears to be a good thing based on the articles I’ve read about him , I’m not going to pass judgement on his qualifications. I’ll let those with better information do that. However, it can only be a desparate attempt...