Obama picks Rick Warren for his inaugural invocation? Huh?

I was as frustrated as this article's author when I heard Rick Warren, conservative evangelical fundamentalist Christian megachurch pastor, anti-evolution and vacuous circular logic-espousing book author, had been picked to be part of the Obama inauguration. WTF, Obama? I know you're a Christian but this guy and his congregation are exactly the kind of homophobic, hypocritical and fascist people that McCain/Palin were chasing after and who fervently stoke fires of fear and imaginary persecution to achieve power so that they may legislate their morality upon everyone. I praise Obama's quest for inclusive politics but Warren and pals are enemies of change and proponents of exclusion. They and their neo-con counterparts in D.C. achieve only destruction, death and division while waving a false banner of universal love. FAIL. Dump Warren. Dump this inclusion of religion and prayer at this historic inauguration. Dump the evangelism-fueled hatred, bigotry and triumphalism Warren and his cohorts represent. Let's move forward for CHANGE.

clipped from www.thenation.com What's the Matter With Rick Warren? Now it has officially gone too far: Democrats, in their zeal to appear friendly to evangelical voters, have chosen celebrity preacher and best-selling author Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration. Warren represents the absolute worst of the Democrats' religious outreach, a right-winger masquerading as a do-gooder anointed as the arbiter of what it means to be faithful.

Sherlock Tomes (testing blogger.com)

Oops, I did it again. I got me some more of them books I won't get around to reading very soon, if at all. I have many, many bonus points accumulated at Quality Paperback Book Club from books I bought previously and haven't gotten around to reading fully. Cashing in the points makes each title cost about $5.95. Of course the books must be under $50 in order to use the bonus points. That eliminates a few cool sets of course. But anyhoo, here's what arrived today in the postal service mail delivery route office box thing:

Practicing: A Musician's Return To Music by Glenn Kurtz
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
The Big Book Of Porn: A Penetrating Look at the World of Dirty Movies by Seth Grahame-Smith
The DC Comics Encyclopedia
The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs and the Perverse Pleasure of Obituaries (P.S.) by Marilyn Johnson
1000 Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die by Tom Moon
Charles Darwin On The Origin Of The Species: The Illustrated Edition by Charles Darwin and David Quammen
The Richness Of Life: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould
Classic Feynman: All The Adventures Of A Curious Character (book & live CD)
Bonk:  The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach

So, it appears I have sex, death, music and science on the brain, or at least, on my shelves. Just another day at Fort Kevbo.

Last entry was in 2002? My how time flies. I moved my blog to elsewhere on the web so you may consider this puppy defunct. I'm surprised it still exists but as long as it's here I'll keep it so I can post in other people's Blogger blogs that don't allow anonymous comments. You can look at my photos over at flickr.com if you wish. Clicky here. Live long and prosper.

If I were a Dead Russian Composer, I would be Dmitri Shostakovich! I am a shy, nervous, unassuming, fidgety, and stuttery little person who began composing the same year I started music lessons of any sort. I wrote the first of my fifteen symphonies at age 18, and my second opera, "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District," when I was only 26. Unfortunately, Stalin hated the opera, and put me on the Enemy Of The People List for life. I nevertheless kept composing the works I wanted to write in private; some of my vocal cycles and 15 string quartets mock the Soviet System in notes. And I somehow was NOT killed in the process! And Harry Potter(c) stole my glasses and broke them! Who would you be? Dead Russian Composer Personality Test

Akustica My old roommate Prof. John Neumann is working with the dudes behind this company. This is some pretty cool stuff. The small size and ability of the technology to be concealed leads me to believe this is merely a front for the CIA or SD6. I always knew this was what John was up to. Those of you who knew him remember he used to like to record things surreptitiously or otherwise. Just look at the picture in the lower left of the home page... I was startled and quickly dumped all my jars of change on the table and sure enough, there were quarters with AkuSmart listening devices attached!! Those sonovabitchs... they've been listening to my pockets! I have never felt so violated. Beware people! BEWARE! I always knew the U.S. Treasury Service was in cahoots with FEMA and the Rosicrucians and Illuminati and tracking my every move! The truth is out there people!! (Kevbo runs off to find his trusted tin foil hat and hide in the cone of silence.)

No Link Here: Doug wrote me to point out some alleged omissions from my summer movie thingme. Here's part of my response:
"Heh heh... I sort of figured everybody had seen or skipped over spring releases like Panic Room and Scorpion King already so I just looked ahead... Spidey is only a week or two old so I figured it was fair game. Like, man, those other movies are SO one month ago. Get with the times!
I honestly have no clue about the Hey Arnold flick... that show is on too late at night (that's morning for the rest of you... sunrise means it's time for bed!). But I know my SpongeBob, Samurai Jack and Justice League!!
As for Spirit, yup I'm sure plenty of little girls will INSIST on seeing it because of the horses. I dare any parent to stand up agains the force of attraction between girls and horses. I believe your titling is accurate: Spirit: Yet Another Animated Animal Movie That The Kids
Insist Upon Going To See Just Because." The animation looks wonderful... probably near Disney quality... much better than any Don Bluth film... But, I'm afraid, thanks to Disney (the 800lb gorilla of animation studios), any successful animated feature MUST have irresistably cute side characters. Infants in the womb now expect that. The character of Spirit may be cute as a pony but that's only a small portion of the film... once the pony becomes a horse... the kids will go to sleep. I'd keep this one on hand in the future to get the wee ones to nap. I wrote the original screenplay for Spirit but the climax to the film that I had envisioned involved a glue factory and PETA protested, Dreamworks caved and that was that.. I wonder if this is a good one to plant the kids in front of while you go into the next theater and watch more mature fair.
---
Now wait a minute... I just did some research and apparently Hey Arnold is based on Pat Morita's character on Happy Days. I am SO there."