Those segments of the US beholden to both big business and America-firstness have a big conundrum looming on the horizon: what to do with the natural gas supplies waiting to be developed on the Alaskan North Slope. TransCanada and ExxonMobil have filed their plans to seek shippers with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and also have permitting in hand from both the state of Alaska and the Canadian federal government to build a pipeline moving ANS gas south. BP and ConocoPhillips have ...
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Those of you familiar with dUg (Doug) Pinnick likely know him best as the frontman/songwriter/bassist of Texas rock legends King's X. He's still being there and doing that, but in the meantime he's been one busy man with a number of side projects. Most fully formed among these are Razr 13 and A.N.M. Razr 13 has been playing with increasing frequency in Texas and Little Texas (err...Oklahoma) to larger more enthusiastic crowds and increased critical praise each and every show. dUg's role in thi...
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are just three weeks away, and between now and then, your GonzoGeek panel will be making their picks alongside our resident Oscar expert: Matt’s copy of “Wrestlemania 2000” for the Nintendo 64. Today: Best Actress Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side" - 2/5 Helen Mirren for "The Last Station" - 25/1 Carey Milligan for "An Education" - 7/1 Gabourey Sidibe for "Precious" - 10/1 Meryl Streep for "Julie & Julia" - 7/4 Bruce&n...
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are just three weeks away, and between now and then, your GonzoGeek panel will be making their picks alongside our resident Oscar expert: Matt’s copy of “Wrestlemania 2000” for the Nintendo 64. Today: Best Supporting Actor Bruce (last year: 2/5) I'm going to go with Christoph Waltz on this one. My reasoning is twofold. First, Inglorious Basterds is Jewish wish fulfillment of epic proportions. A group of Jewish c...
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are just three weeks away, and between now and then, your GonzoGeek panel will be making their picks alongside our resident Oscar expert: Matt’s copy of “Wrestlemania 2000” for the Nintendo 64. Today: Best Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz for "Nine" - 25/1 Vera Farmiga for "Up in the Air" - 25/1 Anna Kendrick for "Up in the Air" - 16/1 Maggie Gyllenhaal for "Crazy Heart" - 22/1 Mo'Nique for "Precious: Based on the N...
A good friend with whom I've recently become reaquainted asked me if I would be so kind as to outline how it is I've come to believe what I believe about global warming. His view differs from mine, but he seems sincere in wanting to know how I've come to think what I do. Per his requeset the following is not a defense of my position, nor an attempt to somehow prove its correctness. It is simply a connect-the-dots as to how I got from no opinion to the one I currently hold. It is als...
Every musical genre has its stereo-typical audience or fans. Metal is usually chastised for having legions of bone-head followers. I read an article somewhere not too long ago that refuted that. It really wasn't a new revelation to me. After all, the Metal flows through my veins. It did make me think of my formidable high school years though and how this music impacted me at that age. I received more of an education from listening to Metal than I did...
I live on the East end of downtown and work in downtown. Practically everyday I am almost hit by morons making right or left turns from the second lanes. I don't know what it is, but some people seem to think they aren't allowed to drive in the first lanes. Now I know the far right lane is the bus lane...but at certain times. The far left lanes sometimes have a red marking by the curb which is a no parking indicator. I think idiots see that and t...