This weekend is the Syracuse Nationals, which means that the streets are full of classic cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Some of these cars are truly beautiful. You know, from back when cars were cars. I’ve never been much of a motor head, but from what I understand, this is a pretty big deal amongst the classic car set around the country.

As if that wasn’t enough, it’s also the weekend of the New York State Blues Festival. This year’s main act is Buddy Guy, who is possibly my favorite living guitar player. Unfortunately, he’s not on stage until Sunday night at 9:30, which makes it a little bit late for me. But, it’s free, so I guess I’ll have to see if I can manage it. Enjoy your day

Finally, the end of one very long goddamn week. Now, let’s go out there and get this day over with already.

So, here we go. Another day to get through. This has been a long week, and it’s not even Friday yet. Anybody got a sure-fire winning lottery number generator? I don’t need much. Just a couple million for myself, and a few more to buy AAR and kick Lionel and the Greens to the curb. Then it’s free podcasts for everyone!

I can’t write much today, because I literally can’t sit here and type for very long, thanks to my back. It’s freakin’ killing me. It was all I could do to drive home last night. I’m trying not to breathe much, ‘cuz that hurts, too. This should be a really fun day at work.

I forgot how much sitting in a chair staring at a computer all day kills my back. Another couple of weeks, and I should be totally crippled. Speaking of crippled, poor Saint McCain just can’t catch a break, can he? I think he and Joey Lieberman ought to form a unity ticket, and then go fuck themselves (and/or each other). Don’t know who gets the worst part of that deal. I guess it’d be anybody forced to watch. Well, better go see what the two for Tuesday woot is. Have a good one.

Phew. Thank goodness the weekend is finally over. One more day of not having to get up at 5 AM and then driving 50 miles to get to my job that’s less than five miles away, and I’d have gone stirfreakincrazy. I’m just so glad that I don’t have any vacation time yet, ‘cuz I don’t know what I’d do with it.

So, let’s see what this week brings. I’m just wondering if Bush and Cheney are gonna force the Democrats to impeach them, no matter how reluctant they may be to actually do it. Of course, if they’re gonna impeach, they have to convict. That means they need to convince another 25% or so of the people to clamor to remove these assholes. That’s the only way half of the friggin’ Republicans will ever vote to convict. Oh well, off to the salt mines.

Sunday already? Shit, that means I gotta go to work tomorrow. Oh, well, at least I have the Sunday talking heads to comfort me. Speaking of which….

On Press the Meat, it’s Jim Webb, on to kick li’l Lindsey Graham in the mansack (assuming he actually has one), over the failure known as Iraq. Then it’s a rountable, with Mr. Judy Woodruff, Al Hunt, yet another example of what happens when the Irish go bad, Republican “strategist, Mike Murphy, Count Novakula (in a rare daytime appearance; I guess if they give him a blood transfusion he can handle an hour or two in the sun), and Democratic “strategist” (and all-around asshole) Bob Shrum.

Over at Faze the Nation, it’s Natonal Security Adviser Stephen Hadley (must be a tough job, pretending you’re doing something to protect the country, while trying to keep everybody cowering in fear at the same time) Tennessee cracker, Lamar Alexander, Time’s Karen Tumulty (a third-place “worst person in the world” award winner, and runner-up as the female who most looks like John Kerry), and another Tome magazine hack, Dan “got no” Balz.

On Fux News Sunday, weaselface Wallace has recycles Stephen Hadley, and then he’ll berate Carl Levin for a while. Plus, “can the surge succeed?” When in doubt ask a neocon. In this case, it’s the “genius” who came up with the plan in the first place, chickenhawk Fred Kagan.

At the Goebbels network, it’s an all Republican kinda day, as George Snufalufagus hosts Stephen Hadley (again), John”what the hell was Liz thinking” Warner,and the aptly named “Dick Lugar. Plus, at the roundtable, it’s Time Magazine hack, Mr. Claire Shipman, Jay Carney, Mrs Jay Carney, Claire Shipman, Sam :omg: Donaldson and George :jerk: Will.

On CNN…. Fuck CNN! Until they give Michael Moore an apology, CNN is dead to me. I hope Wolf Blitzer’s Late Emission isn’t covered by his HMO.

Later, on 60 Minutes, it’s a buncha friggin’ rerun segments.

Enjoy your Sunday, and don’t waste your time with these idiots. If something good happens, it’ll be on Crooks and Liars.

Another too short weekend is upon us. I dunno about you guys, but I have lots to do, including bottling a batch of homebrew, and cooking up another batch. I actually have the fixin’s to brew a couple of batches, but one needs to sit around and age for quite a while, so I may have to do that next weekend. So much beer, so little time….

So, let’s see what we learned this week. The most unchristian like people on the face of the planet call themselves Christians. Our preznit admits his administration outed a CIA agent, but he doesn’t really give a shit, so get over it. We’ve had out civil liberties taken away from us, and blown a hell of a lot of money on this “war on terror,” all for apparently no reason. And, well, I guess a few other things, too (like Republicans are hypocritical perverts, but I reckon we already knew that). I can hardly wait to see what happens next week.

Today, I await the delivery of my Big Kahuna, 65,000 BTU propane burner. That should cut my brewing time down considerably (plus I can hang out and brew in the back yard). Fortunately, it’s coming via UPS and not FedEx, so I anticipate that it’ll actually be delivered to the correct address. Now I just have to get this day over with.