Nicky Cheese

The stiffs at Blogivists.com have asked me to write a run-down of what’s hot, of what’s noteworthy in the community on a weekly basis. Naturally, I said yes, so expect just that every Thursday or Friday under the title ‘SELECT Cheese’. Yes, ‘SELECT Cheese’-the Cheeseman’s take on what should be mandatory reading. Aspire for it!
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The Office. As a whole, this season has been a whole bunch of okay, fairly unimpressive really (tonight’s season finale was a pleasant exception). They need more Creed:
Moving on, I’ve been meaning to put up this video for a while now, courtesy of RightWave:

CNN takes a hit on Americans for Prosperity for their Hot Air [...]

A story that, in the last few days, has spread like fire throughout an otherwise lackluster Chicago music scene…(If myspace is any indication, I received more than 15 bulletins in a span of 24 hours.)
The problem/regulatory motivation. From the Chicago Tribune:
Five years after the E2 nightclub disaster that left 21 people dead in a stampede, [...]

A month and one week ago, Bob Barr launched his presidential exploratory committee. It was a pretty anti-climatic event, given that most everyone expected the full-on announcement.
Today, he finally made that announcement. Bob Barr will be running for President under the Libertarian ticket…which, come to think of it, will make this November the first time [...]

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Coming from Boing Boing:
The Get Out Clause, an unsigned Manchester band who could not afford a camera crew for their video, ‘performed’ in front of a load of CCTV cameras, requested the footage from the camera operators under the Data Protection Act and then stitched the results together [...]

This weekend’s choice was found with great ease…by typing “libertarian” and “song” in youtube’s search box. Ha!
According to this website, the music video won the Critic’s Choice Award at the 2006 Florida Music Festival.
Huh…Florida as an artistic sanctuary for libertarians? I never knew.
Matt Ames—Who

As recently mentioned, on May 3rd, 2008, I had a chance to sit down and talk with Tim Asher, Executive Director of the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative (MoCRI).

Welcome to my inaugural “Rando Thursday Whatever”, a…well…random, outpouring of whatever stories and snippets—of a more apolitical and non-ideological stripe—I find worthy of mention. Yes, get excited for word vomit on a weekly basis!
Firstly, I’m not sure if I made it explicit in my last post, but I was in St. Louis, Missouri all last [...]

Finally, I explain the seemingly nebulous Nietzschian reference. Whoo! Actually, as it turns out, I had already explained it long ago. From a religious studies paper I wrote in 2005 for Robert Williams (my fav professor at UIC):
…life’s ultimate spheres of expression…the two fundamental drives that govern the world. These drives or spheres–inherently opposed to [...]