Just what IS the worst album of all time?

A classic question, usually posed by Rolling Stone or some other worthless/irrelevant magazine of their ilk...and they get it wrong EVERY TIME! It's Supertramp's "Breakfast in America"...

Quintessentially, the more horrible affront to music...ever. I really wanted to use Journey as an example, but their "music" doesn't haunt me like children's lullabies that I can't get out of my head...

Who was it that deemed this piece of shit worthy of continued FM radio airplay for...ohh...the last 30 years or so? Why? WHY??? NO ONE LIKES THE ALBUM - STOP IT!!!

On a lighter note, Chad Vanuatu reports that the Regents Road bridge is being built over Rose Canyon now, despite the protests of the well-to-do denizens of University City, ERRRR, I mean "environmentalists". Just goes to show the power of "the blog"....

Soccer is Evil...

So the kid's soccer league decided that they didn't want to play games this last Saturday for some unknown reason. BUT...it's ok to waste my entire Sunday for kid's pictures at a field that's off in the middle of nowhere. Note to kid's sports photographers: schedule kid's pictures 15 minutes before an actual game in the early part of the season - don't mess with my football viewing on a Sunday, especially when the Niners ore on....

Also, from Chad Vanuatu in San Diego: "Milton Bradley is an idiot".

'Nuff said....

New Celebrities = Old Celebrities

Has anyone noticed that Tonya Harding and Jeff Gilloolie are the same thing as Britney Spears and Kevin Federline? Same "Look at me - I'm famous because I'm famous"-personalities, when in fact they would be much better suited to filling condiment jars on the Heinz Foods assembly line if life were indeed fair...when is Perez Hilton going to point this out when you really need him/her?

Speaking of, why are Kid Rock and Tommy Lee still in the news? My grandmother could kick both of their scrawny 98 heroin scared bodies up and down the aisle of the MTV Video Awards all night long - why was pushing match/hair-pulling fest news-worthy? Were the news crews hoping they'd kiss? Is MTV so irrelevant they need these wash-ups in their audience? Weak...

And lastly, did anyone know that Tori Spelling and husband (fill in former boy band member *here*) own a bed and breakfast in Fallbrook, Ca....AND have a reality show about it? Fallbrook? The home of white supremacist Tom Metzker and avocado groves? Wow...and they wonder why no one visits...

Back in Kabul...and Angry as Ever...

Well, the trip back to the yurt was long and arduous, but we made it! To recap the Hawaii trip:
1) Found why the locals hate haoles - they do nothing but "steal and surf", accord to our buddy checker-girl at Foodland. Worked hard to overcome the stigma...but they still hated me...
2) Insects are everywhere (namely cockroaches) - deal with it.
3) LAX is staffed with the least intelligent people you will ever meet - they make the DMV flunkies seem like the Cato Institute...
4) Strong Current Surf Shop is now a T-shirt store...with 3 boards in a back closet for sale...good job, Dick Brewer...
5) Banana Hammocks on 300lb. men = bad idea...

The best part is we came back to a pleasant smell emanating from the wall of the yurt - looks like a pinhole leak upstairs (this is a fancy yurt, mind you) in the cold water pipe that has soaked the entire side of my humble abode. I tore out dry (now "wet") wall, and tracked it down. Being afraid of anything that has to do with plumbing (or electrical, for that matter), I called a plumber. He was the happiest guy in the world - and I found out why. He charged me US$600 for 2 hours of his time to fix it.

I didn't recall seeing either "Harvard Law" or "Partner" on his business card....then again, I think $300/hour would be steep for them!