Tumblr (3.0; @sweetmojo)http://www.sweetmojo.com/<script src="http://video.bigthink.com/player.js?deepLinkEmbedCode=o4NmNqMTow8O7L5IW_XsrKo0dsVu2rYk&embedCode=o4NmNqMTow8O7L5IW_XsrKo0dsVu2rYk"></script><br/><br/><p><strong>I am an atheist.</strong></p> <p>It’s uncomfortable to say that in America.  It’s tough.  From Fenway Park on Sundays (and only on Sundays) when you don’t remove your hat and sing God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch, or don’t pledge allegiance under God every day in school, or are forced to swear the truth on a Christian bible in old school courts (I’m looking at you Georgia), to Presidential candidates (George HW Bush 1987) saying, “No, I don’t think atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots.  This is one nation under God.”, if you don’t go along with the whole God thing, you are mocked and held to ridicule.  No wonder folks don’t say it out loud.  I am an atheist.</p> <p>Our country is founded based on a freedom of religion.  So any folks out there who also are atheist, but are afraid come out of the closet, fear not.  The heck with all these folks’ crap.  It’s their crap, not ours.  I am an atheist.</p> <p>This is part of an interview with Penn Jillette who is talking about his atheism - and a nice plug for the Greenfield, Mass. library.</p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/871923080http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/871923080Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:54:00 -0400<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/06/22/2010-06-22_texas_gop_platform_criminalize_gay_marriage_and_ban_sodomy_outlaw_strip_clubs_an.html">Texas Republican Party wants to outlaw being Gay</a>: <p><span>Sometimes I read an actual newspaper article and feel like I’m reading The Onion…I thought the Republican Party, and especially in Texas, was all about individual freedom?</span></p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/870797536http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/870797536Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:56:48 -0400<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/mojobaer/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1280059200">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25)</a>: <ol> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Beatles">The Beatles (8)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Books">The Books (7)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Counting+Crows">Counting Crows (6)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Dirty+Dozen+Brass+Band">The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (5)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Eels">Eels (5)</a> </li> </ol> <p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/868414329http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/868414329Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:12:13 -0400<p>I love that summer is so full of slow…no hurries, amble to and fro your day…soak up the sun, the heat…fill your soul…</p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/866625736http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/866625736Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:52:19 -0400<p>The boring state of mens’ shoes styles compared to the colorful, interesting women’s shoes have me understanding a Transvestite lifesylte…</p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/861898416http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/861898416Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:42:06 -0400<object width="400" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-6G7MkBMVxE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-6G7MkBMVxE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><strong><span>The Beatles on the roof</span></strong></p> <p><span>Digging through my old Beatles songs…man, those guys were the real deal….Happiness is a Warm Gun….My Guitar Gently Weeps…and check out this video of their last performance which was on the rooftop of their recording studios, love the clash of styles between the suits and the Beatles….love that old guy with the pipe climbing up the ladder!</span></p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/857361841http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/857361841Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:34:46 -0400<p>Just caught ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’, which was good…but it’s hard to watch Swedish movies without thinking of moose!</p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/847569754http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/847569754Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:04:49 -0400<p>Our first day of no daytime screen for the kids is working! They’ve biked to the pond & walked to the library so far…my wife is brilliant.</p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/846326487http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/846326487Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:58:15 -0400<object width="425px" height="360px"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=2916155,t=1,mt=video" /><embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=2916155,t=1,mt=video" width="400" height="338" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><strong>Hurl that apple, you hurler!</strong></p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/841929029http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/841929029Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:35:41 -0400<p>I just discovered you can stop all the credit card/insurance offers you get by filling out a form at <a href="http://ping.fm/gyDnQ">http://ping.fm/gyDnQ</a></p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/841065855http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/841065855Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:42:07 -0400<p>Hey! Who left all these dinner dishes unwashed? Oh, me.</p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/838344562http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/838344562Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:57:54 -0400<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/mojobaer/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1279454400">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18)</a>: <ol> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Grateful+Dead">Grateful Dead (7)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Thao">Thao (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Eels">Eels (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bob+Dylan">Bob Dylan (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Sin%C3%A9ad+O%27Connor">Sinéad O’Connor (2)</a> </li> </ol> <p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/833611501http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/833611501Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:04:02 -0400<p>Home. Sweet. Home.</p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/819637202http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/819637202Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:54:14 -0400<p>Last day of vacation,picking up the kids tomorrow…it’s been absolute heaven on the road with Ali for 3 weeks…but I can’t wait to see C and Z hear their outward bound stories!</p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/811726578http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/811726578Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:26:30 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5f33egYgc1qz99c6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yet *another* accordion player! This time from a Catalan punk ska outfit…lotsa fun especially with the Spanish win!</p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/799609810http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/799609810Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:40:37 -0400<p>It’s been in depth discussion this week….Orange or Spain? The Dutch and Spanish cultures are so different, yet they are two of my favorite in the world…I’ve spent lots of time in both and could live in either. Inquisition vs. Expulsion of the Calvinists…Amsterdam vs. Barcelona…cool summers vs. hot beaches…tough choice…Ok, ORANGE - the whole Inquisition thing still haunts me…</p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/798314321http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/798314321Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:48:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5clnds9pX1qz99c6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is why Mike and I built Otalo.com.  Check out the awesomest flat that Ali and I are staying in in Quebec…possibly the best location in the city, huge brand new loft with 25’ ceilings, exposed brick walls in a 150 yr old building, big-ass flat screen and wifi, great kitchen and washer/dryer, all for $130/nt…compa<span class="text_exposed_hide">…</span><span class="text_exposed_show">red to the other touristas staying in mini hotel rooms for $250/nt… Find your next vacation digs on Otalo.com …now back to yr regularly scheduled programming…</span></p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/794016612http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/794016612Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:28:25 -0400<object width="400" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B8-MuCzSh-Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B8-MuCzSh-Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Caught a great show last night by Great Lake Swimmers at l’Impérial…we had to decide between GLS and Iron Maiden and a Congolese Jazz quartet of old war veterans in wheelchairs…Gotta love a city that gives ya them choices…</p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/794020862http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/794020862Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:30:00 -0400<p>13 is my favorite number,has been for years&years,but I’m diggin the sound of douze [12]…so is it the number or the meta label that’s key?</p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/791860335http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/791860335Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:29:13 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l55zlaDPZ81qz99c6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Vacation is about finding interesting businesses in the foreign cultures you visit…in this case the northern Maine mountains….just down the road from here was this store: “Bait, Bolts, Bullets”</p>http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/779101056http://www.sweetmojo.com/post/779101056Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:46:22 -0400