Mortified Beyond Belief

Some people may wonder what I have been up to since the disbanding of the Ill Itches . The band disbanded in a very unofficial, flaky, runaround sort of way. It took me about 2 or 3 months to realize the group was nothing more than a collection of overworked "extremely" busy flakes. Josh and Matt are apparently too busy working at Doner to play, and I think Stephen doesn't want to play because he got a girlfriend, or is busy working as some sort of slave-chef in some bullshit trendy restaurant. I don't have much sympathy for these wimps. I am the one that used to drive directly to work and sleep in the parking lot of my job for a couple of hours on a weeknight gig so I could be at work by 5:45, after being out until 2. So then what did I decide to do? I decided that I was going to buy myself a drummer, and play with other people that were willing to play for free. I have very few expectations about what types of gigs I can book in Hipster Rock City . Like I ha...

These are in no particular order: 5. Oreos.  There is no substitute for real Oreos. Every time I have bought a generic brand of these I have been left disappointed. I recently bought my first pack of mint filled Oreos. At about the same price as regular Oreos, I highly recommend them. 4. D'Adarrio Guitar Strings.  I will admit, I will buy strings from another manufacturer is they are the only ones on sale. Usually it's pretty easy to get these 3 for 10 at Guitar Center most days of the week. They really do last longer. I like them better than Ernie Balls. If I had the money, I'd buy Elixers, but what they want for those is just crazy. D'Adarrio came out with its own line of higher end strings in 2014. I received some as a gift a year ago. They are good, but once again they are between 10 and 15 dollars a pack. They are holding up pretty good, so I have re-used them on 3 different guitars. (I am a cheapskate) 3. Diet Mountain Dew  Diet Mountain Dew is a soda ...

Today my blood boiled when I figured out that the amount I pay in taxes is roughly 235 dollars every week. This includes property taxes, Detroit city income taxes, and the amount that is automatically taken from my check every week. This does not include the mandatory health insurance I am forced to buy, which covers 200 dollars each day of a hospital visit (total joke). This does not include fuel taxes and sales tax. Thanks to Rick the putrid Dick Snyder, our gas tax has just gone up. We already had some of the most expensive gas in the country. As I drove to work in the falling snow early this morning, I was wondering why the hell I did not see a single plow truck out. I was driving to get to work and I needed to get there. The first two days of work every week go to taxes! Where would the government be without suckers like me! I was wondering on the way home, why have people put up with this for so long? There should be a revolution. I guess too many people have jobs subsidized ...