Aaron Solochek

I was told to update

leko — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:15:45 GMT

I am still alive. Stay tuned.

Moving

leko — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:28:30 GMT

General update: I'm moving to Boston at the end of November.

google apparently implements any idea presented

leko — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 05:41:49 GMT

This doesn't quite qualify as "real time" right now, but maybe that'll improve.

http://labs.google.com/ridefinder

It's pretty sweet.

yay!

leko — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:42:57 GMT

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NETHERLANDS_CHILD_EUTHANASIA?SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=HOME

Netherlands Hospital Euthanizes Babies

By TOBY STERLING
Associated Press Writer

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Raising the stakes in an excruciating ethical debate, a hospital in the Netherlands - the first nation to permit euthanasia - recently proposed guidelines for mercy killings of terminally ill newborns, and then made a startling revelation: It has already begun carrying out such procedures in a handful of cases and reporting them to the government.
...

Its nice to see that my 'insensitive' morals aren't as rare as I thought.

fuck the south

leko — Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:13:44 GMT

http://www.fuckthesouth.com

Fuck the South. Fuck 'em. We should have let them go when they wanted to leave. But no, we had to kill half a million people so they'd stay part of our special Union. Fighting for the right to keep slaves - yeah, those are states we want to keep.

And now what do we get? We're the fucking Arrogant Northeast Liberal Elite? How about this for arrogant: the South is the Real America? The Authentic America. Really?

Cause we fucking founded this country, assholes. Those Founding Fathers you keep going on and on about? All that bullshit about what you think they meant by the Second Amendment giving you the right to keep your assault weapons in the glove compartment because you didn't bother to read the first half of the fucking sentence? Who do you think those wig-wearing lacy-shirt sporting revolutionaries were? They were fucking blue-staters, dickhead. Boston? Philadelphia? New York? Hello? Think there might be a reason all the fucking monuments are up here in our backyard?

No, No. Get the fuck out. We're not letting you visit the Liberty Bell and fucking Plymouth Rock anymore until you get over your real American selves and start respecting those other nine amendments. Who do you think those fucking stripes on the flag are for? Nine are for fucking blue states. And it would be 10 if those Vermonters had gotten their fucking Subarus together and broken off from New York a little earlier. Get it? We started this shit, so don't get all uppity about how real you are you Johnny-come-lately "Oooooh I've been a state for almost a hundred years" dickheads. Fuck off.

Arrogant? You wanna talk about us Northeasterners being fucking arrogant? What's more American than arrogance? Hmmm? Maybe horsies? I don't think so. Arrogance is the fucking cornerstone of what it means to be American. And I wouldn't be so fucking arrogant if I wasn't paying for your fucking bridges, bitch.

All those Federal taxes you love to hate? It all comes from us and goes to you, so shut up and enjoy your fucking Tennessee Valley Authority electricity and your fancy highways that we paid for. And the next time Florida gets hit by a hurricane you can come crying to us if you want to, but you're the ones who built on a fucking swamp. "Let the Spanish keep it, it’s a shithole," we said, but you had to have your fucking orange juice.

The next dickwad who says, "It’s your money, not the government's money" is gonna get their ass kicked. Nine of the ten states that get the most federal fucking dollars and pay the least... can you guess? Go on, guess. That’s right, motherfucker, they're red states. And eight of the ten states that receive the least and pay the most? It’s too easy, asshole, they’re blue states. It’s not your money, assholes, it’s fucking our money. What was that Real American Value you were spouting a minute ago? Self reliance? Try this for self reliance: buy your own fucking stop signs, assholes.

Let’s talk about those values for a fucking minute. You and your Southern values can bite my ass because the blue states got the values over you fucking Real Americans every day of the goddamn week. Which state do you think has the lowest divorce rate you marriage-hyping dickwads? Well? Can you guess? It’s fucking Massachusetts, the fucking center of the gay marriage universe. Yes, that’s right, the state you love to tie around the neck of anyone to the left of Strom Thurmond has the lowest divorce rate in the fucking nation. Think that’s just some aberration? How about this: 9 of the 10 lowest divorce rates are fucking blue states, asshole, and most are in the Northeast, where our values suck so bad. And where are the highest divorce rates? Care to fucking guess? 10 of the top 10 are fucking red-ass we're-so-fucking-moral states. And while Nevada is the worst, the Bible Belt is doing its fucking part.

But two guys making out is going to fucking ruin marriage for you? Yeah? Seems like you're ruining it pretty well on your own, you little bastards. Oh, but that's ok because you go to church, right? I mean you do, right? Cause we fucking get to hear about it every goddamn year at election time. Yes, we're fascinated by how you get up every Sunday morning and sing, and then you're fucking towers of moral superiority. Yeah, that's a workable formula. Maybe us fucking Northerners don't talk about religion as much as you because we're not so busy sinning, hmmm? Ever think of that, you self-righteous assholes? No, you're too busy erecting giant stone tablets of the Ten Commandments in buildings paid for by the fucking Northeast Liberal Elite. And who has the highest murder rates in the nation? It ain't us up here in the North, assholes.

Well this gravy train is fucking over. Take your liberal-bashing, federal-tax-leaching, confederate-flag-waving, holier-than-thou, hypocritical bullshit and shove it up your ass.

And no, you can't have your fucking convention in New York next time. Fuck off.

Wow

leko — Fri, 15 Oct 2004 19:01:13 GMT

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0410/15/cf.01.html

this is a transcript of today's crossfire, and here are some torrents for the episode:

http://bitflood.org:8080/?file=791b2f5d95a54d1381b85f271b51f71e73964185

John Stewart was the guest, and it was just harsh.

attention pittsburgh people

leko — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 23:14:54 GMT

Subject: Biweekly Prayer for the Nation
From: "Thomas Patrick Davenport" <tdavenpo@andrew.cmu.edu>
Newsgroups: cmu.misc.market
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 15:21:49 -0400 (EDT)

Hi!

My name is Thomas Davenport, and i'm a third-year history student.

I don't know about you, but because my life has been so blessed in recent
months with an abundance of activity--most manditory, but some just for
fun--i've been feeling more and more disillusioned with the amount i've
done to get involved in rocking the upcoming vote. At one point, i even
made extensive plans to host a website but did not bring them to fruition,
so i've become down-right pessimistic, and i think that it is having an
ill effect on our tenuous national fate currently hanging in the balance.

However, i take heart for i am also a young person of the spirit, and so
it occured to me that a way to unburden myself of this guilt while
simultaneously doing one of the most potent things i possibly could for
the fate of the nation is to pray about the upcoming election. I
absolutely feel that, in the spirit, as in politics, there is strength in
numbers, so i am compelled to sound this call to the arms of peace. Who's
with me?

Please email if interested, and we'll get started right away. I am
picturing meeting in an unoccupied location on campus (TBA) twice a week
and coming together to pray for, say, 15 minutes, once we get underway?

I myself am equally comfortable with silent and extemporaneous prayer, but
i believe in its healing powers, no matter what the vehicle, and what this
nation needs right now is just that--healing! The other issues will be
resolved as soon as we open the lines of communication. Let's join hands
for our future and future generations and focus our intentions on getting
the best man into office for universal prosperity, whoever that may be!

I can feel our strength mounting already! Write back soon!

Peace be with you,
Thomas Davenport
"Be the change you wish to see." -Mohandis Gandhi

PS I feel it goes without saying that this call to prayer is completely
non-sectarian. All individuals who have experienced the wonder of prayer,
all believers in a brighter tommorrow, are emplored to respond, and, in
this way, perhaps we can not only heal the nation on the grand scale but
right here at CMU as we knit together as a community of hope.

the car arrives

leko — Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:54:53 GMT

Today I went and picked up the m3. I can't wait for the breakin period to be over.

I had been a little nervous about the color I choose. I was quite pleased when I saw it in real life.

pictures here