Hot damn. Martin Popoff finally published his book about Blue Oyster Cult's albums and everything surrounding them, and Darkthrone's new album has reached American shores at long last, so once I get paid next week (or, more likely, later this morning, after a few beers and the ache of impatience), I'll be getting my veiny hands on both.

For those of you that are voting this year- I'm not, and not exclusively because I find the entire system to be a sham, but because I moved at the wrong time and couldn't register even if I'd really wanted to- be prepared to be fucked. I'm not talking about the outcome, although that's likely; I'm talking about electronic voting. If you find yourself in front of a touch screen instead of pulling a mechanical level or holding a paper ballot, the possibility of casting your vote for someone other than your chosen shitheel is quite real. Cue the fiasco.

If I had registed to vote, I probably would have voted for Nobody. He won in 2000, so why not give Nobody a second term?