My Favorite Local Band in Richmond, Virginia

There are many I have not seen but so far I like The Bermuda Triangles.

Bermuda Triangles Live at The Triple Sept. 19, 2009 - Richmond, VA from Silver Persinger on Vimeo.

Diamond Black Hearted Boy is another Richmond performer I am looking forward to seeing in October.

ISO Socialism 2009 San Francisco Conference Video

I attended the Socialist conference "Building a New Left for a New Era" organized by the International Socialist Organization [ISO] in San Francisco, California that was held at the Women's Building [3543 18th Street] and the ISO Office located at 110 Capp Street on July 3 and 4, 2009. I only attended 5 discussions and caught a portion of another.

I video recorded a number of the talks in order to preserve and re-distribute the content of each meeting. It will take a few days to get all the videos uploaded but I will put them up as I am able.

Here are a few to enjoy.

Marxist Economist Joel Geier on "The Economic Crisis: How Bad Will It Get" 2009 SF from Silver Persinger.

Todd Chretien on Lenin's "State and Revolution" from Silver Persinger.

I made up another joke

Q. What is a good snack to take to a court case?

A. Trial Mix.

I invented my first joke yesterday

It goes like this.

Q. What do you call a chess master's wife of 50 years?

A. A stalemate.

Trying to Make Money Selling Designs

Today I started an account with zazzle.com It is the same thing as CafePress.com where they will make T-shirts and coffee mugs with your design on it and then you earn a commission on the sale.

Here are the designs I've put up so far. I've started with t-shirts of emoticons. Seems to me like there might me some small niche interest in such designs, despite their simplicity.



make custom gifts at Zazzle

Speaking of Gay Marriage

I attended my first same sex marriage recently. My friends Abigail and Kat got married on June 13. I really enjoyed their wedding. It was a beautiful ceremony and a great party with excellent vegetarian food from Ipanema.

I offered to film the ceremony since I have the camcorder and tripod I've been using to film Council meetings from my City Council blog . My first wedding video.

I fully support the rights of adults to marry whomever they choose. This is guaranteed by the "Equal Protection" established by the 14th Amendment. I also believe gay marriage is protected by the First Amendment's protection of religion. If any church recognizes and performs a same-sex marriage that should be afforded the same benefits and legal rights as a marriage between a man and a woman.

I believe in Equality among citizens.

Harassing Phone Calls

Something I have to deal with occasionally is harassing phone calls. In the last couple of weeks I've gotten two calls from a guy who calls himself Chicago Mike. He called on March 31, 2009 and this morning at 1 am, Listen to April 12 call.

He's mad at me because I resisted his bullshit anti-gay petition and exposed him and his partner as private contractors hired by the Republican Party of Virginia. Read the story here. I first met Chicago Mike in August 2005.

This guy periodically calls or emails me random usually racist screeds. I don't feel particularly threatened by him but it does make me think he is mentally unbalanced.