Bat Out of Hell III - The Monster is Loose... Oh yeah, and an sweet article about racial preferences.

Sorry for that long title, but they are two very important things.

First Meat Loaf has released, or one is capable of "obtaining", Bat Out of Hell III, the Monster is Loose. I have not listened to this album yet and I am not sure how good it will be. The best of Meat Loaf's albums contained songs written by Jim Steinman and the albums were produced by Jim Steinman. So, in short, without Steinman, Meat Loaf is not the Meat Loaf everyone knows. So Meat Loaf, the artist named after a favorite dish of mine, figured it would be a good idea to record the Monster is Loose with no help from Steinman.

This begs the question, why do most people give themselves more credit than they deserve? Obviously the Steinman-Loaf relationship has provided numerous songs of great quality given the lasting cultural knowledge of Meat Loaf and his work. If Meat Loaf would just stop being dumb and realize that only in his collaboration with Steinman is his best work possible, why would he black ball Jim and release his new album with no input from Steinman whatsoever?

Presently people simply cannot realize their own worth. Each person deems himself the most important person in the world, yet, with more than one person in the world, this is impossible. People need to realize they are only important if they are important to other people. Thus, living in the liberal hellpot of Ann Arbor, this causes a lot of frustration. But to end my rant, with no foreseeable solution, I will move on to my next point and leave open the connection between the two.

In the propaganda, uh... I mean newspaper, that university students release everyday, there was an interesting article today. You can read it here. It explores the idea of collective white guilt which causes us to act against true equality and permits us peace of mind while obviously being racist. The anecdotes given in the article are funny and, if you have ever lived in Ann Arbor or any other "politically correct" cesspool, incredibly accurate. Read it.

Beyond that I just want to say, GO TIGERS! Get a game in NY and you still have a chance!