April 2008
A Big Display Of Power
(via perpetua) Please watch this wonderful human being.
Fun is relative
sharingtime: Here’s a way to get someone to dislike you: reblog all of their posts with the response, “Homo says what?”. Neverending fun! Homo sez what? LOL
“Indeed, Bejar has an extremely commanding presence on stage with his floppy mop...”
– via Perpetua He wrote a quick review of the Destroyer show we saw the other night in Brooklyn. I was going to write one, but after reading his, I don’t think I coulda summed it up any better. They were amazing. I was completely surprised at the creamy, groovy emotive power that this band has....
Rock Show →
Rock show! This will change cuz I couldn’t find an archive link, but whatever. They’re all pretty funny.
Shakleton's and Scott's Antarctic posts are still... →
How cool is this?!? (via Kottke)
Watchglass: Zurich Chamber Orchestra promo luv luv luv luv luv!
Badges?
So this kid selling peanut m&ms was on the train the other day and held out an id encased in a filthy plastic cover and said, “Don’t worry folks, this is my good guy badge.” And I (now) want to go back in time and ask him: who says the bad guys don’t issue badges too? “Hey folks, don’t worry, this badge means I’m certified evil. Buy some candy!”
WatchBest pizza ever. There’s no contest. Easily 20 times better than any pizza you ever ate.
“The right way to do it—style—is not just an idle concept. It is...”
– Ernest Hemingway, via TIME
Bear Parking →
I’m testing a discussion board and inputted into it the following: Have you ever tried to park your bear? It’s often difficult to get them to cooperate, let alone stay in their bear parking space. This forum is to discuss the challenges and funny stories of bear parking, and to allow expert bear parkers to help rookies wrangle their ursine friends properly. Forums Topics Posts Last...
The 'hood. →
No one seems to understand my neighborhood till they visit. It’s kind of an industrial wasteland. It’s also one of the most polluted places in the country, I’ve learned. Partly thanks to the polluted canal to the north called English Kills—such a rad name. And it’s growing. If you want to start a business, this is the neighborhood to do it in. A cool restaurant would go...
Food food food food glorious food! →
Carob!!!!
I have always had an irrational deep hatred for that nasty organic substance called “carob. ” It was my health food-kicked mother in the late seventies/early eighties. Back then I thought, “Hey, a cookie! Yay!!” Munch. Munch. “Wait. What is this? This isn’t chocolate! THIS ISN’T CHOCOLATE!!!” So today, I thought, “What the heck is carob,...
“Hey, man, they’re stealin’ my helicopter!”
– I can’t explain why, but I really want to make that line my ringtone. It’s from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, a film I’d always seen the VHS box of at the King Soopers (a supermarket in Denver) and never got to see it until yesterday. I really loved...
You Have To Burn The Rope →
Best game theme song!! (via goldenfiddle)
I like astronomy.
I really do. But forget that a moment, friend. I am happy to report that the last three weeks at work have been very exciting, and even fun. If you don’t know what that’s like, then quit and try again somewhere else. We gots to love whats we do…
PF →
There’s this guy named Paul Ford. He is a wonderful writer, so here’s a link to his excellent website. Yay Paul!
girls! →
I guess this is good news…
