If Christians Founded This Country…
Michael Hightower If Christians Founded This Country… …Then Why Did They Institute the Separation of Church and State? Or, Why Fundamentalist Christians Get It Wrong Over on smwance‘s Wanceblog there has been…
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The Sunnyland Dilemma
Lauren and I have been watching those ghost huntin’ shows before going to sleep. It’s a pleasant enough diversion even though they tend to be a bit silly. Plenty of…
The Bestest TV Shows Evar
The Bestest TV Shows Evar For quite some time I have been recommending TV shows to friends and then adding, "it’s probably one of the best shows ever." After saying…
Mick Jagger Made Us Cookies
Mick Jagger Made Us Cookies A Dream I Had After a long weekend of motorcycle riding with my girlfriend Lauren, and then going on a solo camping trip on the…
The Highs and Lows of Randy Kerber
Mild mannered Randy Kerber was transformed into a mad finger-pointing maniac on this 1980-ish episode of Card Sharks. I’ve since come to know Randy Kerber because of this video and…
Successories
I was recently talking to my friend Scott ( smwance ) about his very popular Successories parodies. They’ve amused me, but I don’t know if they really provide enough information…
Dream Theater and Kenny Rogers – The New Metrics of Music
Dream Theater and Kenny Rogers – The New Metrics of Music My old college roommate – Mark M’Roommate – and I used to discuss the comparative merits of bands. Because…
Single Spacing is Un-American
Single Spacing is Un-American Recently, my boss told me to stop using two spaces after a period. I’ve heard this before but felt that it was just a passing whim of…
Quick Post – The New Chevy Malibu
My buddy Skip ( onefaller ) and I were talking about American cars tonight. The main topic was how most American cars have a patina of crappiness and that they…
The Great Resume Challenge
The Great Resume Challenge Writing a resume is one of the most difficult things you will do in your professional career. Not only do you have to remember what it…
Back in the game… sorta.
Hello to anyone that notices this, I’ve decided to try to be more diligent than I have been with this blog. That would mean making more than one post per…
A Really Brief History of the Universe
Featuring animations by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio and an original soundtrack by moi. This was originally made for a presentation at work to introduce our new…
Land Cruiser – Weber DGAV Conversion
When the good folks at 4×4 Connection (née Land Cruiser Connection) moved from Sterling, Va., to Winchester, Va., they had to get rid of a lot of stuff that was…
Music Reviews – Another Day on Earth by Brian Eno
* * (2 out of 5 stars) Another Dull World I’m starting to think that Brian Eno has read all the reviews of his previous music and decided that he…
Music Reviews – Politics by Sebastien Tellier
* * * * (4 out of 5 stars) Uneven, But Very High Highs Sebastien Tellier is not a very consistent musician, unfortunately. But with that inconsistency comes the amazing…
Music Reviews – Lizard by King Crimson
* * * * * (5 out of 5 stars) One Of The Most Idiosyncratic Albums Ever Lizard is a musical anomaly: It’s not rock, it’s not jazz, and it’s…
Music Reviews – Shock Treatment soundtrack
* * * * (4 out of 5 stars) Musically Holds Up Better Than Rocky Due to the sheer nature of -why- this album exists it will always be rated…