Saturday my yard looked lovely, lush and green.
Then…
(Continued)
Cool
Friends & Family
Writin'
My latest ficlet
What I did with my long weekend
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Today
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Today my alarm didn't ring, then at lunch I made a $20,000 phone call. Then tonight I helped a friend load a moving truck from 6:30PM till 11:00 PM. Now I'm going to have a shower and disappear into my bed.
How was your day?
In the hall of the awesome king
Saturday, July 12, 2008
I don't know much about classical music, but I know what I like. I've always liked "In the Hall of the Mountain King"*.
Last night, I was driving home after seeing Wanted**, I heard "In the Hall" on the radio. Then it switched to this:
It was awesome. Thanks, Randy Bachman! You made my night.
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* If ItHofMK isn't classical music — if it is, in fact, baroque or rococo or pastiche or water-elemental music — rest assured that it is far more classical than the rest of the music I listen to.
** Don't bother. Unless you like loud, violent revenge fantasies featuring ludicrous physics and 0.9 seconds of Angelina Jolie's naked butt.
Really now? The Gyrocaptain?
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Tonight, flipping through my channels, I came across this listing:
Cast your mind to The Road Warrior. Who comes immediately to mind?
I know, I know. It's these two guys, right?
It must be, because they're the ones listed first. Last billing goes to this unknown actor, Melvin Something-or-other…
What ever became of him, anyways?
My Category 5 post
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Or is it Category 7?
…the perfect internet celebrity would be a somewhat slow-witted centaur. In a Darth Vader outfit.
Back in the east
Thursday, June 12, 2008
We're home again after a week and a bit off in the west. We'll put pictures up soon, but right now it's time for some lunch.
Comparative Gourmetology
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
If you've never had poutine — if you don't know what poutine is — it's a French Canadian food, consisting of French fries, gravy, and cheese curds.
I never thought I'd eat a food that made poutine seem light in comparison, but that's because I'd never had a "Chicken Bake" from Costco before tonight.
Yikes. I ate less than half the thing and I still feel like I may never be able to eat again.
Indy
Thursday, May 22, 2008
I went and saw the new Indy Jones picture-show* tonight, and…
…well…
…it wasn't the film I was hoping for, but I suppose it was the film I was expecting.
Too many knowing nods to the audience; too many hat-related gags, like they're trying to work an entire trilogy's worth into one script; too much of Shia Leboeuf**—who may be a fine actor in his own right, I have no idea, but he's not up to par with Harrison "Henry Jones Jr." Ford; and an over-the-top climax that made me feel like they were trying to out-everything everything.
It almost felt like they made the movie, watched it, and said, "Needs more… something." So they crammed it right full of in-jokes, winks, and armies of CG monkeys, ants, and gophers, when what it needed was more, let's see, coherence.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: It's like Raiders of the Lost Ark, with more cowbell.
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* You know. The talky.
** I'm sure I spelled that wrong, but I'm not inclined to look it up.
Nerd alert
Friday, May 16, 2008
This may be the nerdiest thing I've written here yet:
I got tuned in to a piece of tech news by a webcomic:
Flickrblogging - IMG_3392
Monday, May 12, 2008
"All right, everybody, turn left…now! Ha ha ha, Mike, you're out. Okay, now, Simon says, everybody…tuck and roll! All right, now, Simon says…"