Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2010, al franken, arlen specter, democrats, election, moderates, norm coleman, pennsylvania, politics, republicans, senate, senator, specter on April 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Oh, sure. I put up a politics-related post, and some misfit senator has to go and make a party switch. Way to go, Arlen Specter. Thanks for ensuring that you’re the only political thing anyone wants to read about on a day when I posted about something entirely else.
Aw, who am I kidding? It’s pretty [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blanketeering, conspiracy, economy, governor, spitzer on April 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Everyone remembers Client #9. The news story was almost as widespread as that “Love Potion #9″ song, though there appears to be no connection.
Eliot Spitzer was governor of New York. Elected in 2006 by a comfortable margin, he came in promising reform and decency, then resigned in disgrace after a hooker blew his job. Partial [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged guest post, iphone, real world dc, reality tv on April 27, 2009 | 17 Comments »
(This is a guest post from francoBeans, one of my favorite bloggers.)
Hey. How you doin? Nice to meet you.
I’m a little nervous. Can you tell? This is my first time, so be gentle with me.
Actually, who am I kidding? Feel free to ravage me like the band aids did Patrick Fugit in Almost Famous.
Now, why [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged automotive, cars, environment, prius, toyota on April 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I test drove a Toyota Prius today.
I’ve been curious about the Prius for some time, and goodness knows I’d like to be doing better on gas mileage, for the planet just as much as for my wallet.
It was pretty sweet in a lot of ways. For those who don’t know me in person, I’m 6′7″ [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, asl, bizarre copier incident, blankie, bunny, circuits o'toole, citizenship, coffee, commuting, compliments, crush limbaugh, distructor, dr pepper, electromagnet, fred the robot, giant robert, giant robot, heimlich maneuver, hiccups, humor, javascript, liveblog, lucinda, macarena, mister sexypants, on your feet, papercut, peanut butter, robot, rush limbaugh, shower, snoring, terminator, visualization, voda, work, wtf, xml on April 24, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’m following some unusual advice today, from the good folks at On Your Feet:
“Go through your entire day visualizing that you have a personal giant robot that protects you, defends you and gives you outrageous compliments.”
It sounded like fun. And I’m going to liveblog it so you can see all the action as it happens.
7:00am [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baby, tmit on April 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It’s TMI Thursday again…
The tradition of TMI Thursdays is the brainchild of LiLu at livitluvit.com. It is typically introduced as follows: ***Join us all in humiliating the crap out of yourself every Thursday by sharing some completely tasteless, wholly unclassy, “how many readers can I estrange THIS week??” TMI story about your life. Or hell, about [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, coldplay, edward cullen, new moon, new moon movie, robert pattinson, spice girls, star wars, stephenie meyer, twilight, twilight movie, vampires on April 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
OK, fine, I give in, I admit it. I am enjoying the Twilight series. They’re not likely to win the Nobel Prize for literature any time soon, but they’re worth taking the time for.
Based on what I am hearing (much of which has to do with a comparative preference for forcibly removing and eating one’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged coldplay, common, mathematics, mixolydian mode, music, portland, psychology, shostakovich, slipknot, sound on April 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been thinking a lot about music – what I like, and what I like about it. (BTW, thanks to all of those who left suggestions on my post earlier this month! Still open to more if anyone cares to drop them in there.) I started writing up some thoughts on that, which were then [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cheap trick, fountains of wayne, hanson, letterman, music, reviews, smashing pumpkins, tinted windows on April 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
When I heard that a supergroup named Tinted Windows had been put together from members of Smashing Pumpkins, Fountains Of Wayne, Cheap Trick and Hanson – and WASN’T part of some dorky VH-1 show – I figured it could be great, or could suck, but would at least be interesting.
Way to be wrong on all [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged brief history of time, cambridge, einstein, hawking, lou gehrig's disease, physics, science on April 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Ask someone to picture a famous scientist and they will probably conjure up the wild-haired mental image of Albert Einstein. Perhaps second only to him, and no less iconic, would be this man:
In 1963, Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – Lou Gehrig’s Disease – and given two or three years to live. [...]
