Waiting for the Fever to Break
Many factors contributing to the lack of updates lately, loyal(?) readers. Still putting together my Best of 2005 mix, and I should be able to send it out in a couple of days. I got sidetracked. Been spending the last two days lounging around in bed or on the couch, staring up [...]
These Tedious Dances
I’ve found the perfect soundtrack for Valentine’s Day: She Wants Revenge. “She’s pretty and I like her but she’s too well/Cause I need red flags and long nights and she can tell”. Oh yeah. Who hasn’t been there? Most of the songs do start to sound a little bit samey after [...]
Valentine Is Done
Pet Peeve Time: Inaccurate attributions. I recently bought the Six Feet Under Soundtrack Volume 2: Everything Ends, chiefly because it had some new tracks by people I like that didn’t seem to be available elsewhere (Interpol, Arcade Fire, etc.). There’s also a cover from one my new favorite groups, Caesars, where they are [...]
Under The Tipping Point
I’m losing my mind. I’m having more and more trouble doing simple math these days. And when does simple math most come into play in our daily lives? When calculating tips. Yesterday my co-worker Pilto and I went to our usual Tuesday lunch, where we take turns picking the restaurant and [...]
Hi, My Name Is Earl And I Smoke Winstons
Tonight’s episode of Smallville had the most blatant case of product placement I have ever seen. I swear, the episode totally stopped dead for 30 seconds while one of the characters posed unnaturally for the camera and plugged Acuvue contact lenses by name and package. The lenses were written into the story just [...]
Good Thing It Was Not Jolt
Here is the text from an Instant Messaging conversation I had this morning with a co-worker. It’s about something of great importance.
flasshe: Have you gotten a Diet Pepsi today?
dmr: Yeah, why?
flasshe: Did it come in the SuperBowl can?
dmr: Yeah. Can I win $1 million, or something?
flasshe: At first I thought it gave me a [...]