December 2008
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I am losing badly to my grandma at cards.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
The Mountain Goats (27)
Vetiver (25)
Phosphorescent (22)
Beulah (20)
Songs: Ohia (17)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Most stories about one’s past could fairly and adequately be told in a...”
– David Carr, from The Night of the Gun, which is an amazing book that I haven’t been able to put down since I started reading it yesterday.
Nothing is more entertaining than watching my dad play drums on Rockband.
I am alone in my parents’ house with a fresh batch of Christmas cookies. This is not going to end well.
KCRW always makes me rethink my position on Los Angeles
What I should be doing right now: driving down to San Diego. What I’m actually doing: screwing around on the internet.
1st law of twitter: If your profile’s background image promotes your website, it’s 100% likely you are a PR/marketing hack and I hate you.
If at some point over the next two weeks I don’t know what day of the week it is, I’ll consider my vacation a wild success.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
The Mountain Goats (27)
Vetiver (25)
Phosphorescent (22)
Beulah (20)
Songs: Ohia (17)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Is there anything better than a new pair of wool socks? No, no there is not.
could stay in bed and listen to the new Phosphorescent / Willie Nelson album all day. So perfect.
made it back to SF, glad that I’m done with winter.
I am seriously this close to declaring jihad on spunky tweens and their Ugg-booted moms. I think the airport is starting to get to me.
C’mon Delta, just cancel my flight already and put me out of my misery. No one likes a tease.
may not make it out of SLC today…
just wrapped up the work year on a major high note. Now to take two weeks of completely stress-free vacation time.
I’ll do things in a hotel room that I’d be way too ashamed to do at home. Like watch an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, for example.
Utah hates me more and more each time I come back.
Am I the only one who dreams of a Futurama spinoff featuring Dr. Zoidberg? He’s probably my favorite animated TV character.
WatchLove lessons with Dr. Zoidberg
Trying to pack for a trip, review design work on a conference call, and set up a streaming music server all at once; none of it going well.
got a cookie for my flight being delayed an hour. I am surprised by how ok I am with that exchange.
I am one more spinning beach ball away from punching my computer in the face.
It only took me about 12 years to learn that instead of hunting quarters all week for the laundry I can just go to the bank and get all I want.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14) →
Cat Power (30)
Mark Kozelek (27)
Mojave 3 (21)
Leonard Cohen (16)
Calexico (16)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Watchamishrobot:
Man Throws Shoes at President Bush in Baghdad.
Those were some seriously good reflexes, possibly the most impressive thing about his presidency.
If 'Twilight' Was 10 Times Shorter And 100 Times... →
Hilarious re-written script for Twilight from The Editing Room. At one point I thought they were just making the plot up, but then they had stills from the film and I realized that this movie/book is even more horrible than I thought. Seriously, vampire baseball?
My favorite thing about King of Kong is how the players have period correct hair for the game they specialize in http://is.gd/bzQu
spent a large portion of the afternoon being reminded that my freakishly enormous head precludes me from not looking stupid in hats.
“In 2007 one in every 31 adults in the United States was incarcerated or under...”
– ACLU Blog: Because Freedom Can’t Blog Itself
Something clearly isn’t working when 1 out of 31 adults are currently in the criminal justice system.
According to Facebook I’m the only person not attending an ugly christmas sweater party this year, and I’m more than ok with that.
Overheard a little hipster boy at Amoeba: “I just found this old punk band called Minor Threat. They’re pretty hard.” Kids these days :(
Important Nerd News: I am switching from Quicksilver to LaunchBar.
The ad executive who forgot to put a giant bow on the Kia in this Special Holiday Sales Event commercial is so getting fired.
Man decorates basement with $10 worth of Sharpie |... →
amishrobot:
When Charlie Kratzer started on the basement art project in his south Lexington home, he was surrounded by walls painted a classic cream. Ten dollars of Magic Marker and Sharpie later, the place was black and cream and drawn all over.
It’s a little ironic that the day after attending a Tufte workshop I’d be mired in PowerPoint decks all day. http://tinyurl.com/yw3wn