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How awesome is my daughter? [May. 17th, 2009|01:23 pm]
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How awesome is Quinn Lester? When we go to used CD stores, she looks for the red Rhino oval for me.

It only lasts about 10 minutes before she gets bored, but it's something!
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Foreigner in the news [Feb. 12th, 2009|09:01 pm]
From http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090211/odd-fake-drummer-arrest/
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Authorities said a transient man convinced a woman that he was the drummer for the rock band Foreigner, stole her Corvette and then crashed it. Police said a 48-year-old man befriended the woman at a Tampa hotel, claiming to be Cory James, the drummer for Foreigner.

The band has had more than a half dozen drummers over the years, none of whom were named Cory James.

Meanwhile, the real drummers for Foreigner are wondering how the hell this guy "befriended a woman" with the line "I'm the drummer for Foreigner".

(Stolen from here....)

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The weekend's musical acquisitions [Feb. 9th, 2009|09:35 am]
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Lots of good cheap stuff this weekend. Hooray for Electric Fetus in Minneapolis!
  • Buzzcocks, Small Songs With Big Hearts
  • Rainbow, Bent Out of Shape
  • The Left Banke, There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966-1969
  • Bruce Dickinson, Accident of Birth
  • Sherwin Linton, Hello, I'm Not Johnny Cash
  • Elvin Bishop, Hog Heaven
  • Tift Merritt, Tambourine
  • Judas Priest, Nostradamus
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Up in smoke [Feb. 1st, 2009|11:31 pm]
So Michael Phelps got photographed smoking a bong. Oh, the tizzy!

http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/socialstudies/archive/2009/02/01/michael-phelps-s-golden-ticket-up-in-smoke.aspx

If he was drinking alcohol, no one would care. TMZ and the celebrity slime churners would chuckle, but it wouldn't cause him to make big statements about what a terrible person he was. Newspapers wouldn't cluck "how to break it to all those kids who look to Phelps as their role model?" when they wouldn't think twice if he was to be drinking or smoking tobacco.

Seriously, please, can we get over the hysteria of pot?
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Underwhelming [Jan. 31st, 2009|12:25 am]
Just saw an ad for Stouffer's frozen foods that said that it was "made with real ingredients."

I wonder what the other guys use.
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iTunes Genius is kinda smart [Jan. 21st, 2009|03:20 pm]
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OK, iTunes genius is kinda smart. While I played "The Needle Lies" by Queensryche, it recommended
"Cindy's On Methadone" by Screeching Weasel, "Junkie" by the Dead Milkmen, "Sister Morphine" by Marianne Faithful and a Syd Barrett track.

I wonder if there's some sort of topic database back in there.
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Merry Christmas from Colon Flush [Dec. 25th, 2008|10:42 am]
[mood |merry and jolly]

It's nice to know the spammers still want me to cleanse my colon of excess weight. They know that we have tons of Portillo's catering awaiting the family party, I guess.

I got a Wii. What games do I want to get for it, besides Rock Band 2 that we don't have the money for now?

For that matter, which is better, Rock Band 2 or Guitar Hero World Tour? Specifically interested in the drumming aspect.

Why have I never seen a cartoon with one cannibal saying to the other "mmm, this holy infant... so tender and mild."
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Kid.... [Nov. 27th, 2008|11:23 am]
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("KID, HAVE YOU REHABILITATED YOURSELF?")

 

 

 

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Have you ever noticed... [Nov. 27th, 2008|11:22 am]
"Have you ever noticed you never seem to get laid on Thanksgiving? I think it's because all the coats are on the bed." -- George Carlin
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The worst part is they're not kidding [Nov. 26th, 2008|08:49 am]
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Man, as if Mudvayne's music and their name weren't bad enough, please enjoy this band photo:



Because nothing says "douchebag" like a nu-metal front man in a bowler.
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Current Joneses from iTunes [Oct. 24th, 2008|11:36 am]
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  • "Academy Fight Song", by Mission Of Burma from Mission of Burma
  • "American Idiot", by Green Day from American Idiot
  • "Awake & Dreaming", by Courtney Jones from Plug In Portland
  • "B.O.B", by Outkast from Stankonia
  • "Bad Time", by The Jayhawks from Tomorrow The Green Grass
  • "Battle Without Honor or Humanity", by Tomoyasu Hotei from Electric Samurai
  • "Behind The Wall Of Sleep", by The Smithereens from From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology
  • "Blatant Dis", by Poster Children from I Love Disco, and I Hear It's Making a Comeback!
  • "C'Mon Marianne", by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons from The Very Best Of Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons
  • "Carl Perkins' Cadillac", by Drive-By Truckers from The Dirty South
  • "Chariot", by Gretchen Wilson from Here For The Party
  • "Detroit Rock City", by Dee Snider, Doug Aldrich, Marco Mendoza & John Tempesta from Spin The Bottle: An All-Star Tribute To Kiss
  • "Falling Off The Edge Of The World", by Black Sabbath from The Mob Rules
  • "I Won't Give Up My Train", by Merle Haggard from Going Where The Lonely Go
  • "I'd Love To Change The World", by Ten Years After from A Space In Time
  • "Long, Long Way from Home", by Foreigner from No End In Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner
  • "Monkey Business", by Skid Row from Slave To The Grind
  • "Muddy's Gold", by Mogg/Way from Chocolate Box
  • "Never Again", by Kelly Clarkson from My December
  • "Rich Girl", by Hall & Oates from Ultimate Daryl Hall & John Oates
  • "Roller Queen (Live)", by Naked Raygun from Jettison
  • "Slit Skirts", by Pete Townshend from Best Of Pete Townshend
  • "Slow An' Easy", by Whitesnake from Slide It In
  • "So It Goes", by Nick Lowe from Pure Pop for Now People
  • "Something About You", by Boston from Boston
  • "That's When I Reach For My Revolver", by Mission Of Burma from Mission of Burma
  • "Treat the New Guy Right", by Silkworm from Lifestyle
  • "Tweedily Dee", by The Backyardigans from Born To Play
  • "Vienna", by Billy Joel from The Stranger
  • "Youth Gone Wild", by Skid Row from Skid Row
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Holy cow, freeeeeaky [Sep. 27th, 2008|02:20 pm]
So in the car I'm listening to the audiobook of David Sedaris' When You Are Engulfed In Flames and in a piece on his fashion history he tells of flirting with wearing bow ties. The passage goes something like:

I told her that a bowtie makes me look like that guy who sold popcorn, you know, that guy who died, and she said "What, Paul Newman is dead?" and I said "No, the other one, Orville Redenbacher."

That was about two hours ago. And then I look at MSNBC just now and Paul Newman is dead!

EEEEERIE!!!!!
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Songs about girls [Sep. 26th, 2008|03:06 pm]
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Currently listening to songs with "Girls" in the title.
  • "As Girls Go", by Suzanne Vega from 99.9 F°
  • "Bad Girls", by Donna Summer from The Disco Years, Vol. 3: Boogie Fever
  • "Big Girls Don't Cry", by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons from The Very Best Of Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons
  • "Buffalo Girls and Boys", by The Backyardigans from The Backyardigans
  • "Don't All The Girls All Look Prettier At Closing Time", by Mickey Gilley from Greetings From Texas
  • "Girls Got Rhythm", by AC/DC from Highway To Hell
  • "Girlschool", by Britny Fox from Youth Gone Wild Vol. 3
  • "Good Girls Don't", by The Knack from POPTOPIA! Power Pop Classics Of The '70s
  • "Hot Girls In Love", by Loverboy from Loverboy Classics: Their Greatest Hits
  • "Looking For Girls", by Pursuit Of Happiness from Love Junk
  • "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others", by The Smiths from The Queen Is Dead
  • "Southern Girls", by Cheap Trick from In Color
  • "To All The Girls I Loved Before", by Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson from Half Nelson
  • "Two Girls In One", by Pursuit Of Happiness from One-Sided Story
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We got a new pupper [Sep. 14th, 2008|05:34 pm]
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Milo

His name is now Milo (the shelter had him called Brutus for the four days he was there) and he's only 106 pounds and he should be about 150 so we'll have to feed him good. He's about five years old and came from a pound in downstate Illinois and from the matting that the shelter removed from him and his low weight I have to think that he was abandoned. :-(

Milo
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Sarah Palin is no friend of libraries [Sep. 2nd, 2008|05:54 pm]
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1837918,00.html

[Wasilla mayor John] Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. "She asked the library how she could go about banning books," he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. "The librarian was aghast." That woman, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn't be reached for comment, but news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire Baker for not giving "full support" to the mayor.
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In a world where Don LaFontaine is dead... [Sep. 1st, 2008|11:12 pm]
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We'll miss you, Don.

Here's Don and four of his voiceover buddies:

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McCain and Palin [Aug. 29th, 2008|01:18 pm]
Why hasn't anyone talked about McCain's choice of Michael Palin?

"Is your military... a goer? Know what I mean say no more?"

"Beaaaautiful plumage, the Alaskan blue!"

"Nooobody expects the Gitmo Inquisition!"
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Queen songs [Aug. 22nd, 2008|04:15 pm]
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Here are the "queen" songs from my iTunes at work.
  • "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen", Johnny Cash from ...And The Answer Is (Vol. 1)
  • "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen", Rodney Crowell from Dressed In Black: A Tribute To Johnny Cash
  • "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen", Rosanne Cash from I Walk The Line: An All-Star Tribute To Johnny Cash
  • "God Save The Queen", Queen from A Night At The Opera
  • "Hotel Queenie (Demo)", The Cars from The Cars - Deluxe Edition
  • "Killer Queen", Queen from Sheer Heart Attack
  • "Pearly Queen", Traffic from Feelin' Alright: The Very Best of Traffic
  • "The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty)", The Smiths from The Queen Is Dead
  • "Queen Of Hearts", Whitesnake from Snakebite
  • "Queen Of My Nights", The Blues Magoos from Kaliedescope Compendium - The Best Of The Blues Magoos
  • "Queen Of My Soul", Average White Band from Pickin' Up The Pieces
  • "Queen Of Spades", Styx from Pieces Of Eight
  • "Queen Of The Deep", UFO from Phenomenon
  • "Queen Of The Forest", Ted Nugent from Ted Nugent
  • "Queen Of The Hop", Bobby Darin from The Hit Singles Collection
  • "Queen Of The House", Jody Miller from ...And The Answer Is (Vol. 1)
  • "Queens Are Never Wrong", The Backyardigans from The Backyardigans
  • "Return Of The Teenage Queen", Tommy Tucker from ...And The Answer Is (Vol. 1)
  • "Rock Queen", Love/Hate from Youth Gone Wild Vol. 3
  • "Steve McQueen", Sheryl Crow from C'mon C'mon
Of course, I have many Queen and Queensryche songs, but that wouldn't have been as much fun.
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My book is approaching [Aug. 21st, 2008|09:49 pm]
My book's been announced. We don't have a cover yet, but we do have a title and description and all sorts of other goodness.

http://www.amazon.com/Land-Tech-Job-You-Love/dp/1934356263/
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Cry Me A River [Aug. 4th, 2008|02:12 pm]
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Did the expression "cry me a river" predate the song of the same name?

How about "Different strokes for different folks" predating "Everyday People"?
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