May 2010

Cell Phones Are From…Venus?

27 May 2010

Having a cell phone is like having a relationship. It knows  everybody I know and helps me keep them all organized. I  get irritable when I’m away from it for too long. Occasionally, when I talk to it, it fundamentally misunderstands what I’m saying.* I feel like I can’t live without it. I didn’t realize [...]

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News For Nerds

26 May 2010

Matt Wilson’s blunt and excellent post at The Bureau Chiefs (the group blog of the Fake AP Stylebook creators) goes after what passes for comics and video game journalism in its present state and points out in a numbered list just why it sucks so bad.  And yes, I’m pointing that out on a blog [...]

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5 Implausible Endings For LOST

24 May 2010

1. Everything, and everyone, explodes. (This one is my favorite) 2. With a shooter on the loose and the island in lockdown, all of the castaways are faced with the toughest crisis of their lives. 3. Sawyer and Miles evaluate life-changing career opportunities that will sunder their partnership and signal the end of an era [...]

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Universal Truths

20 May 2010
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Frozen

19 May 2010

Frostbite is a bitch. In extreme cold and high winds, blood vessels constrict to conserve core body temperature.  This is one of the body’s safety mechanisms, built in to protect us from exposure. However, the top layers of skin and muscle are now receiving less heat and, coupled with continued exposure to adverse conditions, the [...]

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Friday Cover Songs

14 May 2010

In my post about last Friday’s Josh Ritter concert, I teased that I’d be posting this gem – with vocals by the Royal City Band’s Zack Hickman with Josh Ritter and Austin Nevins on backing vocals.  Well, here it is. Unfortunately, it’s a .wav file, because I don’t have anything handy to convert it with.  [...]

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Blogiversary

12 May 2010

Wow, it doesn’t feel like a year since I started posting here by making fun of Cobra Commander.

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Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band at the TLA, 5/7/2010

10 May 2010

Last Friday, Josh Ritter kicked off his tour in support of So Runs the World Away – his new album that dropped last Tuesday – at the Theater of the Living Arts in Philadelphia. Ritter’s wife Dawn Landes opened for him with her backing band, The Hounds. Sticking mostly to tracks from Landes’s latest disc [...]

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A Nightmare On Elm Street ’84

10 May 2010

So, wow, it’s been awhile, right? Work got a little busy last week (NOTE: now two weeks ago!), and the thing I do for free that nobody reads lost out in favor of the thing that pays me. I know, I’m a sell-out. A few nights ago (NOTE: over a week ago), I watched the [...]

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