A really slickly edited documentary about the evolution of 70s surfing into what we know as modern skateboarding. I never really got into the whole skate “scene,” probably mostly since even when I was young enough to not worry about my own mortality, I had nowhere near the coordination (or, honestly, mere lack of clumsiness)…
(Lea)rning Japanese
So, I’d like to learn Japanese. I’d also like to learn Gaelic, and Latin, and take acting lessons and… there’s something else that The Evil Schmoo and I both want to take classes for. I can’t recall what it is now. Anyway, I was looking on Peter Payne’s web page (he’s the guy who also…
Good Eats Geek Code
Yes, yes… So, I’ve TiVo’d up sixteen episodes over the past couple of weeks, and watched them all today while I offloaded them for making DVDs. So, I’m a whore for Alton brown. What of it? Anyway… Here’s mine: GE+++AB+W+MB+PM-SC+MFC+DD++CR+CH+e++sc+++pt+++rec+>++tg+++tf?FPFTV?YC?YG? What’s yours?
TiVo and the Insidious Feature Creep
Well, I signed up on my TiVo for a free one-month trial of their Home Media Option because… well, because all it took to sign up was a click on a button on my remote, and because it sounded pretty cool– TiVo access to my server full of digital music in iTunes, playback of slideshows…
Hell Jobs
A list of jobs I’d like to hold for a couple of months each at some point, just so I can build up a supply of wacky stories with crazy characters: Tech support operator Pizza delivery driver Taxi cab driver Waiting tables Porn shop cashier Any other suggestions?
Acid Trip
A series of drawings created during 8 hours after a dose of LSD. Fascinating!
Man beaten for wanting quiet in movie theatre
I don’t like to use this cliche, but really– what is this world coming to? Recently, a man in Virginia (at Potomac Mills Mall) was beaten for asking other theater patrons to keep the noise down. How did we get to this point? One might think that when one pays upwards of eight bucks to…