Posted in Raleigh, tagged Dogs on January 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ovid had three suits,
of blue and black and green.
They were as drab as
any suits you have ever seen.
He’d wear them in and wear them out.
No one seemed to mind
They thought he was a funeral director,
Just mournful all the time
One day he found some tennis balls,
all bright and fuzzy yellow.
He made himself a brand new suit.
Now [...]
Posted in Culture, Knews?, tagged jokes on January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m still working on this one so bear with me.
Four guys walk into an bar: a mormon, a black guy, a feminist broad and a guy who lived in a cage for 5 years…
Posted in Rock Gear, tagged fender telecaster on January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I bought a Fender Telecaster over the weekend on eBay. I’m so fired up to get it and the seller tells me it will be delivered to my work on Friday (tomorrow)! Awesome.
For you git-heads, it’s not anything super collectable or rare, just a Fender Telecaster Custom ’62 reissue. This is basically a replica of [...]
Posted in Lost, tagged Lost, premiere, recaps on January 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Lost returns tonight. Normally, I wouldn’t care as much but the dearth of television vying for my eyebobbles has forced me into a slump. Or at least muddied the waters of what I do and do not care about.
No. The real truth is more along the lines of…I was extremely bored throughout last season and [...]
Posted in Austin, Bands, Reviews, tagged the sheeps austin on January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Oh.
Oh. They most certainly did.
How many other bands debut to a full crowd (small bar but, probably 75 people) and have a crowd that begs for an encore even after the singer informs them that they don’t know anymore tunes???
“Well, Play ones you already played before!” the crowd demanded.
The Sheeps obliged.
Glory Story was great. Some Honey Pot ladies [...]
Posted in Advertising, Reviews, tagged new products, who knew we needed it? Funny on January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I just cannot do it! Cherry Chocolate Diet Dr. Pepper.
Cherry Vanilla made a bit of sense, hearkening back to soda fountain days. But I really don’t think soda jerks were pouring a lot of chocolate syrup into cokes. Maybe I’m wrong?
All the advertising makes it look disgusting. The soda can is split open to reveal [...]
Posted in Best Of, Internets, Reviews, tagged 1980s movies, James Spader, trailer reviews on January 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
You know how, like, when you were little and you really desperately wanted a pony? And how it was like probably the only thing in the whole world that would make you really, really, really happy? And, maybe you didn’t even have to own it outright, but you would just feed it and groom it and [...]
Posted in Advertising, Austin, Bands, Best Of, tagged Music shows in austin, new band, the sheeps on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I would say “Come see my band” but with most of ya’ll in North Carolina, that’s just not happening. But you can enjoy the flyer anyway. I always like checking out band flyers. Our first gig is Wednesday. I’m hoping Gator will take some snaps that we can post, she’s a good picture-takerer.
But anyway, my [...]
Posted in Internets, tagged doodles on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I’m bored, I sure do.
In school, I’d fill half a notebook.
And I still do a bit at work during meetings where I’m trapped and the discussion does not pertain to me or what I’m working on. I doodle, yes, but not like this. Check out France Belleville’s site Wagonized. The cars “My Favorite [...]
Posted in Advertising, Best Of, Internets on January 25, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Check out freerice.com. It’s a multiple choice vocab quiz and it’s challenging. Maybe you’ll learn a new word. For each question you answer correctly, 2o grains of rice are donated through the UN.
Cleverly, this idea came from a dad helping prep a kid for the SAT. He spent all this time building up a database [...]
Posted in Reviews on January 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Growing up in Michigan, we had your typical mid-western breakfast options like eggs any which way, oatmeal, pancakes/waffles, etc. All good, but nothing to write a blog entry about.
Then I moved to North Carolina and learned about biscuits. Biscuits in Michigan were kind of dense and crumbly, and not all that tasty, functioning better as [...]
Posted in Raleigh on January 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
And now she’s suing.
This is one of the best stories I’ve heard in a while. A woman bought 8 acres in the middle of Lake Lynn and then turns around and sues the city of Raleigh to have it drained because the land is worth more to her dry!
How did I miss this? This Cary woman [...]
Posted in Raleigh on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
I only heard about these after I moved. And I only hear great things. I know that this is not the season. But please, somebody, try them when the weather breaks for me. (PS Locopops are mexican ‘paletas’ or popsicles which are either water or milk based and made using fresh fruit).
Also check out Varmint Bites for a [...]
Posted in Knews?, tagged headlines, Humor, Ike and Tina Turner, Ike Turnser's death on January 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I had missed the headline.
2008, will you top that?
Can you top that?
Posted in Internets on January 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, yes, I guess you can tell what people are talking about in foreign films, even though you don’t know the language. Here is a good clip of Hitler’s refelction on the Cowboys loss to the Giants last week.
Enjoy.
Posted in Man Accoutrements, tagged Cars, engines, gears on January 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
When I was a kid (oh God, I’m seriously getting old when I say things like that), if you had a manual transmission, you most likely had a four-speed. Four on the floor. If you had an old pickup truck or a base-model Belvedere or something, you might have had a three-speed column shift. Three [...]
Posted in Raleigh on January 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, its clearly winter here in Raleigh, you can tell by the weather weasels. The weather weasels get on the evening news and say the magic words and the whole world goes into a frenzy. Wintry mix, snow or ice are guaranteed to send everyone into the grocery store (I personally feel that periodically the [...]
Posted in Knews?, tagged beverages, cold rememdies, eastern medicine, hot toddy on January 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Well the cold and flu season is upon us and I have just the new trick to help you out. It might be tempting fate to say that I almost want a cold this year to try this remedy.
Someone, Anyone…get a cold and report back.!
Thick sweet dark syrup with ginger…maybe I’ll just try it anyway.
Posted in Advertising, Television on January 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I know Jeddler has been in the position where you make the pitch, thinking the shoot will need 20+ people and 10-15 days and the customer says, “Congratulations, you’ve won! But I need it in 4 days and we can only afford 4 people. Have fun”
Anyhow, this is what these guys did with 4 people [...]
Posted in Culture, Reviews on January 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In the 80’s, the yuppie phenomenon personified greed run rampant. And every self-respecting yuppster had to drive a BMW and wear a Rolex. A bimmer and a roller. And since that time, Rolex and BMW have suffered from what can be called the “asshole factor”. But I think the asshole factor has more to do [...]
Posted in Internets on January 15, 2008 | No Comments »
This is absolutely the best explanation of the differences between male and female brains I have ever heard.
http://marriageresourcecenter.org/videogallery/4/med/VideoWidget8.htm
Posted in Man Accoutrements, tagged collectors, watches on January 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s a great question.
And the answer depends partly on why you are buying a watch. If all you need is to tell time, then go buy a nice Timex. Casio makes inexpensive, reliable, accurate quartz watches. This is a very functional and rational approach. In the world of transportation, this person just needs to get [...]
Posted in Internets on January 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Tired of wasting hours and hours just trying to keep up with the primary news and opinions on TV and print media? Here’s a one stop web site you can visit and get the market opinion of who will score big (or not). Because these are independents, their opinion is broader than the typical talking [...]
Posted in Holidays, Raleigh, tagged cooking, knives on January 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
New Year’s Day was quiet here in Raleigh. Late in the afternoon I decided to finish off the beef that we enjoyed on Christmas Day. Luckily I had my trusty Henkle VS (Very Sharp) knives that I had been wanting to try out. Trimming the silver skin and fatty tissue from the leg-o-beef was easy [...]
Posted in Knews?, Raleigh, tagged slogans for 2008 on January 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It’ early in the month and a great time to come up with a theme for the year (I mean - look at the Audi wall for some possibilities).
Suggested Favs:
The Year of the Rat (Chinese)
Ratteriffic (A nice variation on a theme)
This year, the world got a little older
Party like it’s 2009!!!
Where’s my rocket car?
Election? We [...]
Posted in Rock Gear on January 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have a sweet ‘70s Ludwig drum kit. I bought it when I lived in North Carolina for about $300. It had originally been black, but had since been stripped of the wrap and brush-painted in natural. But the drums are nice and big (24” kick, 13” tom, 18 floor) and I thought they would [...]
Posted in Internets, Knews?, tagged Bank of america on January 7, 2008 | 19 Comments »
I tried to spread the word over that poor soul who was arrested for checking on (asking if someone else’s BoA check was good) a fraudulent check he was given in a craigslist scam months ago.
But here’s a reason to hate them even if you don’t bank with them. If you’re in a pickle and [...]
Posted in Happiness Is, tagged just a nice day on January 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It involved a cigar, a drink, and reading a little bit of a mystery sitting in the near 80 degree sun. Followed up with a Redskins game.
Sometimes you have to celebrate life.
Even if your team losses. (Or falls apart).
Posted in Holidays on January 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Did you know that today is National Trivia Day?
Posted in Holidays, Television, tagged BritComs on January 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Brief QI (you do know the British quiz show hosted by Stephen Fry, right?) segment that expounds on some of the supposed similarities of Mithras and Christianity.
Watch it because you’ve been wondering what in the hell happened to Rich Hall. (Note: There are no “Snigglets” in this clip. I didn’t want anyone to get their [...]
