Monthly Archives: January 2006

Different is good

Different is good

I heard something different in church recently. I recommend the Cherry Raspberry Ale, by the way…. you can tell I’m definitely comfortable with my manliness that I can recommend that while wearing a pink shirt. – Pastor Phil Taylor, Terra Nova Church Drinking is, by far, the least mentioned – in evangelical church culture – [...]

Another hundred monkeys

Another hundred monkeys

Okay, I was majorly bummed when I had to post this month that the Hundred Monkey Theory gig had been canceled: CANCELLED – Hundred Monkey Theory. Well, we’re back on for February. I’ll be playing with HMT this coming Friday night, February 3, at Grace Fellowship Church. It’s a coffeehouse so there’s no cover, starts [...]

Various minutiae

Various minutiae

Recent conversations I’ve had in the blogosphere have conjured up small and peculiar facts about myself that I figured I would throw out there for the general populace to chew on. The following are little unique tidbits about me that will either bore you, impress you, scare you, or repulse you… some of which inevitably [...]

Ordinary

Ordinary

Every now and then I hear a song that is right there… meaning a song with all the makings of a superior piece of music to my ears. This song is such a song – Ordinary by Train. You can watch the music video right here (about 5MB in size). It was on the soundtrack [...]

Mary-Kate and Ashley Hitler

Mary-Kate and Ashley Hitler

There might come a day when I’m no longer surprised by anything. That day is a long way off. This ABC News video clip is about Lynx and Lamb… while they sound like a delicacy best served with mint jelly, they are better described as the white supremacy version of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Yep, [...]

UXGA

UXGA

Especially for you resolution sickos… here’s a couple of 1600×1200 wallpapers. On the right is On the Golden Pond by Rob Randtoul. On the left is Caustic Reticulation by Joe Price. As a matter of note, the wallpaper Indigo I had posted before (Lazy Saturday) is also 1600×1200. As always, if you enjoyed the wallpapers [...]

Trip to New York City

Trip to New York City

So we spent the weekend in NYC and pretty much stuck to midtown and downtown Manhatten. Of course we hit some tourist-y attractions, like Rockefeller Center, Times Square, the Empire State Building, and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA – official site). The MoMA was featuring an exhibition called Pixar: 20 Years of Animation… it [...]

NYC

NYC

I’m enjoying a weekend in the Big Apple (am I still allowed to call it that?). I’ve got lots to post about when I return tomorrow.

Squirrels are nuts…

Squirrels are nuts…

…figuratively, literally, in whatever way you can think of… squirrels are completely nuts. Their stubborn penchant for mischief is without question, but until you are a homeowner you cannot know their resolve. They have taken my garage by force despite heavy losses. They are athletic rats from hell. Here’s a great example of the measure [...]

Letter in TU

Letter in TU

The Albany Times Union has printed my letter regarding charter schools and standards-based education. Although, they printed the original one I sent, rather than the revised one I sent them two days later. I really think the revised one reflects my truer views. But as I re-read the old one it still twangs with my [...]