Last night was mostly devoted to reading. I'm working on Against the Day, which is slow going. It's too big of a book to carry around with me and, being Pynchon, it's hard to remember what's going on when you pick it back up. I will, often, have to skim back a few pages to figure out where I am at. That being said, it's classic Pynchon; I have ( Read more... )

Speaking of pirates (I was, see, earlier, with the boots?), I know that there are a few people besides me who appreciate goofy pirate music and I don't think that I've ever explicitly recommended Captain Bogg and Salty. Ok, sure, they mostly play for children, but if you don't rock out to "Pieces of 8ight" or "Scurvy" (available for download here ( Read more... )

I feel really good about ordering stuff from deadmentellnotales.com because this was my order confirmation message:

Arrrr, mate, thanks fer the order! A duplicate of this receipt shall be emailed to ye. We'll ship yer booty right off on the next ebb tide. But first we'll toast to yer health with a bumper of grog an' wish ye fair weather with lots ( Read more... )

I haven't had a chance to write anything down in here for awhile, I've been really busy both at work and at home ( Read more... )

I can't believe I almost forgot this:

One of the trailers we saw last night was for The Pirates of the Caribbean. At first I laughed because making movies out of Disney theme rides is funny. Then I saw the cast: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom ( Read more... )