I'm having one of those "to hell with everything" days. And I feel like quoting a song.

The world is overrated; why take part?
It's gone straight to Hell in a shopping cart
It's easier to disappear, and when you do, you'll find me here
Grooving to the broken glasses' clink
Holding court in the Kingdom of Drink

-"Kingdom of Drink" by Stew, off of ( Read more... )

I'm on the Pacific Surfliner at Van Nuys station as I write this. I'm on the first leg of my trip up to San Luis Obispo to watch a burlesque troop called SLO Tease put on a show. Why? Because one of the dancers, Crocodile Tears, is doing a sword dance to the tune of "Hey There Cthulhu ( Read more... )

Once again, I seem to have been neglecting posting new videos here. So here are all the videos I've posted to my YouTube channel since June:

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I'll be performing a 3-song set at the Wine & Song concert series at the Firefly Bistro in South Pasadena tomorrow night, March 13th. For those of you in the L.A. area, it'd be great to see you there. :D

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Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 7:00 PM
Eben Brooks performs at Wine & Song in South PasadenaFirefly Bistro ( Read more... )

Being the kind of person who often fantasizes about making a living by doing something other than writing documents that no one reads for equipment that no one's heard of, I find myself thinking about various business ideas. Most of these never get past the dreaming stage, because I only have so much time and energy, and I need to concentrate on ( Read more... )

My sweetie's Halloween Pinball Party was Saturday evening, and, as I promised, here are some pictures of our costumes:


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I came in to work this morning to find Peter, our IT guy, in the server room frantically working to get the network all back up and fully functional. I poked my head in and asked, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Yeah," he replied. "Big bottle of scotch."

I've passed security and am currently awaiting a bowl of tortilla soup and enjoying a glass of Shock Top Belgian White. I think my travel motto from now on is going to be "Never Fly Sober". ;-)

Today is my birthday. As of GMT 1309 (6:09 am local time, 9:09 am where I was born, in Paoli, IN), I am 41.

I'm going to share some of my favorite quotes. Not on any particular topic, just ones that make me smile.

• "Mister Jefferson, dear Mister Jefferson ( Read more... )