Discovered last night that there are still some people who have not seen this one, so there is obviously a need to post the link: political video you must see. If you are not entirely sick of American politics yet (and, gosh, why would you be?*), then do go watch. It could be vitally important to your future.**

* Mommy, what's sarcasm ( Read more... )

Via bad_science: Bill Nelson wins the internet. You know, I've put up with doctors who stuck Q-tips up my nose and called it therapeutic, but if anyone ever started singing his career history to the tune of "Simple Gifts," I do believe I would run away screaming.

[Edit: biography. A must-read. (Well, read it for as long as you can stand it, anyway ( Read more... )

Since I haven't been writing much lately, it seems like a good time to link to things I posted years ago. Summer is for reruns, right? Anyway, I referred to this in a discussion elsewhere last night, so feel free to re-read (or not, as the case may be): Care and feeding of your pet peeve.

Oh, since animangel and I talked about being in the path of a ( Read more... )

Is this video gothic?

Once again, technology is confusing me; and once again, it is certain that people are to blame. However, one has to wonder what, exactly, those people had in mind.

See, I can understand the motive behind most instances of web scraping: money. If you haven't got an original idea in your head, or if you haven't the inclination to put all your ( Read more... )

As we were talking last night, a housemate and I somehow ended up discussing our experiences in middle school and high school, laughing about old classmates we probably hadn't thought of in years. As some of you are aware, I rent a room in a household which consists primarily of grad students and post-college folks in their 20s, making me the ( Read more... )

Lately I've been listening to lots of new music, trying to acquaint myself with more of the trends of the 21st century. Last night, the part of my brain responsible for earworms took its revenge by repeating not one, not two, but three songs from the '80s which I almost certainly have not heard since the '80s. I found lyrics for all three songs ( Read more... )

You ever hear a song which you adored half the times you listened to it but wanted to wipe off the face of the earth the rest of the time? 20 years ago, WHFS alternately delighted and annoyed me with this song. Yesterday, Launchcast played it for me. With a few breaks for things like doctor's appointments and thunderstorms, it's been running ( Read more... )

Listening to an '80s station on Launchcast, I skipped over a Starship song (even though I have a high tolerance for cheese, I do have standards), and "We Built This City" was immediately followed by Siouxsie & the Banshees' "Cities in Dust ( Read more... )

Woke up with the old Icehouse song "Man of Colours" running through my head. Man, I need to listen to that album today..

He says, "I keep my life in this paintbox
I keep your face in these picture frames
and when I speak to this faded canvas
it tells me
I have no need for words anyway..."

And this combined with seeing eBay ads by gurdonark and verian reminds ( Read more... )