1. Date Night Buffalo chili, courtesy of Mr. ericbodwell
2. Everything in the world that man does for us to make this thing we've got work
3. BBC News: Legal case against God dismissed
4. Rachel Maddow
5. David Alan Grier's Chocolate News
6. Writing in the latest little notebook (it's got a Breakfast Club theme!)
7. Learning more about Jane Jacobs8. Vacation ( Read more... )

1. The Desert Sessions Vols. 9 & 10 (with Josh Homme, PJ Harvey, etc.) for $3.99 in the Hastings Used bin
2. Finding new ways to increase workplace productivity
3. My "Nibbles" Lunch Review about Monte Vista Fire Station's steak salad in the 13 June 08 issue of the VENUE
4. Completing my first book review for the Sunday Journal Books Page ( Read more... )

1. This week I have learned more information about three disparate artists: comedian/writer/actor Paul Mooney; photographer William Eggleston; and recently deceased experimental composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. A portion from the latter's 1972 lecture at Oxford on sounds is available on YouTube. Check it out.2. There is a strange music in the sounds ( Read more... )

Drinking Oolong and ginger teas.
Eating store-bought sushi and Thai leftovers (eggplant curry with beef over rice).
Listening to CD after CD.
Talking to friends/loved ones far and wide.
Laying in bed in the middle of the day.
Reading library books.
And of course, conducting trivial online research (Joe Meek, Lonnie Donegan, Manitoba).

Yay Sunday!

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Cleaned the bathroom.
Turned the mattress.
Changed the bed linens.
Put away my clean laundry.
Did the dishes.
Swept and mopped the bathroom and hallway.
Vacuumed two area rugs.
Currently doing laundry.
Compiled scraps for one writing project.

Not too shabby so far.

"Comment and I'll give you a letter. In your journal, list 10 of your favorite songs that begin with that letter."

My letter was G (courtesy of Mr. spokennList below ( Read more... )

This is Acclaimed Music's aggregate list of the top 107 albums of the 1990s (as of now).

- Put any that you own in bold.
- Put any that you have heard all through or used to own in italics.
- Put a strikethrough any that you hate (whether you've heard them or not!).
- Underline any you want to hear ( Read more... )

1. Today is my mother's 55th birthday
2. Free sack full of fabric scraps
3. Judy Carter - The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom - The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide
4. Ordering the 2-disc deluxe version of Jimmy Cliff's soundtrack for The Harder They Come (retail value: $29.98) for $13.98 from yourmusic.com ( Read more... )

1. Hitler hair.
Seriously, guys... if someone of his stature (dubious though may it be) couldn't pull that shit off, what makes you think YOU can?!

2. Skinny jeans.
Getting dressed in the morning should not require a shoe horn and line of coke for breakfast. But if you insist on wedging yourself into those denim sausage casings you call "pants ( Read more... )