as of this blog entry, i have eaten mcdonald's in three different countries this year.

interestingly enough, the united states is not one of them.

hmmmmm...

-B

well, in trumpet class today we got some interesting advice from fred. while coaching an undergraduate on a charlier etude fred offered this gem:
"let the fingers be the rhythm"

now, with the above statement rewritten as an equality, we have:

fingers = rhythm

thus, the above equation opens up quite a number of possibilities:

- fingers is ( Read more... )

i gotta get out of the south, if only to get away from wal-mart.

i've given up on trying to avoid shady characters in that place, seeing as how it's damn well inevitable. rolling back prices? more like rolling back IQ points and working digits if you ask me. so instead i've decided to make a game of it. friends, on your next wal-mart trip, ( Read more... )

tonight's topic: bathroom tile (and why it sucks)

pros
- easy to clean
- durable
- cost efficient
- availability (who can't find good tile these days?)
- water resistant
- stylish (well, for a bathroom)

cons- highly reflective when polished ( Read more... )

and despite our best efforts, i still can't put too much faith in humans as a race.

here's the proof:

the number of questions i have is staggering...

(more later)

-B

thanks to benji for reminding me why i should go to church more often...

-B

for those who've seen glengarry glen ross, here a couple of new trailers for you...

i thought this one was pretty good. that is, until i saw this one.

fucking awesome.

-B

(btw, here's the snl parody of alec baldwin's original speech. i suggest watching the original first if you're not familiar with the scene or if it's been awhile.)

thought this was great:


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rejected video game titles

- dance dance: evolution
- teenage mutant necrophiliac turtles
- florence henderson's punch-out
- jump rope challenge!
- grand theft auto: wichita nights
- super mario brothels
- womb raider
- parking lot tycoon
- clarinet hero

-B

on the phone with the mechanic today, the first thing he asked me was this:

how long do you plan on keeping this car?

yikes. this is going to be really bad.

$$$

U P D A T E
the car is, for all practical purposes, dead. total to repair my car: around $3000 ( Read more... )