My middle brother (Ryan, for convenience) graduated from college this spring and has moved back home for what will probably be the last two months of his life lived in Bridgman, and I've just now realized how awesome it is to have him living here and how disappointing it is that this is basically the last hurrah.  It isn't that my brother and I are ( Read more... )

So, a couple weeks ago, I decided to act on (mostly) completing my woefully scattered collection of Radiohead music by purchasing Kid A, Amnesiac, and Hail to the Thief from Amazon.  This was, obviously, well past due, but that is beside my point here, which is to examine Amazon's advertisement reaction to my purchase.

Just a week or so ago, they ( Read more... )

On the Indiana television broadcasts (which I'm unfortunate enough to be subjected to on the rare occasions that I allow myself to be in the same room as an active television), Hilary has been spouting about how Obama doesn't have the American people at heart because he doesn't support a plan to transfer the Federal gas tax from the consumer to the ( Read more... )

I was miserably tired and mentally exhausted throughout the day.  Once I arrived home, I desired to listen to some music, but had no energy to turn on my computer or any of that whatnot.  So, I lay down on my bed to take a nap.  However, as soon as I did, I noticed a stack of CDs and thought, "Why not?"  There it was sitting right at the top: OK ( Read more... )

Bad News: I'm at work.

Good News:  So is my car.

I'll consider the balance a win.

'R' should have been an easy letter, therefore I must conclude that I am very bad at these things. However, I'm reasonably happy with the final collection, which includes several entries which are the best of their class regardless of first letter.

1. Radiohead
2. Red (overall favorite color)
3. Regular Expressions
4. Ryne Sandberg (overall #1 childhood hero)
5. ( Read more... )

Sometimes things just keep working out.  The day will begin with a bit of good news.  A short while later, a frustrating problem will melt away mixed in with a few routine tasks actually behaving as a routine task should.  Before you know it, there is momentum rolling in the positive direction, and the world just seems to go right along with your ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm finally finished reading this book.  The contents of this post were originally intended to be a comment in the old, old thread in the Reading is Sexy community, but it outgrew the character limit.  I also figured that no one is actually checking that thread any longer.  So, here it is.

I originally began reading to participate in this ( Read more... )

Pink Floyd is a sweet nectar laced with poison.

What I really hate the most about extended periods anti-social moodiness is that, once they are gone, I feel so awkward re-socializing (even to the limited extent that my socializing goes to), which just extends the period of anti-social behavior and exacerbates everything ( Read more... )