Operatic Orange
Posted in Distractions, videos on Aug 3rd, 2008
A classic, classical Sesame Street bit: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG-0_p_yefg]
Category Archive for 'Distractions'
Useless!
Posted in Adventures, biking, Distractions, dumb things I have done on May 29th, 2008
I’ve been useless today. I’m just tooo het up about Kanza to be any good to anybody. I think i have freaked out about 5 times an hour. I got some work done and all, but I am very thankful I was able to get off early as I was getting way too buzzy and […]
Rick-racked
Posted in Distractions, Lists, nostalgia, videos on Apr 3rd, 2008
The Internet Phenomenon of “rickrolling” has just come to my attention, which means the meme has probably been building for months and months now, and I’m the last person to know that “rickrolling” is misleading somebody to click a link which takes them to the music video of 1980s 1-hit-wonder Rick Astley “Never gonna give […]
Why St. Edmund is my Favorite Saint (and why I quit academia while I was ahead)
Posted in Distractions, dumb things I have done, Utter Silliness on Mar 13th, 2008
Why St. Edmund is my Favorite Saint (and why I quit academia while I was ahead) St. Edmund. Dudes, what’s not to like? The guy was pious and generous to such an extend that he was sanctifiable (is that even a word?) and my god, did he ever have a colorful martyrdom. Though to be […]
Earworms!
Posted in Distractions, dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Utter Silliness, videos on Mar 2nd, 2008
I’ve been considering earworms just lately, because I’ve had one or another of them stuck in my head constantly for the past two weeks or so. It started with Morning Coffee, a sweet, wistful, decade-old Japanese bubblegum pop hit from the first incarnation of the wildly popular and enduring Morning Musume. The song is all […]
My Top Ten Reasons To Read Achewood
Posted in Distractions, Recommendations, Utter Silliness on Feb 22nd, 2008
10. Do you think it is rad to have alcoholism, Ray?” 9. Vlad speaks to Philippe’s mom on the phone “your…voice…it is the seeds of a thousant memories” and “until you are the nudest you are ever being.” 8. Ray offers technical advice upon the laying of the Transatlantic Cable. 7. Beef is too depressed to […]
Misinterpretations leading to a very surreal day
Posted in Distractions, dumb things I have done, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 23rd, 2008
Have you ever set a coin on edge on a table and flicked it with your finger to make it spin like a top? If so, then you know how it looks when it loses momentum and falls over and kind of rotate/vibrates to a stop. Imagine you are in a 9:00 a.m. meeting, and […]
What's in my bag – a shocking expose!
Posted in bike commuting, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Photo entries, Utter Silliness on Jan 11th, 2008
I’m a nosy piece of work, and I dig other folks’ “what’s in my bag” posts and pictures on Flickr, so I thought I would do my own. Also, I had to clean my bag yesterday (Exxon-style glitter spill), so I figured since everything was out of it, I might as well take a picture […]
I wasn't making that goat story up
Posted in Adventures, bike commuting, Distractions, Oh, for fuck's sake, Photo entries, Utter Silliness on Dec 27th, 2007
And today I come bearing photographic evidence of the unexpected urban ungulates: Behold! The zoomed-in pictures kind of suck because I had to use my digital zoom which means the image quality suffers. But. Goats! I created a set and called it Goatography. I hope to get some better shots another day.
Last day of Cyclocross Nationals-impressions and photos
Posted in biking, Distractions, Photo entries, Playing With Weather, videos on Dec 18th, 2007
But before I get on with the recaps from Sunday, I’d like to draw your attention to a new blog in town – Team Sexypants, authored by none other than Big Grin himself, joEL! His header image is a picture I took of him one of the nights we were camping out during our weekend […]