Thursday, August 24, 2006

The big yellow one is the sun

Will all the planets please step forward- NOT SO FAST, PLUTO!!
Imagine all the coat-hanger-mobile science projects that are getting Fs slapped on them today. link

wow

It's been a while since i've seen a website this bad. You'd think "The world leader of Music Portability" could afford a web page that doesn't trigger seizures. Nice work, guys.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

RIP, DSC-CSU


2004 - 2006

We are all gathered here to remember my beloved and dear Cyber-Shot U. We hardly knew ye. Whether being stuck out a sunroof, screaming down PCH or sitting on a rock with the timer set, you never faltered. You delivered crystal clear pictures of everything from sandwiches for my blog to the chairs I sold on Craigslist. I'll never forget the look on a waiter's face when I handed you to them and they marveled at your tiny size. Although I had to move on, you will not be forgotten little friend.

Rest in Peace

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Is there a dog in here?

Although they should be called The Jack White Band, I really dig the Raconteurs album. I just found an acoustic version of Steady as She Goes. Sounds like Jack's playing a shallow body.
check it out: link

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Public Service Announcement

link

from BH

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Punch-up in Piestany

I don't know what I expected to find when I typed "hockey fight" into YouTube's search field, but this is awwwwesome. The "Punch-up in Piestany" erupted halfway through the final game of the 1987 world junior hockey championship. Canada was assured a medal, and would have moved ahead of Finland for the gold if they had beaten the Soviets by at least five goals. The blow-up began as a fight between Pavel Kostichkin and Theoren Fleury. Four Soviet players left their bench to join the brawl causing both benches to clear. link

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Substitude

Steve's is a breakfast / lunch place across the street from my office. It's mediocre, over-priced and the waitresses are some of the bitchiest women i've met. There's almost no reason to go there other than the Thursday french toast special. I don't eat french toast, but it comes w/ 2 eggs and some sausage so it's worth the $4.50 to toss the french toast. Every once in a while I build up the courage to ask for something other than the french toast. Regular toast for instance. Or an english muffin- anything that's not battered and fried. This request is usually met with a stern lecture about Steve's policy on substitutions and how "if they do it for me, they have to do it for everybody!". Rather than explain that my substitution would actually save them money, I accept defeat and live to fight another day.

Today I was feeling a little saucy and since I had who I believed to be Steve on the phone, I asked for a substitution. He was very polite and accommodating. He said, "yeah, we can do that for you this time." I was elated. "I'm getting a substitution!", I proclaimed to my coworkers. "I beat the system!", I bragged. When I got to Steve's for my pick-up, I beamed at the waitress's sourpuss and sat politely, waiting for my order. She made me wait, but I didn't mind because I was untouchable today. When she dropped the to-go box in front of me, she popped it open and said, "Here's your substitution." It was french toast. I sat for a moment and looked closer. It was a french toasted english muffin.

Touché, Steve. I'll see you in hell.


Tuesday, August 01, 2006

stupid stupid stupid

The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) as well as the Music Publishers' Association (MPA) are now shutting down guitar tablature websites for copyright infringement. These sites are user-based and often very wrong. So that means that one person teaching another person the incorrect way to play a song is breaking the law?

I have some phone calls to make and a lot of people to sue. link