Jan 31 2006
List of films ordered by uses of the word “fuck”. The top 10 films in their list fucking suck, although I only saw one of them. I’m surprised Pulp Fiction is only #15 on the fucking list.
VINCENT: I think we should be going now.
JULES: Don’t do that! Don’t you fuckin’ do that! [...]
Jan 29 2006
A stunning version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps performed on a ukulele. No shit. Watch it all. It’s worth it.
About half way through the video he plays so fast the frame-rate can’t keep up. I almost applauded when it finished.
Jan 28 2006
This Blog Will Change Your Life:
Boasting to be “part instruction manual, part therapy, part cult, part sheer anarchy” this book [This Book Will Change Your Life] offers 365 days worth of instructions for hysterical living. It just so happens my life can use a little hysteria. What will follow starting tomorrow, Monday October 17, 2005, [...]
Jan 25 2006
J-Walk posted a link to Birds in Nature Photography today which reminded me of my one bird-related post that contains a short video of a pheasant I saw outside the window of a train I was riding on last year.
That’s a red-winged blackbird (thanks to Richard Ditch; this guy’s good), the same bird David Francey [...]
Jan 23 2006
“What we have to learn to do, we have to learn by doing.”
—Aristotle
I just learned how to play Greg Brown’s song, “Rexroth’s Daughter,” from this site: Greg Brown’s Songs: Transcriptions for Guitar. I quickly discovered I don’t have the voice for that particular song, so now I’m moving on to “Jacob’s Ladder” from Honey [...]
Jan 21 2006
Jedi Dogs:
Holmes Sweet Holmes Productions presents an amalgam of Star Wars ep. III Revenge of the Sith and Reservoir Dogs with hilarious results.
A 2 minute and 33 second clip from Star Wars III overdubbed with classic dialogue from Reservoir Dogs. Not laugh-out-loud funny, but amusing.
Jan 20 2006
Michael Moore Statement on Canadian Election:
Oh, Canada — you’re not really going to elect a Conservative majority on Monday, are you? That’s a joke, right? I know you have a great sense of humor, and certainly a well-developed sense of irony, but this is no longer funny. Maybe it’s a new form of Canadian irony [...]
Jan 19 2006
The Book Bar:
One of our non-Vestal housemates worked at the Stanford library, and his job included the task of throwing away old books, which apparently the other librarians couldn’t bear to do. We decided to rescue these books from that awful fate - and what better use for them than a bar from which to [...]
Jan 18 2006
Jody and Caitlyn decided to make cauliflower popcorn (6mins, 9mb) by roughly following this recipe. The result in the best episode of Sunday Morning Scoff ever.
Jody had this to say about it: “It was a fun experiment. We’ll make another video someday, although I don’t know of what.” (Music by Greg Brown.)
Update: I’ve been J-Walked [...]
Jan 16 2006
Back in April of 2005 I announced that this blog is getting a new look. Well, based on feedback from readers, I’ve changed my mind; I’m keeping the layout; however, I’m open to suggestions on new colour schemes, additional functions, and anything else that will approve the site.
Stuff I’m considering:
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Jan 16 2006
There will be a general election in Canada on January 23rd.
Who are you going to vote for?
The Bloc
The Liberals
Th Green Party
The Conservatives
The NDP
Undecided
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Not a Canadian citizen
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The Green Party - The Bloc - The NDP - The Conservatives - The Liberals
Jan 16 2006
Jennifer Cairns is confusing me with her mom:
Hi Mom!
Hope all is well with you and dad!
I wanted to touch base with you regarding wedding dress shopping. I would love to narrow down some options before you go away in March!
The first and second times she did this, I ignored it. The third time [...]
Jan 15 2006
I once tried to wean myself off the cream and sugar I put in coffee. The first time I went cold-turkey, drinking just black coffee, I vomited an hour after I drank it. Maybe it was the eggs I ate with breakfast. The next day, drinking it black, I vomited it again [...]
Jan 14 2006
When buying organic pays (and doesn’t) has three sections:
Buy these items organic as often as possible. They list apples, bell peppers, celery, cherries, imported grapes, nectarines, peaches, pears, potatoes, red raspberries, spinach, and strawberries; meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy; baby food.
Buy these items organic if price is no object. They list Asparagus, avocados, [...]
Jan 13 2006
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Rating: (7/10)
Mr. Harvey killed the narrator of this tale. She’s 14 years old in heaven, first describing how he lured her into “a hiding place”, raped and killed her (one and the same to many), then describing her family’s aftermath of dealing with her death. Soon after [...]
