We have three computers in the house now: my main monster, my wife’s new laptop, and an old beast. I use a wireless router for the laptop, and the old PC has a wireless card. I’m thinking just for backups, setting up a remote control software on it to control it from my [...]

What do you call yourself when you realize you’ve done something idiotic? My wife called herself stunned arse today after doing something silly.
The most famous one I can think of is Homer’s “Doh!”, but that’s boring now.

The Ballad of the Noob, a tale from the game World Of Warcraft that’s told using the song A Boy Named Sue, which was made famous by Johnny Cash. I laughed.

Some explanation to those who don’t get it:
- WOW (World Of Warcraft) is a multi-player online game where you live vicariously through a fantastical [...]

Tags: johnny cash, world of warcraft, wow

I recently finished Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards. His writing is poetic and blunt and so truthful it hurts. I might give a more detailed review of it when I have the time to write one up. I almost throughly enjoyed the novel. It’s scary how well Richards knows the maritimes. I [...]

This one would make a good J-Walk Sunday caption contest photo. The other 9 photos are here.
I would post a photo, but National Geographic doesn’t like it when people do that, the big babies.

I think J-Walk brought folkstreams.net to my attention. The site’s subtitle is: “A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures.” It’s got some excellent documentaries on it. The only problem is that most of the documentaries are 30 to 60 minutes, if not longer, and I have no patience for watching anything on [...]

Thanks to Jim at Whole Wheat Radio for bringing this to my attention. I’d pay good money to see this guy live. Andy McKee:

On the bus morning, while trying to read Ian McEwan’s excellent Saturday, the woman sitting in front of me was talking to another woman across the aisle about her “beautiful, beautiful roast, enough for 2 meals AND sandwiches, for only 7 bucks!”
I used to ride the bus and subway a lot when I lived in [...]