Early sunday morning I was rollin’ large in the Vee-Dub. I had Hall Boulevard practically all to myself. Inside the car, Benny Goodman was Stompin’ at the Savoy. I was on my way to Oregon Decorative Rock to pick up some lava (that’s code for “lava rock” fool) that I would later use to fill …
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Jack’s Food Ratings
Having experimented with solid foods over the last few weeks, I give you the results: Sweet potato: 5 stars Squash: 3 stars Peas: 1 star (actually more like – get that shit away from me – zero stars!) Rice cereal: 2 stars Rice cereal spiked with sweet potato: 5 stars!!
Summer At The Pool
Love this photo by d. yee. It was taken over the weekend at a Pool Party concert with Superchunk in NYC. I would love to have seen the show.
Beardy Man Bakes a Beat
This guy needs his own show on the Food Network. I’d like to see Beardy Man and Rachel Ray do battle. In this video Beardy Man mixes global climate change and Michael Jackson to chilling effect.
Special Agent ’67
The drop box is absolutely brimming with plant matter. It took all weekend. My lower back is petrified and my knees have just informed me they’ve gone on strike for the remainder of June. I’m lucky to be alive really. If someone was to make a safety film about how not to use a ladder, …
Lubricate Generously
I’ve been sitting here trying to concoct a magnificent fairy tale of an excuse for my blogging silence. In my head, this blockbuster narrative would have started with rum-soaked, moody pirates in candy cane stripped thigh highs who time travel on unicorns the color of mint. They’ve chosen to lay siege to Portland using old …
The Golden Age of Rock N’ Roll
Even my 12-week old son doesn’t believe me when I tell him that the guy on the right, the one who plays guitar for The Police, is actually a year older than the wrinkle farmer pictured on the left. Amazing.
iTunes
I’m really digging the new iTunes screen saver that uses the iTunes music library album art to build a wall of visual goodness. Brilliant stuff. I know a ton of folks who bemoan the jump from analog to digital music. From time to time, I myself speak like an old curmudgeon about vinyl vs. CD …
Seeing What He Sees
What do you see when you look at this image? I can’t make out a damn thing. To my eyes it looks like crappy track lighting that I should be updating. Oh, there’s a heating vent and smoke alarm there too. This is what my son sees when he’s lying on his back on the …
Rub-A-Dub-Dub
The folks at Baby Einstein need to seriously rethink the electronic baby “music” that bleats out of their toys. We have his one play-tent thing that features a musical star that blinks lights and such. The music absolutely terrifies my kid. He hates it. It takes about one bar of a tune to turn my …