Musical Mondays I hate the radio. Usually whilst autoing around town I prefer to be master of my own musical world. I can’t accept for a minute that some loud talking radio DJ, with some silly moniker has got a better grasp of play selection than I. For the most part, I know s/he’s a …
Monthly Archives: January 2005
War All The Time: Chapter 17 I have marked my age with a candy-colored pop-culture yard-stick. But I am getting older and the yard-stick…well shit, I have no idea where it went. I lost it. Last time I saw it, it was being used by an attention deficit youth who wielded it like a sword …
Chicago Invisible Back from a whirlwind trip through Chi-town. Had a great time in crazy conditions. The snow came down in epic volumes and dropped visibility to almost zero for most of the trip. I learned that when Chicagoans talk about the ‘Lake Effect’ what they really mean is, ‘look out for the fucking horizontal …
Windy City Heading out to chi-town in a few hours. Really looking forward to the temperature difference. Currently it’s nine degrees warmer down there. Should feel like spring. The first issue of JPG Magazine is out. Looks very nice. More Swedish goodness. Rachael Ray atop the McSweeney’s recommendations. I can get behind that. Viceland got …
Lactose Intolerant We’re just now starting to come out of our frigid cold snap. And man was it a mean one. I was down for most of the weekend with galactic bowel performances brought on by my increased slide (juvenile pun intended) into lactose intolerance. This weekends bout was triggered by an unassuming cafe macchiato …
TranSKAontinental Had a great time last night seeing my brother rock the keyboards at the debut show of the Second Hand Ska Kings. Loved it! Great energy. Old school dance ska. A blistering cover of Jimmy Cliff‘s ‘You Can Get It If You Really Want’ they did rip. The bands secret lies in the power …
Get Your Winter Drawers On “A Jedi must always be well equipped for any circumstance. Obi-Wan Kenobi, a loyal and disciplined Jedi, is often sent by the Jedi Council to resolve matters on worlds where the environment is very cold. He often must prepare for these missions by bringing special gear with him to handle …
Wireless Media Center + Hands Free Vacuum = iVac Yup, I was one of those people waiting with baited breath to see what kind of tricks Mr. Steve Jobs was going to pull out of his hat at the MacWorld Expo. He came with his micronautical iPod shuffle, he dazzled everyone with the cheep cheep …
For Every Defeat There Shall Be A Victory Oh what a crushing loss. I realized yesterday, somewhere between Brett Favre’s third and fourth interception, that it’s not so much that I love the Packers (that can’t be questioned) but damn I have equal parts hate for the Vikings. In fact, I just can’t hate them …
Mooking The Good Doctor weighs in with his definition of ‘Mook’, ruminates on the reasons we mook, and delivers a brief story about collegiate mooking in a Colorado Walgreens. mook (mook) vt. (from mooke) 1 to use hands or fingers to covertly smash or squish soft grocery items or packaged foodstuffs so as to cause …