Do You Know What Your Problem Is?

You don't eat your feedback.

So I had my first annual physical today after several years, and now that I'm in my 30's I figured I'd be getting a free finger in my anus, so of course when the nurse took my BP it was a bit high (not out of limits, but getting up there). And then I didn't even get the 'ol UFIA, so there was no reason for me to be so worked up. Guess I should stop at Rite Aid later just to be sure my BP's where it should be. Although, who knows, they may put fingers in butts there, too.

Here's some pictures that I've been promising for a while.



Des eats cookie dough, Connor's just...What is Connor doing?



Cooper says hello.



One time in the '80's, Ethan killed a guy.



Desmond does not approve.



Cindy talked me into growing my hair out, so I have to keep it out of my eyes when I exercise.



Hence the ridiculous sweatbands.



Desmond makes them look much cooler than I do.



I think this one's my favorite, but unless you see the "Karate" and Kung Fu" headbands first, it doesn't necessarily make sense. Yes I do have Adult Braces™.



Oh shit it's a snow dinosaur!

As always, clicking on the pictures goes to my Flickr page where there's more to be seen.

Hooray For Hair Metal

Remember "Round and Round?" Ratt still makes music that sounds exactly like that, and it gives me hope for the world.



Okay, so the first 30 seconds feature a lot of old men making out with young groupies, and Steven Pearcy looks like the Crypt Keeper - only with more hair. How ridiculously awesome is it, though, that at least one band from that era isn't afraid to sound exactly the same way they did back then?

Mysteries

I read a big long thing the other day about some unsolved mysteries the other day - watching cells fall into tubes™ can get kind of dull. I thought I'd share, for anyone else who's bored at work. This one kind of freaked me out a bit.

And this is worth a watch.


Anybody remember the ghost car from The Simpsons?

And. I might actually Flickr this afternoon and be back with something more personal later - aside from a rant about Bull$#!% camping websites.

FUCKRESERVEAMERICA

Sorry for the French language.

FUCK RESERVE AMERICA.

Here's their website: FUCK YOU

Now don't get me wrong. I can respect that many or most of our national parks are in high demand for camping spots/places to stay. But. This bullshit website has no consistent way to plan a trip - I'd like to plan a canoe trip through the Saranac Lakes - due to their bullshit layout and choice to use MS Silverlight software. Who the f&^% uses Silverlight? Have you ever heard of Silverlight before? I hadn't. Everyone uses Google maps, right?

If the idea is that I should just call a travel agent, cool. Can we be up front about it, though?

Again. Sorry about the langauage. Not sorry about the slander - it's not slander if it's true, right?

More slander to come...

Everybody Turn Green, It's St. Paddy's Day

Jeez, Shane McGowan is one ugly f%$#!

Miller Lyte? Really?

Rooster McConaughey? Guys name is "Rooster?" Named his kids Miller Lyte and Margarita Olympia? Makes naked bongo-playing look sane in comparison.

This Guy

He's as cool in real life as he is on TV. Apparently.

Question For The Ages

All of the Chinese food joints around here have "Dragon and Phoenix" on the menu - meaning chicken and shrimp. Which is the dragon and which is the phoenix?

Aw, Shucks

Over the last year and a half or so, in the course of my never ending quest to advance as a musician, I taught myself how to read music. So now I spend my lunch breaks playing scales and doing classical exercises and occasionally learning a rock n' roll song (or more often, just the solo) in the hopes that I'll develop decent chops at some point. Then I stay up too late and see something like this, and I think "f&@% it, I should just be bashing out power chords and having fun." I'm way to cerebral to try and put together songs or arrangements like this myself, but balls out, straight a head rock frickin' kills.



That's an Elvis Costello song (I really wanted to post the cover of Bowie's "Queen Bitch" that they did on Fallon's show, but YouTube's pulled it down). These two guys are from Supergrass - another band that I like very much - in their cover's based side project, The Hot Rats. Check 'em out.