June 2009
“Spent twenty minutes in the shower this morning pressing my face into the...”
– Stephan Pastis - Why I Don’t Have Time To Do a Longer Blog Post Today
I need to vent
If I told you the guy living next door to me was a selfish, self obsessed, irresponsible junkie, who endangered the lives of his children, squandered and blew all the money he earned (that should have been used to secure a future for his family) and who overdosed on a lethal concoction of drugs, leaving behind 3 kids with no mother or father figure - would you say he was a great man? Would you say...
The bad: Honeymoon is almost over.
The good: I shall be returning to you, dear tumblr.
Tonight I’m on a cruise ship in gale force winds, if I had any I’d be in a mess, hairwise.
Whew. That was a blast, now cruising :)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-14) →
Josh Rouse (19)
Blur (5)
Paul Westerberg (4)
Ryan Bingham (3)
Ryan Adams (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
I’m popping out to get hitched folks, then off on a cruise of the Mediterranean for a couple of weeks. I’ll be giving my peepers a long overdue break from tft screens, so there probably won’t be much (if any) posting happening until July.
Bon Voyage!
P.S. If I’ve set it up properly g-g should publish itself for the next couple of weeks.
Facebook Purity Removes Eye-Gouging Quiz Updates -... →
One intrepid scripter wrote a Facebook-purging Greasemonkey script to specialize in quiz blocking, leaving things you might actually care about behind.
Oh thank feck! *Install*
Shell in $15.5m Nigeria deaths settlement - RTÉ... →
Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a $15.5m payout to settle a lawsuit alleging complicity in murder, torture and other abuses by Nigeria’s former military government. The settlement brings to an end a decade-long battle by relatives of Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and others executed in 1995 in what plaintiffs said was a campaign of repression backed by Shell. Mr Saro-Wiwa led...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-7) →
Ryan Adams (57)
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals (9)
Neal Casal (5)
Jesse Malin (5)
Guns N’ Roses (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Pssst. Practicing with friends for the wedding, rough jam, warts n’ all, trying to give my vocals the old soulful growl ….. Listen to the music (rehearsal with band).
theresalighton:
Now I’m really bored.
Stop sitting around being bored and come meet us for pints in the Lord Edward!!
The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies - io9 →
In Short: 10. Spaceballs 9. Mystery Men 8. Army of Darkness/Shaun of the Dead 7. Groundhog Day 6. Tremors 5. Ghostbusters 4. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 3. Sleeper 2. Galaxy Quest 1. Back to the Future
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BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO trailer
This looks absolutely fantastic, gave my stomach that happy Star Wars buzz.
Psssst...
Don’t tell anyone…. (A rough) Listen to the Music by Travors.
travors: GPOYW. Shamelessly posing like the shamelessly posing poser that I am.
theresalighton: Gah, Travors - new tattoo! Get it out of the sun!
It’s ok, there shall be no fading here, I hid and posed in the shadows all day ;-)
List Of Dada Comics - TVTropes.org →
Geeks have a weird sense of humor. Geeks also read a lot of webcomics. As a result, many webcomics tend to have a bent towards surreal, non sequitur humor. Dada Comics take this to the extreme, being composed of nothing but surreal, non sequitur humor. They may be gag-a-day comics, or cover story arcs that make little or no sense. They may also be (intentionally) badly drawn and scripted
Choked Up - Ryan Adams from Exile On Franklin...
Transgenic Mice Engineered With A Human Gene For... →
A team of German scientists have created a batch of transgenic mice with a human gene for speech. The researchers wanted to shed light on how humans developed our language capabilities, including the intricate thought and muscle coordination which allowed us as a species to develop complex language. One gene responsible for that development is the FOXP2 gene. Its absence leads to speech...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-31) →
Death Cab for Cutie (20)
Josh Rouse (13)
The Stunning (11)
Bruce Springsteen (4)
Ryan Adams (3)
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