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Category Archives: general
Live from Walmart
Standing in line at the deli waiting to get deep-fried chicken tenders for lunch thinking why not publish a blog now? It’s not like it’s the 1990s and I have to be tethered to a desk to publish something online. Today is my wife’s birthday. I keep thinking she will catch up with me, but …
I miss this place
Please, someone, hold me accountable to writing on this blog. Is there anybody out there? [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHN6AViJAvI]
Father's Day Sentiment
Juan Thompson, on his father Hunter S. Thompson: I am proud of this man. I respect and admire his vitality, his courage, his insight, his perverse resistance to security and predictability, his deliberate disregard for propriety, his ability to make me see and think differently. Ultimately, I love and respect him because he really lives. …
Old Claim Chowder
After I decided to change from Movable Type to WordPress I stopped following development to focus on my current content management system. I’m a year behind on MT news from Six Apart, but check out this claim chowder. First, there’s this: “As of today, and forever forward, Movable Type is open source.” Anil Dash, December …
Matt Damon as Ranting 13-Year-Old
[youtube=http://youtu.be/Ef3rm9PXdCI] I would love to see this scene reenacted in costume by Matt Damon (yes, including the Mario backpack). No smile. No breaking the fourth wall with a knowing smirk at the camera. Just a word-for-word reenactment in this exact set. That, my friends, would be a thing of beauty.
Floors, Pain, and Home Improvement
Our home improvement has evolved beyond the expensive necessity of maintaining structural integrity to making our house a home that is a joy to live in. Three years ago on Thanksgiving eve, while checking the progress on a 17-pound turkey smoking in our Big Green Egg, the deck outside our French doors on the second …
Vedder-Tripplehorn Covering the Rolling Stones
Eddie Vedder strums acoustic guitar while Jeanne Tripplehorn (yes, “Alex Blake” from Criminal Minds) sings the Rolling Stones’ “Shattered” as Julie Andrews. A hidden talent we should all remember. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VLAGhOetAk]
Tweaking
Just in case you’re wondering why this site looks a little different, I updated the typeface to Latin Modern Roman for serif fonts and Latin Modern Sans for sans serif.
Mind. Blown.
I’m going to want to be able to find this again later and you need to get with the watching buddy. Video clocks in at just over five magical minutes. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX6JcybgDFo]