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March 31, 2007
Ten Seldom-Used Blog Names
1. The Sioux Falls, South Dakota SuperTarget Snack Bar Gossip Pages
2. Jamie Farr Digest
3. All About Gaskets
4. Me And The Pommel Horse
5. .38 Special Road Diary
6. Feelin' Statutory
7. Diabetic and Lovin' it!
8. Copier Tips
9. Look At My Uncle's Scar
10. The Holocaust So Didn't Happen
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Three Albums I Can't Wait For!
1. Sufjan Stevens - Oh, Puerto Rico
The whispery, banjo-totin' cult leader offers three discs -- plus a fan-mandatory(!) companion six-disc/three-DVD boxed set of demos and b-sides -- of odes to everybody's favorite U.S. Commonwealth, written and recorded in the company of a dozen or so sweaty, bearded, shirtless, twentysomething male grad students in a men's room at Lofton State, a small, liberal arts college in northwest Idaho. Be sure to catch Sufjan on tour this spring, when he'll be premiering a double album's-worth of new songs documenting his thoughts about writing the songs found on Puerto Rico. Also be on the lookout for his eight-part (by fan club subscription only) series of releases celebrating El Dia de Los Muertos.
2. Kevin Federline - Marketable Skills
Britney's ex rocks the mic hard in a dozen new honky raps about farting and trying to remember his social security number while filling out a job application at Arby's. DualDisc includes exclusive rehearsal footage and behind-the-scenes footage of K-Fed asking Brit for five bucks so he can get some Kools. She can't loan him the money because she's already spent all her cash getting a Molly Hatchet tattoo.
3. Elvis Costello - Another Muddled Mess That the Cool People Will Be Too Afraid to Admit Actually Blows
On this, his 178th release, Costello screws around in the studio with wife Diana Krall, offers up a capivatingly incoherent duet with Van Morrison, spends an afternoon desperately searching for a melody with Burt Bacharach, and rounds up the Attractions for the flaccidly poignant old-school street-cred slop of "(What's Still So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding?" Because Bush sucks. That's why.
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Items I Recently Purchased for My Son That Are Actually a Bit Too Old for My Son, and, Thus, Are Really for Me...for Now
1. Schoolhouse Rock: Special 30th Anniversary Edition dvd set.
2. Sesame Street: Old School - 1969-1974, Volume 1 dvd set.
3. Baseball cards.
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March 22, 2007
Larry "Bud" Melman is Gone
NBC's Late Night with David Letterman -- if you never saw it -- was the crazier, more spontaneous, and, some would say, funnier precursor to the current Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. While I love both, Late Night will forever hold a special place in my heart.
One of Late Night's recurring bit players was Calvert DeForest, better known as Larry "Bud" Melman. Larry developed a cult-like following and sent viewers into hysterics each and every time he appeared on camera -- often only for a few seconds.
Calvert DeForest died Monday. He was 85.
He will be missed.
The following clip has long been a favorite of mine.
(Thanks to Alice for the heads up on Calvert's passing.)
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March 20, 2007
My UTC Alumni Profile
I'm profiled on the UTC Alumni website this month.
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March 16, 2007
It's 2007. Stop with the Pop-Up Ads Already!
If your website still has pop-up ads, it means that you cannot afford to have a proper website. Not only will I not be clicking on your pop-up ads, I will no longer be visiting your site. Pop-up ads are officially past the point of annoying and a sign of lameness.
Get rid of them.
Now.
That is all.
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March 13, 2007
Al Gore: Damaging Science?
All I'm saying is, if you are a leading Democrat and the New York Times is giving you a hard time, what do you do?
Hollywood has a thing for Al Gore and his three-alarm film on global warming, “An Inconvenient Truth,” which won an Academy Award for best documentary. So do many environmentalists, who praise him as a visionary, and many scientists, who laud him for raising public awareness of climate change.But part of his scientific audience is uneasy. In talks, articles and blog entries that have appeared since his film and accompanying book came out last year, these scientists argue that some of Mr. Gore’s central points are exaggerated and erroneous. They are alarmed, some say, at what they call his alarmism.
On a related note, how about that weather today, huh?
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March 08, 2007
Everybody Please Congratulate Josiah Q. Roe on Making the Top 12 on "American Idol"
Sorry. Had to do it.
Meet Josiah's Top 40 alter ego here.
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March 07, 2007
If You Need an Edible Chocolate Image of Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant, I Have One
Look, it's still wrapped!
(Yes, eventually everything winds up on an editor's desk.)
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March 02, 2007
The Majesty of Lord T. and Eloise
I'll keep it short.
The Lord T. and Eloise show tonight at Rhythm and Brews was STELLAR.
The boys drew an energetic crowd, and put on a relentlessly tight set.
Chris, Brian, and I filmed the show with three separate cameras, and Ernie shot a bunch of stills.
Expect a video for "To My Ladies" in a month or so, which is when they're due back in town.
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