Archive for the 'whimsy' Category

new states

Monday, January 26th, 2009

When I’m in charge, I’ll keep a bunch of the states.  But I also wanna make some new ones, too.
You know when you’re driving up the California coast, and you hit that spot where the air is suddenly breathable again?  I’m going to partition that off, call it North Califoregon, and fucking run the country [...]

solar anus

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Georges Bataille.  Surrealist, philosopher, anti-fascist.  My fourth-favorite thing about him is the fact that, although he considered himself a medievalist and a librarian and not a philosopher per se, he ended up being influential upon the likes of Foucault, Baudrillard and Derrida, which is kind of badass.  My third-favorite thing about him is the writing he [...]

yes, i’m livin’ at a pace that kills

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Oh, David Lee Roth.  How I envied you, with your high notes and high kicks and endless supply of leggy, busty sexual partners.
My very favorite thing on the whole internet (statement may be false by the time you read this) is this youtube video of you in “Running with the Devil,” with the vocal track [...]

happy new year!

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

I love that Google Trends shows searches for hangover cures peaking at around 10 AM this morning.
Posted on Facebook by Gnat: 5 Drinking Myths That Can Kill You.  I wish I had read that before last night, when I had four drinks to keep warm and subsequently died.
And now, back to the task at hand:

photos for misty

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

For the benefit of future employers/students/dates who may visit this site: I don’t smoke pot. For the benefit of my friend Misty (who pretty much smokes my share), here are some photos taken in SF on Haight (naturally):

merry fucking christmas

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

the treachery of 8-bit images

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008


A clarinet quartet playing themes from Super Mario Bros.:

A bassoon quartet playing themes from Super Mario World and Super Mario Bros.:

it is freaking cold

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

So, there’s this medieval song called “Sumer is icumen in,” which is the oldest existing example of a round (think “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”).  Listen to it here.  It’s kind of meh; any awesomeness it has comes from its historical value, the fact that one of the lyrics talks about a stag farting, and [...]

work, youtube!

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

Opponents beware.  He’s coming.

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