Archive for November, 2008

Tedium and recasting the same four walls

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

As the days outside grow colder, grayer and shorter, I grow more restless. A restless man needs his pacing space, and mine has been shrinking exponentionally. It’s like I’m a beast stuck in a cage two sizes too small.

I’m seriously thinking about how I can rearrange my apartment, not to mention ripping apart my closets and tossing all manner of useless crap. I’m even contemplating ridding myself of some of my more useless pieces of furniture.

This is all just a stop-gap measure, of course. I’ve been comtemplating a move from my tiny little apartment for quite some time, but that has been pushed off to some future date (yet again).  Still, all this planned rearranging could help me save some future grief when that move finally does happen if I do it in a semi-smart manner.

Yes, I really have so many interesting things to write about….

A Special Comment

Friday, November 14th, 2008

I totally endorse the show that this clip makes fun of.  What’s more, I heard about this from the very show in question.  Keith Olbermann is good for television, I say. And humor is good for me.

Writing Locally, Regarding Nothing

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Ah, writing while on my commute to and from work. A nice feeling that I haven’t had for a while. Weehawken to Tribeca isn’t quite long enough to break out the laptop, not to mention ol’ lappy being on its last legs.

With all my resurgent personal attention to the blog and its upkeep, I thought I would practice writing a bit with WordPress on my iPhone. With no copy and paste options currently available, I have to keep a better mind on what I’m writing than I usually do.

There are certainly days when I have tons of important thoughts I wish I could tell the world. This…is not one of them.

Calamity Coach

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Sure thankful none of my bus rides end up like this.

Sure thankful none of my bus rides end up like this.

Short, tragic, and funny are the series of Calamity Coach comics by Aaron Costain.  I fear the place the creator must live where giant squids, meteors and light cycles attack motor coaches with such regularity.

(via Drawn)

John Williams Sung a Capella

Monday, November 10th, 2008

If you’ve got an urge to listen to John Wiliams compositions sung a capella and with humorous lyrics, then Corey Vidal’s got you covered.  His YouTube video called Star Wars (MP3 and lyrics here) actually manages to go through a medely of Williams’ best compositions with lyrics completely referenceing the sci-fi classic without once using one of the songs from the films.  Great stuff.

(via Boing Boing)