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Neater Knots – Down with Granny

I am currently only wearing slip-on shoes (see Asides post) but in an effort to promote safety & efficiency I felt obliged to post this for all my friends that go through this drudgery on a daily basis. I mean, has anyone ever calculated the energy lost to reties? It seems to me [...]

Buckles: 1901

Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901.  He is the last living United States Veteran from WWI.  This film is a beautiful tribute to Frank and all the Veterans that have put themselves in harms way to protect our American ideals.  Thank You.

Kudos to Sean Dunne for filming another wonderful piece of art.  Sean is [...]

Life * Life * Loud

Do people buy albums for the cover art anymore? I do. I didn’t know Hawk Nelson were Christian let alone Canadian until after I owned the album and started on some deep research.  Hell, I didn’t know if this was a band or one of Willie’s offspring.   But honestly, how can you [...]

the human tragedy consists in the necessity

Not saying, just saying…

Islands – The xx

Bored To Death

Am I the only one spazzing out with excitement for this series? I long ago threw in the towel on Entourage and I am unclear on when East Bound and Down returns.

23 key/natural ingredients

I shared one of these bad boys with Dr. Erbeckistan on a recent ride. It was his first pull from the Red Bull coca. Myself, I jumped on this bandwagon early and was surprised by the all natural ingredients of this cola. Recently, I ran across this TIME article referencing some elaborate [...]

The Latest

Is this only cool to me?  Click on the image to pre-order.
Track List:
1. Sleep Forever (1:37)
2. When The Lights Are Out (3:26)
3. Miss Tomorrow (4:11)
4. Sick Man of Europe (2:08)
5. These Days (2:44)
6. Miracle [...]

Kevin!

For the good Doctor… Making up for my less than “manly” Night Ranger post

I have said it before on this blog – I absolutely love Errol Morris. If you find the time you should read his blog series in the New York Times; Bamboozling

30 years and they pried the nails from the coffin.

You have to love The BBC, their “news” is typically less mired in sensationalized melodrama than we have come accustomed to. We are talking about the Walkman here so emotions are rite given the upcoming 30th birthday. Let’s face it, this birthday represents a lost generation.  We aren’t baby-boomers yet we sure [...]

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From: Passive Aggressive Notes