Another blog I read posted this today, and it seems appropriate.  Here's a live performance by the legendary Marvin Gaye of two of his greatest songs - "What's Going On" and "What's Happening Brother."  Take 9 minutes out of your day and enjoy a great performance and some interesting old footage.

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We finally got caught up with the Underworld series, having watched Underworld: Evolution last night.  Pretty good sequel, though I'm not sure it was as good as the first movie.  It certainly had a crapload more blood and guts though.  They probably could've named it Underworld: Splatterhouse and been more truthful.

So now we're ready for the ( Read more... )

I got bored with the limitations on the free LJ accounts so I upgraded to Plus.  It's still free but they place ads here and there.  Still, I get more icons and a lot more design styles to choose from.  Eventually I'll settle on one, I reckon.

Kids, take it from your Uncle Chris - doing home renovations/repair at 11pm on a school night is not fun.  At all.  I mention this because today we're getting a new dishwasher installed, and we didn't figure out until after we had purchased it that the current dishwasher-shaped hole was about 1 1/2 inches too small.  So with only a few days to do ( Read more... )

That has to be a gag, but man is it convincing.  Not safe for work in any way, shape, or form.

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Because I'm too lazy to post new stuff, I'll just pass along something I read today on Deadspin that struck me as pretty true and awesome.  It concerns one of my favorite movies, A Christmas Story:

"Do you know why A Christmas Story is a great movie, and why people watch it every year? It’s because, unlike every other Hollywood movie ever made, the ( Read more... )

Well at least I made it through my birthday without major incident.  But around 2 am I woke up with a pretty substantial pain in my left side.  Now, I don't have a huge threshold for pain anyway but I knew this was not good.  After pacing for a few minutes and deciding it wasn't going away, I woke up zena73 .  We talked about our options and decided it ( Read more... )

For the most part, the second half of Road Trip '08 was more interesting than the first. For one, the western half of the U.S. is a helluva lot more visually appealing than the Midwest. Oklahoma, believe it or not, is actually very beautiful in parts - if for no other reason than the distinct lack of signage for porn and porn-related businesses ( Read more... )

The plan was to update my LJ on each day of our cross-country drive, but then I came up against the Days Inn in Plainfield, Indiana. zena73 and I swear the signs all said "Free WiFi Internet", which was a pleasant surprise. Turns out "free" in this case meant "non-functional." Fortunately the Super 8 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma is being slightly more ( Read more... )

Those of you who dilligently follow my Facebook status may have noticed an item I posted last week concerning a pretty major change in the world of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), of which I am a member.  Last week in Pittsburgh at the OCA's 15th All-American Council, Bishop Jonah of Fort Worth was elected to the office of Metropolitan, ( Read more... )