Wordnik - look, when you want to look up look, traditional sources now return hypnotic, pseudo-candid loops of two girls rumpshaking in a copier room.  And results, somewhere, if you can remember why you needed them in the first place.  Urban Dictionary has devolved into a sewer and a haven for juvenile graffiti.  Wordnik is somewhere in between ( Read more... )

I've never destroyed a piece of music in my life, with the possible exception of Walk on the Wild Side at a karaoke bar or three.  There was, however, a childhood incident brought to my attention recently.  My brother told me I once walked into our room and stepped on his 45 of Carole King's I Feel The Earth Move/It's Too Late.  He's carried this ( Read more... )

He slowly ran his fingers through her long black hair, which wasn't really black because she used Preference by L'Oreal to color it (because "she was worth it"); her carrot-colored roots were starting to show, and it reminded him of the time he'd covered his car's check engine light with black electrical tape, but a faint orange glow still shone ( Read more... )

I've been thinking a lot about this business and have done some writing, but it isn't quite there.  In the meantime, I would like to thank the editors of Time for selecting a photo that captured him at the height of his powers, and where he should have checked out and gone to live in France like an old jazz expatriate.  Before it got too weird and ( Read more... )

The road to optimal beer temperature is paved with the carcasses of the weak.


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Looked out the window at lunch today and noticed a biker with starting issues/dead battery.   High-dollar Harley of fairly recent vintage.  The guy whips off the seat as if it's attached with velcro, grabs two jumper cables out of a saddlebag, attaches them to the battery, and is Gone in 60 Seconds.

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Stunning, gory, and beautiful photographs coming out of Tehran.

Motorcycle-based warfare (tydeus , try spotting the '77 CB-750K). 
Cyberwarfare (Twitter is being used as both a weapon and as a broadcast channel). 
Fat thugs who seem to have no problem slapping women around.

I can't help thinking about the possible poetic justice of Jimmy Carter heading ( Read more... )

I too would like to personally thank the soldiers who stormed Obama Beach, wherever the hell it is. Hawaii?

A slip up, sure, and not nearly as bad as failing to invite the Queen.  You know, the only living head of state to have actually served in WWII.


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Damm, she could sing a mess o' blues. I first discovered her music on an Alligator Records compilation in the 80s, which included her stunning version of I'd Rather Go Blind.

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