Montauk Monster...

Ok...this is by far one of the strangest stories (with photos) I have ever seen on CNN! You be the judge, Monster or Rotten Raccoon?

Streets of Baltimore

New Fun Site....

Found a site the other day from a random guy I met who was playing on his iphone...

Idesktop


Basically, it's a site that lets you convert and download any YouTube video. Pretty Pimp if you aske me...

Follow Up...

So I had this long and involved post explaining in depth how much the job fair I went to sucked....

But, Blogger is being a dick! I have tried to post three times and it hasn't taken, and it didn't save a draft! So...here we go.

It sucked hard core! Long line (30 min)
No great jobs to apply for (13 booths total)
Phoenix is bloody hot! (107 at 11am)

Hmmm...

So what does the phoenix jobfair, Disneyland, and Dante's inferno have in common?

Stay tuned for the answer!

Top Gear

TOP GEAR

Do yourself a favor and youtube the hell out of Top Gear before the Abomination that is the NBC version hits the air!

Enjoy the coolness...

Robin Hood...

Just another reason that the BBC is better than American Television!

I guess the phrase better late than never applies here. I am only three years late in getting in on this great show. But, now I have a ton of catching up to do!

Eddie...

Still the funiest man on the planet!

going to see eddie

eddie izzard show only an hour away!! W00t!!

it's 6am...I must be lonely

So it's 6am and right now I am sitting on my car waiting to go to work.

To say I would rather be sleeping may just be a slight under statement! I'm just saying!

cubs...lose

so the cubs colapse over the last two innings and lose 9-2!

On the bright side (if there is one) we all got free taco bell! If we could have struck out once more we would have gotten a free thirst buster from circle K.

Now it's time to fight traffic back home. Gotta get up at 5am to get to work!! Not looking forward to that.

fastball gets away from hart and hits cabrera in the ankle! Love the way dbacks fans scream like it was on purpose... Bastard can't find the glove, he can pinpoint an ankle...get real. Oh cubs are down 9-2

cubs...

ward homer...but cubs still down 3... Don't think this one is going to end well for Chicago!

Cubs...

Orlando Hudson home run after a run scored on a pass ball...argh. 5-1 d-backs now.

cubs...

Not standing for the 7th inning stretch! It's not Wrigley...it don't count! Cubs down 3-1! Feckers!

cubs...

Another inning closer to the end and the Cubs are still suckingmy soul! On the bright side...they are playing Billy Squire in the ballpark!!

cubs ...

Fontenot...RBI triple. 2-1 cubs on the comeback trail!

cubs -vs- dbacks

2-0 d-backs over cubs heading onto the 4th innong

cubs -vs- dbacks

Another half inning where the cubs get two on and do NOTHING!!

cubs -vs- dbacks

cubs strand two in top of second nut shut down Arizona in the bottom half of the inning. Still 1-0 Arizona

cubs -vs-dbacks

Connor Jackson home run gives dbacks a 1-0 lead after one inning. Jason marquis does it again!

Cubs -vs-d-backs

game starts in 10 minutes...off to get beer!

More of Mos Def

As I said earlier I am on a serious Mos Def Kick right now! So here are two videos I found over at youtube of Mos Def and Kanye West Freestyling...

Blackstar

Definitions

Currently I'm....

Listening to a lot of different albums on constant rotation! My six disc changer in my car looks like....
1) Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins -- Rabbit Fur Coat
2) The Watson Twins -- Fire Songs
3) Motley Crue -- Saints of Los Angeles
4) Black Star (Mos Def/Talib Kweli) -- Black Star
5) Flobots -- Fight With Tools
6) Mos Def -- The New Danger

Watching a lot of TV...
Top Five shows I am watching now are...
1) Burn Notice (welcome back!)
2) Top Gear (BBC car show that kicks ass)
3) Psych (just caught up with season two in time for season three)
4) Reaper (glad that I have all of season one recorded...love this show! Can't wait for the new season!)
5) Cash in the Attic (damn you BBC America!)

Reading...
Well, I am trying to find time to read. When I do find time I have started two books.
1) A Clockwork Orange -- Anthony Burgess
2) The Sin City Graphic Novels (not really a book...but it has nice pictures)

Oh...and I have fallen in love with a little website....

Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

The Brainchild of Joss "can do no wrong" Wheadon stars Neil Patrick Harris (NPH for those in the know) and Wheadon alum Nathan Fillion. Check it out...funny stuff!

I'm Back..

So after taking a little over a week off...I am back.

I have finally settled into life in Arizona. Things I have learned so far:

1) It's Fracking hot here! (dry heat or not)

2) Water is your friend...no seriously!

3) Rain is a funny thing here.
We had a storm the other day that knocked the power out for a few hours. The storm, by Illinois standards was NOTHING. Here though it was a severe storm warning seek shelter or you may die type of storm.

4) I can't wait to be golfing in the middle of "winter". (should be fun)

All in all the move has fine, the transition is going well, and I haven't burned yet! But, then again I haven't been in the pool in the middle of the day yet either!

A night at the inn...

So, the nght at Joshua Tree is a memory! At least I have pictures again.

Only two changes since last year..this time it was me and my buddy Ryan (the man who introduced me to Gram Parsons) was along for the ride. It was nice to share the experience with someone who understood the importance of the room. Not saying that dad didn't get it ... but it was just a trip to the park and an old hotel room.

The other difference was Billy! Billy rocks! Sorry to say that we got Billy in trouble with his girlfriend.

We talked Gram, history, music, world events...oh and he got my Monty Python "huge tracts of land" comment.

All in all a great evening...gas scare aside!

She and Him

Change is hard -- Live on the Craig Ferguson Show

Jenny Lewis -- Then and Now!

From the Wizard!!!


New Video for "Rise up with Fists"

The Wizard...

All things in life eventually come back full circle. You have a crush on a star when you are young...eventually that person will find a way to invade your life later! You love a movie or tv show as a kid, hopefully, if you are lucky, it will return to you in some form.

Right now I am just a little geeked over this... my brand spanking new copy of 1989's geatest piece of cinema...THE WIZARD

Hard to believe it was almost 20 years ago that Universal Studios teamed up with Nintendo to bring us an hour and a half commercial on why the Nintendo was cool!

Two words for you: POWER GLOVE!!! (For the record about $15 will get you a power glove on ebay.)

Why do I love this movie so? Partly because it was the movie that told you..."if you play your video games a lot, and get real good, you could win money some day!" Sadly that didn't work out so hot for me!

But, there is also the fact that Jenny Lewis (via the Wizard) was one of my first on screen crushes!! ah....

Sadly it wasn't until recently that I learned her name! But, I do remember watching this move as a 10year old and thinking, "Wow! those games look cool! Hey, if I have to like a girl....that girl would be pretty cool!"

She could hustle at video games...she had a bunch of truck driver friends to protect her virtue!("That man touched my Breast!"...funniest line in the movie!") oh..and she is cute too!

Now I think it is a really funny that I have found a copy of this movie to slide into my collection. I think though that I will have to put it in a place of honor next to one of my favorite CD's right now....Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins (Rabbit Fur Coat).

Yes, little Jenny Lewis has grown up to be a damn fine singer, This album is fantastic from start to finish!

Oh, and on a side note the Watson Twins have a new cd out called Fire Songs also a great purchase!

I have been mildly obsessed with this album since my buddy Ryan turned me on to her about a year or so ago! Now to have this connection to something I loved as a child!...I can't contain myself!

Now if only I could meet her in person...I think I would die (happy)! So, Jenny...if you are reading this...Call me, send me an email, stop by the house in Phoenix!