don’t you dare bring on da noise:
In order to take the spiritual temperature of an individual or society, one must “mark” the music. There is no more effective way to teach anything than with the aid of music. It undoubtedly affects our emotions. To start with many listeners do not realize the fact that music [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2005
Bring on da funk, but…
December 31, 2005 – 6:22 pm
Best Buy vs. Circuit City
December 30, 2005 – 2:44 pm
In interesting post over at the Consumerist. I agree that so far in my experience Best Buy has been a better shopping experience. The are much better at handling people who actually don’t need help, and just want to buy and get the hell out.
What I found interesting was in one of the [...]
They were against the constitution before they were for it
December 28, 2005 – 10:02 am
Prof. Tabarrok notices some political hypocrisy. Hilarious!
For those who like this kind of thing
December 27, 2005 – 6:34 pm
… this is just the kind of thing you’ll like.
They appear to be releasing music through their site as they create it. I read somewhere that one of the two musicians involved is a former DK.
(via)
You can pick your nose
December 27, 2005 – 5:15 pm
…but you can’t pick your family:
“You know Wafah bin Ladin?” Valvo asks the men loudly.
“Wafah Dufour,” she snaps, shooting him a look that’s more pleading than hostile.
[...]
Ms. Dufour, who’s vague about her age but almost certainly younger than 30, sits down at a good corner table and thanks me for helping her tell her story. [...]
Mr. Beast
December 27, 2005 – 10:32 am
Still not sure when the CD will be released, but you can listen to the first release (Friend of the Night) from Mogwai’s new album here.
Don’t tell Senator McCain
December 22, 2005 – 6:53 pm
Apparently, kids love to torture Barbie dolls. Why?
One interpretation of this phenomenon is that the children are reacting to the proliferation of different types of the doll, which range from Fashion Barbie to Queen Elizabeth I Barbie and even a Geisha Barbie.
“The children never talked of one single, special Barbie. The girls almost always talked [...]
Whoever double-crosses me and leaves me alive, he understands nothing about Tuco!
December 20, 2005 – 3:47 pm
This is probably horrible, but while reading Fran’s post about torture, when I came to the Church’s position
“The varieties of crime are numerous: all offenses against life itself, such as murder, genocide, abortion, euthanasia and willful suicide; all violations of the integrity of the human person, such as mutilation, physical and mental torture, undue psychological [...]
This just in
December 18, 2005 – 11:18 pm
The news media leans left. In other breaking news, water is found to be wet.
Random space stuff
December 14, 2005 – 2:46 pm
Because of my interest in sailing on water, I’ve always been facinated by the idea of solar sailing. Came across this interesting tidbit:
The concept of space sails is not new. About the time Jamestown was being established as America’s first permanent colony at dawn of the 17th century, German astronomer Johannes Kepler penned a [...]
Getting all medieval on yo ass….
December 14, 2005 – 10:53 am
In a country where you can’t own a gun for protection of yourself and your loved ones, people are turning to……… furniture.
Casino vs Japan
December 13, 2005 – 8:10 am
…has a website with some free mp3s. You know: for those of you who like this kind of thing, this is just the kind of thing you’ll like.
And apparently there are a couple of CDs I’m going to have to go out and stay in and buy.
Wow
December 9, 2005 – 1:57 pm
Thunder and lightning in a snow storm. Pretty cool. I’m going out to shovel. If I’m not back in an hour, send out a search party.
;-)
UPDATE: I lived. And I used a plastic shovel.
Another UPDATE: Went to a gas station (after it closed) to fill up one of my tires, found a cell phone in [...]
Two interesting charts
December 9, 2005 – 12:30 pm
UPDATE: Fixed chart resolutions, should be more legible.
So much for my meth lab
December 7, 2005 – 3:13 pm
Vicks has apparently tossed its tried and true formula for NyQuil:
…Vicks has released new formulations of both NyQuil and DayQuil, removing the decongestant ingredient [pseudoephedrine - dff] from NyQuil entirely, and replacing it will a far less effective decongestant in DayQuil. They both contain an antihistamine called doxylamine succinate, but as far as my nose [...]
Quick Reviews
December 6, 2005 – 2:57 pm
Two nights ago I set up 1. Vonage with a 5.4 Mhz phone and 2. A wireless network,
Quick Review:
Vonage-
Super easy- I was chatting on the phone in 15 minutes. Sound quality is better than my AT&T line at my old apartment. Time will tell if the quality is consistant. As of now, [...]