1. Someone in my building blasting Dueling Banjos (a.k.a. the theme from Deliverance) for no apparent reason. Not blasting anything else before or after it, just Dueling Banjos at building-shaking levels. WHY?! 2. A car horn that plays “La Cucaracha,” but plays the last note off key. I didn’t think anything could be more irritating ...

I’m not sure if it’s because it’s 4:30am, but the opening paragraph of this Washington Post review made me giggle: Power-singing softie Michael McDonald committed a cardinal live-show sin at Nissan Pavilion Friday night. After casually taking a seat behind a center-stage keyboard, the former Doobie Brother greeted a sparse but excitable crowd with a ...

…because I look at something like this and think, goddamn, that sounds fucking awesome. And then I mentally start trying to figure out how to afford it, instead of thinking of how many ways I could get killed doing that. I don’t do a lot of real dangerous stuff, but for some reason, whitewater hypnotizes ...

Happy 4th of July to everyone here in the States. Ah, back in the days when we were overthrowing tyrannical bastards instead of enabling them. Huzzah! Just remember to try not to blow yourself up with fireworks or set yourself on fire while grilling. Safety first, kids! Alcohol, of course, is second. Actual celebration of ...

Does it strike anyone else as odd that a wetsuit costs less than a bathing suit?

I’d been meaning to see this movie for a while, but I hadn’t gotten around to it. I’d been told it was a good, silly romantic comedy. It’s not very good, but it sure is silly. And it taught me a few things: – Advances in sound recording and editing capabilities mean that even the ...

I’d spend my vast amount of free time making flamethrowers out of PVC pipe instead of redesigning parts of my website. The site will take a while to load because there are a lot of pictures, but it’s entirely worth it to see what the power of geekiness and spare time (and I doubt it’s ...

After finding a workaround, Haloscan commenting is back. Begone, obnoxious Blogger commenting process! ETA: I also jury-rigged the hover command so it at least looks normal in Safari! Woo!

Summer unemployment continues, and it leads to the development of weird sleep habits and theses. This is just one of those theses. I’ve got a fiendish plot: I’m going to go all the way around the clock with my sleeping habits so that I’m actually waking up at a normal hour when I go back ...

This guy, who is clearly a trained concert pianist, playing nothing but Super Mario Brothers themes, some of them while blindfolded. This is fucking awesome. Thanks to my friend Miyuki for sending me this.