Isn’t the Light OK?

When­ever we have peo­ple over to visit, one of the first things they do is use the Mag­netic Poetry set on our refrig­er­a­tor. Given the tem­po­ral nature of these cre­ations, I thought it would be cool to start archiv­ing some of them. Maybe this will incite more peo­ple to visit us — not only do […]

“Ike, do your impres­sion of David Caruso’s ridicu­lous open­ing one-liners from CSI:Miami!”

Cau­tion: this goes on way too long. It wears out its wel­come at around the halfway mark, and then, in true Sideshow Bob rake gag fash­ion, gets bet­ter again.
Have a great Fri­day…
…Miami style.
*cue Roger Dal­trey “YEEEAAHHHHHH!”*

Glen Phillips, one of my favorite song­writ­ers, is spon­sor­ing a con­test to pro­mote his new EP, Secrets of the New Explor­ers. Much like Nine Inch Nails, the Beastie Boys and Jim’s Big Ego before him, he’s pro­vided the multi-track .wav files to his song “The Spirit of Shack­le­ton” for bud­ding remixers/arrangers/karaoke vocal­ists to do with […]

I dis­cov­ered this video last night that com­bines the pup­petry of the peo­ple behind Avenue Q and the direc­tors who brought you The Vader Ses­sions, along with a band I’d heard of, but never actu­ally heard before. It’s three great tastes that taste great together. Check Akjak.com’s home page to see a higher-quality version.

I’ve heard it said that when you really want to change, you will, and there’s no point forc­ing your­self to if you’re not ready. Appar­ently, I’m ready.
A few months back, I changed jobs. While the work I’m doing now isn’t really any “sex­ier” than my pre­vi­ous 10-year stint as a cus­tomer ser­vice rep, it’s much more […]