September 2011
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January 2011
1 post
December 2010
1 post
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
3 posts
MPLS Calling
“I saw myself as The Clash, but really I was Big Star.”
Dana Gould, on his popularity with mainstream American and with comedians
Come fly with me
“assuming i can get it off work, i’m getting trained on octgober 14th”
“Octgober 14th sounds like enough time to learn to fly.”
So I fixed it
“turns out the source audio was stupid, so I fixed it.” “Problem solved. ‘Your advertising was stupid, so I fixed it.’”
“that’s how we roll”
May 2010
1 post
March 2010
1 post
What's the Frequency, Kenneth?: “December boys got... →
merlin:
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Merlin Mann on Alex Chilton. I’m still pretty torn up about the whole thing. Big Star was playing the Levitt Shell at Overton Park in May, and Ashley and I had V.I.P. tickets that let us into the soundcheck and the pre-show cocktail party that would be attended by the band. Having…
February 2010
1 post
... your cat has what now?
Best part about figuring out the picture blog for my cat? Figuring out a picture blog for my cat.
Prepare to be rocked, world.
January 2010
2 posts
On my drive home this evening, something fell from the sky. The way it seemed to be falling, I thought it was man-made and crashing. My first thought was “Oh no… a plane is crashing,” followed with “Will there be a loud noise when it impacts” followed with “There’s no way that can be close to the house.” The something was silver, or at least I think it...
“Originally content to play simply fast and loud, Westerberg’s often comic and daring music grew increasingly more ambitious. By the band’s third and fourth albums, he was throwing off evocative tales of heartbreak, pain and confusion at a level that most bands would be lucky to stumble upon once in a career. Commercially, the Replacements mostly went nowhere, but you have to...
December 2009
2 posts
Santa?
Aged 33 - first white facial hair spotted. Surely 34 brings a walker and shoes with insoles.
November 2009
7 posts
Overheard in the office today: “Was there any direction on ‘Blah blah blah, whatever?’”
Don’t know if it really said “Blah blah blah, whatever,” or if that was the interpretation of the copy.
“It’s the fall that’s going to kill ya.”
Flawed Dogs
“This was the first time the dog had ever received any affection in its life. … It’s the most moving picture of a dog I’ve ever seen, having gone through an impossible transition and fallen back to where dogs naturally go, which is just loving people.”
http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/10/14/flawed-dogs-inspired-by-photo-of-vick-dog/
Berke Breathed saw a picture of one of Michael Vick’s dogs and...
Re-assembling Bloom County →
October 2009
8 posts
In Progress - "Oh, I Should Tune In Some Day."
It was August 29th, 2007. I remember reading Scott Simmons old The Editblog saying “Top Gear now on BBC America” and seeing a guy who leaning against a motorcycle, and it didn’t come off as pretentious or targeting a demo of males 18-34. Maybe it was the idea of watching BBC America for something other than news or the sentences “One of the best things about Top Gear is the top-notch production...
It wasn't me →
Lemme get to the next slide
I’m putting together a 10-minute bit for a deal tomorrow with the thing (you know, those guys) in Keynote. I really don’t care for “power pointing.”
With the actual conveyance of information I’m throwing out every extra step along the way. No dissolves in from point to point, it’s all going up there, and it’s each getting a sentence or two. No overt...
Rick Bayless is badass →
You got no fear of the underdog, that's why you... →
September 2009
2 posts
When you understand that nobody wants to read your... →
