Jan

29

Art’s this guy I used to know…

January 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment | Email | Print
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So, I’m working on a painting. Actually it’s 3 paintings meant to be hung together.
That’s called a “triptych” if you’re a serious artist. It’s called “three paintings meant to be hung together” if you’re me.
I haven’t actually painted anything interesting since highschool (and nothing all that interesting then, really).
This should either be very […]

Jan

26

Snot, pronounced = Schnot

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So I’ve been sick for the past couple of days with horrible stuff coming out of my nose. It’s been a bit of a battle with the doctor just getting the right meds to fix me.
Me - “Hey, I’ve used this particular antibiotic in the past…I’d like to try it again because it works […]

Jan

23

Worst day of the year

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Those wacky Brits have determined that tomorrow will be the worst day of the year. There is a mathematical formula to prove it.
The formula is this: 1/8W+(D-d) 3/8xTQ MxNA.
Where W is weather, D is debt - minus the money (d) due on January’s pay day - and T is the time since Christmas.
Q […]

Jan

23

Soy to the World

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I am so happy. I took a class last week at Leisure Learning Unlimited right here in Houston. In the space of a mere 2 hours we learned to make soy candles. Yes, that’s right. Make. Not buy. Make. I made something, people. I successfully poured one 8-oz. dark green candle, scented with Citrus […]

Jan

22

330 MPG car

January 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment | Email | Print
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From Hippoblog:
A 330 MPG Car for Everyone; Three San Diego Engineers Form Company to Build and Sell Revolutionary 330 MPG
CARLSBAD, Calif.–Jan. 18, 2006–Accelerated Composites, LLC, has designed a two-seat passenger car that will achieve up to 330 MPG and sell for under $20,000. The lightweight composite, hybrid car will post this fuel efficiency in normal […]

Jan

17

Slow Life

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I was feeling a bit green today (like Ralph Nader, not Kermit the Frog) so I thought I’d post something interesting I found on a Japanese website for sustainability (not sure how I ended up there). The original article is below, but the actual page can be found here. I’m not sure […]

Jan

17

Zoe’s radio show

January 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment | Email | Print
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Zoe is 15 years old.
Zoe has her own internet radio show.
Zoe has suprisingly good taste in music.
You can find her podcast here: www.zoeradio.com
Go Zoe!
- Dave

Jan

16

Last 77 page loads

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This interesting little graphic details the last 77 page loads of this blog. I’m delighted to see those European flags. Interesting, huh?
-Dave

Jan

16

Robert Pollard - From a Compound Eye

January 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment | Email | Print
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Glen Gamboa of News Day wrote a review of Bobby Pollard’s first album post-Guided By Voices. From what I’ve read, it sounds like it’ll be a good one.
Who are we kidding? It’s going to sound like Guided by Voices and it’ll be great.
-Dave

Jan

16

New Built to Spill Album

January 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment | Email | Print
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According to Pitchfork, Idaho rockers, Built to Spill, are coming out with a new album in April.
I know, it sounds funny saying “Idaho rockers,” but I always look forward to Doug’s catchy guitar riffs.
-Dave

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