.: Above The Aether :.

I popped the question. She said “yes.” It’s official. We’re getting hitched. So here are a few pictures of Justine and her ring. We don’t know the details of where or when but we’ll figure that out later. Our friends and family can rest assured that it will not be in Texas. Certainly not Texas [...]

Would you like to know the definition of irony? How about Kosher bacon bits? You can purchase these wonderful bits of irony at Amazon.com. (Yes, they are imitation bacon bits.) Can I get some applause for that? Thank you. -Dave

Anyone know any good holocaust jokes? From the Jerusalem Post… “Iran’s biggest-selling newspaper has chosen to tackle the West’s ideals of “freedom of expression” by launching a competition to find the 12 “best” cartoons about the Holocaust, the Associated French Press reported on Monday.” So, it looks like this Iranian newspaper is fighting cartoons with [...]

We might entitle this one “Justine’s Courageous Story” by Justine. So a couple of weeks ago I go to this local beauty salon to get a manicure-pedicure and an eyebrow wax. I have undergone these procedures several times w/no ill effect, although I had noticed that a couple of times my uh waxer lady had [...]

Merlin Mann is a funny guy. He posts lists of 5 things. Here is one of them: Five things I’d ask every Supreme Court nominee if I sat on the Senate Judiciary Committee 1. If you knew to an absolute moral certainty that you could capture and consume a live infant without being caught, how [...]

Apparently the Norwegian & Danish embassies have been set on fire in Damascus, Syria in protest of a the cartoon below. Here’s the BBC story link. I can already imagine the private conversation between our president and the embassadors of Norway and Denmark. I can actually see George Bush saying “see, I told you these [...]

So, am I the only person that thinks crazy fundamentalist Muslims have no sense of humor? If you haven’t already heard, it seems that the entire Islamic world is enraged about a political cartoon that ran in several European newspapers depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a funny light. Muslims are burning Danish flags and threatening [...]

Islands range in price from $28K – $4.2Mil. This officially begins the quest for my evil volcano lair. -Dave

One of the best sources of independent music in Houston, Cactus Music & Video, is closing up shop the end of March 2006. This is a bummer on several accounts: 1. Cactus Music has been a great source of independent music in the mega-retail wasteland of Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Virgin Music and their ilk. 2. [...]

I was watching the State of the Union Address the other night and wasn’t really paying attention until I heard the phrase “human-animal hybrid,” at which point I stared at the TV in mild disbelief. Wait. Did Gee Dubya just say he didn’t approve of human-animal hybrids? I’m pretty sure he just said that. So [...]