.: Above The Aether :.

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 Basil. [...]

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 [...]

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 I agree with [...]

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

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

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