.: Above The Aether :. » Writing http://www.abovetheaether.com Stepping over the steaming pile of reality. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:49:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Lonesome Stranger – All-Monkey Western http://www.abovetheaether.com/2010/01/19/the-lonesome-stranger-all-monkey-western/ http://www.abovetheaether.com/2010/01/19/the-lonesome-stranger-all-monkey-western/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:20:24 +0000 Dave http://www.abovetheaether.com/?p=1722

Video link

(This Monkey Western was brought to you by my brother Nate.)

- Dave

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hemingway

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(Top to bottom) William Burroughs, Ernest Hemingway and Hunter S. Thompson.

I think writers holding guns seem more dangerous than “normal” people holding guns.  Perhaps it has something to do with the combination of  intelligence and violence that seems to intensify both characteristics.

Or maybe they were all a bit crazy (since two of the three writers above shot themselves).

Powerful photos, either way.

- Dave

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See the rest of them here.

- Dave

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Tropical storm Edouard is supposed to hit us in Houston tonight around midnight.

Our storm supplies consist of olives, vermouth and vodka.  It worked for Rita, why not Edouard?

I’ll try to post some photos or video of the tropical storm experience here later tonight.

- Dave

UPDATE: Monday, July 04 – 7:55PM (CST) – Edouard is now slated to make landfall in Galveston around 1PM tomorrow.

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The sky is turning that weird swirling khaki brown tonight to signal a whopper of a storm is coming.

Josh and Tara will be in town tomorrow night, making that long trek from New York that they tried to make a few months ago. Let’s hope mother nature is a bit nicer to them this time around.

- Dave

Update for a douche-bag – The Sky in Houston I was referring to above.

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There is a severe weather alert in Houston this weekend because the temperature dropped into the 40s overnight.   Ask anyone north of the Mason-Dixon line if 40 degrees is cold and they will laugh and shoosh you away for bothering them.

Silly weather alerts.

-Dave

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Link (via Lifehacker)

P.S. – They have kosher model as well in the shape of a yarmulke.

]]> http://www.abovetheaether.com/2007/04/02/tin-foil-hat-fashion/feed/ 1 I want you to build an ark! http://www.abovetheaether.com/2007/03/14/i-want-you-to-build-an-ark/ http://www.abovetheaether.com/2007/03/14/i-want-you-to-build-an-ark/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:29:46 +0000 Dave http://www.abovetheaether.com/2007/03/14/i-want-you-to-build-an-ark/ So it’s been raining for the past two days straight here in Houston.  There are numerous sections of highway around the city that have been closed because of flooding.  It’s also pretty depressing to drive to work in the dark and come home in the dark for a few days in a row.

The sky looks like that last scene in Ghostbusters with the swirling omnious clouds around that tall building while Rick Moranis staggers around asking about the Keymaster and the Gatekeeper.  We had tornado and flood warnings yesterday to put icing on the cake.

I miss blizzards.  I think I would be the only person in Houston NOT freaked out if we got 4 feet of snow.  Hell, it would give me the opportunity to take my snowshoes for a spin.

-Dave

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Dear Ernesto,

P.S. – Yes, I hear Disneyland is very fun this time of year. Sorry you couldn’t make it to Texas.

Send pictures.

Your pal, Dave.

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Dear Ernesto,

We regret to inform you that our busy schedules next week can not accomodate your planned arrival. Do not expect us to pick you up at the airport, take you to dinner, offer you our spare bedroom, or show you around town.

We’ve been through all that with your loud and obnoxious cousins Rita and Katrina.

You know, I hear Cuba is nice this time of year. Why not swing by Cuba and hang out with Castro for a bit. I hear he could use a little pick-me-up.

Signed,

Your pal, Dave.

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