Monthly Archives: October 2004

Captain Kirk, Can You Hear Me?

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I am a huge fan of Ben Folds. He is probably one of my all-time favorite artists. Which is why when I heard that Ben was putting his next solo record on hold to produce the recently-released William Shatner spoken-word album, Has Been, I was less than pleased.

After listening to a few of the tracks that they have put out, I have to say that I am completely blown away. Shatner is at the top of his game with his lyrical stylings and the arrangements (the work of my man Folds) are fantastic. The music is really what shines here…Shatner is really more of a sideshow. He enlists the help of everyone from indie songstress Aimee Mann (“That’s Me Trying”) to country star Brad Paisley (my favorite, “Real) to rocker Henry Rollins (the hilarious scream-fest “I Can’t Get Behind That”).

I was forwarded a link to the songs from someone and was hesitant, considering I had purchased 1998′s Fear of Pop, Vol. 1 which first teamed up Folds and Shatner. I was not very impressed with that one. After hearing these tunes, I may have to get it back out and give it another shot.

Of particular note, is “Real” with Brad Paisley. I’m not a big country fan, but the song is perfect. The lyrics are personal to Shatner and the melody mixes perfectly with Paisley’s chorus. If you’re going to download one song…that’s the one I would suggest. Then “That’s Me Trying”.

On another note, my brother hooked up a blog. Check it out.

Ouch.

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Soreness is king today.

I played volleyball Monday night with my friends. We all have been playing together competitively since we were in 7th grade. It’s been a while since I’ve played at such a high level, and it was a blast. But MAN, am I paying for it today.

Worked out last night to hopefully get some of the kinks out, but I’m sore in places where I didn’t know I could be sore (my arches? are you kidding me?) I’m hoping that my body recovers by tomorrow when we are scheduled to play again. You might ask why I would do this to my body?

Because it’s fun.

What a Wild Weekend…

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First, much props to my Kansas Jayhawks for ending their 11-year losing streak in football to K-State on Saturday night. I was supposed to be at that game, but did not go because I needed to pick up Alli at the airport.

Friday night we had a surprise birthday party for one of my best friends, which ended up not being a surprise because my friend…the one who is always late…was on time…and we were all late. It was still fun. Played poker until 3:30 (that’s when I left…talked to them later and they played until 6:15).

Church meeting on Saturday morning (came EARLY), and then a shower for some friends, then picked up Alli at the airport. Instead of taking her home, we ended up driving her mom back to her house because she now has pneumonia unfortunately. Her body seemingly shut down after she knew her dad was OK.

Got home last night, watched some more of Alias: Season Three and went to bed early.

Can I just say…I’m so glad that Alli made it home.

Rain, Rain Go Away

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I want to leave work.

Problem is, my car is parked way over there, and I’m in here. It’s pouring, like it has been all day and I really want some Chipotle, but this genius didn’t wear shoes (flip-flops, while awesome, don’t get much traction or support when running in the rain).

So, I’m here listening to the sound of the rain as it pounds on the ceiling of the makeshift office (which is actually a warehouse) that has become the home to our design and marketing team. I like it. Very industrial and tons of space. The rain is loud, but I really like to hear it…what a great sound!

[INTERIOR WAREHOUSE/OFFICE]
As he types his message complaining about the rain, he realizes that sitting by the door across from him is his umbrella that he brought in this morning.

He smacks his forehead and rushes off for some tasty Chipotle goodness…

Minor Tweak to Site Design

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As I continue to get more familiar with CSS and XHTML, I’m planning on using this site as a testing grounds for layouts, etc. so don’t be surprised if it changes (but also don’t be surprised if it doesn’t change…)

Let me know what you think of the design. Blogger doesn’t give you huge amounts of customization and once I move to a hosted service, I’ll likely use Moveable Type, but for now…this was relatively painless and FREE.

I tried to make my changes without a little help from my friends (could you imagine if the Beatles would have called their song that?), but at 1:00am I stopped being effective. Kevin at graphicPUSH helped me find a little div that was hanging out in the middle of my code.

I feel better because it finally feels a little more like my own site…my banner, my background, my color scheme. I also would be remiss if I didn’t thank Douglas Bowman at Stopdesign for the initial template.

Let me know what you think of it….

I have angered King Poop

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Not sure why there was such a harsh reaction, but I have had an entire post devoted to me on a blog of someone’s that I do not know.

I’m pretty excited about it.

Check it out here.

Talking about politics can be funny, even when it isn’t intended…

What’s particularly ridiculous is that this guy deleted my comments that further reinforced my position on the issue…making him look even more silly. Trying to control the flow of information just like the liberal media likes to.

It’s sad really.

Poker Blinds…

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Poker question:

In hold’em, how do you handle it when a person gets knocked out that was supposed to be one of the blinds? This has happened to us at least 5 times in our regular game and we can never figure out the correct way to do it. I’ve scoured the interweb for info on it, but found nothing (I was really surprised)…

Can someone help me out???

We miss Alli

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We miss Alli.

Me and Dreyfuss have a hard time sleeping without Alli. Dreyfuss is anxious and clingy and I stay up too late (see time of post). Despite getting up at 4:00am for the airport run, I am wide awake when I should be sound asleep.

There’s an absence that just makes me feel “off” and I can’t really explain it (maybe those out there who are married can help me explain it better. I’m going to try and go to bed now.

Vice-Presidential Sparks Fly

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Grumpy and mean?

Dick Cheney is a sweetheart. OK…maybe not so much, but I thought that “Grumpy and Mean” was a really inappropriate way to describe the way that he acted in tonight’s vice presidential debate. But that’s exactly how the Kerry-Edwards campaign manager classified him. Cheney was seemingly on the defensive all night (Edwards mentioned Halliburton after less than 20 minutes of actual debate). The truth about Cheney’s Halliburton ties (which really absolve him of any implications that Kerry and Edwards would like to pin on him).

It was a pretty spirited debate. Prior to the debate, I thought that Cheney would stomp Edwards, given his lack of experience, but I forgot that Edwards used to be a trial lawyer and he did a great job. It was a relatively even debate. One thing that stood out was that Cheney finally brought John Kerry’s 20 year record to the forefront…and it’s lousy. I thought that the data that he had on Edwards missing all his votes was really funny too. Still, Cheney is a stain on the Bush administration. What I wouldn’t give for a Bush-McCain ticket this year…

(I keep trying to finish this post, but Austin Powers 2 is on and now I’m watching an old Saturday Night Live and they are doing the Jimmy Fallon/Horatio Sanz “Leather Man” skit…so funny, but Jimmy Fallon canNOT do a single sketch without laughing… “CHOO CHOO! AAIIIIIEEEEEE!!!”)

I call this debate for Bush-MCCAIN!!! Because for some reason, John Kerry’s record in the Senate is only being examined on talk radio and in the blogosphere…not necessarily in the mainstream media (surprise…surprise….).