It's a rather windy day here today, a storm front blew through earlier and the air remains unsettled. I've been observing and thinking about the wind for a while today. Wind is such a powerful force. It can tear the limbs from trees, even topple whole trees themselves. It shapes the dunes of the world's … [Read more…]
I spent most of last night and tonight cleaning my mom's laptop of viruses, spyware, malware, and all other manner of nasty crap. There was one particularly nasty piece of malware called PestTrap that installs itself via an IE security hole (simply by visiting a web site) and then pretends to be an anti-spyware package. … [Read more…]
I've been noticing a lot lately that so many people always seem in such a hurry, whether it be in traffic, walking down the street, waiting in line, or whatever else they may be doing. It makes me wonder why they're always in such a hurry to get to what's next, especially at the expense … [Read more…]
Zaadz It's a sort of community site for the spiritual. It seems to have a heavy Zen/Buddhist slant, which is just fine with me. *smile* I haven't had as much time as I like to participate in the discussions there, but it seems really interesting. I've also starting mirroring the more spiritually-oriented posting from this … [Read more…]
Today, courtesy of my new hotness iPod, I’ve re-discovered Suicidal Tendencies. Strictly the old stuff, when they were at their best. Brings back so many memories of being young and dumb, like skating around town with the Join The Army cassette in my Walkman and, when Possessed To Skate would come on, getting the wild … [Read more…]
I finally had to break down this weekend and buy a new iPod, picking up a nice, big 60GB model. My old 5GB iPod finally broke down, so it was time. Technically, it still works, but the FireWire port went bad so I can't sync or charge it anymore. Much as I kinda miss my … [Read more…]
I’ve simply gotten too old for blasting Slayer all day. I did listen to some Slayer today, but it didn’t take long to switch over to something a little lighter. Like, say, Cibo Matto.
Just a reminder that tomorrow, 6-6-06, is the National Day Of Slayer, so crank ’em if you got ’em. : ) (And yes, I realize this is completely antithetical to my post about “too much noise” from yesterday. Sue me.)
Why has it become so hard to enjoy any peace and quiet? People seem to feel this need to surround themselves with as much noise as they can at any given moment. Booming car stereos shaking everything around you. Loud motorcycles crackling through the streets. Car engines gunning their way from red light to red … [Read more…]
Another Miscellanea Post First bit… I’ve gotten a chance to listen to the new Ministy record, Rio Grande Blood a few times now, and I’m quite impressed. That’s two good ones in a row for Al! He seems to be going back and re-making his most successful records in order. 2004’s Houses of the Mole … [Read more…]
Well, it’s official, the reservations are made and paid for. I’m finally taking the retreat I’ve been blathering on about for months now. I haven’t booked my plane tickets yet, but I’ll get that taken care of next week. And so the traveling and vacation-taking begins! Even better, this means I get to see my … [Read more…]
*bounces in chair* One more day until Half-Life 2: Episode 1 comes out! One more day! w00t! It makes me want to go into work really early tomorrow so I can go home and play it as soon as it’s unlocked! “Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman. Rise and shine.” “Why, whatever do you mean? I … [Read more…]
There's just something about a good spring thunderstorm that gets me going. The air just feels more alive before, during, and after. As I was standing at my door waiting for my dinner to cook and watching the rain begin, a cat raced across my patio. He stopped on my doorstep and looked up at … [Read more…]
I read/heard two interesting things recently that got me thinking. First, I was reading an article in Astronomy magazine about UB-313, the (potentially) tenth planet that was recently discovered orbiting our Sun. Based on the limited set of observations they have, astronomers attempted to calculate the planet’s orbital speed and how elliptical said orbit is. … [Read more…]
Though it won’t interest, well… pretty much anybody who reads this blog (that I know of) the new VoiVod record, Katorz, is amazing. Best stuff they’ve done since Killing Technology in my opinion, but I’m more of an old school VoiVod fan. I saw them on both the War And Pain and Rrroooaaarrr tours, back … [Read more…]