Third Time's A Charm, If By "Charm" I Meant "Having Our House Eaten To The Ground By Filthy Winged Freaks"
My household's run-ins with termites have been well-documented here. I say this because, like Punxsutawney Phil and the Easter Bunny, they're back for their yearly emergence. Except this time, the exterminators are coming over immediately, as, and I am not making this up, we were unable to see a large portion of our [...]
C… Cougar… Courage… Ahh, Here It Is: Cubit.
Sweet merciful crap. The Heavens done opened up and poured down all day and, by the looks of it, we're in for a lot more. Our back porch is flooded and I don't even want to know what my basement looks like at this point.
Just think if it'd been 12° cooler - oh, [...]
Aqueous Equines
Dear Google Search Results Quality Control Team,
What you do in the privacy of the Google offices is your own business, but please refrain from giving us in Joe Sixpack Flyover Country a view into those shady goings-on:
Seriously.
Signed,
Doug Stewart,
Concerned Internet Citizen
P.S.: As of this writing, that search phrase does indeed return the phrase in question.
Fun With Digital Effects
When in doubt, plumb the YouTube well - that's what I always say.
First up is a video eminently worth watching, "Ryan vs. Dorkman 2", the story of two geeks with light sabers and serious vengeance complexes:
Next up, a Snickers commercial that has absolutely nothing to do with Snickers. Cool concept, though:
Exhibit 13
I know this sounds completely stupid, but I'm sitting here watching the Blue Man Group Complex Tour "freeview" on DirecTV and I'm almost ready to shed a tear or two.
There's a song on the Complex album called "Exhibit 13". I never really knew the origin of the title or what the song meant, but [...]
