Doug

Doug

Husband & father with youngins; Presbyterian; Will devops for boardgames; Dadjoke Enthusiast; Longtime WordPress user; The failure mode of “clever” is...

Monkey Man!

Reel Big Fish’s cover of Toots and the Maytals’ “Monkey Man” has become the Stewart household’s unofficial theme song. It is now impossible to put it on without my children beginning to dance, spin and generally cavort. Will occasionally even…

…Huh? Whazzat?

Fear not, long-suffering readers, for lo!, I am yet alive. I’ve been reliving the last week each of the last three, namely: working ’til around 1am Monday and Tuesday followed up by general craziness with church-related stuff Wednesdays and Thursdays…

Even More Literalist Fun

We’ve done this before. Take a song, take a video, flip it around, make the lyrics fit the video and — bam! — hilarity ensues. Or, at least, hopefully so. Red Hot Chilli Literalists: The new lyrics to “Birdhouse in…

This Week In Schadenfreude

schadenfreude (SHäʹdÉ™nfroid’É™/), noun: Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else’s misfortune. Okay, maybe not full-on schadenfreude, but these stories certainly induced a certain wry smile or two from Yours Truly. JammieWearingFool: Somali pirates receive ransom, hilarity ensues. This is the…

Taking Chance

Over a year ago, I volunteered to escort the remains of Marines killed in Iraq should the need arise. The military provides a uniformed escort for all casualties to ensure they are delivered safely to the next of kin and…

Playing Catsup

My various browsers comprise a veritable swaying, swinging tower of memory usage, threatening to cause my poor little MacBook to go belly-up unless I divulge some of the various links I’ve managed to stumble across lo these many unblogged days.…

Metal Heart

Tilt-shift mini-faking + time-lapse photography + stonkin’ awesome song + what I’m sure was a boatload of editing = a spectacle that’s beyond cool: Yowsa. Just try to force your mind into thinking those aren’t Matchbox cars.