August 2008
84 posts
“Hate makes you impotent, Love makes you crazy, somewhere in the middle you can...”
– Billy Crystal, Throw Momma From The Train
“I don’t want to make it sound like I’m some jet-setting, frugal guy...”
– Jason Schwartzman @ Largo, earlier this evening.
WatchNot only does he do some amazing card tricks, but Lennart Green is one of the best and funniest showmen I’ve ever seen.
“The Cincinnati Bengals receiver [Chad Johnson] has legally changed his name to...”
– ESPN.com
“Selecting Sarah Palin as its choice for a vice presidential candidate is perhaps...”
– Robert J. Elisberg, The Huffington Post
“John McCain needs what Kinky Friedman calls “a checkup from the neck up.”
– Paul Begala, Is McCain out of his mind? - CNN.com
I feel like I’ve learned a whole heck of a lot about css and html while working on my tumblr theme. It’s good fun.
“There are certain memories of the past that have strong steel springs and, when...”
– Yukio Mishima, Kinkakuji
Words That Will Help You Win Scrabble
rocketboom:
“1. Aa. And I don’t mean the acronym for Alcoholics Anonymous, either. Aa is “basaltic lava having a rough surface.” 2. Qat – a flowering plant native to East Africa and the Arabian peninsula. 3. Zax – a slater or slate mason, or the tool used to cut and punch nail holes in roofing slate. 4. Cwm – a valley, especially one created by glacial movement. Be warned: this one won’t get...
“David Duchovny in rehab for sex addiction”
– So playing the role of Hank Moody probably wasn’t the best thing for him, although that may explain how he played the part so well. (The Associated Press)
I had a wonderful discussion of jazz today with none other than Terry Harrington, renowned jazz musician and the man behind Lisa Simpson’s saxophone playing. He came in to buy a bow tie and we ended up talking for about half an hour. Lovely guy, incredibly nice. Taught me a few things, too. Makes me want to work on my jazz piano skills.
“[In a new] movie, written by Forgetting Sarah Marshall star and writer Jason...”
– Jason Segel!!! Muppets!!! Can I get a “mana mana”?! (via Telegraph)
From Autumn de Wilde's book on Elliott Smith
Jon Brion: I've got a few things I really, really like, but lyrics are just a bitch for me.
Elliott: You know, you should come over to my house, and we'll write together
Jon: All right, fantastic.
Elliott: Just come over and we'll do some mushrooms and we will write lyrics for a while.
The theme’s looking much better now (and I got the comments back up). what do you think? suggestions?
Theme
Still working on my tumblr theme. Not quite done yet, but I have to go to work, so it’ll have to remain as is for now. Ta-ta!
“Today only, from 4 to 7, get one of Starbucks’ new SoCal-only drinks,...”
– Thrillist : The LA List
“Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies...”
– BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | (via haze) That’s crazy!
Baseball Will Use Instant Replay to Review Home... →
Starting this Thursday. But why? Sure, we have the technology, but that doesn’t mean it’s necessary. I’m pretty sure we have sufficient technology now to completely eliminate Umpires from the game, but does that mean it’s a good idea? Clearly, I’m a purist.
“We scare the bejeebus out of people.”
– Tracy Morgan on his upcoming tv show, “Scare Tactics,” which premieres September 30 on the SciFi network.
WatchFast & Furious Trailer
Woohoo! Sure, it won’t be very good, but I have some great memories associated with the Fast and the Furious franchise.
An early demo for my newest song, “delirious...
The Return of Dido! →
Dido’s new album, Safe Trip Home, is due out in early November and is produced by none other than the great Jon Brion. The first track “Look No Further,” is available for free NOW at didomusic.com
