Blog: Dumb Nostalgia

A hiatus (from Latin hiatus, -us, m.: gap; cf. hiare, hio, hiavi (hisco); Greek (χαίνω) έ-χαν-ον, κέχηνα; Old High German ginÄ"n; German 'gähnen' -> "yawn") is a suspension or interruption in the intensity or amount of something. [...]

Two cheers for lazy Wednesdays! Monty Python? The most disturbing Skittles commercial ever. Gwar on the Joan Rivers show and again on Jerry Springer

The long road home...

So, James Blunt, the wonky-eyed English crooner is doing a show at the Paramount in Seattle next week. Unless, of course, Belle and Sebastian has anything to say about it. [...]

I've spent the better part of five years in alleys just like this. They are less than intimidating these days. during daylight hours, of course. Sometimes [...]

In a fit of intense, and unrelenting boredom, I have cut and pasted a list of auto-fill email titles from my emails over the past few months. These are the subjects of both business and personal correspondence, and think that it is a small work of art in it's absolute randomness. It's nice to think that at some point I sent an email to someone, somewhere and the subject was 'taco fart' or, just simply, 'porn.' agreed.. a few more a very [...]

I spent the better part of my day roaming around Portland, shrugging off work responsibilities, and doing a bit of shopping. I must tout the 3-block radius of hipster heaven around Burnside and 12th. Jackpot records, Buffalo Exchange, Roxy's Diner (which really does have the best gd biscuits and gravy that I've ever had, as well as 'Portland Fucking Oregon' T-shirts). I also dropped damn near eight bucks playing pinball in the Ground Kontrol Arcade. I'm not really too keen on video games usually. I always join a good round of playstation football with a bunch of guys who have [...]

Danger and suspense abound.

I went to the Franz Ferdinand / Death Cab show in Portland tonight. It was mostly uninspired and heartless. I'm not sure that all bands lose track of their audience when they reach venues of this size, but it is a bit unfortunate. Both of these bands have a handful or two of decent songs and should be able to give it a bit more to a crowd of 10,000 or so. Maybe I'm just feeling old at 26..... [...]