February 2009
2 posts
Mutter
Why do pirates have an identifiable accent? They aren’t all from the same place.
Maturity
Until recently, I just assumed that when people get married, they stop doing drugs. I think this is a vestigial naive thought from my childhood that I just never got around to clarifying with the lessons from experience. In case you’re wondering, turns out I’m wrong. Married people in fact continue to do drugs. Shit!
Isn’t that weird?
January 2009
7 posts
Birds
Birds frequently seen in West Virginia (most common to least common):
Black-capped Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Golden Finch, Northern Cardinal, Yellow Finch, Wren, Tufted Titmouse, Mourning Dove, Great Blue Heron, Red Tailed Hawk, Bald Eagle, Wild Turkey
Birds frequently seen in DC (most common to least common):
English House Sparrow, Crow,...
Self-sustainability
I just got my beer making kit in the mail. Rock!
First batch: Honey Brown Ale.
100 Pushups - a goal for the next 4 weeks →
We’ll see how this goes. There’s no gym out here in the woods, so I have to make my own.
A very happy birthday
I turned 26 this morning, and I’m in a great mood. It’s indeed a very happy birthday.
Getting older isn’t bad.
December 2008
16 posts
The Red Lights - Bacardi Party
A basement track...
Spencer - U-system
I wrote and recorded this song...
Bon Iver’s Re: Stacks.
This is my...
Another basement track from the same December 2004...
This is an unreleased, untitled, unclaimed, and...
John Lee Hooker’s Boogie Chillen.
I totally...
Brightblack Morning Light’s Everybody...
Case of the Mondays?
So today represents the beginning of a new sort of freedom. I haven’t felt this way in years. The challenge with me, however, is keeping the unbridled freedom from leading to anxiety due to lack of structure.
The holidays bring a certain sort of structure, but it’s just usually more caloric, alcoholic and expensive than the regular workday.
I will post music I make.
In the next few weeks I’m going to start posting mp3s of homemade music. This’ll be fun.
David Foster Wallace had a philosophy background →
“I knew him as a philosopher with a fiction hobby,” said Jay Garfield, an adviser on Wallace’s thesis and now a professor at Smith College. “I didn’t realize he was one of the great fiction writers of his generation with a philosophy hobby.”
Cute Things Falling Asleep →
This is like pornography for most of the women I know.
Great Guide to Brewpubs →
There’s also a great section of individual beer reviews on this site, including a list of the 100 best beers on planet earth. Delicious.
My brain needs an external hard drive.
C'est ok, no really, c'est ok.
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