Freeware media/MP3 players, laughing baby, movies

As of this month I’ve lived in Oregon for six years. Now here are some random multimedia links for you. Freeware media/MP3 players Just in case any of you are sick of bloatware media players like Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, and QuickTime/iTunes that hog system resources and are always trying to update themselves against your […]

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Happy Halloween: Vampire electronics and sports

Early this morning amidst the dense fog, I saw a woman dressed as a ladybug, with curved orange wings and all, riding a bicycle on her way to work/school. It was a surreal moment. Here’s a Halloween concept for you: “vampire electronics.” This refers to all of your plugged-in appliances and entertainment devices consuming little […]

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College football victory chains, cat uses fork, Reznor

This post is about three things: the absurd results of college football games this season (such as Appalachian State and North Dakota State beating Big Ten teams), a crazy cat lady and her silverware-wielding cat (plus cute kittens), and Trent Reznor’s latest collaboration with hip-hop artist Saul Williams. Absurd college football victory chains Below are […]

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TV thoughts: Imaginationland, Heroes, Discovery Channel

I have a few quick thoughts to share about television shows. Last Wednesday’s South Park episode, “Imaginationland,” was one of the best I’ve seen in ages. I loved the parts with M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Bay, and Mel Gibson. They were perfect. The episode was the beginning of what I’m sure will be an epic […]

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Zach Galifianakis, music news, Colorado Rockies, M&M’s

Let’s see . . . what useless stuff have I watched, read, or thought of in the past 10 days? Music Videos: How about some Zach Galifianakis videos? I’ve watched Kanye West’s “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” music video featuring Zach Galifianakis and Will Oldham about 20 times now. I’ve even started liking the song because […]

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betterPropaganda and weird music videos

Just want to mention this: betterPropaganda‘s already excellent website has been improved quite a bit over the past month. I’d say it may now be the best place to listen to indie music, find new favorites, and download mp3s for free. It’s like a quality college radio station without all the dead air, mumbling, and […]

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MLB playoffs/payrolls, Prawn To Be Wild, Gottfried, Letterman

I have four topics to ramble about today (if you don’t want to read about baseball, skip to the three more entertaining topics below): MLB playoffs/payrolls Every year around October I like to look at the payrolls of Major League Baseball teams that make the playoffs. Since there is no salary cap in MLB, the […]

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Swimming cats, The Animation Show, Firefox extensions

What have I spent time watching online this week? Swimming cats This week a friend and I watched way too many YouTube videos centered on a “swimming cats” theme, which were followed by even more “devil cat” and “attack cat” videos. I don’t remember how it all started, but here are a few YouTube selections […]

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California rolls, cat battles, 300 revisited

I think this will be a short post in celebration of the weekend finally arriving. This was the longest four-day workweek ever. Sometimes there’s just no better lunch on a Friday afternoon than brown rice California rolls, with wasabi and pickled ginger (one of the few “pickled” items I enjoy). A delicious treat every now […]

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Alejandro Jodorowsky, “Chocolate Rain” parodies, U.S. Open

On the heels of my Inland Empire watching and rewatching, I’ve spent a lot of time with Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s films lately. I bought the The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky DVD (released earlier this year), which includes his four earliest movies: La Cravate (1957), Fando y Lis (1968), El Topo (1970), and The Holy Mountain (1973). […]

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