Monday, September 29, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Drill Swollen Palin.
This is way cool. I'm reblogging a link to the Sarah Palin name generator. You put your name in and it instantly gives you the name Sarah Palin would have given you so you can fit right in with Track, Willow, Trig, Piper and Bristol.
I became Drill Swollen Palin. Very Nice!
I became Drill Swollen Palin. Very Nice!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Impulse And The Beauty Of Storing Trash.
I just spent $140 on a trash can I didn't even know I needed. Let me introduce you to my brand new brushed steel Simplehuman fingerprint-proof semi-round step can deluxe. She is a beauty.
The back story: A little while ago the condo management had informed me my bedroom drapes were in violation. Seems upon inspecting the outside glass of my building after a nasty storm had blown out windows in 23 units, they discovered the lining in my bedrooms drapes was not of the white or off-white variety required by the association. I didn't know. No big deal, I've had the drapes up for a year and I was ready for a change anyway. I did ask if I should get some that match the plywood of the boarded up busted windows.
Saturday I go to the big Bed Bath & Beyond on Tatum, they've got the 95 inch drapes I need. They have a lot of stuff I don't need. Within feet of the entrance is a giant two-story section of nothing but trash cans. Wow.
I spot an island of brushed steel cans that for whatever reason turned me into Homer Simpson in a donut shop. I don't need one of these. I have a perfectly functional Rubbermaid white one that should eventually make its way under the sink once I clear out the other stuff from under the sink. After spending way too much time ogling the steel beauties, I move on to the window treatments.
I found exactly what I had in mind for the windows in mere minutes, amazing. I figured I would continue through the giant horseshoe isle at BB&B to see if any other ridiculous ideas popped into my head on my way to the cashier. The whole time wondering if I was retarded enough to buy this trash can, all $140 of it. I was daring myself.
I sped right by the cashier to grab one of the boxes (yes, these trash cans come in boxes held by styrofoam wrapped in plastic, much like the packing treatment a flatscreen tv or computer would get). There, I did it. An absolute impulse buy if there ever was one.
After the careful unpacking and throwing the packing material in the old trash can of course, there it sat in the kitchen. My lovely daughter came home and immediately spotted the new resident. "what's that?" she says "that is my new $140 trash can!!" as she gives me the idiot-of-the-day smirk I say "and you can't use it, you have to use the old one" as any good parent would tell their child. Smirk gone. She thought I was serious. I wasn't really, I mean it is fingerprint proof and it does come with a 10 year warranty.
Something tells me it won't be 10 years before I impulsively throw myself at the latest receptacle as if it was manna. Hilarious.
The back story: A little while ago the condo management had informed me my bedroom drapes were in violation. Seems upon inspecting the outside glass of my building after a nasty storm had blown out windows in 23 units, they discovered the lining in my bedrooms drapes was not of the white or off-white variety required by the association. I didn't know. No big deal, I've had the drapes up for a year and I was ready for a change anyway. I did ask if I should get some that match the plywood of the boarded up busted windows.
Saturday I go to the big Bed Bath & Beyond on Tatum, they've got the 95 inch drapes I need. They have a lot of stuff I don't need. Within feet of the entrance is a giant two-story section of nothing but trash cans. Wow.
I spot an island of brushed steel cans that for whatever reason turned me into Homer Simpson in a donut shop. I don't need one of these. I have a perfectly functional Rubbermaid white one that should eventually make its way under the sink once I clear out the other stuff from under the sink. After spending way too much time ogling the steel beauties, I move on to the window treatments.
I found exactly what I had in mind for the windows in mere minutes, amazing. I figured I would continue through the giant horseshoe isle at BB&B to see if any other ridiculous ideas popped into my head on my way to the cashier. The whole time wondering if I was retarded enough to buy this trash can, all $140 of it. I was daring myself.I sped right by the cashier to grab one of the boxes (yes, these trash cans come in boxes held by styrofoam wrapped in plastic, much like the packing treatment a flatscreen tv or computer would get). There, I did it. An absolute impulse buy if there ever was one.
After the careful unpacking and throwing the packing material in the old trash can of course, there it sat in the kitchen. My lovely daughter came home and immediately spotted the new resident. "what's that?" she says "that is my new $140 trash can!!" as she gives me the idiot-of-the-day smirk I say "and you can't use it, you have to use the old one" as any good parent would tell their child. Smirk gone. She thought I was serious. I wasn't really, I mean it is fingerprint proof and it does come with a 10 year warranty.
Something tells me it won't be 10 years before I impulsively throw myself at the latest receptacle as if it was manna. Hilarious.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Kinda Cool!...Update!
...The documentary will be titled "Act Of God" and will examine the metaphysical effects of lightning. It's being made by Canadian filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal who has several international awards and nominatons (including a Sundance Grand Jury Prize), mostly for her documentary "Manufactured Landscapes" ...
TVOntario in Toronto contacted me today asking to use my lightning video in a documentary. Sweet! I actually shot this last year from my balcony. If you haven't seen it, here it is:
TVOntario in Toronto contacted me today asking to use my lightning video in a documentary. Sweet! I actually shot this last year from my balcony. If you haven't seen it, here it is:
Thursday, September 4, 2008
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