Saturday, November 17, 2007

Wincing the Night Away

Bought this one last night at Barnes & Noble while looking for Justice's, Cross. Well, I didn't find that, but I ordered it anyway. Quite a good album, this one is. 



The Shins—Wincing the Night Away
  1. Sleeping Lessons
  2. Australia
  3. Pam Berry
  4. Phantom Limb
  5. Sealegs
  6. Red Rabbits
  7. Turn On Me
  8. Black Wave
  9. Spilt Needles
  10. Girl Sailors
  11. A Comet Appears. 

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Christmas at Ground Zero . . .

"God agrees to postpone apocalypse until after Christmas", reports Doyle Redland of the Onion. 


Sounds pretty good to me. I was born in winter, so an eternal fourth season wouldn't hurt much. As long as I can still go to Wal-Mart, it's all good. 

I mean, it just wouldn't be in the holiday spirit to have ground zero on the 13th. But why would God even agree to such a thing? We've trashed his planet, killed a fairly large number of animals, waste energy, and basically drink, swear, and have pre-marital sex a little too much. I love the idea of the Easter Bunny offering, but that, I don't think, is a good enough reason. He obviously doesn't get gifts from Santa, since he originally planned the due date for the Earth before Christmas. And I don't think colored eggs can sit on a cloud. So, maybe the Earth was just like my previous website—a complete disaster. All those dead planets out there don't seem to mind oblivion, anyway. Why should we be an exception? It would be over in a flash, and nobody would live to remember what it was like. Fashion and entertainment would be obsolete, and mirrors would probably be blown to bits, so who cares if you look horrible? Woohoo! 

Monday, November 12, 2007

Car Trouble

A German man forgot his car at the gas station, on Friday. Apparently he rolled his car in, filled up, paid, and then forgot about the whole thing and walked home. The car sat there blocking traffic and slowly topping off the tank for about an hour before a clerk inside the station became suspicious and called authorities.

"He just forgot about it and walked off home", said a spokesman for police in the western city of Wuppertal.

Then the 63 year old man from Remscheid came back to fetch his car.

'Nuff said.

10 Recently Bought Songs

The last ten songs I've bought from iTunes—or ripped from a CD, in some cases. 

  1. I'll Believe in Anything—Wolf Parade
  2. Falling Man—Blonde Redhead
  3. Be Good—Tokyo Police Club
  4. Don't Speak—No Doubt
  5. My List—The Killers
  6. Uncle Johnny—The Killers
  7. Sam's Town—The Killers
  8. Fluorescent Adolescent—Arctic Monkeys
  9. Space Oddity—David Bowie
  10. Kernkraft 400 (Sport Chant Stadium Remix)—Zombie Nation