Current songs I can't get enough of:

Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen
I Hate Myself For Loving You - Joan Jett
May Queen - Liz Phair
Closer - Tegan and Sara
Animal Mask - The Tom Fun Orchestra
Lose Yourself - Eminem
Better Off Without You - The Clarks
Cigarette - The Clarks

2013 Year In Review

Fun-A-Day pillows...to Dayton for a party that I have no memory of...grandma dancing to country music at her birthday party...Rhett Miller studio session at WYEP...Lizzy singing at the PCA...Argo and sushi...strange production of Chess at the Playhouse...uncle's cancer scare...The 'Burbs at the Hollywood...Chess again (still strange)...Elaine Paige at the Cabaret...TMNT themed birthday pizza party...re-arranged desks in the attic...Opening day at PNC Park...student loans paid off...Fleetwood Mac...Judith Pat's wedding...to Dayton for promotion ceremony...back to Pittsburgh to see the Breeders at Mr. Smalls...Jacques Brel in a tiny theater...horse masks at the Pittsburgh Marathon...new computer...worked the primary...Man of La Mancha and the bucket...Dayton farewell...Twitter becomes interesting...no jury duty...Jim on the trampoline...John's farewell to Pittsburgh...Alice Cooper & Marilyn Manson at Stage AE...upside-down on the hill watching fireworks and making asses of ourselves...Dark Crystal at the Hollywood...first trip to the dentist in seven years...cut the hedge...90 year old grandmother...finally went to a party at Club Dave...more adventures in modern dentistry...Amy's wedding...SUSHI BOAT...Dave's 60th...David Bowie's package at the kids matinee...tequila shots with my godmother...chicken duty...MONDAY NIGHT RAW...old buddies at the Hollywood...horror movie marathon...more chicken duty...working the machines at the general election...City Game at the Consol...the Clarks with cousin Steve...

20 years later, thanks to Half Price Books, I've finally read Wildcats #2. And, yes, it still has the Image Comics #0 coupon inside. I also, got the two collections of Rick Veitch's Army@Love on the cheap. Really looking forward to reading those.

iTunes 11

Here's my levelheadedkneejerk reaction to iTunes 11 getting rid of DJ. Most of my playlists are based on ratings. The five star songs go out of rotation for a month, the four star songs go out of rotation for three months, and on down the list. So with the DJ I could see the ratings of the song playing as well as the songs that just played and I could make adjustments as I went. So my whole system just lost the ability to moderate itself as it goes. This is not good. It does look pretty though.

Glitch

I played this game obsessively for the last year and now it's closing.
Feels bad, man.

I can't remember the last time I went to the theater to see a movie.
I know I saw Fantastic Mr. Fox in late '09 early '10.
It can't have been that long. Can it?

They talked a lot on that episode of Ancient Aliens about the Mayan creation myths but they never mentioned that the Maya believed PEOPLE WERE MADE OUT OF CORN.

My lucky penny is long gone.

Had a dream last night where it was revealed to me that Joe Versus The Volcano is the greatest movie of all time. This is now gospel. In the dream, they were filming a remake starring Justin Bieber. I declared holy war on them. I will make this dream a reality. 500 years from now if you dare say a movie other then Joe Versus The Volcano is the greatest of all time you will be burned at the stake. Amen.

Today we learned that if you do your lines in a Scottish accent I'll do my lines in a Scottish accent and I cannot control it.

Saigon Hot Pot

I always think Charles Bronson is holding a balloon in the Death Wish poster.

Praise Jesus, Fun-A-Day is over for another year.

Meanwhile in the sweatshop...

Professional jealously.