Brainstorming roundtable: Exec #1: “Those stupid scooters were a HUGE hit! Who could have possibly seen it coming?” Exec #2: “They took an established but dead fad and put a hip, modern, edgy spin on it!” Exec #3: “How could we possibly follow an act like that?” Exec #1: “Okay okay, see if you can [...]

Hey, here’s a delightfully vomit-inducing little tidbit: Everybody knows a platinum record has sold a million copies. What I didn’t know was that 10 million records is awarded a “diamond”, which I had never heard of. Very few albums have gone diamond (only five of which have gone double-diamond), and though you’d think the list [...]

Isn’t there some sort of unspoken law about mowing your lawn before 9AM on a Sunday morning? Hell, it may even be 10AM, but I’m pretty sure most decent neighborhoods adhere to some sort of common courtesy “morning noise rule”, especially on Sundays. Did I just make this up? Things have been pretty quiet on [...]

“Always remember that any day you can roll is a good day. A skateboarder who can’t ride is a dead man.” -Jim Greco So today my allergies are just going nuts. Tim was over hanging out, but at around 10:30 my head was ready to explode and I just wanted to go to bed. It [...]

Several months ago: Shawn: Oh man, remember “wussy”? Me and Justin: Hahahaha Shawn: It’s like a pussy and a…wimp? Me: Weenie? No idea. Justin: Pussy and a wimp. Shawn: We need to bring that word back. Me and Justin: Hahahhahaha Me: Well if you guys are bringing back “wussy”, I’m bringing back “renob”. Shawn and [...]

So last night a friend came over, watched me play video games all night, and I finally crashed at about 7AM to Shaun of the Dead. Before he completely passed out, my friend asked “What are the chances we’re waking up to circus music tomorrow?”, and I replied “Oh, 100%. Guaranteed.” When I woke up [...]

My dad can fix/build anything, and has a fascination with automated musical instruments: player pianos, nickelodeons, etc. When he was younger, he even repaired player pianos as a side job/hobby. Well, his dad was a member of the Shriners, so when the Shriners’ calliope went down, they knew exactly who to go to to get [...]

Look who was bored and decided to make up a blog. Mostly editing my preferences and tweaking the theme right now…