tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-212623822024-03-05T03:42:14.104-05:00jjdaddyojjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-92062789065160389262012-12-03T11:26:00.003-05:002012-12-03T11:29:36.264-05:00mor·i·bund
1: being in a state of dying : approaching death
2: being in a state of inactivity or obsolescencejjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-77742158629347090792011-03-20T19:50:00.003-04:002011-03-20T20:34:48.854-04:00St. Patrick's Day in SavannahThis year's St. Patrick's Day in Savannah was beautiful, warm and sunny, but not humid. It's not so every year. Some years it is rainy and cold and every one is sort of gritting their teeth and the people marching in the parade look wet and miserable.A cold rain also makes all the drunks mean.But that was not the case this year. Everyone was happy that I could see, drunk or no.Savannah has a veryjjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-24881864901732060962010-02-04T21:19:00.014-05:002010-02-04T21:29:47.534-05:00Sugar and spice...I was perusing the internet a few months ago (as one does) and I came across this video:[Yes, she does look like a young Emma Watson. Look out! It's Hermione Granger with a machine gun!]Now for folks from outside These United States or just uninterested in guns, the weapon being handled here is the civilian, semi-automatic version of the M-16. It can be purchased at pretty much any gun store or jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-937080122565632572010-01-08T13:47:00.010-05:002010-01-08T14:48:03.255-05:00My Favorite PictureOver at Sticky Fingers, Tara has started a meme called "What's Your Favorite Photograph and Why?" and since this is actually a pretty easy post to write, why not?The first one that sprang to my mind is this one:This is F, one of the twins, when she was about 3. She had just spent the past couple of minutes chasing her sister around this gallery space and was pretty well hopped up on lemonade and jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-41594459942819252672009-11-23T10:34:00.020-05:002009-11-23T19:57:18.058-05:00Adventures in RetailI don't normally do "slice of life" type posts (yes, I know, I hardly do ANY posts, shutthehellup), and I damn sure am trying to resist the ever-increasing urge to do "getoffmydamnlawnyoudamnkidsandwhatthehellisthatyoucallthatmusic" posts, but for some reason this Adventure in Retailing got to me.So the other night I am in the local Big Box, buying a couple of things, including some wine for the jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-67218948440965481662009-10-19T14:18:00.007-04:002009-10-19T15:01:38.903-04:00The Internet Is....The Internet isn't a series of tubes, it's like a really, really big attic, with a giant garage and storage unit thrown in.Just when you think you've found all of your life on the internet, there's some more.A long, long, LONG, time ago (about 1971 or so) my brother and sister and I were going to summer day camp in Manhattan, where we lived. We were about 8, 7 and 6 years old. Since the YMCA was jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-91947670096329092452009-10-05T20:22:00.021-04:002009-10-06T09:32:05.316-04:00Duck season!... Wabbit season!...I don't know why I keep posting these pop-up items instead of cleaning up one of the dozens of items I have in my "drafts" folder, but what the hell...From The Savannah News-Press:Primitive weapons deer season opens SaturdayOctober 5, 2009 - 6:16pmSOCIAL CIRCLE - The week-long primitive weapons deer hunting season begins Saturday, Oct. 10. During primitive weapons season, hunters may use archery jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-54723959655749931252009-09-21T13:17:00.003-04:002009-09-21T13:24:55.371-04:00Now that's what I'm talking about....Granny gets her drink on:Looks like it's Okoberfest time again.I'm not sure how many beers I would get through at $12 a liter, but it looks like it would be fun, especially if you down a few braus und Schweinshaxe and then take all the amusement rides that turn you upside down repeatedly.6 million people in Munich is probably about the same tourist to resident ratio as the crowd we get at St jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-67534811645683350562009-08-10T15:10:00.010-04:002009-08-10T15:43:34.990-04:00What I was doing this past April....Someday I will get around to posting about my trip to Coachella 2009 (and, er, 2008) but I came across this great time-lapse of the three days of the festival:The camera is set up stage right on the "Outdoor Theater", which is the second biggest venue at the festival. In the background, far right, behind the geodesic dome is where the Main Stage is.Me and GothMom saw Public Enemy, Lykki Li, jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-50623156064273301312009-08-03T18:03:00.010-04:002009-08-03T19:09:59.545-04:00Favorite Blog du Jour: Don't Judge my HairMy Favorite Blog du Jour: Don't Judge My Hair.It's a collection of all those hairdos trolled from the internet that defy belief. There's some stylistic overlap with Look At This Fucking Hipster and SEXY PEOPLE but not We Have Lasers! or Awkward Family Photos.You could think of it as the FAIL Blog of hair.And they do have a picture of my favorite late-night infomercial hairdo of all time:Since I jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-3369683195516588362009-08-03T13:57:00.002-04:002009-08-03T14:03:34.250-04:00Aieee! My ears!OK, I am not a Coldplay hater, I have a couple of their CDs and while I do have my limits for mopey top 40, hey what would Baskin-Robins be with only one flavor?However, if you asked pretty much anyone on the planet who would be a good group to cover the Beastie Boys "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)", I think Coldplay would be way, way, waaaaay down the list.(as usual, if the lawyersjjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-11317039726970680442009-07-14T12:47:00.007-04:002009-07-14T13:00:56.532-04:00Mmmmm.... Nong Shim Neoguri Ramyun...Just had my lunch of my favorite ramen Nong Shim brand Neoguri (don't know if "neoguri" is the flavor in Korean, or what).I have long been a fan of these ever since I found them in my neighborhood corner store in NYC. When we lived in DC, I was buying a couple of them at our local Korean grocery and the guy at the register felt compelled to warn me about them. "You know these are hot, right?" "jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-83107163461274740912009-07-13T19:23:00.005-04:002009-07-13T19:33:12.076-04:00Chemical Brothers- Let Forever BeMan, I love this video.Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) directed it and I love the way it uses old-school depth perception tricks instead of CGI to fool your eye and put you off balance. I can't even imagine how this got story boarded and figured out in advance.It's also a song that I would not have guessed was the Chemical Brothers, based on other stuff of theirs that I havejjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-68451382429918788222009-06-28T19:31:00.008-04:002009-07-07T21:48:45.398-04:00The Roots' "How I Got Over" on Jimmy FallonI am a fan of The Roots, although I have not seen them live (yet). Since they appear to tour all the time, I am hoping to remedy that soon.They performed a new song, "How I Got Over", on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon a week or two ago, and it is excellent. It does not break new ground, being a mash up of James Brown call and band response mixed with Curtis Mayfield percussion and horn heavy funk, jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-44337250819857700852009-01-09T12:29:00.003-05:002009-01-09T12:34:56.518-05:00In "Nyah, nyah, France" news....An interesting article, although I don't usually post this kind of stuff (yeah, I don't post much at all, I know).Excellent quote: "“In a world without AIDS,” says Bernard Lejeune of the Edith Cavell Clinic in Brussels, “women would probably go to Club Med and get laid, and the problem would be solved.”"It will be interesting to see how the Dems and Prez O handle all things reproductive in the jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-9596006222788940192008-11-25T10:27:00.004-05:002008-11-25T10:37:28.850-05:00Adventures in Parenting ch. 403OK, I had a fun time explaining the band name "Butthole Surfers" to my 8-year old last night. See what happens when they learn to read album covers?jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-87190166925060791282008-10-24T20:46:00.003-04:002008-10-25T16:55:04.085-04:00Parental Affirmation of the DayEvery so often (or maybe more often than every so often) I have my doubts about my parenting skills. Like, maybe I am giving the kids a bad example by playing video war games or not taking them on some new educational jaunt each weekend or maybe, even, raising my voice a little when they ask me for the fifth time in 48 seconds if they can watch Thomas the Tank Engine now.Then I see something likejjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-36902295082181539982008-10-04T23:48:00.000-04:002008-10-04T19:11:08.917-04:00Song I can't get out of my head #2 - "The Rip" by PortisheadSo one of the songs that has been on repeat lately is "The Rip" by Portishead off their latest (and 10 years in the waiting) album "3".I hate to use the word "haunting" when describing music or movies or any other artistic endeavor, because that word is used to death, but there it is- ghostly Theremin in the background, emotional vocals by Beth Gibbons, mid-song tempo change, it all works.I saw jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-22279333449407167532008-09-06T10:13:00.004-04:002008-09-16T10:02:19.157-04:00Favorite Blog du Jour - Photoshop DisastersThe time waster of the day isPhotoshop Disasters.Yes, folks, with great processing and manipulating power comes great responsibility.20 years ago it took a Scitex that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to move the Pyramids around, these days, any fool with a PC and some free software can give someone the Cats-with-Big-Eyes look.Advertising and the female form seem to provide the most jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-11563806183330306522008-07-30T14:45:00.003-04:002008-09-16T10:02:35.432-04:00Song I can't get out of my head #1 - "Computer Camp Love" by DatarockDon't know where I stumbled across this song. I don't remember hearing about the group Datarock anyplace in particular, I think it may have been a random YouTube link or something. In any case, this song Amazon.com Widgetswas released in 2005, so I am not exactly on the musical bleeding edge with this one.In any case, once I heard this song, I couldn't get the little electric piano riff out of jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-143557306406035752008-06-21T12:12:00.008-04:002008-09-16T10:02:35.433-04:00Violent Femmes back in the game....Evidently Gnarls Barkley and The Violent Femmes are big fans of each other, as heard on Gnarls Barkley's version of Gone Daddy Gone previously.Now the Femmes, one of my favorite bands from my college years, has returned the favor with their version of GB's "Crazy". For now it can only be listened to on their mySpace page (does anyone still go there?) but will be available on iTunes on 6/24. You jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-17311037557653693922008-05-29T11:46:00.002-04:002008-09-16T10:03:21.261-04:00Oh, HELL yes....If I wasn't already going to vote for the guy, I would be voting for him now.(wow, three politcal posts in a row.)jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-4201452964658269492008-05-23T23:52:00.003-04:002008-05-24T00:02:02.030-04:00Today, Jesse Ventura is my hero..What does it say about this country or the state of political discourse when an EX-PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER is the sanest person in the room on this issue? And I don't just mean saner than Pat Buchanan- there's no trick to that.jjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-23231304343775559422008-05-08T15:25:00.002-04:002008-10-04T19:11:24.303-04:00The most stupidest man in the Bush Administration...I know, I know, it's like giving out speeding tickets at the Indianapolis 500, to quote Apocalypse Now, but even though there is such an abundance, a surfeit, a cornucopia (pick your favorite) of dumbasses working for Bush and the Repubs, this guy tops the list in my book.If there were any justice Douglas Feith would be flipping burgers at McDonald's for the rest of his days.No, on second thoughtjjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21262382.post-3641673453521157352008-05-04T07:34:00.004-04:002008-05-04T08:02:32.104-04:00OK- who's responsible for this? I was cruising Tower.com today adding tons of CDs to my wish list, as usual, when I came across this.No clips posted on Tower, so I bop on over to Amazon, where they have them. Unfortunately, meh.Also unfortunately, it is accompanied by barf-inducing cutesy copy like this:"Rockabye Baby! transforms timeless rock songs into beautiful instrumental lullabies. The soothing sounds of the glockenspieljjdaddyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276920260919916896noreply@blogger.com0