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04-Sep

…and now I’ve no one to love

Haunted — Gary Numan [listen] And I can not be saved Not by you Not by God I want to bleed And I can hardly breath Look at me Falling down Before your eyes All I’ve needed Takes me away from you All I’ve wanted Takes me away from you All I live for Takes […]

15-Aug

numan finds his way

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Sunday, August 13, 2006, Article By J. Poet "In America, I’m still the classic one-hit wonder," Gary Numan says philosophically, via phone from his home outside of London. His 1979 single "Cars" was a worldwide smash, one of the first pop hits to use the synthesizer without trying to make it sound […]

06-Aug

the matrix phone has died

In 2003, my former coworker Bill Hall was sitting on the other side of the cube from me when I heard him say, ”Oh my Gawwwd! The Matrix phone!! It’s so cool!!!” I anxiously replied, ”What’s that? The Matrix phone?! What’s the URL for the love of all that is holy!?!” The Samsung SPH-N270 Matrix […]

05-Aug

hanging out with biff tannen

Last Friday I flew into Houston and enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Texas Land and Cattle with Christina, her mom, my dad, and Daniel my houston-based roommate. I use the term roommate loosely because I’m only living in the master bedroom and the rest of the house is essentially all him with the exception of […]

26-Jul

save houston’s historic district

Two very important historical buildings in the Houston community risk demolition. Please join me in expressing public distain over this outrage! Below is information on how to help. The River Oaks is the oldest functioning movie theater in the fourth largest city in America. It is one of the only great venues left for independent […]

22-Jul

minneapolis art car show 2006

Upon learning about the Minneapolis Art Car Parade the day before, I immediately decided that my attendance would be mandatory. Unlike previous Houston Art Car Parades that I’ve seen, this parade’s route does not loop back to the beginning. I shot this using my trusty Sony DSC-S75 point and shoot. The arts cars each did […]

22-Jul

al franken lives in my neighborhood

Or at least I think Al Franken lives in my neighborhood. Minneapolis is his home according to AlFranken.com. I was at the Bruegger’s bagels right behind my apartment at 1:45 PM trying to order my usual Salmon bagel (cream cheese, capers, onions, tomotoes and salmon on a bagel) on the way to see the Minneapolis […]

22-Jul

LU1875

My copy of Norton AntiVirus recently started choking on updates. I would always get the message, "LU1875 update failed during its preprocessing welcome text phase." To fix it, open a DOS window (Click Start, Run, CMD) and type in the following. Good times. Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\>cd C:\Program […]

16-Jul

the madonna podcast

Podcast Episode 007 — On Tour With Madonna is now available for your viewing pleasure. It’s 90% Madonna and 10% Super Genius and Christina. I used a Samsung SC-X105L NTSC sports camcorder. It’s super itty bitty and uses Sony Memory Sticks. It also comes with a cool external camera (which I didn’t use) that you […]