Wherein I summarize this year’s Hallowe’en

And now it’s November.
The family spent the weekend in Ohio catching up with friends. I want to thank Jeanne and family for hosting us as we attempted to close out a quite surreal portion of our lives. I hope that most of the candy wrappers were mine and not my childrens’. 
The kids went as a [...]

Wherein I opine on Baseball

Wandering through the library yesterday, I happened upon Ken Burns’ Baseball series, which I haven’t watched in years. Its (original?) broadcast was one of the signal events of our early married days in Hyde Park, even though I would consider myself a marginal fan of the game, and the Wife not at all. I noticed [...]

Wherein I sink your battleship

This is very Calvinball-esque. Another very funny video from baratsandbereta.com. Do families even play these games any more? [One un-bleeped "damn" and one bleeped f-word - show the kids at your own risk.]

Black and Blue

The Wife and I journeyed to West Lafayette last night to see the comedian Lewis Black at Elliott Hall, a massive, 6,000-seat proscenium theatre. He was as good as you would think he would be, which is to say, very good. Having come up by touring the college ranks, his local humor (about Purdue, Boilermakers, [...]

I’m Buddy Rich When I Fly Off The Handle

Through a circuitous route I watched a video of Rage Against the Machine doing Bulls on Parade a cappella at the RNC. Since it is the only Rage song I know, it was interesting. 

If either of the candidates promoted this next song as our National Anthem, I would immediately vote for them. [...]

Raisin Brahms

via BoingBoing

Media thoughts from all over (my head)

Weezer is a band that I was about five years too old to catch on to, but this new video for Pork & Beans is nerderrific. The song isn’t so bad either. You’re welcome.
I still haven’t completely decided whether I’m a Danica Patrick man or a Sarah Fisher man. Granted, Sarah has always played Andrew [...]