July 2010
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Watching Speed
Well, not really watching. Its more like I’ve left the TV as I wait for yet another load of laundry to finish and drink this Dogfish Head.
Why do bomb makers use different color wires at all? Just make them all black. Or red. Or green.
I don’t know anything about bombs, so maybe its so the bomber doesn’t accidentally become the person who gets bombed.
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Life on the first floor
We've had...
Wasps, yellow jackets, hornets, whatever.
Ants.
Strange, very tiny gnats.
At night we've heard moths bang against the windows.
Thankful very, very few roaches.
I've seen a millipede once.
And now... bed bugs.
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wadcity:
Are you watching Louie? Are you?
I am. Its amazing.
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fuen:
The ‘Thor’ footage from SDCC 2010 Leaked!
Watch this now, because it wont be around for long.
via kandidkandor
Tumblr only lets you post one song a day
So I jumped into the madthoughts archives to post more tracks I’ve loved.
Caravan by Gordon Jenkins
Freak Like Me by Adina Howard
No Tears by Scarface
Ecstasy of Gold
Comfort Eagle is your favorite Cake song
Metal by NIN
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danmeth:
Nite Fite Episode 6 - Dinosaurs
America wants to know: Who killed off all the dinosaurs? When a nine year old boy calls in, Penalty and Lloyd uncover the ugly truth behind the extinction of our nation’s greatest lizards.
“The health care system in the Mesozoic Era was in shambles.” Love it!
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Then I heard a lethal kind of splashing in the tub, as if a shark had gotten in...
– Invasion
Have you ever had to deal with ants? I have. As the full article I pulled the quote from reveals, you want to believe ants are the good guys. They aren’t roaches, they aren’t spiders, they aren’t the ‘evil’ bug.
I can tell you from experience, ants are not...
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Do not write a crock of shit. Write a ripping three, four, seven minute scene...
– From David Mamet’s Master Class Memo to the Writers of The Unit.
I keep this in my bookmarks and open it from time to time to get me psyched about my job again. I don’t work in screenwriting or television, but it helps to read a manifesto by someone who isn’t a fucking hack. It helps to...
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C.O.B. Monday
Caught up on loose ends from last week
Actual took care of some personal business for once
One meeting
Lunch at desk
Set to-do list for rest of week
Attempting an evening visit to the gym (do not want)
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BTW… I’m not trying to be some sort social media blogger here. Its just been sort of happening by accident.
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Language is a virus from 4th grade
daveholmes:
I woke up one day a couple of years ago and everyone was using the word shitshow. Like, really glibly and casually, like they’d always been saying it. Oh, traffic was a shitshow. Gross.
This week it’s happening again, but this time with butthurt.
How do these words go viral, and why can’t we do it with words that don’t make us sound like potty-humor-obsessed children?
See also:...
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I don't say this very often
…but I could really go for some meat.