August 2009
28 posts
This Cuba Libré is brought to you by cruzan 2yr light rum and Mexican coca-cola with real sugar. http://minirecipe.com/0cf682a381
Listening to Andrew bird and searching for “steampunk” on etsy.com.
You know what I love? Realtor-provided football-schedule fridge magnets, that’s what.
inglourious basterds. Tarantino’s most mature film yet at it’s heart a sophomoric revenge fantasy. So great.
Home movie of Disneyland in 1956 →
Home Movies At DisneyLand - 1956 from Jeff Altman on Vimeo.
Here’s some recently unearthed home movie footage of Disneyland in 1956, the year after it opened. The footage was shot by…
RT @ScottBourne Win a new Canon 5DMKII (or $2500 Gift Cert) from @OPGear & Scott Bourne. Pls RT. Details here: http://bit.ly/BqU8N #photog
Playin pool with the boys. I’m not particularly good at it. - http://bkite.com/0aZ3h
Watching project runway. Yawn. But there’s a local designer on there who went to kcai. Yay Ari fish.
Home movie of Disneyland in 1956 →
Home Movies At DisneyLand - 1956 from Jeff Altman on Vimeo.
Here’s some recently unearthed home movie footage of Disneyland in 1956, the year after it opened. The footage was shot by…
Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living. #coupland
Mad Men Season 3 starts this weekend. Do I Tivo the analog-SD cablecast or buy the HD episodes from iTunes?
Having a glass of Laphroaig 10-year and listening to rain forest sounds on my iphone.
Once people are broken in certain ways, they can’t ever be fixed. #coupland
Some skeptic’s take on the Chevy Volt:”gotta drive it 225k miles before you break even.” K, name another car in which you *ever* break even.
I’m enjoying a Negroni. There are few liqueurs I like better than Campari. Add gin and it’s deliciouser. http://minirecipe.com/1ae682a381
The modern economy isn’t about the redistribution of wealth, it’s about the redistribution of time. #coupland
I’m enjoying a Zombie with goslings 151 since I don’t have any demerara 151. Used demerara sugar though. http://minirecipe.com/b8f693a381
Been a long time since I’ve seen NL’s Vacation uncut and uninterrupted. RIP John Hughes.
Just ordered the wife a new MacBook pro. Now she’ll have a better mac than me. Aw well. Edu pricing and sales tax holiday ftw.
Sometimes failure isn’t an opportunity in disguise, it’s just you. #coupland
And now, a motivational message from our kitteh... →
From Ice-Tea Man (thanks, Steve Woolf)
I’m enjoying a Mojito but i made it with cachaca instead of rum. http://minirecipe.com/8ae682a381
2oz Hendrick’s Gin, 3/4oz Ginger liqueur; shake with ice (I know right?); strain into chilled cocktail glass; garnish w/ fresh Ginger root.
XLC sez “Don’t ever get caught with a bright idea; they’re a dime a dozen like a Nirvana rip-off”.
out for a “teambuilder”. - http://bkite.com/0anZP
Amazon’s getting the hang of this. Buy a blu-ray and get an Amazon Unbox copy immediately for streaming. For some titles anyway.
I got a bag of chili-powder-crusted dried mangoes from Trader Joe’s. Mmmmmm. Sweet, spicy, with a lingering endorphin float.
First task after getting home: decant my basil-infused vodka experiment to delicious results. Vodka’s good for something after all.