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Wes Anderson Parodies
Courtney points out that urlesque has a post entitled “7 Great Wes Anderson Parodies“. I found Wes’ work through Rushmore and he immediately became my favorite film director of all time! Having joined the creative ranks of Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles and Mike Nichols, imagining what movies like Spiderman or The Lord of the Rings may have been like under his unique style of direction is really quite fun! Anyhow, visit the Urlesque post for a complete list… My favorite is the Spiderman parody. People who looked at this item also looked at… Why Did my Arm Fall Asleep? How to Enable SSL for CSWapache2 [...]
The Banana Slug is not a Mythical Creature
OK, so I never actually believed that they were a mythical creature, but it took me so long to actually find one after moving to Santa Cruz that I had great fun telling those who didn’t know better that they were figment of the collective local imagination. Courtney, who had seen them before, always sighed, rolled her eyes, and reassured whatever unwitting soul I happened to be talking with at the moment that they did exist, and that I should absolutely not be taken seriously. On this point, I cannot disagree with her, but I must have been somewhat convincing because her mom actually sounded [...]
Best of the Santa Cruz City Council
She may not the the world’s angriest woman, but the lady in this video may very well be the biggest airhead! The rest of the characters in the last one are pretty good too. It turns out that you don’t have to live in Santa Cruz very long before you start running into these folks. What can I say… It’s a crazy place. Santa Cruz lady at city council meeting: Santa Cruz Lady Vs. Sarah Palin: The whole Santa Cruz City Council Mashup: People who looked at this item also looked at… Move to Santa Cruz World’s Angriest Woman The Banana Slug is not a [...]
Move to Santa Cruz
Well, after five years living in Vermont, and something like thirteen years living in New England, Courtney and I have gone and moved to Santa Cruz, CA. There are a lot of reasons for this; the very hard winters and extremely rainy summers in Vermont were starting to wear on us, but mostly we just wanted to live in a young and vital place that has a larger population. Courtney had some experience with the area during her brief stint working at Land of Medicine Buddha, and I had always enjoyed The Monterey Bay area when my family and I would camp here as a [...]
Mallard Duck FAQ
I get quite a few questions about ducks every year. Since I answer these questions if the form of comments, many times people don’t read all the other questions and answers and end up asking about things that have been addressed elsewhere. The recent comment threading has helped a little, but it can still be tough to wade through the hundreds of questions and answers that have accumulated over the years. In the interest of not typing answers over and over again, I have created this FAQ. Q1. How old do ducks have to be before they will fly Q2. How can I keep my [...]
Girl in Clinton’s “Red Phone” Ad Supports Obama
It turns out that the sleeping little girl in Hillary Clinton’s “Red Phone” TV advertisement is supporting Barack Obama. The Clinton campaign used stock footage of the girl who is now of voting age and calls “Red Phone” ad “Fear Mongering”. I guess the Clinton crew should have thought about that. People who looked at this item also looked at… Deep Dive On A Wreck Full Of Toilets Fish Supposedly Washed Up By Asian Tsunami Rebreather Evaluation – Part 5: My Decision About Raising Mallard Ducklings Related items Cheney Tries to Scare Americans Into Voting Republican Hillary Clinton is the Wrong Democrat James Carville Pouts [...]
I Can Finally Have My Rocket Belt!
Juan Manuel is my new hero, plain and simple! Since the Bell RocketBelt of the early 1960′s, the world has been disappointingly devoid of this amazing invention, but no longer. Juan Manuel, a self-taught engineer from Mexico has been working diligently for nearly 30 years to develop a working rocket belt and now he has. Supposedly the biggest trick to making these rigs work is getting the throttle to operate smoothly enough, but there are a number of other challenges as well. They run on 90% pure hydrogen peroxide which is extremely caustic, so material compatibility is a huge factor. You can’t just march into [...]
High End KittyCaster Guitar
About a month ago, Courtney scored one of the new bubble gum pink Hello Kitty Stratocaster guitars from Squier (AKA Fender on the cheap). It’s a very cool looking axe, and once I adjusted the truss rod and action, it actually plays pretty well. I was amazed to see, however, that Fender is offering an extremely limited edition version of this guitar for a whopping $21,625! Only three of these high-end KittyCasters were made, and only one will be available to the public. If you want it you’re going to have to go to Japan to get it though because it will only be available [...]
I just woke up this morning and my arm was numb. I tried to move it and it wouldn’t go. I was horrified somethin was wrong with my arm.