music

‘That’s my opinion’

New album out by my favorite Swedish twins. I had it on in the car the other night as I was soliloquizing on the way home from work, as I do most nights, and I was ten minutes into one of the ambient tracks before I realized that the whole thing sounded like a movie monologue, what I was saying. It was awesome. I really wanted to post “Raging Lung” but EMI blocked it so…

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the internet is fun the internet is NOT fun

Dear Google, I don’t give a crap about your April Fools pranks but I do actually give a crap about useful services

Listen. I don’t hate fun. Really, I don’t. I have even been known to HAVE fun every now and again. I encourage it. Within reason, of course! But this is getting ri-frickin-diculous. That link that you probably hovered on but did not click is a roundup of all the April Fools pranks Google staged in 2013 alone. I realize that Google is a global ginormamegacorporation that employs tens of thousands of people, so it’s possible…

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3.5.13: Sixteen months old

Holden: You are pure energy! This month was all about exploration and expression. You are scooting and crawling and cruising all over the house, including up the stairs. Your curiosity is growing and you don’t like being steered away from something that has piqued your interest. You even walked a little bit for a few days! I realize that is probably no big whoop to parents of your contemporaries, who have had walkers for months…

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Horoscopes for Toddlers

ARIES Your upper lip will find itself in a fight with a puffs tin, and you will be suckerpunched by gravity and surprised by the floor when it rises to greet your face. The good news: The other babies will not f*ck with you because you will look like a boxer. Lucky numbers: None TAURUS Jupiter is in retrograde, even though Mommy said it was way up there in the sky. How could Mommy lie…

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