March 2006

Podcasts are for extroverts!

Man, I do not know how people create podcasts. I don’t mean technically… That is easy. I mean, how does someone talk for an hour at a time? Or even ten minutes without stopping? I just don’t get it. I guess people do it all the time — teachers, or radio show hosts, for example. If you’re talking about a specific topic that is very important to you, and that you know a lot about, I guess maybe it’s not that hard to do. But for me… I don’t think I could do it. I’m just not that much of a talker. I think that everyone (or maybe just most people) have a constant internal running monologue in their heads… Things that we think about, little rabbit holes our minds wander down, rehashing conversations, making to-do lists, thinking up great ideas, etc. And I think that the people who can podcast successfully are the people who just naturally tend to make that internal monologue external. We all know people who will just talk and talk and talk, vocalizing what seems like every random thought that pops into their heads to anyone who will listen, or often just to themselves when they think no one else is listening. A real stream of consciousness. These people, the extroverts, are successful podcasters. Rereading that, it seems like I’m stating the utterly obvious. Oh well. This “duh” moment was brought to you tonight by my brain after listening to Radio Free Burrito (Wil Wheaton’s podcast). Yes, for those of you who think that name sounds familiar, he was Gordy in Stand By Me and Wesley Crusher on ST:TNG. He still does acting work, but he mostly writes for a living now, and keeps a blog and does podcasts. He is about my age and […]

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she’s got eyestalks! she knows how to use them! or maybe not

check out this crazy thing!! the zz top of lobsters… it’s so crazy, in fact, that they created not only a new species, but a new genus and family as well (remember the taxonomy? King Phillip Came Out From Going Swimming… Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species) it’s also blind, although it appears to have eyestalks… or maybe those are feelers. i also like how the family name kiwaida comes from kiwa, the goddess of crustaceans in polynesian mythology.

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why do birds suddenly appear?

i’m remembering my dreams better lately. i wonder why that is? last night a couple dozen tiny bluebirds attached themselves to my face and i couldn’t get them off, and i started panicking. there was also a toddler who was screaming “bumble! bumble” and following bumblebees around the backyard. at one point i had to help bring in some wet wood from the backyard for a fire, so i put on my “wellies” — rubber boots except they looked like bowling shoes made of rubber. the wood gatherers didn’t really need my help but i wanted an excuse to wear my rubber boots.

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stolen car dream

i had a really weird dream last night/early this morning, and when i halfway woke up from it i made myself repeat the major plot points out loud so as not to forget them, and lo and behold i think it worked! i decided to drop by brittney’s house unannounced, late at night. she lived in plano, in a house with her mom and i think her sister and brother. it was actually like a combination of brittney and kim. i got in the car and started driving towards the highway. there was a girl walking in the road in front of me, and as i approached i realized it was brittney’s goddaughter taylor. as i drove behind her the dream shifted into me walking behind her as she walked up the stairs at brittney/kim’s house. i started to wonder why i came over unannounced, because she didn’t seem very happy to see me. and i stood there thinking, oh my god, why am i here? doc was with me now, and he stayed in the house while i went back outside to the car. i’d parked it on the street near several other vehicles. but now it was gone. i frantically ran up and down the street thinking i’d parked it somewhere that i just didn’t remember, but it was definitely gone. i ran back inside and got doc, and told him what had happened. as he came back outside with me, a police car drove slowly up the street with its lights flashing. and i thought “now that’s odd, i didn’t even call them yet, how did they know to come out here?” but it drove on by up to the other end of the street. we followed it and near the end of the street there was […]

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permagir

this is the latest in bob’s growing collection of skin art!! “but i neeeeeeed tacos! i need them or i will explode! that happens to me sometimes…”“i miss you, cupcake”“i wanna watch the scary monkey show!”“chicken!! i’m gonna eat you.”“me and the squirrel are friends.”“why is his head so BIG? why IS his head so big? WHY is his head so big?”“hi, floor! make me a sammitch!”“to make room for the tuna!”“i’m floatin!”“say moosey fate! say moosey fate!” and, not gir, but definitely one of my favorites:“invader’s blood runs through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants! the pants command me! do not ignore my veins!”

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real life simpsons intro!!

somebody went to a whole lot of trouble to make this! i would love to compare it side by side with the actual animated simpsons intro… now if only i could find it someplace to download and keep… if you are having trouble viewing it, click here to go to the source

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