Wild Hogs

A movie must see if comedy is your angle...Wild Hogs. Very funny without much substance. Great if you want to leave your mind at home and just laugh.

Baby Got Back.

A new twist on an old favorite.

I have the mp3 ripped if anyone wants it.

Since there's been some favorable response, here's a link to a site where you can listen to his music. And here's his own website.

I am Ty

This is a tribute to TY...Barker at Walkers...Destroyer of Ta-das and Stealer of Mogarcycles. If anyone would like to tell of their fondest memories of him please do so...I will be checking to see what you remember.

A Formal Apology

I would like to issue a formal apology to Chick-Fil-A. For years, I have consistently underrated their establishment, believing them to be just another fast food outlet. It has been my recent experience, however, that this is clearly not the case. In every location I have visited, the staff has been friendly and courteous, the prices are reasonable, and the food is both consistent and delicious – particularly the breakfast burrito that I had this morning courtesy of The Hartford Company which was better than it had any right to be. And while I will not be making Chick-Fil-A one of my “must haves,” I will no longer protest it on face as a suggestion.



I will, however, continue to curse it as I drive by on Poplar. A chicken sangwich, no matter how delicious, cannot possibly be good enough to justify stopping traffic on a six lane street.

Spamalot

Oh, god, I thought, they've found a new way to scavenge Monty Python. This can't possibly be good.

But it is. Oh man, it is.

The show is built around the general storyline of the movie, and the first act is reasonably close to the original, albeit with several new musical numbers as well as oddball references to other Broadway favorites and Python sketches. The second act lags a little, as they're pretty well out of story at that point, so they filled it in with a heavy dose of Broadway mockery, including songs titled "What Happened To My Part?" and "You Won't Succeed On Broadway If You Don't Have Any Jews".

It's every bit as ridiculous as you'd expect, but dressed up with costumes and sets and dancing so it really does feel like a whole new thing. Watch for it at your local performing arts center.

J-Rock

After sorting through the onslaught of new music from New Years (and to a lesser degree from looting LJ's "downloads" folder), I've found myself with a pretty steadily rocking playlist. Unfortunately, I'm always on the lookout for something new/different.

What, I ask you, could be more different than French rock/pop or some Japanese heavy metal? Some joker linked these in an article about why iTunes sucks (you can't buy music from the foreign iTuneses, in case you were curious). It's actually pretty good, once you get past the whole "what the hell is he saying?" thing. (For that matter, most American metal is pretty unintelligible.)

Enjoy, kids.

Great. Now I hate Tyra Banks

I never really gave two thoughts about Tyra Banks before the NYE holiday. Ever since LJ's ranting, though, I've been paying a bit more attention.

In my office there's a breakroom w/ a TV. Whenever I have to go to the bathroom, I pass through this room. It's always on one of the crap daytime talkshow channels. Tyra's show comes on in the morning. I swear, it's as though she's trying to be Oprah.

Tyra. Sweetie. You are not Oprah.

Discuss.