New Tony Jaa hijinx!

From the crazy kids that brought you Ong Bak:
Tony Jaa and Prachya Pinkaew:

Tom-Yum-Goong

Only a couple of teaser trailers up now, but still...

We have a baby

Maiya is here!!!!!!!

Bass Wolf - R.I.P.

from guitarwolf.net

We regret to inform you that Hideaki Sekiguchi, a.k.a. Billy has passed away by heart attack in the morning of March 31st., at the age of 38.


Bass Wolf - R.I.P.

Vigil and funeral information is as follows:
Vigil: 18:00p.m.～(non-relatives 19:00p.m.～) on Tuesday, April 5
Funeral: 10:00a.m.～11:00a.m., The Hearse to Leave at 11:00a.m. on
Wednesday, April 6
Place: Rinkaisaijo http://www.rinkaisaijo.or.jp
1-3-1, Tokai, Ohta-Ku, Tokyo
Phone: 81-3-5755-2833
*Since there is NO parking lot, we kindly ask you not to drive to the place.

We announce that all shows will be cancelled.
We hope to have your understanding.

March 31, 2005 Guitar Wolf, SBT Music

There is a photo set from a gig in Frisco just this past March on Flickr.

False Alarm #1

We went to the hospital last night at 11pm. We got back at 8am. False alarm number 1 out of the way.
Elli pulled something in her back which was causing spasms, which spread to the front, which we mistook for contractions. Or, they might've been those fake contractions.
Or something.
All I know, is Elli got to sample vicodin, demerol and morphine and I got NOTHING.
And yet, my brain is mush.
Where's my flask.....?

Children

"Children are Nature's riff-raff: noisy, smelly and likely to steal the dessert off your tray. They have an undeniable low cunning whatever the state of their so-called intelligence and they seem to delight in traipsing over my lawn any time...where's my pie?"

-TotalFarker The Other

found somewhere in here: http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1405488

A touch of Weirdness in Grass Nut Country

Took a trip up to scenic Firebaugh so Elli could be a guest speaker at an early childhood class at West Hills College. I sat out in the lobby and read. Next thing I know, there's a girl from the class who seems to be crying and talking quietly with the teacher. I tried to ignore this and go about my business reading. But the crying is a little more panicky and the breathing more erratic. Then some of the other girls from the class came out. Turns out the girl was having the beginnings of a seizure. And apparently wasn't keen on calling 911. Bad news, man.

Soon, there are more girls milling about out in the lobby than there are in the class, so Elli decides to use this as a potty break. So, as she passes by me, I nod in the direction of the now mildly seizing girl on the floor. She jumps into First Aid mode, but there's nothing to do, as another teacher had taken over and had said "By God, we ARE calling 911" and gotten things in motion. So, Elli continues on to the Ladies' Room when she sees another girl sitting in a chair next to the door with a pain expression on her face. Turns out she was around 6 weeks pregnant and thought she was in the process of having a miscarriage. So, 911 got another call.

By this time I had gathered up my book and my water and started moving slowly towards the door.

In the end, the class went on as scheduled, the seizure ran it's course and she got taken home by a friend to get her medicine - which she apparently hadn't taken that day - and the pregnant girl got to ride in the ambulance.

And Elli even got paid.

It should be noted that Firebaugh has a seemingly great guy on the EMS staff who could quite possibly be a yokozuna

The Swingline

"And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were merry, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire..."

Hunter S. Thompson Kills Himself

News From The Associated Press

A sad state of affairs.

"Who said anything about slicing you up?" he mumbled. "I just wanted to carve a little Z on your forehead - nothing serious."

July 18, 1937 - February 20, 2005

and since all the kids on FARK are using this one, I'll add it too:
"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die"


And he was just on the verge of going public with Shotgun Golf, too...

This is pretty good obit

This is an earlier article, but it has some great quotes

And the Archives from ESPN.com

Space Elevator

Elevator Man: Bradley Edwards Reaches for the Heights

"Although the idea has appeared in both technical and fictional literature for decades, the drive to bring it to reality belongs to Edwards. A cable extending from the Earth’s surface to outer space is kept under tension by the competing forces of gravity on Earth and the outward rotational acceleration of the planet in space. Once the cable is aloft, the elevator will be ascended by mechanical means."

I wonder if they'll use Otis elevator cars?

Lung Pathology Images

Lung Pathology Images

Bronchitis is no fun. And here's the proof.

Now Playing on Amazon.com: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Amazon.com: Welcome: "Now Playing on Amazon.com: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

Trailer ahoy.

Spacemen 3 & The Birth Of Spiritualized

Buy the book from Spaceage or Amazon


pg 218:

"In Belgium I remember we got a good-size crowd, because I suppose we started to get a bit of press by then," Jonny recalled. "While we were in Gent, Jason broke a string and didn't have a spare guitar. So everyone left the stage except me. I was mousing around the stage squeaking like a mouse. I suppose you had to be there...but it was hilarious! Then, later on, Jason broke another string and up came the shout, 'Bring back zee mouse!' A light interlude in the life of a seriously uptight drone band."

Daily Drink May Protect Brain in Old Age, Study Says

Booze = Good for Brain

OK, so the study was for "women age 70 and older"...but still, it goes one hope.

"Alcohol at modest levels does a lot of good things,'' said Francine Grodstein, associate professor at Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. ``There's been growing evidence that the same things that are good or bad for your heart are good or bad for your brain, and it's known that moderate alcohol consumption decreases cardiovascular disease.''

Audio data collected by the Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument

ESA Portal - Sounds of an alien world

Even if I didn't already enjoy the drone, these are pretty cool. Sonic Boom should remix them.

What the president reads

CNN.com - What the president reads - Jan 10, 2005

Bush is more particular, and when he locks onto a book, he shows his trademark discipline, almost always reading it to the last page.

Another State of Mind

Another State of Mind is finally on DVD

It's on my Wish List. Buy it for me!
Please?

Bush Accuses Saddam of Telling the Truth

Evildoer Knowingly Came Clean on WMD's, President Charges


"After years of lying about his weapons, Saddam Hussein willfully decided to tell the truth about them," Mr. Bush said. "His treachery knows no bounds."

Genius.

Vodka mythbusting

A Joshua Tree In Every Pot: Vodka mythbusting

I hope blogging someone else's blogged blog is not a blog foul. In any case, this seems a worthy experiment. I wonder if this'll make premium sake out of the cheap stuff?

Crispin Glover on Letterman

Video @ Contemporary Insanity

I had never actually seen this one. I'd heard tell of it. I even liked to quote it: ""I'm strong...I can kick!"
And the kind folks at contemporaryinsanity.org have been kind enough to post it.
Bless them.

Fark Personals

Fark Personals: "haaatt"

Best. Personal. Ever.