Saturday, June 30, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007
Our Blog
Our blog is apparently rated PG - parental guidance suggested for the use of the words death (3x), crack (2x) and shit (1x).
Of course those numbers were from before I typed out those words.
UPDATE:
apparently we are now PG-13 after posting the words that made us PG.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Haunted house
Hopefully whatever has possessed the stereo doesn't break out and try something like this.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
we could have a house face-off...
since women apparently suck at this, it might take three of us to take on one of Owen...
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Correction
Wacked,
So, apparently I lied last night. You asked what that weapon was with a ball on a chain. My answer was a mace, but apparently the one with a chain is a morning star flail (image b) and the mace is the one with a spiky ball of death on top of a handle with no chain (image a).
So, apparently I lied last night. You asked what that weapon was with a ball on a chain. My answer was a mace, but apparently the one with a chain is a morning star flail (image b) and the mace is the one with a spiky ball of death on top of a handle with no chain (image a).
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Rock Prophets
In the Readings section of Harper's Magazine, March 1999:
From “What Would Journey Do?” by Bill Wasik, in the September 24, 1998, issue of The Weekly Week, a humor magazine published in Somerville, Massachusetts. “W.W.J.D.” bracelets were created in 1989 to encourage teenagers to ask “the question ‘What Would Jesus Do?’ with each decision they made”; since then, over 14 million of the bracelets have been sold in the United States alone. Journey, a rock band, released eleven albums between 1973 and 1986, including Escape and Frontiers, both of which reached Billboard’ s Top 10 chart in the early 1980s.
* * *
You’ve all seen the “W.W.J.D.” bracelets and T-shirts that remind teens and adults alike about a good rule of thumb for living a holy life. Many, however, ask themselves these questions: Does Journey know about my battles with the enemy of my soul? Do they understand the fierce temptations that challenge me? Do they have any clue what I am going through–the sorrow, the sadness, the depression that overflow my cup? I’ve been betrayed by a friend, a lover, someone very dear–does Journey understand?
I am here today to tell you that Journey DOES understand. Because, my friend, Journey has been there before.
SITUATION ONE: Gregg and Heather have a picture-perfect marriage. The two are young and wildly successful–Heather is a bank-credit analyst, Gregg a top loafer salesman at a department store. But Heather’s job requires her to work long hours, and Gregg often feels neglected. If she really loves me, he wonders, why is she away from home so much?
It’s the quintessential modern struggle: a two-income family, overworked, always pressed for time. You may wonder how Journey, who walked the Earth so long ago, could relate to a problem like this. But did you know that Journey faced precisely this same dilemma–nearly twenty years ago?
In Frontiers 5, 0:48, they tell the story of a musician, always on the road, and the woman he’s left behind: “They say that the road ain’t no place to start a family. But right down the line, it’s been you and me. And lovin’ a music man ain’t always what it’s supposed to be. Oh girl, you stand by me. I’m forever yoursfaithfully.”
Faithfully. It’s clear that Journey intends a double meaning to this term: faithfulness to the absent spouse, yes, but also faith in Journey–and their power to heal broken relationships.
Devotional meditation: How secure is my faith in Journey? When is it strong? When does it falter?
SITUATION TWO: Alice loves her boyfriend, Sam, deeply. They’ve shared long conversations, walks on the beach, romantic dinners by candlelight. But now Sam is pressuring her to have sexual relations with him, and Alice doesn’t know what to do. She doesn’t feel comfortable having sex before marriage, and someone has told her that Journey thinks it’s wrong.
At many points in the Albums, Journey speaks out strenuously on this subject. And their message is always the same: “Any way you want it–that’s the way you need it.” False prophets who tell you otherwise are leading you astray. Do not pay them heed.
The most striking passage on the topic comes from Departure 1, 0:50: “I was alone–I never knew–what good love could do. Then we touched, and we sang, about the lovin’ things! All night, all night–oh, every night!”
Devotional meditation: Do I love to move? Do I love to groove? Do I love the lovin’ things?
SITUATION THREE: Martin has reached the end of his rope. His happy marriage, his beautiful family, his thriving bakery–none of it means anything to him. At night he finds himself awake, alone, wondering: if all life ends in death, then what’s the point of going on with it?
Journey was no stranger to existential hunger. Escape 1, 2:02, perhaps captures this hunger best of all: “Workin’ hard to get my fill–everybody wants a thrill. Payin’ anything to roll the dice, just one more time. Some will win, some will lose–some were born to sing the blues. Oh, the movie never ends: it goes on, and on, and on, and on.”
In the face of such sorrow and hopelessness, does Journey go on to say that we should give up the fight?
NO!
Instead, we are told to not stop believing. To hold on to that feeling.
May the streetlight person in each of us have the courage to listen.
Devotional meditation: Have I ever stopped believing–in life, in love, in Journey? When weighed down by the cares of the world, have I let go of that feeling? Have I taken a midnight train going anywhere?
From “What Would Journey Do?” by Bill Wasik, in the September 24, 1998, issue of The Weekly Week, a humor magazine published in Somerville, Massachusetts. “W.W.J.D.” bracelets were created in 1989 to encourage teenagers to ask “the question ‘What Would Jesus Do?’ with each decision they made”; since then, over 14 million of the bracelets have been sold in the United States alone. Journey, a rock band, released eleven albums between 1973 and 1986, including Escape and Frontiers, both of which reached Billboard’ s Top 10 chart in the early 1980s.
* * *
You’ve all seen the “W.W.J.D.” bracelets and T-shirts that remind teens and adults alike about a good rule of thumb for living a holy life. Many, however, ask themselves these questions: Does Journey know about my battles with the enemy of my soul? Do they understand the fierce temptations that challenge me? Do they have any clue what I am going through–the sorrow, the sadness, the depression that overflow my cup? I’ve been betrayed by a friend, a lover, someone very dear–does Journey understand?
I am here today to tell you that Journey DOES understand. Because, my friend, Journey has been there before.
SITUATION ONE: Gregg and Heather have a picture-perfect marriage. The two are young and wildly successful–Heather is a bank-credit analyst, Gregg a top loafer salesman at a department store. But Heather’s job requires her to work long hours, and Gregg often feels neglected. If she really loves me, he wonders, why is she away from home so much?
It’s the quintessential modern struggle: a two-income family, overworked, always pressed for time. You may wonder how Journey, who walked the Earth so long ago, could relate to a problem like this. But did you know that Journey faced precisely this same dilemma–nearly twenty years ago?
In Frontiers 5, 0:48, they tell the story of a musician, always on the road, and the woman he’s left behind: “They say that the road ain’t no place to start a family. But right down the line, it’s been you and me. And lovin’ a music man ain’t always what it’s supposed to be. Oh girl, you stand by me. I’m forever yoursfaithfully.”
Faithfully. It’s clear that Journey intends a double meaning to this term: faithfulness to the absent spouse, yes, but also faith in Journey–and their power to heal broken relationships.
Devotional meditation: How secure is my faith in Journey? When is it strong? When does it falter?
SITUATION TWO: Alice loves her boyfriend, Sam, deeply. They’ve shared long conversations, walks on the beach, romantic dinners by candlelight. But now Sam is pressuring her to have sexual relations with him, and Alice doesn’t know what to do. She doesn’t feel comfortable having sex before marriage, and someone has told her that Journey thinks it’s wrong.
At many points in the Albums, Journey speaks out strenuously on this subject. And their message is always the same: “Any way you want it–that’s the way you need it.” False prophets who tell you otherwise are leading you astray. Do not pay them heed.
The most striking passage on the topic comes from Departure 1, 0:50: “I was alone–I never knew–what good love could do. Then we touched, and we sang, about the lovin’ things! All night, all night–oh, every night!”
Devotional meditation: Do I love to move? Do I love to groove? Do I love the lovin’ things?
SITUATION THREE: Martin has reached the end of his rope. His happy marriage, his beautiful family, his thriving bakery–none of it means anything to him. At night he finds himself awake, alone, wondering: if all life ends in death, then what’s the point of going on with it?
Journey was no stranger to existential hunger. Escape 1, 2:02, perhaps captures this hunger best of all: “Workin’ hard to get my fill–everybody wants a thrill. Payin’ anything to roll the dice, just one more time. Some will win, some will lose–some were born to sing the blues. Oh, the movie never ends: it goes on, and on, and on, and on.”
In the face of such sorrow and hopelessness, does Journey go on to say that we should give up the fight?
NO!
Instead, we are told to not stop believing. To hold on to that feeling.
May the streetlight person in each of us have the courage to listen.
Devotional meditation: Have I ever stopped believing–in life, in love, in Journey? When weighed down by the cares of the world, have I let go of that feeling? Have I taken a midnight train going anywhere?
Monday, June 18, 2007
Saturday, June 16, 2007
I posted this on my "other" blog, but since I don't expect anyone other than me actually looks at that, I wanted to share this with you.
So yesterday I went to a bbq at JMatt's. He had his ipod hooked up to speakers, and as we were standing around the firepit, this made me laugh (out loud, of course):
(Music playing)
JMatt: Ween was hired to do a Pizza Hut commercial, and this is what they came up with, it's about the pizza with the cheese hidden inside.
Ween: (click here to listen. you might have to give it a second to load and slide the thing-a-majiggy whatever it's called back to the beginning a couple times to replay.)
JMatt:They gave Pizza Hut their song and Pizza Hut was like, "No, no, no, the kid's won't like it." So then Ween gave 'em this...
(JMatt runs to ipod to change song...)
Ween: (click here to listen.)
(Music playing)
JMatt: Ween was hired to do a Pizza Hut commercial, and this is what they came up with, it's about the pizza with the cheese hidden inside.
Ween: (click here to listen. you might have to give it a second to load and slide the thing-a-majiggy whatever it's called back to the beginning a couple times to replay.)
JMatt:They gave Pizza Hut their song and Pizza Hut was like, "No, no, no, the kid's won't like it." So then Ween gave 'em this...
(JMatt runs to ipod to change song...)
Ween: (click here to listen.)
Friday, June 15, 2007
Fun with captions...
"Hello. Oh hey honey how are you? Oh no things are quiet here, not too much jihad today. What? Oh yeah I can get milk on the way home. Oh no, no, no... I did not forget to pick up Mahmuhd on the way home tonight.... What? Why are you always like this? Why can't we just be happy?
behold...
the tardigrade-shaped strawberry:
And if you don't know what a tardigrade is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrada
And if you don't know what a tardigrade is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrada
Thursday, June 14, 2007
lee is retarded.
i have a new blog. it's based on my new project. it's called "lee laughing out loud".
you can find it at leelaughsoutloud.blogspot.com.
unless you think it would be better as leelaughingoutloud.blogspot.com.
it's not too late to change it back. it used to be "me laughing out loud" but i figured "me" could be anyone, but "lee" limits it to some large but less large number of possible me's.
okay, please vote... leelaughsoutloud, or leelaughingoutloud (dot)blogspot.com?
you can find it at leelaughsoutloud.blogspot.com.
unless you think it would be better as leelaughingoutloud.blogspot.com.
it's not too late to change it back. it used to be "me laughing out loud" but i figured "me" could be anyone, but "lee" limits it to some large but less large number of possible me's.
okay, please vote... leelaughsoutloud, or leelaughingoutloud (dot)blogspot.com?
I could live in this
Well, you might HAVE to live in this to be able to afford it...
But doesn't it look like the perfect place to spend a lazy summer afternoon?
But doesn't it look like the perfect place to spend a lazy summer afternoon?
retarded
i don't care to see people's underwear that much either, but isn't this a little ridiculous? and women wear so much shit and show so much skin that they shouldn't - why doesn't anyone pass ordinance on what too short of a skirt is, or how much is too much cleavage? or how much butt crack they shouldn't be allowed to show when sitting with their really low cut jeans? personally, i find that more obscene than seeing some kid's boxer shorts. 3 inches is too much...
people are annoying and have nothing better to do with their time or power than pass ridiculous laws.
people are annoying and have nothing better to do with their time or power than pass ridiculous laws.
zen state
i had an MRI yesterday and when i was done the guy said to me, "do you do a lot of long distance running?"
i said "no. why?"
he said, "because your heart rate was 40."
okay to be exact it was 42. i was hooked up to an EKG so it probably wasn't wrong.
am i really dead, and you guys are just playing a big trick on me making me think i'm not?
or am i just way ahead of myself on this zen meditation thing. i've never even tried it. guess i don't have to.
(but then, trying would be counterproductive since the idea would be to "be" rather than to try or want to be. so i guess i just was...)
i said "no. why?"
he said, "because your heart rate was 40."
okay to be exact it was 42. i was hooked up to an EKG so it probably wasn't wrong.
am i really dead, and you guys are just playing a big trick on me making me think i'm not?
or am i just way ahead of myself on this zen meditation thing. i've never even tried it. guess i don't have to.
(but then, trying would be counterproductive since the idea would be to "be" rather than to try or want to be. so i guess i just was...)
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Icy/Hot Death
This just in! From our Midwestern correspondent. And how much is using it "to excess"?
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Scary!
My friend, a very scholarly young grad student fellow in Bloomington, studying chemistry or something painful like that, told me he found this graph while looking up some papers on SciFinder Scholar. Frightening... or should i say, frighteningly true! Ah, Stony Brook!
Sunday, June 10, 2007
please consider ignoring this if you're feeling down... then again, maybe it will put your day into perspective...
I've yet to proclaim myself an atheist, but if i was really looking for something to tip the scales, i think this, and the quote at the end, might solidly do the trick...
That end quote would be (it goes by fast):
"If a god does exist, its most prominent trait is its iron-clad resolve to do absolutely nothing to help its children as they writhe in agony.
And it is this very trait that makes such a being a monster by which all others pale in comparison."
And another to brighten your day:
"If you see a blind man starving in the gutter, kick him. Why should you be kinder than God?"
— Anon
(side note: no, i do not advocate such behavior)
Sorry for the depressing post. This morning I told lobster-sheyl i must be depressed because i slept until almost noon. That's very unlike me - bad sign. Now you can all do your best to post something funny and liven this gray day.
xoxo to you my lovely housemates.
p.s., to put this in perspective, i found the content of this blog on another blog which was a message to Paris Hilton for crying about going back to jail...
That end quote would be (it goes by fast):
"If a god does exist, its most prominent trait is its iron-clad resolve to do absolutely nothing to help its children as they writhe in agony.
And it is this very trait that makes such a being a monster by which all others pale in comparison."
And another to brighten your day:
"If you see a blind man starving in the gutter, kick him. Why should you be kinder than God?"
— Anon
(side note: no, i do not advocate such behavior)
Sorry for the depressing post. This morning I told lobster-sheyl i must be depressed because i slept until almost noon. That's very unlike me - bad sign. Now you can all do your best to post something funny and liven this gray day.
xoxo to you my lovely housemates.
p.s., to put this in perspective, i found the content of this blog on another blog which was a message to Paris Hilton for crying about going back to jail...
Friday, June 8, 2007
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Sheyl's Sense of Humor
I think Sheryl Sheyl is going to find this either really funny, or not funny at all. I can't really tell with her. Either way, I laughed a lot at this so I can guarantee you that Ruth will hate it.
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Happy World Environment Day
Sorry, but I think more important than Apple Computer Day or Banana Split Day or fudge at cobras day is today, World Environment Day 2007, and 77 ways to celebrate.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Happy Apple Computer Day!
Sorry Owen,
Plus we missed
Yell "Fudge" at the Cobras in North America Day (June 2)
but don't forget
Banana Split Day (June 8-9)
Plus we missed
Yell "Fudge" at the Cobras in North America Day (June 2)
but don't forget
Banana Split Day (June 8-9)
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Friday, June 1, 2007
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