fall in ohio

happy halloween!!!

i dressed as mario to pass out candy yesterday. and i'm wearing it again today to school. it gave me a taste of what it must like to be a celebrity, as most of the kids (and some of the adults) squealed "HEY MARIO!!!!" - i got a few "WHERE'S LUIGI?"...one woman, i believe did not realize i was in a costume until her husband explained it....i'm guessing she was going to tell her kid to skip my house...lol....

scratch that...

all previous obsessions have been replaced by metroid prime pinball

photo friday: delicate

photo friday: delicate

this y that....

A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering. -Gurdjieff

ok...
current obsessions...
firefly/serenity
rune grammofon (love their website design - any students out there, the feel of the design fits perfectly the feel of their music)
meteos
fall foliage: hope to have some pics soon - caught some wonderful foliage on the way to see gina's excellent show. wish i had my camera. on the other hand, perhaps having a camera would have changed/sullied the experience. instead of appreciating the beauty, maybe i'd see the foliage as merely a photo op. anyhow, gina is so talented and it was a joy to see her awesome work...
hanne hukkelberg
stayin' alive (not the beegees tune)
beer
vodka
fiona apple's new cd...
curb your enthusiasm
not ALIAS...

sh*t, buy me a beer and it's yours...

My blog is worth $26,533.38.
How much is your blog worth?

from jen

tickled

i've been tickled by kristin

1. Seven things I intend to do before I die:
visit iceland
kayak
drink absinthe
go on an extended bicycle trip
see a mountain
see a desert
shave my head

2. Seven things I can do:
juggle
read quickly
speak in public
skate backwards
sketch at least as well as napoleon dynamite
remember who did most pop songs
roll sushi (veggie sushi)



3. Seven things I can't do:
understand eminem's critical aclaim
roll my r's as in "hurrrka"
keep my shirt tucked in
play guitar
play halo
eat onions
dance


4. Seven things I find appealing in the other sex:
being callipygous
assertiveness
good taste in music/film/culture
athletic
ginormous br---ains (got ya, huh)
dinstinctive or even quirky personality/appearance
ability to have my back in a bar fight

5. Seven famous people I find appealing:
sandra bullock
marla streb
jessica alba
jennifer garner
hanne hukkelberg
bjork
sofia coppola

6. Seven words or sentences I frequently utter:
that's the joke part
GOSH! (spoken as napoleon dynamite)
i see
yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever (spoken VERY fast)
der
alrighty
howdy


7. Seven things I see this very moment:
bunch of web development books
mounds of stuff i should be grading
my laptop (duh)
a phone
a gift i got for appearing at a conference
numerous drawings by my daughter
2 gnomes playing chess

i tickle anyone who reads and is tickled by this meme....

*edit* as you can see - i spent a lot of thought on this..took me a day to write and post it - and i've edited it a half-dozen times since i posted it!!!!

flora and fauna

you mean i'm not the only one...

old folks that like videogames....

to quote napoleon dynamite...

IDIOTS....

from the science blog:

Hundreds of scientists are protesting a scheduled lecture by the Dalai Lama next month.

guess 2500 years of research ain't enough - cause it didn't occur within the lily white, ivy encrusted ivory tower of academia...

IM

anyone that enjoys IM'ing and wants to add me to their buddy list - let me know. IM'ing has become very popular among my family - so I have loaded the apps, etc...

take off...

the mars volta...

(whoever they are) has called jaga jazzist their favorite new band. they are becoming one of my favorite new bands too - unique, cool sound - jazzy - but with a twist... d-loading some of their stuff via iTunes - found them on the site of my OTHER favorite new musician' - the amazing hanne hukkelberg...

so who are your new musical finds - or for that matter, old ones you are re-discovering...

"i wish i was like you: easily amused." - k. cobain...

perhaps cobain was speaking of me... give me my camera, and a yard full of fungus, weeds, etc. and i am a happy boy for longer than you might think possible...

anyhow, in this week's installment of "look at the crazy sh*t growing in my yard"... (perhaps this should become a weekly feature)

global warming

join me on a virtual march on washington to stop global warming

elektroplankton

my copy of elektroplankton arrived yesterday from japan...it is not a game, per se, but a way to make interesting visuals/sounds...very hard to describe

at the risk of sounding pretentious, i would describe this as interactive art - apparently it was unveiled at a tokyo art gallery

kudos to nintendogal who pointed me to play-asia where i ordered this...

very nice website...

here is a very nice website devoted to outdoor lifestyle. perhaps i'll set it to be my home page as a reminder i need to get out and be more active - provided, of course, i live through the day...

i am looking for dinner suggestions... what would you feed a cranky vegetarian that doesn't feel well who wants something simple, yet satisfying...

real cool site...

netvibes

can configure your own page w/rss feeds etc...
so you can keep track of your favorite blogs, including, i hope, this one....

programmed in the promising, interesting new technology ajax, about which i hope to learn more and incorporate into my classes...

actual dialouge

me: what's the name of that squash that looks like spaghetti?
wife: ?! um, spaghetti squash
me: oh...

speechless

President George W. Bush allegedly said God told him to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, a new BBC documentary will reveal, according to details.

from a bbc article

oy vey

whoever is out there and listening...get us through jan 20, 2009....

today