Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Ok, so lets ignore those Andrea Bocceli arias that are in English...

Since all Opera is in Italian or German,* is the comic effect of singing Opera for parody lost on native speakers of those languages?

*traditionally speaking, I know there are exceptions

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Lies.

Isn't it strange that extraordinary things always seem to happen to people that we mistrust?

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

A great song for a great show

Until I saw "Across the Universe" I thought that "With a little help from my friends" was actually just the theme tune for "The Wonder Years."

I was wrong.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Bring on the terrible twos.....

iomalfunction turns 1 today. Too bad it can't eat the cake I didn't make.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Can you hear me now?

The other day I had a rumbling in my stomach so strong that I thought my cell phone was vibrating. I obviously didn't answer, but I got the message.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Putting the "Complete" back in "Complete Bastards"

Whenever a mathematician or logician says "and so it follows that..." what they really mean is "this is obvious to everyone but YOU."

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Naming my Daughter Marilyn Manson might be weirder though....

Maynard James Keenan, the lead singer of Tool (my favorite band) named his son "Devo" (after his favorite band). If I name my son "Tool" I'm pretty sure he would get beat up a lot.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

But you wouldn't take money out of their garter

I wonder if more conservative local governments would prefer if strippers came on stage naked and were paid to take their time putting their clothes back on?

Thursday, April 2, 2009

I have no doubt you'll find this post funny

Listen to "Sunday Morning" by No Doubt.  You will want to harmonize and headbang at the same time.  It's really strange.