Author Archives: Ryan
More New Tunes
A few new albums to check out… Snow Patrol – Eyes Open Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere She Wants Revenge – She Wants Revenge (new to me, at least)
Got a Mac? Get Quicksilver.
Quicksilver is a small “launcher” application – totally free – that I had checked out when I first got my Powerbook, but I guess I just didn’t “get it” at the time; I tossed it in the trash and moved … Continue reading
Vacation: Day One
I’m getting bored. I’ve been “on vacation” all of four hours and I’m already quite certain I won’t make it the rest of the week. What in the world am I going to do for another four days when I’m … Continue reading
New Tunes
I grabbed a couple of tracks from Arctic Monkeys recently, and I’m all about “I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor” and “Fake Tales of San Francisco”. Check ‘em out on iTunes. While you’re there, buy some more Bloc … Continue reading
Welcome Home, Fluffy!
Yep: he’s back. I went out earlier today and, upon returning home, noticed a bag of mulch sitting up against the corner of my garage door. This would be just a foot or so away from the bag of phone … Continue reading
I’m gonna be a nutrionist…or a vet…
What career will suit your personality? You would be very happy in a career that utilised your level-headedness, and allowed you to work mainly on your own. You want a career that allows you to be creative, without having to … Continue reading
Well…as long as he didn’t *mean* to…
I have to rant here for a minute, because I find this extremely disturbing.
On Wednesday evening, a man driving his car hit another man trying to cross the street. “The impact severed the pedestrian’s lower right leg, which remained in the street. His head and arms went through the windshield, while the rest of his body flipped up onto the roof of the car.” (1)
The driver then continued on his merry way, approaching the Sunshine Skyway Bridge toll plaza several miles down the road. It was the toll taker who called 911 upon realizing just what in the hell he was seeing – a bloody mess of a body falling into the car as it came to a stop. Is this the disturbing part? Well…okay, it *is* disturbing, but this is not the part I’m upset about. Let’s move on to the next article… Continue reading
Less of a man? Damned if I care.
There are some things I just refuse to mess with, and tonight one of them decided to move into my garage. I know, I know…logic says he was more afraid of me than I was of him, but still – … Continue reading
Music in commercials
Why does hearing a song currently on my “playlist” being used in a commercial I feel is targeted at “grown-ups” bother me? Seriously…it makes me want to listen to the song a bit less than before seeing the commercial. Case … Continue reading
Book: A Long Way Down
I finished Nick Hornby’s latest, A Long Way Down, recently and it’s definitely worth the time. The story involves four main characters, and each chapter switches from one character’s perspective to another. At first, this may seem a bit distracting … Continue reading