Despite the wonders that are delivered by digital music today, sometimes I really miss lying on my back on a shag carpet, eyes closed, two huge stack speakers aimed at my head, listening to a quality vinyl record played over excellent analog equipment.
One day I wish to retire to a dictionary.
Sometimes I come untethered.
Sir @ May 29, 2010 # 4 Comments
There was a guy that I roomed with for awhile at VMI. The second semester of our first year we ended up in the same room together with a ‘jock’ and an evangelical as foils to our prior-service background, meaning we’d each been enlisted for awhile. That first year at VMI is both a good [...]
Sir @ May 20, 2010 # 5 Comments
Science writing sucks, kids. It sucks so hard. It generates hypotheses that lead to potential cures for stuff and furthers the neverending quest for knowledge and understanding, sure, but it still blows goats. During weeks of days spent writing words, then agonizing over the words you’d written, then hunting down references in order to make [...]
Sir @ May 14, 2010 # 8 Comments
After a cat-heavy week at The Collective, Eli and Sophie demanded some balance in the equation. They’re very sensitive to unbalanced equations. They also excel at Scrabble. Sophie. Eli. The Dynamic Duo showing ninja-like discipline in not attacking their treats.
Sir @ May 10, 2010 # 8 Comments
Now a few brief words about poutine and hostels. Gravy has always been my friend. Cheese, too. And the potato, that noblest of tubers, spoke movingly at my grandfather’s funeral. Taking all of this into account, I’d assumed it a foregone conclusion that placing these items together would inevitably result in something almost holy. In [...]
Sir @ May 5, 2010 # 10 Comments
Let’s say you take a shower and, because you care about your hair even though it’s never particularly cared about you, post-shampoo conditioning occurs. It’s a rare thing, this conditioning step. You generally don’t do it, but recently figured, ‘Huh’, and started engaging in such frivolity because variety is the spice of life and a [...]