TAL: Live

As a devout NPR and This American Life fan, it was fun to go to a live broadcast of their show.

This last Thursday, Ira Glass and the gang staged a live broadcast of their show to over 400 theaters. I went to a local megaplex and saw TAL on the giant digital screen. It was very cool. (although the 3-story tall head of Ira Glass in high-def was a bit disorienting because I'm used to a disembodied voice on my iPod)

In addition to some of the usual TAL contributors, they had Josh Whedon on to sing a song from his DVD commentary of Dr. Horrible. (yes, even the commentary is done as a musical)

(BTW: Adam, don't watch the YouTube video linked above if you are going to the re-broadcast)

Oh my

Yes, I've been seeing all of the craziness lately. It has not escaped my notice. I just pay less attention to it and have made a conscious decision to not care right now. I've got other stuff going.

But, just to make sure everyone is foaming at the mouth like I am, I present one of the more absurd screenshots I've seen today:

Challenging Assumptions

So, I'm getting settled down for another week in cubicle city. As usual, I put on my headphones into my iPhone and start playing an old Neil Young album I got yesterday. But the volume is really low. I crank up the volume all the way and I can barely hear it.

I sat and tried listening for a bit, but it bugged me that I couldn't hardly make it out. So I gave up and started listening to "Harvest". But that was playing very low as well.

As I took off my headphones to try and figure out what was happening, I realized that (for whatever reason) the iPhone wasn't playing through the headphones. Instead, I was blasting "Sugar Mountain" out of the iPhone speakers for the whole floor to hear.

A good way to start the week--remind me to always challenge my assumptions.


Next: pictures from the weekend camping trip

...and that's good enough for me

Ok, so I probably need to rename this as a picture blog. But seeing as how nobody is reading anymore, I guess it doesn't matter... :)

I haven't made cookies for years. Maybe not since I lived in Tulsa. And if I remember right, the last time I tried, it didn't work out so well.

So before I ruin cookies with the little ones this weekend, I thought I'd try a practice run.


Personally, I'm a fan on the thinner, crisp-edged cookie.

As always, Alton Brown guided me to some cookies that look like they might be worth something.


Oh man, those are cooked exactly like I like them. I can't believe it actually worked.


I tried half semi-sweet and half milk chocolate chips. It's a little different, but I kinda like it. Different textured and flavored chocolate in the same cookie.

I can see why people like cookies so much.

Note: I got my test results back today and there's still no sign of the cancer returning.

Random Updates

Things are going well here. Let's see...

Bling
Bonus check came and went. It felt good for those 5 minutes that I had that fat check.

Not Again
Yep, it's that time again. Behold, the evil barium:


And they are running about 2 hours late getting people in for CT scans. That means that I'll probably be here until 8 PM or later. Ug.

C is for 'Cookie'
This weekend I'm heading up to Oklahoma to see the fam. All of my nieces and nephews will be there. And from the sounds of it, I'll be spending all weekend baking cookies with the little ones. Sounds like fun to me.

If I have time before I leave, I'll see if I can find an old copy of something like 'Where the Wild Things Are' so I can read it with the kids.

Echo...
Is nobody besides Steph blogging any more? Commenting? I haven't heard crap from you folks for a while...

Desert

To finish off the weekend with yet another picture...

River Oaks Theater

I love this place.