Wow, that was a lot of work!

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Certainly the search capability has added a lot to the navigatability of the site, but I thought we needed more.  Well, it’s not all staying up late to watch velociraptor self defense videos here at the blog!  I went back through all 334 back posts and tagged and categorized them.  So you will notice two new features over there on the right.  One is a “categories” drop down that will let you see all the entries in a particular category.  The other is a “tag cloud” which showes you some of the more popular tags with the more used tags equating to a larger word.  Click on the tag to see all entries tagged in such a manner.  Of course you can click on a category or tag on a particular entry to see other entries with the same category / tag.  Some particularly useful tags are “video” to see videos posted here and “game” to see links to internet games.

Hopefully people find this useful, let me know.  I’m not sure if I like the tag cloud or not, so I might get rid of that.

That is all.

Velociraptors, the next great scourge on humanity

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While I spend most of my days worrying about and preparing for the Zombie Apocolypse, we musn’t forget there are many other dangers out there.  Luckily, there are people out there monitoring these other threats such as Humans United Against Robots (HUAR).  But people have mostly forgotten one major threat revealed to us back in 1993; Velociraptors.  They are much faster and craftier than zombies, but luckily there are much fewer of them.  Still, they should be taken seriously and I was pleasantly surprised to discover there are people out there still worrying about their activity.

So, just in case we have any projectionists out there in the audience, here is a comprehensive training video for projectionists in the event of velociraptor attack.  I apologize for the profanity, but you know how projectionists are.  And Canadian projectionists at that!

So, to summarize, don’t forget your Allen key.

What I’m doing

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What I’m watching:

Juno is a really funny, fantastic movie.  Ellen Page is great and really makes the movie.  She is snarky and sarcastic but although I’ve heard complaints otherwise, I didn’t think she was so over the top as to not be believable.  Maybe I’ve just known some really awesome people and the complainers only know boring people.  Anyway, the movie is well written, the soundtrack is quirky, and I would recommend it to anybody.

What I’m reading:

Although I don’t usually stray far from my typical genres (fantasy, sci-fi, horror) I’m really digging this book for its historical aspects.  Of course I am biased since I not only live in Chicago, but specifically in an area that would have been on the grounds of the World’s Columbian Exposition.  Still, it was such an amazing time to be an American (and specifically a Chicagoan) that you can’t help being swept up in it.  I honestly was disappointed when a chapter about the serial killer came up…I was like, “No no, tell me more awesome stuff that was invented for the fair!”  As you read the story you realize what a spectacle it really must have been considering how much stuff is still common knowledge to us 125 years later!

What I’m listening to:

That “quirky soundtrack” mentioned above is due mostly to Kimya Dawson who has about half the songs on the soundtrack (counting Antsy Pants and Moldy Peaches songs).  Although they take some getting used to, her songs get majorly stuck in your head.  So go check her out, especially this song about her anxiety when her baby wasn’t moving.

And if all of that doesn’t keep me busy enough, I can go sign up to play Fantasy Movie Mogul.  Kind of like Fantasy Football, but instead you try to pick movies that will do well in real life.

P.S.  Brother Love asked ME for a friend request on myspace, not the other way around.  How awesome is that??  Totally made my day, even if it is promotional.  Brother Love Rocks AOW!  Summertime baby!

What kind of American English do you Speak?

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Seems fairly accurate…

Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English

20% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie

 

 

Must be something in the water…

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So many babies!

Reed Owen

8lbs. 12 oz. and 21 inches long.

Congratulations Shelly, Scott and Ty!