Good Idea (and song of the day)

Good idea.



"I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees..."

The National - "bloodbuzz ohio"

9 ways to treat a lady - #5 like she has a black hole in her chest

1938 dating tips for women :

http://pbh3.tumblr.com/post/390543309/1938-dating-guide-for-single-women



Here are some pics from my back yard:





Here's some Yo La Tengo:

Lightning strikes Chicago's three tallest buildings, simultaneously

I'm a nerd for thinking this is awesome. But that doesn't take away from its awesomeness.

Lightning strikes three of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the same time! from Craig Shimala on Vimeo.

Not sure what it is with music nostalgia lately, but this is 1st semester of med school. Dogs jumping in slow motion, lasers - and yes, this is the official video from the artist.

I heard this song on NPR several years ago (like in 7th grade) and it's been stuck in my head ever since. Unfortunately I didn't know who sang it. Or the title. I just remembered the chorus saying what I thought was "[[something something]] apaloosa."

15 years later it just happens to pop up on Pandora, it's the Pixies - turns out they were actually saying "un chien andalousia." A reference to a short film Salvador Dali had a hand in. That was my second guess.

I hope I can be this kind of dad

Richard Feynman - renowned physicist, talks about his dad.
http://www.wimp.com/richardfeynman/


Great song by Frightened Rabbit

Andrew Wyeth

Since taking myself off of the facebook grid, this may be a great substitute. Of course, I am liable to start stamping completely inappropriate pieces of paper - my med school diploma, sonograms, unique patient histories, unpaid parking tickets, etc...

Borderline awesome. Painting light graffiti on the great pyramid...

I wish someone would just kidnap Nancy Grace.

Here are a couple of things that America got right...








Also, I was listening to some old music, This Song reminds me of last autumn and applying for residency. "I put my soul into what I do..." Come to think of it, it also reminds me of Donnie Darko...

Ever wonder what would happen if you went from an area where people drive on the left side of the road, and drove to of another area that drives on the right? That's exactly what happens when you drive from Hong Kong to mainland China. This bridge twists over itself to switch which side of the road travelers are on.

Reminder to all of those starting residency next month- a word on personal hygiene and sanitation:
P.S.S. Worlds happiest duck

What my indie music tastes say about me...

These are all bands that I have either put on mix-tapes, or listened to on tapes I've gotten. My favorite band on the list has me pegged as "Stay at home dad..."
see the full list here

Yeasayer
Guys who have proposed The Holy Mountain as an alternative to watching A Kid in King Arthur’s Court at family get-togethers.

My Morning Jacket
People whose reaction to the Grand Canyon could be summed up as “Eh.”

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Girls who bought checkered sneakers in the 8th grade.

TV On The Radio
Politically-correct hipsters.

Wavves
Dudes who think low production value is “authentic” and would go down on Todd P.

Devendra Banhart
People who have considered becoming a squirrel.

Animal Collective
Guys who make “Best of the Year” lists in January based predominantly on “feeling.”

Death Cab for Cutie
Girls who quote lyrics as their Facebook status.

The Shins
Premature alts who considered Garden State a life-altering viewing experience.

Radiohead
Everyone.

Tegan & Sara
Lesbians and guys who firmly believe that when there are two girls on stage together, there is a 63% chance of them making out.

Japandroids
Guys who only read Pitchfork for the ratings and haven’t showered in at least two days.

Kimya Dawson
Chicks who are described by their girlfriends as “sweet” and “really nice” when guys ask if their friend is hot.

The Flaming Lips
Self-actualized bros who grow pot.

Phoenix
People who don’t listen to enough music.

M.I.A.
Girls who don’t understand politics.

Justice
Bros who, at one point in their lives, have tried to grow a mustache.

Arcade Fire
Frequent transcendental experience havers.

Deerhunter
Avid doodlers.

Wilco
Guys who go to concerts to relax.

Woods
Indie dudes who wear beanies and you can see the front of their hair pulled back beneath it.

Spoon
Bros who drink shitty beer without ironic intentions.

Dirty Projectors
People who like way too many toppings on their pizza.

Interpol
Dudes who are thwarted by the Chinese finger trap every single time.

Black Lips
Guys who don’t get jobs because their potential employer discovered photos of them bro icing on Facebook.

MGMT
Pre-Congratulations: 81% of College Freshmen. Post-Congratulations: Guys who consider the ability to store 13 pencils in their hair to be an evolutionary advantage.

Of Montreal
Guys who bought kaliedscopes with their Chuck E. Cheese tickets.

Broken Social Scene
People who fantasize about riding an eight-person, single-gear bicycle to the Brooklyn Bowl.

HEALTH
Guys who lit fires in their backyards before hitting puberty. Then they took up smoking.

Iron and Wine
Grown men who always get roped into being the DD for “Ladies Night Out” with their mother and her coworkers from Office Depot.

Pavement
Stay-at-home dads.

Sonic Youth
Guys who mistake their blender for a radio.

Modest Mouse
People who expressed legitimate concern regarding the state of humanity when J.D. Salinger died.

The Decemberists
Virgins, not in the name of God, but as a result of valiant attempts to achieve poetic justice.

Fiery Furnaces
Those dicks who still won’t smile, even after you acknowledge their apathy with the “Woah, don’t get too excited!” joke.

LCD Soundsystem
People who are obsessed with their creepy uncles.

The Pixies
Dudes who feel the need to comment on how advanced Ren & Stimpy was whenever someone discusses their love for Lilo & Stich.

Belle & Sebastian
People who have ended their tweets on multiple occasions with #BringBackMessengerBags.

Dinosaur Jr.
Guys who refused to go on Xbox Live with Halo 2 because it eliminated the community aspect of LAN parties.

Feist
Chicks who”didn’t agree with the ending” of (500) Days of Summer.

Elliott Smith
People who felt really bad for Buzz Lightyear when he discovered he couldn’t actually fly. And think Toy Story 3 is a step backwards for Pixar.

Yo La Tengo
Mature men who wish Q104.3 would expand their horizons to alternative old-people music.

Magnetic Fields
People who “discover” new bands via NPR.

Panda Bear
Young men who know what a 401(k) is.

Neutral Milk Hotel
People who get where Christians are coming from with the whole “hope Jesus will rise again” thing.

Yup.

I have a habit that when I'm flipping channels and I happen across "The top 100 most [[whatever]]," I always give it a pause to see what its about. I guess this stems from my natural inclination after 22 years of school to make lists, and make sense of data through order - its certainly not because I'm just as susceptible to garbage TV as the average person...

If the show is in the top 10 of a very long list I wouldn't ordinarily care about - I feel compelled to watch. I feel almost lucky for some strange reason, like if I had a huge reading assignment, but someone just offered out of the blue to read me the Cliff's Notes and explain the last chapter. Even if I didn't like the book, I figure it would still be worth a few minutes "to see what it was about."

Inevitably, the producers of the show know that if the general audience has invested four hours of life into this brain-suck while eating a bag of Doritos (I'm just guessing what others do...); They can easily put 10 minute commercial breaks between every number of the countdown toward the end, and I... they... willl stay to watch.

So now, although I was actually looking for something like "The Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance." I'm now watching the nail-biting finale' of "America's 100 Silliest Pets!"


Yesterday, instead of having the will to resist, I grumbled while watching an Omnaris commercial for the forth time, anxiously waiting to see who the all time #1 and #2 child stars are. I actually missed going to the bathroom, because hey, it would be a shame if I went and would never know...

It was Macaulay Culkin and Bart Simpson, by the way.

"Ha! Sucker."

Occam's Razor - Intentional Irony

(Occam's Razor is a philosophy that if there are two viable explanations for something, the more simple explanation is generally the correct one.)

BP spills coffee

"It's a very small amount of coffee on a very large table..."


Also, this is pretty neat... By scouring sites like Flikr and Picasa, this guy created a program that identifies where pictures were taken and whether they were shot by tourists (red) vs. locals (blue).
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/06/08/tourists-and-locals-photograph-different-new-yorks/

NYC (not a lot of locals in midtown? go figure...)


N.O. (apparently there is one guy with a camera living in New Orleans)

Kudos, Governor Jindal

BP seems content to take months containing and cleaning up the spill. Governor Jindal promotes inventing new technology to help clean the spill, develops it, then gets on a boat himself and sucks the oil out of the Gulf: "we're not waiting for anyone to come and save us." Take a hint Tony Hayward.


If the pictures of birds choked in thick brown oil didn't make you sick, check out what happens around day 70 in this computer simulation. Today is day 51.



Keith Olbermann - now is not the time, you petty sissy.

Unnecessary Censorship - Lost edition:

Wait Till I Get My Money Right...

Feist

Dennis Hopper - Andy Warhol Screen Test:

Irony

Awesome. Dancing.

All Things Considered [[autotuned]]