how to play alone

Not so open minded your brains fall out.

howtoplayalone — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:39:20 +0000

Meanwhile, in Czechoslovakia

howtoplayalone — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:34:57 +0000

“It’s really embarrassing, this conversation, but to be truthful, I was embarrassed by what was going on.

“As somebody who’d been adopted by England I felt rather indebted to the country and thought it was perfectly absurd that in one of the very few places where anything amounting to free expression and democracy, that in such a place there were a lot of people who were determined to overthrow it.”

And in Czechosolvakia, they were going to prison just for that free expression and democracy.

Psalm 137

howtoplayalone — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:59:34 +0000

I knew these lyrics originally from the Sublime version, which is great. Then this version, which is better (if you don’t break down in tears when you watch it you are already broken). Then I actually read the original Psalm, whose last line is… Well, better not to know. Just enjoy!

Paul Berman Interview

howtoplayalone — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:20:53 +0000

A fantastic interview with one of my favorite writers (click the quote):
(And by the way, he’s the guy who — unintentionally — got Michael Moore fired from Mother Jones, much to his credit.)
And two of his amazing books:

Hot Damn!

howtoplayalone — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:38:42 +0000

Got Some Good Hobbies

howtoplayalone — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:13:17 +0000

Way back in the thirties
Philp Blair went to a dance
Where he met the maid Laree
Entirely by chance
They got themselves married
And created Beverly
Beverly met Steve
And they made Matt and me

Grandfather Phil, well
He’s a mystery
No one knows about his past
Not even grandma Laree
Could have saved a man’s life
Or torn him limb from limb
When he dies real soon
His secrets go with him

Whoa whoa whoa
He likes his food
He makes his dough
Whoa whoa whoa
He makes a few good jokes
And he gives it a go

When dad comes home
He has one on the rocks
Hangs out in the kitchen
And my mom and him talks
Says “How you doing, boy?”
When I come down
I’ll be sad when he’s not around

Whoa whoa whoa
He likes his food
He makes his dough
Whoa whoa whoa
He makes a few good jokes
And he gives it a go

With the canon and the guitar
My time I’ll spend
Got some good hobbies
Even better friends
Working on my immortality
When I die they can say of me:

Whoa whoa whoa
He liked his food
He made his dough
Whoa whoa whoa
He made a few good jokes
And he gave it a go

Christmas 2008

howtoplayalone — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:53:06 +0000

I don’t know how these photos got formatted like this. Oh well. Click twice for big versions.

We watched “A Christmas Story” on Christmas Eve. First time Shinhye saw it. That’s a damn good movie.

Apt NMA

howtoplayalone — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:32:04 +0000

Across the flatlands we came out of nowhere special
Like a peasant revolution – makeshift weapons in our hands
We crashed the gates so hard; we’d never heard that kind of sound before
And braced ourselves for victory, and the spoils of the land
Defenses melt away before our frozen blank surprise
From the palace now we stare into a million waiting eyes

The Secular Obama

howtoplayalone — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:16:09 +0000

Before we get carried away, let’s read our Bibles now. Folks haven’t been reading their Bibles.

I just keep liking him more and more.

howtoplayalone — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:09:00 +0000

The Republicans are not known for avoiding fallacious thought, but Josh Patashnik points out a whopper:

Is Barack Obama a socialist? Well, let’s see. His campaign platform makes no mention of proletarian revolution or nationalization of industry, and he trumpets his belief that “America’s free market has been the engine of America’s great progress. It’s created a prosperity that is the envy of the world.” Not quite Leninesque. On the other hand, Tom DeLay has made a logically rigorous counter-argument sure to convince second-graders everywhere: “I have said publicly, and I will again, that unless he proves me wrong, he is a Marxist.” No word on whether DeLay proceeded to put his fingers in his ears and hum loudly.

Another good one I heard was Obama gets criticized (as he should have been) because for twenty years he regularly attended a coo-coo church. Therefore he is a Muslim. John McCain, on the other hand, is (ridiculously) critcized for never attending church. Therefore he is a Christian.