Is it a bird?

Installation art has always puzzled me. This one will likely puzzle you, as well.

Mood: Amused
Music: Jethro Tull: "Aqualung"

Home?

Got some spare refrigerator boxes? Who doesn't! Now you can use them to build a castle.

Mood: Amused
Music: The Beatles: "Hey Bulldog"

Almost White Christmas

Maryanne and I tried to drive up to Door County on Friday (Dec. 22) night. I use "try" because what started as rain in the Madison area switched over to snow somewhere around Rosendale, to the point where we decided to pull off and stay at a hotel in Green Bay over night.

The weather the rest of the holiday weekend was clear and mild, and it at least made for good traveling, though it didn't do much for the holiday spirit. I was happy to see my family and friends, though, despite wishing I had had more time with them.

On our drive back on Sunday it was evident that the worst of the snow had been between Green Bay and Oshkosh. Perhaps if we had kept going things would have improved. I'm glad we didn't take the chance, though.

Mood: Thoughtful
Music: The Cars: "Let's Go"

Peripheral Visions

Looking for some unusual peripherals for that free USB port? Check these out.

Mood: Amused
Music: Aerosmith: Dream On

Canticles 2:6

Maybe this is what prudish Christians need to loosen up.

Mood: Amused
Music: The Beatles: "Two of Us"

Brown Christmas

We had a pretty good snow storm a while back, but some unseasonably warm weather recently melted all but the most persistent of sheltered snow banks. While I appreciate the clear weather and good driving conditions, I find it difficult to get into the holiday spirit without the accompaniment of good snow cover. I know there are plenty of people out there who would prefer it to be like this all winter, but I'm used to having a good chance of snow at Thanksgiving besides having a white Christmas. I can remember plenty of years where we ended up staying home Christmas Eve because the weather was too bad to go to church.

So "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know."

Mood: Pensive
Music: Blackfoot: "Wishing Well"

Map of the Stars

Have you ever wished you had a map of the United Federation of Planets? Well, wish no more. Trekkies rejoice.

Mood: Amused
Music: The Honeydrippers: "Young Boy Blues"

Wussy

In what I hope will be my last visit to AOL, I found this list of the 111 Wussiest Songs.

Mood: Thoughtful
Music: The Animals: "House of the Rising Sun"

Fact or Fiction?

Here's an interesting article on the medieval epic Beowulf.

Mood: Intrigued
Music: Pink Floyd: "The Great Gig In the Sky"

Travelin' Man

Create your own personalized map of the USA

Mood: Thoughtful
Music: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: "Travelin' Man/Beautiful Loser"

Ginormous Hugantic Distance!

Have you ever wanted to see golf balls destroy breakable objects? I never would have thought so either until I saw this.

Mood: Amused
Music: Bo Diddley: "Roadrunner"

Canstruction

Andy Warhol may have made art of cans, but here is some art made from cans.

Mood: Intrigued
Music: Derek & The Dominoes: "Keep on Growing"

What It's Worth

I would argue that some people understand, but not nearly enough.

Mood: Thoughtful
Music: Supertramp: "Ain't Nobody But Me"

What's New

Popular Science creates their own list of the best inventions of 2006.

Mood: Intrigued
Music: The Rolling Stones: "Sympathy For the Devil"

X Is For Christ

This is truly mind-boggling. Chicago is holding a German Christmas festival, a festival in honor of a Christian holiday, but don't want to offend non-Christians by allowing the new film The Nativity Story to be a sponsor.

One gentleman said that would be a lot like celebrating Abe Lincoln's birthday without talking about Abe Lincoln.

The mayor's office claims they don't want to endorse one religion over another.

It's a Christian holiday! You're already endorsing a religion!

Mood: Baffled
Music: Bad Company: "Youngblood"

Secret Weapon

Chuck Norris was here.

Mood: Amused
Music: Queen: "Hammer To Fall"

Roughing

It's been said that in the NFL good teams find a way to win, and bad teams find a way to lose. The Packers certainly didn't do much in last night's game to find themselves a way to win. There were a lot of questionable calls by the officials in last night's game, not the least of which was a roughing the passer call that was complete bullshit.

There are many sports writers out there who call the Packers a bad team because they seem to keep finding ways to loose. I'm a unwilling to use that word. I would call them young, perhaps mediocre, but not bad. As the rest of the season plays out, though, they have a chance to prove that they're not bad.

Mood: Frustrated
Music: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: "I Wanna Be Just Like You"

Vocabulary

Your Vocabulary Score: A

Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary! You must be quite an erudite person.

How's Your Vocabulary?

Mood: Pleased
Music: Alice Cooper: "Poison"

But Are They Chaste?

The news is a little old now, but whatever comes of this could have great influence on the future of the Roman Catholic church.

Mood: Thoughtful
Music: The Steve Miller Band: "Jet Airliner"

City Mice

Now see, if you live in the country, you don't have to put up with this kind of shit.

Mood: Irritated
Music: Joe Walsh: "Rocky Mountain Way"