It has been a long, hot summer.

I visited my late friend Clint today. He died in 1990, on my own personal "9/11".

Hope everyone takes care.

Holly's(7) rather optimistic view on the behavior of Milo the cat:

"I think that when he scratches he's saying 'I love you', and when he hisses he's saying, 'Thank you for petting me.'"

Okay, so I'm getting carried away with the whole YouTube thing, but what the hell...

Ummm....what?

Matthew's Celebrity Pixies Tribute

Hendrix, the Bee-Gees, and Frank Sinatra cover Pixies songs. Well, sort of.

MR Oizo - Flat Beat

The Brick Testament

Ye Olde Testament, LEGO-style.

UFOs & THE BIBLE

"THIS IS WHY GOD YAHWEH WILL USE UFOs."

THE PBR YARMULKE
I recently met a gentleman with a rather unique feature. He wasn't bald, but his closely-cropped hair revealed what I originally thought from the corner of my eye was a yarmulke or skullcap. Upon closer, covert inspection, I realized that it was in fact a large tattoo that covered the entire top of his head. Prominently centered on his crown was the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer logo. The "lines" around his cranial circumference were the tattooed edges of a bottlecap. The cumulative effect was the appearance of a human beer bottle. I must admit a certain admiration for the dedication to a specific alcoholic beverage that would inspire someone to such a display. Not something I would ever consider, but... Godspeed, PBR Man.

The Golden AN



This was a Sesame Street bit I vividly remember from 30 years ago...for some reason.

Happy Elephant

This is a "found object" that I discovered seven years ago while cleaning out the contents of a study carrel at the UGA library. It was included in a box of other photos taken by a grad student from Taiwan. He had left in 1995, and never came back.

CollegeHumor Movie: To the man who was quick enough to record this insane preacher when he appeared on local cable - we salute you.

"Give me that Old Time Religion"

Doctor Who: New Earth

I recently caught the latest episode of the new DW series, and...it wasn't half bad. Plot holes and all, it was mostly just a fun romp. Tennant seems to have a handle on his character, and my hopes are rising that the show can live up to its promise.

Robert Osborne's Classic Film Festival

We'll be there for North by Northwest Thursday, as well as Raiders of the Lost Ark on Saturday. It's not every day that you get a chance to see these films on the big screen. I would still like to see an arthouse cinema come to Athens, here's hoping...

Geeks in Love - The new Dr. Who. By Troy Patterson

Who makes Slate. These truly are the End Times.

Thw "new" Doctor Who- more than shaky sets & dodgy effects...now with melodrama, "sexy" banter, and a Doctor with "street cred"!



The 2005 series of the regenerated Doctor Who hits the airwaves in the US this week on the Sci-Fi channel. I'm not really of fan of the new series and the direction in which they have taken the show, but I suppose it's worth a watch if you haven't already seen it by means legal or otherwise.

Married To The Sea: a daily comic.

New comics utilizing olden-time graphics. Just another innovation thanks to The Inter-Net.

Daulton joins Fifth Dimension

Earth, Daulton believes, is entering a quadrant of space in which the "vibrational energy" will increase dramatically. "The Mayan calendar stops at Dec. 21, 2012 -- the date the Mayans believed the world would end," he says. "On that day, at 11:11 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time, those who are ready to ascend will vanish from this plane of existence, like the crew of the Enterprise in Star Trek."

Daulton hopes to beat the rush. "I can't wait to disappear," he says. "I'd disappear today if I could."

And if Judgment Day comes and nothing happens?

"I don't even concern myself with that," he says, breezily. "I just try to live in the Now."

I recently completed reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky; I enjoyed it and highly recommend it to anyone looking for some interesting literature. I seem to have developed an affinity for Russian lit over the past couple of years...a lot of the stories address universal facets of the human condition as well as questions such as the nature of truth and the struggle between religious faith and rational humanism.

So..read it if you get a chance.