KIMCHIII....IN...SPAAACE!

Well, the first South Korean born astronaut, a woman, went into space earlier this week, April 8th I think, and the reason I'm posting this today is that it took me that long to stop laughing! Now don't get me wrong, being Korean myself, there is a certain amount of pride that comes with having to be the first of your own countrymen to achieve accomplishments as great as an astronaut exploring space. I even shed a tear, not for her achievement, but because I thought I had lost a twenty dollar bill out of my wallet.

So me and a co-worker went over various hilarious racial stereotypes related to this event as we so often do, and I thought immediately if there is anything that a Korean cannot be separated from is their main culinary staple of KIMCHI. As it turns out, the astronaut actually formulated a low-fat kimchi substitute, and was transported with her! So right as we breathe there is rotten fermenting cabbage orbiting above the Ukraine. If kimchi is not consumed by Koreans every 6 hours, we feel faint, our equilibrium is thrown off, resulting in complete loss of the sense of direction.

So I came up with a conclusion that is undeniably as valid as ramen noodles are cheap. A Korean that goes into space could not possibly make it back. Put general principle aside, there are a myriad of reasons why that space capsule will be seen by millions plummeting to earth in a kimchi red fiery ball. So here are my reasons why I will be contacting NASA to halt all projects relating to missions that include korean astronauts. Now, if your Korean, this will be amusing, if not, you wont know what the hell I'm talking about.

1. Spilled kimchi juice will eat through the hull.
2. Traditional rubber, canoe-shaped shoes will get stuck in hatch.
3. Ship would never leave ground, stow-away of mother and possible marriage candidate will be discovered.
4. Korean astronaut will never go up, there are no disco's in space.
5. Will never make it to the launch, too much arguing with family at home.
6. Could not pass character evaluation, too rude.
7. Tub of tofu would swish around too much.
8. Could not wear tacky, crooked golf visor while inside space helmet.
9. Eight day mission will result in eight missed days of bad golf, can't go.
10. No church in space, can't go.
11. Space suit is not made to accomodate a koreans short, stumpy legs.
12. Weightlessness would make a Koreans face look even more round.
    
13. NASA will not allow morning wake up song to be "Forever Young".
14. Will not go, can't take pastor.

gene wilder

Dr. Frankenstein: Love is the only thing that can save this poor creature, and I am going to convince him that he is loved even at the cost of my own life. No matter what you hear in there, no matter how cruelly I beg you, no matter how terribly I may scream, do not open this door or you will undo everything I have worked for. Do you understand? Do not open this door.

Inga: Yes, Doctor.

Igor: Nice working with ya.

[Dr. Frankenstein goes into the room with The Monster. The Monster wakes up]

Dr. Frankenstein: Let me out!! LET ME OUT OF HERE!! GET ME THE HELL OUTA HERE!! What's the MATTER with you people?! I was JOKING! Don't you know a joke when you hear one? HA-HA-HA-HA. Jesus Christ, get me out of here!! Open this goddamn door or I'll kick your rotten heads in!! Mommy!!!

The Papal List

Well, the Pope is stopping by Washington D.C. April 15, The Big P, Robe Guy, Hat, God's Rottweiler. Wouldn't it be funny if they gave out thousands of paper pope hats to the crowd? Anyway, there are tons of "things you can do" while visiting our nations capital, here is a short list of things that I personally think he won't have time for.

1. Haggling over 2 lbs. of croaker at the S.E. Waterfront.
2. Throwing out the first pitch at a Nats game.
3. Pissing in a Georgetown alley.
4. Drip juice on his robe from snails in black bean sauce from chinatown's Big Wong's.
5. Shop at D.C.'s first Target store in order to put money back into the city.

6. Exit the National Aquarium muttering,.."what the hell was that?"
7. Repeatedly stand on his toes to catch a glimpse of the Hope Diamond.
8. Participate as a cook in a Civil War reenactment at historic Manassas Battlefield.
9. Show up late for Wine & Wig Wednesday at L'Enfant Cafe in Adams Morgan.
10. Paddleboat amongst dead fish along the beautiful Tidal Basin.

Magic Pen

Test your skills and application of the use of gravity, friction and inertia with Magic Pen. play Magic Pen.

Also be on the look-out for the fantastic looking freeware available soon Crayon Physics Deluxe.

open house

The Washington Nationals baseball organization here in D.C. opened up the brand new Nationals Stadium on saturday to the public as a "open house", open to whoever wanted to come and give anyone the opportunity to check everything out. If this is a way of winning over fans on the baseball "fence", IT WORKED!! They allowed anyone to explore every inch and corner of the park. I was excited, everyone on the metro was excited, great idea all around!

Every facet of the park, concessions, etc was open as if it were a playoff game, the staff was as nice as can be. The Nats/St. Loius Cardinals game was to be broadcast on the huge big screen at 1 pm, and that would be the event of the day. Perfect. Here are my observations of the new park.

1. Only about 20% of the park is confined indoors, the rest outdoors.
2. Navigating the park is very easy, point a to point b is a breeze.
3. BIG SCREEN IS HUGE! You gotta see it to believe it.
4. The food is the most expensive I have ever seen, by far.

5. There are a staggering amount of choices for grub, Red Hot & Blue, Bens Chili Bowl, Hard Times Cafe, gourmet burgers, pizza, pasta, sausage, chicken, about 10 different kind of hot dogs, including Nats Dogs (huge footlongs), desserts, and more desserts.
6. If you want to get any of the premier eats, you have to wait, they havent figured that out yet.

7. The suites are sweet! Only for the ultra rich.
8. Ultra kid friendly, state of the art video batting cages, Playstation flatscreen arcade, all free, no coins needed.
9. More bathrooms than...well everywhere you turn there are huge bathrooms.

10. Did I say the concessions were $$? Smallest beer 16.oz. $6.75.
11. I counted about 10 bars/pubs, half of them outside, all of them with great views, numerous flat screens, all serving food.
12. And last but not least Crabcake sandwiches.

Click here to see pics.

2008 ny comic con

Appleseed Ex Machina, Manga 2008

the ny comic con is here, held this year at the jacob javits center in midtown manhattan, april 18-20, the biggest and the baddest, so i've heard, never been, i went to the dc comic con in 2005 and the theme was,..will you be going to the ny comic con?, it is the comic books largest stage, it draws biggest names, my friend here in dc will be attending, he had made plans beginning in january. stan lee will be receiving an achievement award (maybe for his dramatic work on who wants to be a superhero?,..uhh.. no). shake hands with virtually anybody who is anybody in the business. anime, manga also getting and more of the ink they deserve at the comic cons, oh and the real reason to show up this year? ...plenty of your favorite j-pop.


Marvel Comics 2008

rotating snake

your own Bollywood feature

Create a piece of film you can share and cherish forever, add your own words to India's classics at Bombay TV.

Globe Trekker traveler Adela Ucar

The seat of your pants travel doc Globe Trekker is kicking it's 7th season on PBS, it's already a pretty easy watch with travelers Megan McCormick and Justine Shapiro. It just got a lot easier with traveler/surfer Adela Ucar. Check local listings or go to pbs.org

big thing

you know when you get that pizza and it's not cut all the way through...

gratuitous pulp fiction dialogue

                      LANCE
        Now this is Panda, from Mexico.
        Very good stuff.  This is Bava,
        different, but equally good.  And
        this is Choco from the Hartz
        Mountains of Germany.  Now the
        first two are the same, forty-five
        an ounce -- those are friend prices
        -- but this one...
             (pointing to the Choco)
        ...this one's a little more
        expensive.  It's fifty-five.  But
        when you shoot it, you'll know
        where that extra money went.
        Nothing wrong with the first two.
        It's real, real, real, good shit.
        But this one's a fuckin' madman.

                   VINCENT
        Remember, I just got back from
        Amsterdam.

                   LANCE
        Am I a nigger?  Are you in
        Inglewood?  No.  You're in my
        house.  White people who know the
        difference between good shit and
        bad shit, this is the house they
        come to.  My shit, I'll take the
        Pepsi Challenge with Amsterdam shit
        any ol' day of the fuckin' week.

                   VINCENT
        That's a bold statement.

Tarbouch

I've been coming to Tarbouch in Arlington Va for about 4 years now, it's a kebab joint, there are a million of them, I've tried the more notable places like Medina in Woodbridge, the Moby Dick's chain, Athens in Chevy Chase, along with tens of other places, and there all good, I mean no one's going to call the authorities on you if you grill tender ground lamb in onions, parsley, and cumin. And I could very well eat at the many other killer eateries in Arlington when I'm down that way, The Italian Store sits across the the street,..but what keeps me and many other patrons coming back is,..what else,... their food is prepared with ultra fresh ingredients, and it's prepared simply, not overdone. Pictured is the chicken and beef Kafta with flavorful chick peas, micro greens, jasmine rice and naan.

It's mediterranean so they have the Kafta, Kabab, Mezza, (try their grape leaves!). And most anything they make, they will put in a wrap or a sandwich for you , that's usually all I see people eat there when I go,..everything good in a portable package. They also have a respectable vegetarian menu too. One other note about Tarbouch, they serve you this tasty meal , but in uneccessarily ENORMOUS portions. No one will ever have to convince me to eat at Tarbouch at any time. Open till 3am Fri and Sat.
,$$$$$
,10 min lunch wait
3110 Lee Highway
Arlington VA
703.528.9200

Kite Day

The 42nd annual Smithsonian Kite Festival today, a billion people, along wih a billon kites down at the national mall on a very clear crisp day,.. today marked the beggining of the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival here in D.C., and the kites are always a perfect visual spectacle to go along with the 2 week long events. This the 4th straight kite festival for me and every time there was at least a 15 mph wind from the west.

The Force Unleashed

Looks like a goody, Star Wars The Force Unleashed for X360. Spring 08. About time, instead of just blasting storm troopers, we get to throw them across the room.



forceunleashed.org
gametrailers
gamespot
teamxbox
thegamereviews
ign

Cleaning Windows

...Whats my line?
Im happy cleaning windows
Take my time
Ill see you when my love grows
Baby dont let it slide
Im a working man in my prime
Cleaning windows...

SeeqPod - Playable Search

ZERO

educated trout

Errol Morris' short /2007 Academy Awards

A.M.P.A.S.

Horace & Dickie's

This is the place, Horace & Dickies in NE. It lives up to it's name, the best fish sandwich in town. You've heard the reviews, seen them on television, they deliver, everyday, the same way. The place is the size of a medium size bedroom, (pictured, the small white building on the left), there's only room to walk to the register and back, no tables and chairs. The rest of the space are for the cooks,..they are very nice people, they bleed Redskins burgundy and gold, and they playfully yell at you to put some money in the tip jar.

Lets get to it. It's the 4 fillet fish sandwich (they gave me 5), and it's $5. They have a loyal distributer, it's flown in everyday and delivered to them. This is the crux of their success. Piping hot, fresh, large chunks of fish, breaking off into little bricks of thick meat. And a super light dusting of breading. Mouthwatering. That's it, done, end of fish portion of review.

The collard greens were not warmed up yet so I ordered the homemade macaroni and cheese. Perfect, greasy, oily, real cheese,..with plenty of burned edges to the macaroni. Tartar sauce, hot sauce, and a ton of napkins and your out the door, passing the lines out the door. The combination of flavors between the fish, macaroni, tartar/hot sauce,..had me laughing and mumbling to myself. This sandwich rendered all my previous fish sandwich experiences completely irrelevant. This is the Rolls Royce of fish sandwiches.

Oh, and I had also heard their fried chicken is "the best in the Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia area." -Mayor Adrian Fenty
Minutes from Eastern Market and Union Station.
,$$$$$
,15 min lunch wait
809 12th St. NE
Washington D.C.
202.397.6040

F1 Season '08

Cyclone - Marilyn Minter, photograph c-print 2006


Tan Tan Bo Puking - a.k.a Gero Tan, Takashi Murakami 2002


Highland Park - photograph, Charlie White 1999


Big Self-Portrait - acrylic on canvas, Chuck Close 1967-68

Andy Irons, Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia

I miss the old Gwen

president's day

Yesterday was President's Day, I had the day off so I decided to grab my favorite Mediterranean take-out and Palahniuk's Haunted, which I started last year,..
and plop my ass on the grass on the National Mall. I've been down there a 100 times to just kick it and people watch, but this time was a little different, I was feelin good!,.. It was a late February day and it was 70 degrees?!,..although in the shade, there was still alittle bite.

It wasn't July, 95 degrees and sticky, and there were none of the tourists from Kentucky, or the midwest,..in groups of ten. Not that that's a bad thing, but today was a day for two people,....locals and wonderful foreign tourists. Europeans wearing winter clothes, and what's cooler than europeans wearing winter clothes? And us locals because it's 70 degrees and it's February!

a beautiful 70'ish year old woman with platinum hair, engrossed in a novel, on a big blanket with a basket, four hardbacks, and beside her sniffing the air, a very content Corgi.

Four british teens wishing their friend from Leeds were here with them. I think she said Leeds.

The most handsome couple practicing, with precision, for what seemed to be an upcoming flag football game.

A full rugby team, gearing up for something, with all equipment, uni's, gear, fans. Colorful cleats, cool, typical striped jerseys, they looked like a real european team all the way.

Two japanese girls flying a kite.

Five GW students throwing and catching a football and loving the fact that they couldn't throw or catch a football.

A beautiful young german couple and their young daughter taking a picture for an american couple and their new puppy.

About 10 Czechlosovakian teens, I could tell by the flags,.. running somewhere, laughing and yelling, their guides were directing them.

And what's better than watching foreign tourists devouring an american hot dog, and they always have trouble with it,.. they always put too much stuff on it, napkins end up really being of no use, but their having a small, great life experience. You can see it in their faces.

To the right was the Capitol building, and to my left was the Giant Pencil. The air was cool and there were brief whiffs of grassy moss. I didn't really want to leave but I thought someone could really appreciate my parking spot, and besides my pets at home were probably very hungry.

Mark Ryden

In my opinion Mark Ryden is an american artist that has no equal. He stands alone in vision and content. Since his debut exhibit "The Meat Show" in california in 1998, there's been many artist that have cropped up producing work that look suspiciously similar to Rydens. Knock-offs. They've just replaced Rydens iconic constances,... meat, numbers, catholicism, grotesque fictional animals and little girls and boys, with their own symbols seemingly pulled out of a hat,.. with no rich dualities and simple horrors that are a constant in Rydens work.

His 2007 debut of his exhibit "The Tree Show" was as I remember, accepted as masterpiece. I read The Los Angeles Museum Of Modern Art purchased a Ryden piece for 800k before they had seen any of the new exhibit. Quoi? They can and do anything they want in LA that's why the LA art scene is the LA art scene I guess. "The wonder that is a constant in the content of his newer "Tree Show" pieces, was possibly upstaged by his vastly improved technical skills." -BLENDER. His work was thought to have been much improved technically, and he was noticed then by galleries from New York to Europe.

There are tiny swirls of horror, innocence, and disturbing curiosities in every corner of his pieces. His web site MarkRyden.com (I urge you to visit) has a partial collection of his works but you can find much more by just surfing the www. Everyone writes about him, he's talked about in pop-culture circles daily, and there are a million blog posts about Mark Ryden, mine is just one of a million more to come.

Elevation Burger

Have a "Higher Burger" at Elevation Burger in Falls Church. The meat is 100% organic, grass-fed free range Virginia Kobe beef. It tastes alittle more like steak, a bit firm but very lean, there is little to none of the fatty juice. The burger at first looks small, wrapped in the paper pocket, but they pack it tight so it expands in size when out of it. They will also stack as many patties as you ask,..I saw a picture of a ten patty burger on-line! All the veggies are crisp and new. A really good simple tasting burger. They cook to order so there's a small wait.

The french fries are cooked in olive oil, and you can definitely taste it, which is a nice touch, and healthier,.. a few of them were soggy but no big deal, their shakes are a favorite so I tried the chocolate. They are thick, and they are thick. Served to you with a fat straw and a tall spoon. It takes a while and a little work to get that first bit of it to the top of the straw and into your mouth. And did i mention it's pretty much the best shake I've ever had?

They have veggie burgers on their small menu, and they also have what's called a "1/2 The Guilt Burger" which is one veggie patty and beef patty. That's hilarious and nutritous. If your into the protein thing they'll also wrap your burger entirely in lettuce instead of the bun.

Anyway, the place makes sense, it's almost Zen in it's simplicity to serve you a burger. A fresh tasting burger is all it is. It was packed for lunch. For me the best burger experience I've had so far in this town. It sucks I live so far away or else I'd be here a few times a week.
,$$$$$
,10 min lunch wait
442 S. Washington St.
Falls Church Va
703.237.4343

LEO

This is my cat Leo, I adopted him from an adoption agency at 4 months, and on the way home, he slept the whole way. I had him in a carrier that was way too small for a cat his size, but he didn't care, he was pooped. You would think,... a cat,..going to a place where he actually doesn't know what from where,..it's eyes are darting, nervous,.. there was none of that, he was crashed, and whatever I was doing or wherever I was going, whoever I was, he knew when he woke up, he would deal with it.

He eats when he wants to, he sleeps wherever he wants, he walks around like he's king shit,.. but he never disrespects my older, larger cat Katie.

And he never leaves my side. He looks directly into my eyes for long peroids of time. Every morning when the sun comes up, he makes it a point to quietly position his face an inch from mine, then proceeds to lick my head, until I'm up. Like clockwork. I don't mind that he ruins my sleep. He's fiercly loyal and intelligent. And he always walks along beside me.

gratuitous FARGO dialogue

                        CARL
             ...  Look at that.  Twin Cities.
             IDS Building, the big glass one.
             Tallest skyscraper in the Midwest.
             After the Sears, uh, Chicago...
             You never been to Minneapolis?

                       GRIMSRUD
             No.

                       CARL
             ...  Would it kill you to say
             something?

                       GRIMSRUD
             I did.

                       CARL
             "No." First thing you've said
             in the last four hours.  That's
             a, that's a fountain of conversation,
             man.  That's a geyser.  I mean, whoa,
             daddy, stand back, man.  Shit, I'm
             sittin' here driving, man, doin'
             all the driving, whole fuckin' way
             from Brainerd, drivin', tryin' to,
             you know, tryin' to chat, keep
             our spirits up, fight the boredom
             of the road, and you can't say one
             fucking thing just in the way of
             conversation.

Grimsurd smokes, gazing out the window.

                       CARL
             ...  Well, fuck it, I don't have
             to talk either, man.  See how
             you like it...

He drives.

                       CARL
             ...  Total silence...

Congratulations UNO!

Making history at the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show this year is the UNO! His birth name is Ch. K-Run's Park Me In First. He's also the first of his breed to win Best In Show in 131 years. A BEAGLE has never won?! He grabbed a huge standing ovation. And he is handsome! Every year I love watching this show, what's better than watching the best dog show there is broadcast from Madison Square Garden. It's comfort, I always like to get a big bowl of popcorn and sink into the couch.

Eco-Shape

I drink mostly Disanti water but this Deer Park brand Eco-Shape bottle uses 30% less plastic. So I switched for a couple of cases, and I found with the least effort of any other bottled water out there, they can be collapsed into a tiny space leaving a lot more room in your recycle bag.

Chinatown Express

Pedestrian in name, but not in food. It's Chinatown Express. Whenever I'm down D.C. and I'm in Chinatown, I make my way here to eat. It's quick and it's cheap, The food has an authentic, uniquely regional taste,..it's upscale flavor for bargain basement prices. For this reason, eating there is somewhat of a chore,.. it's busy. Most of the time it's elbow to elbow, the waitresses can be rude, and you can hear the conversations of everyone in the place. But it's all a good time and good eats.

Their noodles are their specialty, they make them on the spot, there's a tiny open side kitchen at the entrance where it's prepared, along with the duck chefs. It's a well known hang out for the Verizon center staffers, and on game day if you don't have press credentials around your neck, you feel out of place.

The chopsticks are a foot and a half long, the tea pot looks like a relic, but as soon as your seated and you start on the menu, you can't help but to pause, look around and feel the pleasant cultural experience of it all.

Pictured is the fresh seafood noodle soup I ordered for $6.
,$$$$$
,15 min lunch wait
746 6th St. NW
Washington DC
202.638.0425

some mad grass

i don't know much about orchids but other than kate beckinsale, i think they're one of the most intriguing things we have here on Nebulas 4. this annual driveway weed spectacle is going on down at the U.S. Botanical Garden Conservatory in Washington DC. and what do i do? i show up there with my 7 mega pixel toy, it looked like a digtal SLR convention was going on at the same time, i have never seen cameras like i saw today, these guys were serious.

i thought i would check it out, a friend had said besides Tokyo, the U.S. show here at the gardens were pretty comparable. oh, and whatever the germans are doing. not only are the gardens spectacular, the surrounding exhibits were too, this place has an absolutely different feel than the other concrete museums in the city, very calming. it's huge, and it's about 95 degrees and humid inside. about every 15 minutes, a wash of mist floats down from the 50 foot glassed ceiling so bring your shower cap.

anyway, there are unbelievably strange types of the orchid, all over, you won't believe their intricacies, so get your ass down there and check out these weeds. thru april 13.

Vinh Loi

There are many Vietnamese noodle houses and I've been to alot of them. This one to me stands out. It's the broth.

The obvious blunder made by many is first, the unecessary pile of flank and brisket meat in the soup, little is best,.. after adding the vegetables and lime, there is an array of other flavors present to enjoy. Next is the fat content in the broth, better ingredients and care should reduce the said amount. You know immediately what went into the preperation when the soup is placed in front of you and you see the murky, fat-laden broth.

There is none of that at Vinh Loi in Falls Church. I spoke with the owner and she pledged to me MSG has no place in her style of cooking. Just a tiny bit of Vietnamese brand sea salt. The result is obvious,... light, clear, flavorful, and delicious. The use of the word "homemade" in recipes can, and is, thrown around generously, but her broth is so stripped of peripheral flavors,.. when she says it, I believe her.

What I don't see is a noodle cook in the streets of Saigon, making a quick soup for lunch, taking a break from serving passers-by from a make shift table, then adding any other ingredients other than what she picked up at the market that morning. Fresh and simple. It comes through here.

Vinh Loi is tucked away in a busy retail area near Bailey's Crossroads, and if it wasn't, there would of been more than the five people in front of me this morning waiting for the doors to open at 10:30am.
,$$$$$
,5 min lunch wait
5811 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church Va
703.379.0988

Martin Ramirez

Martin Ramirez, pictured right, is an artist that has moved me through his work and his life. I first saw his art in San Francisco, where in certain groups and even sub-culture circles, his work is beloved. I recently came across an article on his exhibits in Chicago, I looked around and found this segment from CBS Sunday Morning. I think his work is a wonder. Under any circumstances, true artists must create.

laughing out loud

When I watched the NY Giants celebrating like crazed champions on the sidelines after an assured victory in this years Super Bowl, Michael Strahan put on his victory cap,.. you know the ones that say "Champions" or whatever, and I took a pause and thought.... THEY ACTUALLY MADE THOSE?! ones that say "GIANTS Superbowl XLII Champions"?! really?

Who made those? Are they real? or are they the ones from their last Super Bowl win,... "the Norwood". Who's bright idea was that to go into the marketing meeting and propose they probably should start thinking about the design of the championship shirts and hats. Who thought the Giants would win?! Only the gerbil that lives inside Eli Mannings head.

But what about the NE Patriots victory stuff! Holy shit, they probably went so far as to construct 20,000 limited edition Patriots 19-0 Superbowl XLII Championship bicycles. 50,000 cans of limited edition Patriots 19-0 Superbowl XLII Championship soup.

A million articles of shiny, glittery, fancy, awesomely designed T's, hats, scarves, 19-0 this and 19-0 that! Perfect this,... I heard mom and pop sporting retailers in the area will lose like an average of $8,000 in revenue within the next month. I never would of guessed the 2007 NE Patriots squad would be responsible for the recession. All theses goods going to waste and hitting the recyclers. But not really. Huh?

I read today that 90% of it will go specifically to Nicaragua. The charity organizer said it will probably be the first new article of clothing they have ever had in their lives. That's pretty cool but I would love to own this stuff! I mean, if the Pats won, credit to where credit is due, In my mind they would be the best of all time,.. but they didn't and I'm a Cowboys fan and a poor sport so...I would wear these things till they were thread-bare.

E.E. Cummings

i like my body when it is with your

i like my body when it is with your
body. It is so quite a new thing.
Muscles better and nerves more.
i like your body. i like what it does,
i like its hows. i like to feel the spine
of your body and its bones, and the trembling
-firm-smooth ness and which i will
again and again and again
kiss, i like kissing this and that of you,
i like,, slowly stroking the, shocking fuzz
of your electric fur, and what-is-it comes
over parting flesh . . . . And eyes big Love-crumbs,

and possibly i like the thrill

of under me you quite so new

if you're ever in Hagerstown Maryland....

...and you're hungry for a sub?, check out Hartles Subs, often prepared by numerous, friendly, 70+ yr olds. fresh ingredients, freshly baked bread, they pile on the veggies,.. (pictured,..i asked for less veggies) a tasty homemade vinaigrette, and a secret homemade mild pepper spread that you'll drive 2 hours for.
,$$$$$
,10 min lunch wait
1301 Marshall St
Hagerstown Md 21740
301.739.5483

my 7 questions on heaven and hell

1. will there be steamed crabs in heaven? if not let me know now.

2. in hell is there going to be an actual "lake of fire"? and if so, will the lake be made entirely of flames? or will there be really hot water with the flames on top or along the banks.

3. can god at any time, forgive someone from hell and then bring him into the kingdom of heaven?

4. can we see hell from heaven?

5. how will we be able to make intricate decisions and express complex feelings in the after-life without an actual working brain? wait, we have that now and most of us can't do those things, nix that.

6. in hell, is there an actual, physical devil? and is he right now in Iraq?

7. in heaven, how can i enjoy the feeling of eternal salvation if i knew a relative or friend was elsewhere and burning. and when those feelings come up, will we have the option of expressing "remind me later".

It's Amazing.

click image for full size.

A.I.

This is Warner Bros. 2001 trailer for the film A.I., to me, still holds up today, great John Williams score, one of the better trailers of the day,..showed promise of something that could of been groundbreaking...

Kubrick, collaborator, died before shooting began. Spielberg went on to write, produce, and direct. At the early stages, Kubricks screenplay had many many more layers to the storyline even incorporating elements from Pinocchio. Juicy. The end product for me was a disappointment, and after important screenings , and as we know now, the industry didn't generate much interest either. Larger hi-res.

SPIROGRAPH!

I was just surfing the internets and I came across SPIROGRAPH! If your near the same age as me, you will remember SPIROGRAPH! A great time-waster, in the 70's it was a refreshing break from
playing with sticks and flashlights outside. Oh and the occasional discovery of pornography in the woods. In the 70's, if your were a kid and at some point you didn't inadvertently find porn in the woods? , you were..pretty unlucky.

Anyway, SPIROGRAPH! made cool patterns and designs for about 7 minutes. About how long it took for the expression of mild amusement on your face to change to a half frown, why? because it was the 70's! Pen technology was at it's infancy and at any given moment, when the direction of the SPIROGRAPH! wheel would change, the chances of ink build up on the ball of the pen being released onto the paper was about 100%. Basically creating horrible spots along the hairline pattern. It looked like shit.

There are some online interactive SPIROGRAPHS! but it's not the same and it doesn't look like anything good.