The The

A courteous young lady got me to thinkin' about 1980s music. She asked what I was diggin'. Remember, I graduated high school in 1981.

The The, Infected. 1982.

Well, this is about the greatest power pop/industrial wave shit on PLANET EARTH. I do not know how I could have forgotten this recording for as long as I apparently did. Matt Johnson was on it, and a half. And isn't that Nenah Cherry on a couple of cuts?

I recall seeing the entire EP done as music videos, maybe on WTBS's Night Tracks.

To this day, a smokin' hot album. To iTunes, biotches!

UPDATE: The tune one was most likely to have heard...


UPDATE II: Arabia!


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Winter Kitteh

Image > Adjust > Invert

UPDATE: I'm sending out 5x7" prints of this (or the LOLcats version -- your choice) and a nice one of Curly to anyone who has a Walgreen's nearby. You'll have to pay the $2+tax when you pick it up, but... as they say, both photos are suitable for framing, and look good in an office cube or on a fridge. :) E-mail me at the address in my blogo for deets.

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NOW it CAN be TOLD

We had a wild orgy at Flying Saucer, and y'all missed some world-class, Guinness/Ripley sex. Believe it or not.

Sorry!
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Gnashvegas Atriotic Meatspace Interface

SCROLL DOWN for new cat pixels!

UPDATE III: I'll be there! Looks like Soprano and nashvegasdawg will also be there, and Dr. Vola will not, and it's unlikely SoBeale will make it. Halfdan and badbadivy look like toss-ups.

UPDATE II: I'm considering canceling this one (again!) from lack of RSVPs. Dammit, people... I know, but I'm getting frustrated. So, what I did was create a "free time" calendar for all y'all. Please use it! :)

Or:

"Interfacing in Meatspace with A Gnashvillian who Is Not going to Eschacon,"

(also known as "NAMBLA")... seriously, the waitresses wear the short skirts, but it's all good.

When: Tuesday, January 29th, 2008, 5:30 p.m.-???
Where: Flying Saucer (address above, but behind Union Station, near the Frist Center parking lot; park below for, like, $2, w/validation).

Come have the widest beer selection in Gnashvegas (and a fair mix of wines and spirits), and commiserate! Smoking allowed; 21+ age, only.

All the cool alien cats drink at the Saucer.

UPDATE: Future timestamp to keep it up top.
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2nd (Final) Beer Call

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1st Beer Call

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Best Joke

... ever I dreamed up (but I got a glimmer of it from someone):

Q: Why won't Republicans vow to leave the country if Hillary Clinton becomes president?

A: There's nowhere outside the U.S. where Republicans aren't hunted for their pelts.
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Sleepball

Larry the Love Sponge

Damned zoom isn't long enough for me to not get up to get a few pixels more resolution. Of course, my leaving the chair = eyes open.
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And... Curly, Too!

Surly Curly.

I thought at least one of this series of "cont-shot" would be a nice one of both boys... I was wrong.
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L.E.'s Turn

A metric buttload of L.E.-on-the-rail photos.





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Sunday Cat Wrasslin' Video

Better than bobbleheads.
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SatCurl

Bird radar.

I love the continuous-shoot mode. Sure, 90% of the photos are blurry and unusable, but being able to use natural light instead of the flash? Priceless.
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Come With Me

... if you want to live.

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Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections

Uncounted

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Classy Republicans

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Maybe Some Weekend Curly

... would be good for Humpday.

Doesn't he look like a three-legged cat? I actually wrote a tune called "Three-Legged Cat." Wish I could find a recording of it.
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Pr0n Spam

Well, that's a first.

How did I get on this list? I mean, yeah... I bought a couple of DVDs a few years ago, when I was dating a woman who had a particular, um, curiosity. But why NOW?

UPDATE: Maybe this is related somehow to a recent search that brought someone to my blog... "girls suckig o outher girls coco," which I'm still trying to decipher.
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I knew it was Devo! 2007!
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5:30 p.m.

Sodium glare notwithstanding, there's light in the west now, when I get home. I liked the colors, so I thought I'd share.
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I'm Number One!

nose hairs bx cables

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Lunchtime PSA

Did you get the warning letter from the Davidson County Elections Commission, re: stolen notebook PC with your SocSec number, intact?

Wanna free year of credit report monitoring?

First, go here: https://secure.nashville.gov/protectmyid/ to get an activation code...

Then go here: http://www.debix.com/nashville/ and sign up.
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MLK Day

Very nice video by the blogless V for Virginia.

UPDATE: Emmy-nominated short film made at Vanderbilt, last year.


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Just Now

Yes, that is a Siamese cat in my face, thank you.
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Trojan Horse

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Native Tongue

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I Keep Forgetting I Have A Webcam

Oh, there it is.

I'm having weekend hair. Need to get it sawed off, again. This is the only drawback to scootering: Helmet hair.

L.E. wants in on the action.
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It's Curly's Day

He's getting (demanding) a lot of attention.
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Git 'Er Done, Redbox

Okay, now that the new Nashville West McDonald's has been reborn, where are the frickin' movies?

No, 4700 Charlotte is halfway to work! We need 6800 Charlotte (or whatever the address is).

Look: You have a new McD's that looks more like a Borders bookstore!

Git 'er done!

I saw my old motorcycle buddy whilst breaking fast on my morning burritos. This guy used to be a weekend morning fixture at the old McD's (on the same spot as this new one, above), with his years-old free refill plastic coffee mug, its golden arches nearly eroded away, altogether.

I think his name is Terry, and he's close to retirement age. He's having trouble at work -- some low-skill job -- but he's quick to move off that topic, and on to motorcycles. "How's that Yamaha runnin'? Hey, you need a new rear tire! Did I ever tell you about the Aero 125 I borrowed from the shop while my 600 was havin' the crank replaced?"

He loves all things two-wheeled. He's seen me on the Chinese Death Machine, the Kymco and the Vino, and nothing brought a glimmer to his eye like the first time he heard me start the Vino. I picture his house being littered with old motorcycle parts (at last count, I think he has at least three bikes in various states of disrepair), carbs and exhausts strewn about, here and there.

He loves to talk about small-displacement bikes, and thinks anyone who wants to go over 90 mph on two wheels is seriously crazy. We lament the lack of good choices in this segment of the market, currently, and talk about the insanity of paying the price of a car for a new motorcycle.

He seems a bit lonely, and I'm glad to have an ear to lend him. He's a good guy.
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OPP: Cow Cat, Asleep

From sittenpretty.
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Do You Find This Image Interesting?

I did this long ago, using a Casio QV-10A camera.

UPDATE: The photo is a close-up of a TV screen. On the TV, a young African-American man with a shaved head was getting shot in a cop drama show (I think). He was falling backwards, and hence, the photo looks double-exposed. I did some Photoshopping, and this was the result.
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Scottish Opium Burritos -- NOT!

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Bomb-Throwing Shitstorm Dance

I'm always steppin' in it. It's just how I roll.

Violence against women is no laughing matter. When I said

All I know is that I do something dangerous every day, and I always wear a helmet while doing it.

I’m thinking a helmet might be a solution to ward off everyday personal assault issues.

... I might have hoped I had sufficiently prefaced that remark with my first comment:

You already know what I’m going to say…

However, that was unreasonable, and I apologize for any callousness that was perceived.

By way of explaining what my nebulous and ultimately vacuous comments were actually meant to convey, let me start here.

I can't change the laws of physics, and yet I undertake the cheating of death every day by co-existing on public roads with H1 Hummers and cement trucks, during rush hour, no less. My everyday vehicle weighs 165 pounds, carrying a full tank of fuel. I weigh more than it does.

Knowing this, I do my best to mitigate the risks involved. I wear a DOT and Snell Foundation-approved full-face helmet. I wear a heavy leather jacket. I wear the dorky-looking optic yellow vest.

So, random violence against women, while they shop, ride the bus, etc.

Seems to be a sociological/social psychology issue, in the main. There's no magic wand to make that change that I can see, so how do we mitigate the risks?

No -- wearing a helmet is not a pragmatic solution, but neither is living in fear, locked inside your house, ordering groceries from Plumgood, and everything else from Amazon and eBay.
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Prelude to a Cat-Wrassle

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Had To Do A Double-Take

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L.E. Purrs, Eats Phone

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Staples. That Was Easy.

Pay attention to that last minute, before the Pouchy McGrouchy/Droopy Dawg segment begins.
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For Glen

I answered "7," showing where I am amongst all respondents to this question. Most people had less than 10 clean shirts; a few had more than 100, as preposterous as that sounds (it's for illustrative purposes, only). Get the idea?
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Another Meezer Photo

I did finally peel back the plastic that has sealed us off from the balcony since Monday night. Dumbasses taped up the door, apparently in preparation to paint, and they haven't been back since. Fuckheads.
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Humpday Meezer

... on the back of the chair, looking over my shoulder, in the opposite direction than usual.
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LMAO!

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Let's Have A Cat

... or possibly two.

Curly enjoys some re-hydrated milk.

L.E. just looks cute and dumb.
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Another Google #1

inside jokes

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Another Interesting Depth-of-Field

Completely accidental -- the Canon A560's continuous shooting mode is t3h k3wl.
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Not To Leave L.E. Out

Both boys, enjoying a clammy day.
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Claw!

Since that's not a pretty, pretty picture... a two-fer:

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Never Look Down The Vacuum Hose

Naw, it's probably a sty.

UPDATE: If it's not a sty, it is responding to sty treatment. I did not know this, but warm compresses and washing the eyelid with baby shampoo is the gold standard of treatment.
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