Ramblings
Theostetics
When talking about the visual arts, culture, and faith, one cannot avoid a topic that has pervaded discussion throughout the history of philosophy: beauty. When it comes to beauty, theorists generally agree on one rudimentary point: Beauty is apprehended within the realm of the aesthetic. Beyond this, dispute prevails. Why does this matter for us? [...]
Might of the Living Dead
“They’re coming to get you!”
That line is a direct quote from George Romero’s cult zombie film Night of the Living Dead, and it could very well become the mantra for booksellers throughout the country who recently have found themselves besieged by zombies—i.e., reanimated corpses with a voracious appetite for human flesh and brains—in novels, anthologies, [...]
Marilyn Monroe
I was never a big fan of Marilyn Monroe. These pictures changed that. I’ve seen a lot of her pictures (my wife is a Marilyn freak) but I just came across these a few days ago and they really blow away all the canned pictures I’ve seen of her.
Lasers Manifesto
This has got to be the biggest piece of crap excuse for an album trailer I have ever seen. Lupe needs to realize his place in the world, a rapper writing a manifesto about social change is retarded. Make songs, collect your check and go home.
It strikes me funny that he is talking about knocking [...]
Happy 3rd Anniversary Mrs. Ferrer
Thank you for marrying me, thank you for putting up with me. You are the best person I know.
You’re still my favorite local producer.*
Jeff aka Espy One (i think) aka @tweeterjennings is pretty much my favorite local producer. He’s got a style that doesn’t sonically call you to the south, but it almost does. His beats are a good mix of a lot of sounds that at some times feel crowded, but if you took even one sound [...]
You don’t hear much about the teen years.
I’m a fairly new believer. I’ve always just been kind of turned off by Christians and Christianity in general. I think it had something to do with growing up in the South and having pretty much one view of the church. Southern Baptists.
I’ve never been one for bible thumping, tie loosening or forehead wiping, and [...]
Cash Cab makes me uncomfortable.
I love the Cash Cab, I watch it almost daily when I get home from work. I like to imagine I’m in the Cash Cab with Ben Bailey and I usually answer out loud. I’m not ashamed of this. I always pull my phone out to calculate the winnings split up amongst the players in [...]
How was your weekend? Mine sucked.
I was with my friend Ant and his brother Eddie on Saturday in Ocean Springs, on our way to visit their mother who was visiting from Florida. He was doing about 60 on Hwy 90 when all of a sudden some jackass in an old Chevy Corsica decides he wants to stop at a flashing [...]
I Hate My Friends.
Well, I don’t really hate them, I just don’t have much in common with them. Strange. Mostly I hate them though. Let me set the stage for you.
About a year and a half ago, I left hell and got a job that I really like, doing what I really love. My wife thought it would [...]
Mr. Andy
My next door neighbor is about 70 years old, his name is Mr. Andy and he is a traveling jewelry sales and repairman. He is one of the nicest old men I have ever met and he is also an amazing racist. About 3 weeks ago we had a Mexican couple move in upstairs, that [...]
Broken Cat
I posted another fake Craigslist sale. Fake in the fact that the cat is not super human, not fake in the fact that I hate this cat. This one was yanked in about 5 hours, so I reposted to give Craigslist a second chance to think about it.
From Craigslist:
“I have for sale this stupid half [...]
Stephen Gammel scared the crap out of me.
True story. Stephen Gammell used to scare the crap out of me when I was little. In fact, I’m still a little creeped out by these drawings 20 years later. Gammell completely killed the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark book series, so much so that I couldn’t tell you the name of the [...]
Wizard Lion
From Craigslist:
“I am selling one slightly used Wizard Lion. This Wizard Lion was captured off the coast of Eternia in the epic battle of Grayskul. This very Wizard Lion captured the souls of Eternians for decades until he was wooed by the mystical charm of the Magical Harp and captured.
This Wizard Lion has been in [...]
Conversations with my mom.
Today Madisyn and I went to my parents house to change the brakes on my car. Madisyn is 10 and she felt like it was time that she learned how to work on a car, which is awesome in itself, so I let her help.
My mom is really good for coming up with gems of [...]
Whales!!!
Awesome.
Scariest clown ever.
This is what I was greeted with when I walked into my friends kitchen. His 8 year old daughter drew it and they had it proudly displayed on the fridge as if it didn’t scary the holy hell out of them. This is the stuff nightmares are made of.
I looked at if more and more [...]
Conversations with my mom.
My mom is a true work of art. She is one of these people that can never quite get a saying right, or uses a completely wrong (or in some cases, completely made up) word. It makes for some of the better conversations I’ve ever had in my life.
My wife and I are having some [...]