etc

In which I miss a wide open, glove side, top shelf shot.

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:50:00 -0500

In which I miss a wide open, glove side, top shelf shot.

Been an exhaustingly long day, but I finally got the car I’ve wanted for years-upon-years: a...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:14:00 -0500

Been an exhaustingly long day, but I finally got the car I’ve wanted for years-upon-years: a Jetta. I’m so happy.

Oh hey new car. (at Nelson Mazda Hickory Hollow)

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:04:35 -0500

Oh hey new car. (at Nelson Mazda Hickory Hollow)

Paramore at Grimey’s today. (at Grimey’s New & Preloved...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:19:00 -0500

Paramore at Grimey’s today. (at Grimey’s New & Preloved Music)

Photo

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:03:24 -0500

Into the sky. (at Dallas, TX)

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:29:00 -0500

Into the sky. (at Dallas, TX)

davidiseccentric: I feel you Rinne. I feel you. Did this at...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:02:20 -0600

davidiseccentric:

I feel you Rinne. I feel you.

Did this at my rec league game tonight too. I feel ya, Pekka.

A new round of Preds wallpapers for your amusement. Just click...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:43:00 -0600

A new round of Preds wallpapers for your amusement. Just click on the size you want, and download the image to your computer.

Enjoy!

Oh, and if you display these anywhere online, at least give me credit. (I’m looking at you, Instagram.)

This. This. A thousand times this. There are still things I...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:00:28 -0600

This. This. A thousand times this.

There are still things I fight with every day about myself that stems from things that happened to me in various levels of school. While a lot of the things that are mentioned in this video are of more extreme circumstances than what I experienced, it still hits home. Anyone who has ever been bullied will understand this video, and anyone that is currently experiencing it can relate.

Powerful.

"Red Wings suck."

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:57:00 -0600

“Red Wings suck.”

- George Washington

buzzfeed: I would pay big bucks to see this band on...

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:25:55 -0600

buzzfeed:

I would pay big bucks to see this band on tour.

[Insert joke about Yoko Ono here.]

Take the dog outside and now he wants a treat for being wet....

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:48:08 -0600

Take the dog outside and now he wants a treat for being wet. Kids these days…

you are so good looking.

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:41:00 -0600

My first anonymous compliment on Tumblr! Have I finally made it?

Thank you, though.

Tomorrow, you guys!

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:15:00 -0600

Tomorrow, you guys!

Fortune Favors The Bold: I thought Richard Lawson wrote beautifully about his appreciation for...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:10:00 -0600

Fortune Favors The Bold: I thought Richard Lawson wrote beautifully about his appreciation for...:

brianvan:

I thought Richard Lawson wrote beautifully about his appreciation for the Gawker Media ethos. But, please, someone let him know that some journalistic outlets have “fearlessness” without all of the assholery and yammering and Kardashian coverage that goes on over there.

I mean, I get it, you don’t get to pick your family and sometimes your family is a bunch of dickheads. Gawker is family to good ol’ LolCait. But we should all feel free to not circle the drain on Denton’s Rube Goldberg pageview-generating machine just to hold out for the few occasional moments of basic competence or amusement. The rest of us can take or leave Gawker as it is.

That’s one of the big weaknesses of Gawker, and mainstream outlets, and a lot of brands nowadays; they’re NOT family, they’re NOT community, and as a matter of fact they have such a shitty track record on that stuff (in the few cases where an opportunity presented it self), you’d think they were trying to shoo people off.

I don’t think Richard sees it from that perspective, and few if any of their writers do, because everyone’s so busy being a WRITER, just as it was printed as a recipe in a book in the 1960’s, and no one is around to actually think about what’s going on from the user’s perspective in 2013. They don’t know what users consider think to be of value in a site, and they certainly are in no position to figure out what would be value-added features that the users AREN’T thinking about. They seem to just measure those could-come-from-anywhere clicks and views, and that model is swiftly diverging from the user value curve. Hey, that’s what advertisers pay for (and for less every day!) but ultimately someone’s going to kick everyone’s asses moving us onward from 2002-era blog setups, isolated user experience flows, and the arms race of assholery and yammering that you have to try to win in order to stay on top of the pay-per-clicks game. It would probably move along a lot quicker if people who worked in this industry were less inclined to fully buy-in on what their employers and competitors are selling. Sometimes there just aren’t any good deals out there, even if everything’s on-sale and gold-plated.

And BTW I think these big “scoops” that come out of these blog “journalism” houses are mostly high-school-level stuff, basic shoe-leather phone-working journalism. The real irony in the back-patting and self-fellating is in the idea that we’re supposed to praise them for doing “great work” but we’re also supposed to be shocked at mainstream outlets for “not doing any work” but basically what happened is that Deadspin did the “you’re-supposed-to-do-that-everyday work” that the traditional outlets didn’t do themselves. With that premise, how can you make the case that we are supposed to see it as a serious accomplishment? It’s competence, that’s all. You get credit for that, but just that.

Oh this is good. That last paragraph kills.

Me this past weekend as water poured into our kitchen.

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:26:45 -0600

Me this past weekend as water poured into our kitchen.

With hockey season back, I wanted to create an updated set of...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:39:00 -0600

With hockey season back, I wanted to create an updated set of Preds wallpapers. They’re similar to last year’s playoff set, but with a updated text. Enjoy!

Thanks to Paul Nicholson for the great arena photo.

Milwhockey.

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:58:00 -0600

Out of utter desperation to watch some Preds hockey, a few friends and I drove 1,126 miles in two days to watch the Milwaukee Admirals (Baby Preds) play a back-to-back weekend set of games. It was a fantastic trip. Things I’ve learned:

Milwaukee’s downtown architecture is fantastic. I love old, German-inspired architecture, and this city is full of it.
It’s really cold in Milwaukee in January.
Be sure to wear layers because it’s really cold in Milwaukee in January.
It’s so cold in Milwaukee in January that their river freezes.
The river that freezes runs through downtown Milwaukee, and because it’s so cold, the downtown is pretty desolate.
In this frozen tundra that is known as downtown Milwaukee, there is a bronze statue of the Fonz from Happy Days. Of course he is giving the thumbs up, “Ayyyy.”
To take shelter from Milwaukee’s cold, drink beer.
There are lots of great local craft beers in Milwaukee, and I’m not talking Miller.
Milwaukee craft brewers know how to make a great Amber beer. I tried three different local breweries’ versions on Amber ales, and they were all fantastic.
Vegetarian options aren’t really a thing in Milwaukee.
If you have a Milwaukee accent, I want to have a long conversation with you.
Milwaukee loves the Packers. Like, in love with the Packers. Literally. Especially in the playoffs.

Hockey things I’ve learned (If you don’t like hockey, stop reading now):

The Admirals apparently love shootouts. Both games over the weekend were decided in the shootout.
I like the best-of-five shootout better than best-of-three because shootouts are fun.
I really like a lot of the Admirals players, but you can tell they’re young. The future is bright for the Preds, but it may take some time.
Preds fans, remember the name Kevin Henderson.
Austin Watson is a big guy, but he was practically invisible both games.
Ryan Ellis and Jon Blum should have a good fight for the final D spot on the Preds roster.
The ~~Edmonton Oilers~~ Oklahoma City Barons were good because half of their team are current top-level NHLers.
I don’t understand how the Oilers still can’t make the playoffs.
The Oilers should be really excited about Justin Schultz. He’s the real deal.
I’m still a big Jordan Eberle fan despite his goal being the late game-tying goal against the Ads.
Oilers fans, Mark Arcobello is good. Maybe not NHL ready, but I think he’ll be there eventually.
Oklahoma City Barons fans think my friends and I look like professional hockey players.
Detroit’s farm team (Grand Rapids Griffins) has very little depth. There are a lot of life-long AHLers on that team with a few NHL-probable players (including Nyquist, Smith, Jurco, and Tatar).
Nyquist and Tatar are really fast. I mean, crazy fast.

EDIT: It looks like a Milwaukee blog (OnMilwaukee) reblogged this with a few misconceptions about this post. Anyone from Brew City that sees this: please know that the comments about the city are mostly sarcastic and that I really enjoyed my time up there. Hope to make it back sooner than later.

New Years explosion with Bassnectar! (at Bridgestone Arena)

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:08:00 -0600

New Years explosion with Bassnectar! (at Bridgestone Arena)

melaphantastic: Reindeer photoset, as promised. You’ll need to...

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:31:31 -0600

melaphantastic:

Reindeer photoset, as promised.

You’ll need to click on Rudolph to see the whole thing.

Reblogging for the second year in a row because this is the best thing on Tumblr at Christmas.