Monday, February 25, 2013
Travel Notice
I expect to be in Sioux Falls Sat-Wed, March 2-6. If anyone else thinks they'll be around, please let me know. Thanks.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Dealing With Paranoia
OK. So yeah, the whole Facebook privacy thing has me concerned at times. Even though I'm trying to understand more about computers, I still have no idea how easy it is to track or to find out everything I say on the internet. I always assumed no one would bother to find out, because really, who gives a rats ass? And then I hear some story about a woman going in for a job interview and the bastard throws down a photo of her dancing on table at some party. Interview over. Now why make her come all the way in to be humiliated in person? What kind of crap is that? Hopefully just an urban legend used to scare young people into caution. But what about old people? There are SCANNERS out there in the world, even if there wasn't digital photography at the time of any possible indiscretions. We were supposed to predict this kind of "sharing" back in the dark ages?
Anyhoo, what started this rant was the last comment I added to the Elvis story. I caught myself thinking how it might be detrimental to changing my state of unemployment. That perhaps my "boomer" identity should be disconnected from my other online identities and how does a person go about doing that anyway? I hate it that it even enters my head.
Anyhoo, what started this rant was the last comment I added to the Elvis story. I caught myself thinking how it might be detrimental to changing my state of unemployment. That perhaps my "boomer" identity should be disconnected from my other online identities and how does a person go about doing that anyway? I hate it that it even enters my head.
Monday, February 18, 2013
El Jefe Announces a Special New Project
Dear HIA,
One of my projects for 2013 is to comment on each and every post here at the HIA.
"Why?" you ask? "Why, oh why?, oh god please why? please please make it stop why? why? why?" You ask?
Well, I'll tell you.
For too long I have been enjoying your deliciousness in silence. There are too many lonely un-commented-on posts here on the HIA. Too few mighty efforts at art on the HIA have been tagged with an ROTFL. Too many children go to bed hungry at night. Too few houses have a white picket fence and a two car garage. Too many families have split asunder leaving it to the lawyers to decide the fate of the 2.5 children. What about the 0.5 child? My fellow HIA'ers, I ask you: WHAT ABOUT CHILD 0.5?!?!?!?!?
That is why.
So prepare to be outrageously ass-kissed and flattered motherfuckers. You deserve it.
One of my projects for 2013 is to comment on each and every post here at the HIA.
"Why?" you ask? "Why, oh why?, oh god please why? please please make it stop why? why? why?" You ask?
Well, I'll tell you.
For too long I have been enjoying your deliciousness in silence. There are too many lonely un-commented-on posts here on the HIA. Too few mighty efforts at art on the HIA have been tagged with an ROTFL. Too many children go to bed hungry at night. Too few houses have a white picket fence and a two car garage. Too many families have split asunder leaving it to the lawyers to decide the fate of the 2.5 children. What about the 0.5 child? My fellow HIA'ers, I ask you: WHAT ABOUT CHILD 0.5?!?!?!?!?
That is why.
So prepare to be outrageously ass-kissed and flattered motherfuckers. You deserve it.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
El Jefe plays The Boss
...OR... Drinking and Feeling Sorry for Yourself Might Not be the Best Way to Spend Valentines Day, But Hey, It's A Tradition
So this is The River by Bruce Springsteen. Somehow, in my life, I had never heard this song until very recently. Holy crap what a good song. Now I completely understand why The Boss is beloved.
You know, growing up my Boss exposure was just Born in the USA, Born to Run, Glory Days and a few more and it is was like "yeah, it's alright..not sure why he's THE BOSS..." But after hearing The River I am a convert. He is THE BOSS indeed.
This is one of those songs where there is no chance on God's Green Earth that I can do it justice, but I've just got to play it...I love it so much...must play and share...
Technical note: if you watch the video you might notice that I appear to occasionally say a few things that are probably inaudible to you. This is because I had to turn the audio input down super low before the keyboard would cease causing massive mic crackle. It's OK. What I was saying was not important--just stuff like "here's a song by The Boss'' or "happy valentine's day" or "hey kitty stop vomiting I'm trying to play a song" or "why is my music room such a barren wasteland, I really should put some pictures up" or "we can never be completely certain of our knowledge of the universe because everything we know is through the filter of being human. Science is our most successful knowledge pursuing technique but we shouldn't delude ourselves into thinking there will be some infinite progression of scientific discovery and technological innovation that will one day remove the filter of human experience and allow us to know with certainty some ultimate reality..."
Stuff like that.
Oh, and one more. I'm pretty sure I said "here's another song I've learned recently". Yes, that's right HIA, there is a short bonus song at the end. Lucky you.
Here's a link of The Boss doing it for realziez.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utVR3EgQkHs
So this is The River by Bruce Springsteen. Somehow, in my life, I had never heard this song until very recently. Holy crap what a good song. Now I completely understand why The Boss is beloved.
You know, growing up my Boss exposure was just Born in the USA, Born to Run, Glory Days and a few more and it is was like "yeah, it's alright..not sure why he's THE BOSS..." But after hearing The River I am a convert. He is THE BOSS indeed.
This is one of those songs where there is no chance on God's Green Earth that I can do it justice, but I've just got to play it...I love it so much...must play and share...
Technical note: if you watch the video you might notice that I appear to occasionally say a few things that are probably inaudible to you. This is because I had to turn the audio input down super low before the keyboard would cease causing massive mic crackle. It's OK. What I was saying was not important--just stuff like "here's a song by The Boss'' or "happy valentine's day" or "hey kitty stop vomiting I'm trying to play a song" or "why is my music room such a barren wasteland, I really should put some pictures up" or "we can never be completely certain of our knowledge of the universe because everything we know is through the filter of being human. Science is our most successful knowledge pursuing technique but we shouldn't delude ourselves into thinking there will be some infinite progression of scientific discovery and technological innovation that will one day remove the filter of human experience and allow us to know with certainty some ultimate reality..."
Stuff like that.
Oh, and one more. I'm pretty sure I said "here's another song I've learned recently". Yes, that's right HIA, there is a short bonus song at the end. Lucky you.
Here's a link of The Boss doing it for realziez.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utVR3EgQkHs
Monday, February 4, 2013
Friday, February 1, 2013
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