Once upon a time in America there was a band called the Dead Kennedys. “Too Drunk to Fuck” was the first record I ever bought by them. Much more recently, Nouvelle Vague (not from America) did a bossa nova cover. I think technically this is Camille’s a capella cover of the Nouvelle [...]
Archive for the ‘& Everything’ Category
Too Drunk To . . .
Posted in & Everything, music, tagged Camille, Dead Kennedys, music, Nouvelle Vague on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
GHP Goes Bananas
Posted in & Everything, music, tagged Banana Splits, Go Home Productions, mash-ups, music, The Dickies on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been a big fan of Mark Vidler and
Go Home Productions for years. I think I think he is my favie mash-up artist. Here is one of his latest efforts. Enjoy it before it’s gone
‘Round Midnight
Posted in & Everything, Iceland on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think I would feel a joyous insanity if I lived in Iceland and saw the sun ’round mdnight
Hero of War
Posted in & Everything, Buffalo, Canada, music, politics, tagged Buffalo, cfny, music, Rise Against, U.S.A. on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the advantages of living in Buffalo is that we are in sthe reception area for Toronto’s 102.1 radio station. It is/was the Lovely Lettuce’s favie station. And I think it is pretty good in an psuedo-alternative sort of way.
Any old way, I digress. A few days ago, [...]
We’re RGIS and You Will Suck Again
Posted in & Everything, RGIS, tagged RGIS on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I got an email from the RGIS corporate gods that included this tidbit of information:
On June 27, 2009 the Average Per Hour (APH) Standards will be raised in several of our accounts. More than half of our teams are already operating at levels that meet or exceed the “New” APH Standards, so raising [...]
Born Yesterday
Posted in & Everything on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was washing dishes this evening after channel-surfing to find something suitable to wash dishes by. I blundlered into Born Yesterday with Judy Holliday. Years ago, I had a girlfriend that looked nothing like Judy Holliday but smiled like her according to one of my friends who was [...]
New Yorker Cover Created on An iPhone
Posted in & Everything, Art, tagged Brushes app, iPhone, Jorge Columbo, New Yorker on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not a big fan of the iPhone, but I have to say that this impressed me. You can find all the gory details here There is a video of the creation of the cover as well.
This just goes to show that a talented artist like Jorge Columbo doesn’t need a [...]
Motor City Withdrawal
Posted in & Everything, Buffalo, Detroit, RGIS, vegetarian, tagged Buffalo, Detroit, RGIS on May 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Well, we got back to Buffalo Tuesday night. The Lovely Lettuce and I really enjoyed our 6 day ‘oliday in the Motor City. Although, if one wants to be technical, our ‘oliday was Southfield, MI since that is where we slept. Perhaps our ‘oliday will inspire me to post about [...]
We’re RGIS and You Suck
Posted in & Everything, RGIS, Work, tagged RGIS on May 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Our district has finally gotten around to distributing the March 2009 Team Member Handbook. In order to continue my employment with RGIS, I have to sign the “RGIS Team Member Handbook: Acknowledgement of Receipt” form. The Cliff Note Version: RGIS can do whatever they want and I can’t do a damn thing about [...]
The Top Gun Myth
Posted in & Everything, RGIS, Work, tagged RGIS on May 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Top Gun: Top Guns are our fastest and most experienced counters and are placed in areas such as checkout or areas that require advanced counting speed and accuracy. Top Guns are everything that RGIS stands for and are the “cream of the crop”. A Top Gun’s professionalism and skills represent the best we have to [...]
