Monkinetic Weblog

@SeanMcTex @agiletortoise hey I missed the memo! Whats the new gig?

My mother is helping my daughter with her spelling homework over iChat video #thefutureisnow

That time of year I spend practicing my Snoopy-as-a-vulture glower (stringing Christmas lights).

My 8 year-old son is left-handed in a family of right-handers, and I'm looking for tips to help him make the most of it without feeling like the odd-man-out. Neither of his siblings care, so I'm not worried about him taking flak at home, but he's picked up a variety of techniques for doing things and I want to know how to best help him. He writes and eats left-handed, but kicks right-footed. He throws a frisbee ambidextrously (though throws stronger left-handed, but prefers right-handed). He plays violin right-handed. It's very strange.

My wife just told an Inception-themed story while playing Story Cubes.

Derek Powazek remembers, and offers a strange, beautiful explanation for, one of my favorite R.E.M. songs, Swan Swan H. (It's listed as 'Swan Swan H' on the album tracklist, but everyone calls it 'Swan Swan Hummingbird' after the first three lyrics.) I too learned to play the song, and while I don't have the same associations Derek does with the tune (it can only be described as haunting), it is one that has always touched me deeply.

current status #dubstepping, watching the kid build LEGO, writing perl, tweeting.

Also, I apparently love #dubstep #wubwubwubwub

So, apparently #dubstep #beatboxing is a thing.

@goldenmeanweb Oh man, that's awesome. http://t.co/k5b2FnzI "I've got a vise and a torque wrench."

Discovering #dubstep. How had I missed this #wubwubwubwubwub

Enjoying this track quite a bit, and the dancing is incredible.

@pixel … the winds of chaaaaaaaannnge...

Erik Kastner was kind enough to fork my blog and help me fix the layout of this site at iPhone sizes (thanks Erik!). Behold the power of the open-source weblog.

OH: "it's like my DNA is configured for auto-goatee, which is sort of handy i guess #movember

@bitprophet Olive Garden, correct?

@monkchips congrats! You guys are amazing.

Just spent $65 on orthotic inserts that finally make my $25 sneakers bearable. Next to try them in the Doc Martens.

@kastner Consider yourself pinged!

I don't "listen" to new music. I brutally hunt it down, jump on its back, and drive it until it collapses from exhaustion and dehydration.