Atari is a great player, and according to the rest of my family (who've all met him, though i have yet to) he's also a super nice guy! (his wife Jill is my cousin :)

hey, i liked it so much i got two degrees in it :)

my home town.

one of my heroes...this guy's made me shoot soda out my nose laughing. this is the way to my heart, in case you're wondering :)

my GOD!!! he's so funny.

i have loved these guys since the moment i heard them. i've only seen them live once, but hope to catch them again someday soon.

this really isn't an exaggeration or some cutsie thing that you click on. i MEAN it...Homestar is LITERALLY one of my most favorite things on the planet!!!!

"in cwosing, i wook good in wed! butt... more

this really isn't an exaggeration or some cutsie thing that you click on. i MEAN it...Homestar is LITERALLY one of my most favorite things on the planet!!!!

"in cwosing, i wook good in wed! butt dance BUTT DAAAAAAAANCE!!!!!!!"

read this in grad school and it tore my heart out. painful, really. such a powerful reading experience that i haven't needed to read it again, even though it's been almost 7 years, because it's... more

read this in grad school and it tore my heart out. painful, really. such a powerful reading experience that i haven't needed to read it again, even though it's been almost 7 years, because it's still so vivid. i also think it'll take a good long while before i can work myself up to reading it another time. you must read this book.

explained this concept to my english students as we watched the movie "Coraline." it fits nicely. Campbell was a smart guy :)

it hurts my brain to think about stuff like this, and i don't pretend to totally comprehend it, but i LIKE it! :)

my favorite video games of all time. originally, munch's odyssey was the whole reason i bought an xbox. wish they'd make another one, but i fear they won't.

what a complete wacko this dude was. i wouldn't even know who he was if it weren't for Bauhaus. so my mom was wrong...all that shoe-gazing i did when i was a little proto-goth girl at 13 really... more

what a complete wacko this dude was. i wouldn't even know who he was if it weren't for Bauhaus. so my mom was wrong...all that shoe-gazing i did when i was a little proto-goth girl at 13 really wasn't a waste of time. rather educational, really. (for the record, i think it was too long ago to call it "shoe gazing" when i did it. you little baby bats have it easy, what with your hot topics and such. in my day, we had to walk 5 miles to the goodwill, up hill, BOTH ways, in the snow, to get the raw materials to make our outfits....)

these guys have totally blown my mind. it's been a long while since a band really punched me in the gut like this one has, and i don't feel one bit sorry that they are still under the radar...i pray... more

these guys have totally blown my mind. it's been a long while since a band really punched me in the gut like this one has, and i don't feel one bit sorry that they are still under the radar...i pray to god they stay that way.

just heard about this book yesterday, and it's on my "to read" list now...i can't wait to find out how to combat being manipulated ;)

my "favorite" SD album (if someone who loves them as much as i do can actually have a favorite), and an absolute must listen if you're a guitar nerd. bernard purdie's drumming is beyond perfect, as... more

my "favorite" SD album (if someone who loves them as much as i do can actually have a favorite), and an absolute must listen if you're a guitar nerd. bernard purdie's drumming is beyond perfect, as is his ability to be egotistical about it. but then, if i could play like that i wouldn't bother being humble either. i would give my right arm to find a print of the artwork used for the cover, but leave it to Becker and Fagen to use a totally obscure artist. i guess for now i'll have to settle for hanging the LP album cover on my wall. my father graciously gave me all his Steely Dan vinyl when he discovered that his child had not only inherited his love of this band, but that-in essence- he created a monster by playing "any major dude" too many times when my mother was in labor. i can think of worse things to play at a time like that (although i'm not sure my mother would agree with that statement. she does hate michael mcdonald, after all. how that's possible is another story.)

saw this guy speak last week and he was great!

If you care or are interested at all in how recording engineering works, this album is a great one to study and read about. one of the first albums of popular music to be recorded in a fully digital... more

If you care or are interested at all in how recording engineering works, this album is a great one to study and read about. one of the first albums of popular music to be recorded in a fully digital format (the very first being Ry Cooder's "Bop Til You Drop"), it is usually considered by people in the know to be a masterpiece of sound engineering.

love, love, love this guy's stuff! such a wonderful mixture of traditional british themes and devices and asian artistry.

as far as organized "religions" are concerned, i usually steer clear, but seeing as how this one calls part of it's history a SPACE OPERA...i'm SOLD!!!!! woohoo! (is there a religion where a huge... more

as far as organized "religions" are concerned, i usually steer clear, but seeing as how this one calls part of it's history a SPACE OPERA...i'm SOLD!!!!! woohoo! (is there a religion where a huge part of the ideology is founded upon sarcasm? 'cause i could get into that one, too.)

so THAT'S what wrong with me! (whew!)