Takahiro Iwasaki

Wow!  Take a look at these beautifully crafted, tiny sculptures by Takahiro Iwasaki!  The rest are here.  Enjoy!

Renaissance (of Gentle) Men

I saw these "Rules for Being a Gentleman in 2014" on FB and thought I'd share...

What do you think?  Would you add any?  Take any away?

What if a man wrote "Rules for Being a Lady?"

How about just rules for being human?

"Saturn was NOT a Single Lady"

These have been making the rounds on the internets lately, and as a teacher I found them highly entertaining.

My favorite teacher response is the title of this post...

My favorite student response is, "If I had one hour to live, I'd spend it in this class because it feels like an eternity."

LOL!

Sir Duke

"I am an optimist from where I sit, music is mostly all right, or at least in a healthy state for the future, in spite of the fact that it may sound as though it is being held hostage." -- Duke Ellington

Texas Tea-Pain

Did you know that the pitch-correction program known as Auto-Tune was created by an oil engineer working for Exxon?

Yes, it's true... the "music" of T-Pain (I can only assume that the 'T' is short for 'terrible,' as in the Terrible Pain he causes listeners unfortunate enough to be exposed to his "singing.") is just another glorious byproduct of the American Petroleum Industry!

You know, like catastrophic climate change?  ;)

Don't believe me?  Click here and read the article yourself! (Don't forget to treat yourself to the hilarious video at the bottom of the page with Weird Al explaining the cultural implications of the Auto-Tune phenomenon!)

HE'S BACK!

MAMBA TIME!!

"John the Baptist of the Psychedelic Era"

Interesting interview with R. Crumb talking about his love of old timey music...

Seemed apropos after the previous Bottled Spirits post...

Enjoy it responsibly, here.

The Bottled Spirits Debut!

I surprised my dad for his 75th birthday celebration last Saturday by having my new band, The Bottled Spirits, play a few songs at his party.  Here's our opening number...  enjoy!

"There is no humor in heaven"

Samuel Clemens, American literary treasure and original old man Muppet in the balcony, was born yesterday in 1835.  In honor of his birthday, here are 25 snarky quotes from the master... enjoy!

A few of my favorites:

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” — Notebook (1887)

“It is just like man’s vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.” — What is Man?

“Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.” — Following the Equator