HAPPY TWEAKSGIVING!

So I'm at work a couple of weeks ago, waiting for a new project to start, and there's a delay. A co-worker tells me the supervisors are probably tweaking the project. "Either that or they're just tweaking," I joke. This somehow leads to a handful of 'tweak' puns, then I get on a roll, and eventually we have buried ourselves in an avalanche of 'tweak' puns.

I have since compiled over 300 of them, and I have decided to post them here in what I am calling Tweaksgiving 2007. I tried to group similar ones together, and I've included explanations for some of the more obscure references.

Enjoy, if you can! (And if you think of any good ones I may have missed, please feel free to send them to me at askduckpond2007@sacbeemail.com.)

TWEAKSGIVING 2007
A1 Tweak Sauce
"Ain't She Tweak?"
Allow 4-6 tweaks for delivery
'...and she emerges with one squirming in her tweak...' (from the song "Lesbian Seagull" by Tom Wilson Weinberg)
As ye sow, so shall ye tweak
AutoTweak Magazine
Blue Tweak (Cedar Point)
Dr. Bunson Honeydew and his assistant Tweaker
Butterball Tweaky
Calgon, tweak me away!
Cursing up a blue tweak
Dancing tweak to tweak
Days Of The Tweak (SCTV skit)
Do a double tweak
"Do You Want To Know A Tweakret?"
"Don't Tweak" (No Doubt)
Don't tweak any wooden nickels
Don't tweak back
Don't tweak life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive
Drive-By Tweakers
Earthtweak
"Eight Days A Tweak"
Emerson, Tweak and Palmer
"Every Breath You Tweak"
Fantastweak Four
"Flavor Of The Tweak"
Forrest Tweaker (actor Tucker)
Freaks And Tweaks (or Tweaks And Geeks)
Friar Tweak
"Get Ur Tweak On"
Gimme A Tweak
Go ahead, tweak my day
Great Tweaks (Tweak Erie, etc.)
High tweaks poker
"Hit The Hi-Tweak Groove" (Pop Will Eat Itself)
Hostess Tweakies (Tweakie The Kid, "Tweakies have three holes", etc.)
Hostile tweakover
"I Get Tweak" (Belinda Carlisle)
I have a tweak back...I got it about a tweak back
"I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tweak..."
"I'm a little tweakpot..."
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna tweak this anymore!"
Intweak manifold
'Is you tweakin?' (R. Kelly)
It Tweaks A Thief
It tweaks two to tango
"It's Tweaky" (Run-DMC)
"Jailtweak" (Thin Lizzy)
Jimmy The Tweak
Jive tweaking
"Jump down, spin around, tweak a bale o' cotton..."
"Just a pinch between the tweak and gums"
Kentweaky
Kentweaky bluegrass
Kentweaky Derby
Kentweaky Fried Chicken
"Kentweaky Woman"
Kiss and tweak up
Kon-Twiki
"Lee, Tweako, Youngblood!" (The Untouchables)
Let's Tweak A Deal
Lost Tweakend
Loudtweaker
Maurice Tweaks (Philadelphia 76ers)
Mean Tweak (Cedar Point)
Mistweaken identity
Mo'Twique
My Little Tweakadee
Newstweak Magazine
9 1/2 Tweaks
"19th Nervous Tweakdown"
98-pound tweakling
No tweaking
Not to be tweaken lightly
On Her Majesty's Tweakret Service
"One Tweak" (Barenaked Ladies)
One Tweak Pony
Outback Tweakhouse
Pace Tweakante sauce
Parting is such tweak sorrow
"Pencil Neck Tweak" (Fred Blassie)
Pike's Tweak
Pledge tweak
Quarterback tweak
Ritweakulous
See no evil, hear no evil, tweak no evil (have no fun)
Shredded Tweak
"Silly rabbit, Tweaks are for kids!"
Silver Tweak
Silversun Tweakups
Slow on the uptweak
Spring a tweak
Star Tweak (The Next Generation, etc.)
Stereo tweakers
Supercalifragilistweakexpialidocious
"Supertweak" (Rick James)
Sweeps tweaks
Tanya Tweaker
Testweakles
That Was The Tweak That Was
The love that dare not tweak its name
"They're Coming To Tweak Me Away, Ha-Haaa!"
"This Is Our Countweak" (John Mellencamp)
This place could use a Tweakup
This Tweak With George Snuffleupagus (or however you spell it)
"Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tweak"
"Time to tweak the donuts..."
Trash-tweaking
Tri-Tweaks solitaire
Trick or tweak (or Tweak or treat)
Turning tweaks
"The Tweak" (Ray Stevens)
Tweak-a-boo
"Tweak-A-Boom" (Daddy Dewdrop)
"Tweak A Chance On Me" (Abba)
"Tweak a little trip..." ("Low Rider")
Tweak-A-Mole
Tweak-A-Mouse
Tweak a number
"Tweak A Picture" (Filter)
Tweak a picture, it'll last longer
Tweak a piss
Tweak a powder
Tweak a shit
Tweak a shower
"Tweak a walk on the wild side..."
Tweak all you want, but eat all you tweak
The Tweak Amigos
Tweak and eggs
"Tweak And Innocent" (Donny Osmond)
"Tweak And Powerless" (A Perfect Circle)
Tweak and ye shall find
Tweak Antifreeze
Tweak Caballeros
"Tweak Caroline" (BA BA BA!)
"Tweak Child O' Mine"
Tweak Coins In A Fountainbleau
Tweak Corea
Tweak Days Of The Condor
"Tweak Dirty To Me" (Poison)
Tweak Doors Down
A tweak 'em game
"Tweak Emotion" (Aerosmith)
Tweak five
"Tweak For Two"
"Tweak Georgia Brown"
Tweak germ
Tweak havoc
Tweak Hearn
Tweak in the knees
"Tweak Is A Magic Number"
"Tweak It Easy" (Eagles)
Tweak it on the chin
"Tweak It To Them Gently" (Burton Cummings)
"Tweak It To The Limit" (Eagles)
"Tweak It Up" (The Cars)
Tweak it with a grain of salt
"Tweak me as I am..." (Chicago)
"Tweak Me Home" (Julian Lennon)
"Tweak Me Out" (Franz Ferdinand)
"Tweak Me Out To The Ballgame"
"Tweak Me To The River" (Tweaking Heads)
Tweak me to your leader
Tweak Musketeers
"Tweak my wife...please"
Tweak mythology
Tweak 'n' Shake (or Steak 'n' Tweak)
Tweak nothings
Tweak of the litter
"Tweak On Me" (A-Ha)
Tweak one's interest
"Tweak Out (Le Tweak)"
Tweak peas
Tweak performance
"Tweak Plastic Trees" (Radiohead)
Tweak Radio
Tweak, rattle and roll
The tweak shall inherit the earth
Tweak Slayton (astronaut Deke)
Tweak softly and carry a big tweak
The Tweak Stooges
"Tweak Stuff" (Limp Bizkit)
Tweak support
Tweak-tac-toe
"Tweak The 'A' Train"
Tweak the bad with the good
"Tweak The Bismarck"
Tweak the bus
Tweak the cake
Tweak the high road
Tweak the light fantastweak
"Tweak The Skinheads Bowling" (Camper Van Beethoven)
Tweak things through
Tweak Thins
"Tweak This Job And Shove It"
"Tweak To Me/Breathe" (Pink Floyd)
Tweak-tock
Tweak tooth
Tweak tragedy
"Tweak Transvestite"
"Tweak Tweak" (by Tweak Tweak, from the album "Tweak Tweak")
"Tweak Tweak Boom" (Saliva)
Tweak two aspirin and call me in the morning
Tweak up
Tweak up for lost time
Tweak you later
Tweak you very much
Tweak your booty
Tweak your groove thang
"Tweak Your Junk" (Minko)
Tweak your lumps
Tweak your medicine
"Tweak Your Tailfeather"
Tweak-Fil-A
Tweak-Ums
Tweak's Company
Tweakachu
Tweakamole
Tweakazoid
Tweakback Mountain (or Broketweak Mountain)
"Tweakdown" (Tom Petty)
Tweaked Witch Of The West
Tweaken aback
"Tweakend In New England" (Barry Manilow)
Tweakenspiel
Tweakenstein
"The Tweaker" (The Who)
Tweaker Carlson
Tweaker Circus
Tweaker Of The House
Tweaker: The Man And His Dream
"Tweaket To Ride"
Tweakfast
Tweakfast in bed
"Tweakfast At Tiffany's"
Tweakheart (childhood, "Good Night", etc.)
Tweaki torches
Tweakies Cereal ("We are the Tweakies...")
Tweakila (The Champs, Rose, Sunrise, Mockingbird, etc.)
"Tweakin'" (Eddie Money)
Tweakin' It (70s sitcom Makin' It)
"Tweakin' It To The Streets"
Tweaking a difference
Tweaking Away
"Tweaking Care Of Business"
Tweaking Heads
"Tweaking In Your Sleep" (The Romantics)
Tweaking it over
Tweaking of which...
Tweaking the fourth wall
"Tweaking The Law" (Judas Priest)
Tweaking time bomb
"Tweaking Whoopee"
Tweakitos
Tweakle Me Elmo
Tweakle Trunk (Mr. Dressup)
"Tweakle Tweakle Little Star"
Tweakletoes
Tweakly World News
"Tweako" ("Biko"--Peter Gabriel)
Tweako Bell
Tweako-Roman wrestling
"Tweako Suave" (Gerardo)
Tweako The Wonder Dog
"Tweakon Blue" (Steely Dan)
Tweakon Jones (NFL Hall Of Famer Deacon)
"Tweakret Agent Man"
Tweakret Squirrel
Tweakretariat
Tweaks and valleys
"The Tweaks Come Out At Night"
"Tweaks for the memories..."
Tweaks of the trade
Tweakshaw
Tweakshow
Tweakson 5ive (Michael Tweakson, etc.)
Tweakson (Andrew, Jesse, Browne, Pollock, et al.)
Tweakson, Michigan (or Mississippi)
Tweakspeare
Tweaktoberfest
"Tweakulator" (Ying Yang Twins)
TweakWar (William Shatner)
"Tweaky" (Toni Basil)
Tweaky Bird
Tweaky Dick (Nixon)
Tweaky faucet
Tweaky Friday
Tweaky Fromme
Tweaky monkey
Tweaky Mouse Club
Tweaky Races
Tweaky Ricardo (Martin, Schroeder, et al.)
Tweaky tobaccy
The tweaky wheel gets the grease
Tweax Ritter
Tweaxas (Rangers, "Yellow Rose Of", Two-Step, et al.)
Tweaxie Chicks
Tweaxieland
Tweaxt messaging
Tweking duck
Twin Tweaks
"Two Tweakets To Paradise"
US Tweakly
"Up On Cripple Tweak"
Victoria's Tweakret
"We're Not Gonna Tweak It"
What the tweak...?
"When you tweak of this, and I know you will, be kind"
"Whistle While You Tweak" (Ying Yang Twins)
Wide Open Countweak
Winning tweak
You are what you tweak
You can't teach an old dog new tweaks
Zorba The Tweak

Hope you enjoyed Tweaksgiving. Happy Turkey Day, and thanks for reading The Pond!

QUOTE DU JOUR

"In Pakistan, due to his scandalous administration, the military dictator Pervez Musharraf is squandering years of social progress by imposing emergency rule against an angry public, denying their right to protest and possibly suspending the upcoming elections. To learn more about this complicated topic, just watch American news and substitute the word 'Musharraf' for 'Bush'."

--Alan Park, Royal Canadian Air Farce

MIRACLE IN MISSISSIPPI

Watch and enjoy.

I'M STILL WORKING ON THE POUTINE QUEST RECAP, BUT FOR NOW...

From CBC's The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos, I hereby pass along the

TOP TEN MOST UNFORTUNATE NAMES

10. Olympic gold medal swimmer Misty Hyman
9. Former Japanese prime minister Noboru Takeshita
8. New York Islander Miroslav Satan
7. Race car driver Dick Trickle
6. Russian figure skater Irina Slutskaya
5. Former baseball player Rusty Kuntz
4. Former college football player Lucious Pusey
3. George Stroumboulopoulos
2. Korean director Kang Suk-Bum

And the number one most unfortunate name...

1. Brazilian geologist Reinhardt Adolfo Fuck

COMING SOON: A RECAP OF POUTINE QUEST 2007!

But for now, a few thoughts I had while watching Sportscenter last night (other than that maybe the Bears should just start Devin Hester, the Windy City Flyer, at QB...He is ridiculous!)...

1. The latest person who wishes they were Tony Romo: Garo Yepremian

2. Troy Polamalu looks like a Doobie Brother

3. The Mets collapsed like the World Trade Center!

BRANDED!



The public has spoken...ASTERISK WINS!!!

IN DEFENCE OF MY INSANITY...

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that some of my friends have reacted to my poutine trip as though I have finally snapped. And perhaps I have. But in my defence (that's not a typo, that's how we Canadians spell 'defence'), I must point out that I enjoy the challenge of making all the connections involved and whatnot. And I enjoy a good adventure...especially a cheap one!

THE QUESTION NOW IS...

If Appalachian State goes to the I-AA championship game this year, will Michigan beg for a rematch?

DUCKSOUP'S POUTINE QUEST 2007

After finding out that I was Canadian, I got to thinking again about the pilgrimage to Toronto I hope to make someday, to visit meccas like the CBC and such. And of course go looking for poutine.

For the Canada-impaired, poutine is a junk-food delicacy in Montreal and other parts of Quebec and the rest of Canada. It's french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy.


Mmmmm...poutine...(drool drool)

And as I sometimes like to go find a picture related to what I'm posting here, I went looking for poutine pics and found the above pic at MontrealPoutine.com.

As my poutine craving increased, I began to wonder if there was any chance of finding poutine close to home. No dice. So I decided to go back to the Montreal Poutine site and contact the Poutine Guy (Or maybe it's just "Poutine Guy", as in the French name Guy, with an E sound. Whatever.) and ask him how far a trek I was looking at to find poutine.

A week later, Poutine Guy (or Guy) emailed back saying the closest poutine to Toledo was in Montreal itself. Ouch. He also sent a map of places to find poutine worldwide. Of course if you go look at the map you'll notice there's poutine to be had in Toronto, which is considerably closer to me than Montreal.

Now, going by actual driving distance, it turns out that, at least for me, Toronto is just a bit closer than Milwaukee. However, since I am not currently driving, I would have to take a bus to get to either city. This is a deal breaker for Toronto, since taking Greyhound there and back would cost me $127, and even the best poutine in the world couldn't be worth that much.

Milwaukee, on the other hand, is served by Megabus, as is Toledo. Both have routes connecting to Chicago. And if one buys a Megabus ticket far enough in advance (about 6 weeks), you can get a ticket for as low as $1. I would need 4 tickets, round trips from Toledo to Chicago and Chicago to Milwaukee. Add a reservation fee and my grand total cost to take Megabus to Milwaukee is a mere $4.50! This is not a typo. FOUR DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS!

The next issue was scheduling. Due to my work sked, I had to pick a Thursday, since I would have to leave sometime after I got off work Wednesday night, and return in time to run karaoke on Friday night. The earliest Thursday on which all 4 tickets would still be $1 each was Sept. 27th.

Now I begin to wonder if this whole madcap scheme is actually doable. Cost is not an issue; even if I bought the tickets and my plans later fell thru for whatever reason, I am still out only $4.50. And so I plan out a hypothetical itinerary.

After exploring all my options, I determined that the best possible sked was as follows (all times approximate):

Wednesday 10pm, get off work
10:10pm, catch the 5 bus to the last lineup, transfer to the 32, arrive at Southwyck around 11:30
11:30pm to Thursday 1:50am, kill time at Steak-n-shake til the Megabus arrives
1:50am EDT, board Megabus to Chicago, hopefully sleep on the way
5:30am CDT, arrive at Union Station in Chicago
5:30am to 9:30am, kill time in downtown Chicago, go have a light breakfast (gotta save room for the poutine!), read the Chicago papers
9:30am, board Megabus to Milwaukee, spend next two hours CORNSURFING! Yay!
11:25am, arrive near the Amtrak Station in Milwaukee

So much for the first part of the journey. The last bus back to Chicago is 6:30pm, so I have 7 hours to play with in Milwaukee. The poutine is at The Red Dot, about 3 miles from the Megabus drop point. I can walk it in about an hour. (Mind you I could use the exercise since I'm going to pig out on poutine!) So, a nice poutine lunch, then I still have plenty of time to explore a bit of the town on my way back to catch the bus back to Chicago. Now I just have to hit the Red Dot website to make sure they're open for lunch...

They aren't.

Ruh roh. They open at 4pm. This is a bad thing. Now I have to kill time exploring on my way there, wait for them to open, then I only have about an hour to go in and sit down and order my poutine and wait for my order and eat it before I have to start walking back so I don't miss my bus! The whole adventure from leaving work Wednesday night to getting home Friday morning will total 32 hours, 1/3 of which will entail killing time waiting for buses, and then I gotta rush thru eating my poutine?! This appears to be a deal-breaker.

Only one option left. Time to look up local bus schedules in Milwaukee. I luck out. The 15 goes by the Red Dot and within a short walk of the Megabus stop. So I can leave around 5:45 and still make the connection. This nearly doubles my poutine time. Whew. Now, what to do in Milwaukee from 11:30am to 4pm? A while later I learn about a spy-themed bar called the Safe House, which not only is less than a mile from the Megabus stop, but is only a block from the 15 bus! Saves me a time-consuming walk to Red Dot. Interesting.

Okay, so continuing the sked...

Thursday, 11:30am CDT, walk about a mile to the spy bar, have a martini, shaken not stirred, enjoy all the wacky secret passageways and shit, (and even if I get bored with the spy bar, I can always stroll over and visit the International Clown Hall Of Fame a few blocks away) catch the 15 around 3:30 at the latest

4pm, be there when Red Dot opens, and enjoy about an hour and 45 minutes eating poutine (with real Wisconsin Cheddar cheese curds!), and hope it's possible to take some home for myself later

5:45pm, leave Red Dot, catch 15 at about 5:58, get off downtown and walk back to Megabus by 6:30

6:30pm, board Megabus back to Chicago, enjoy two more hours of CORNSURFING!

8:25pm, arrive back in Chicago, kill time until 11:59, perhaps find a karaoke spot?

11:59pm, board Megabus back to Toledo, hopefully sleep on the way

Friday, 5:20am, arrive at Southwyck, wait for next 32 bus

6am, get home and pass out for the day, and still wake up in time for karaoke

This whole plan is, in fact, doable. Completely INSANE, but doable. The next day, I put a couple bucks in the bank on my way to work, and when I get home I hop online and order Megabus tickets for Sept. 27th. It's booked. I'm going. To review, I am looking at a 32-hour odyssey, almost half of which will be spent riding buses, about another third spent waiting for said buses, plus the 7 hours in Milwaukee. All this for french fries, cheese curds and gravy. I need professional help. (Okay, sure, I could just go buy the ingredients at Kroger and make my own poutine at home, but where's the fun in that?! [Did I mention real Wisconsin cheddar cheese curds?} Plus, I'd miss out on the spy bar.)

Megabus tickets to Milwaukee and back: $4.50
One large helping of poutine (with real Wisconsin cheddar cheese curds!) at the Red Dot: $4.75.
(Yes, you read correctly. I will spend more for the poutine than I will on bus fare getting to it!)
Chicago and Milwaukee newspapers to read along the way: $3-$4
Martini, shaken not stirred, at the spy bar: probly $5, tops
The level of pure insanity I have to have to not only consider such a ridiculous adventure, but actually plan it: PRICELESS

TO WHAT LENGTHS WILL ONE MAN GO...FOR POUTINE?

THE ANSWER COMING SOON!

My name is Ducksoup, and
I...
AM...
CANADIAN!



Today at a family reunion I had a look at a bit of the geneaology on my dad's side, and turns out one of my great-great-great-great-grandmothers was BORN IN CANADA!

So now it's official, campers...there's maple syrup in my family tree! It courses viscously through my veins!



I can't wait to go home. Someday...

TOP EIGHT BEST BAND NAMES PLAYING THE TOLEDO AREA THIS WEEK:

A shorter list than last week, but no shorter on quality names.

8. I think this one is self-explanatory...Lez Zepplin--Thursday at Magic Bag
7. Gore Gore Girls--Friday at Mickey Finn's Pub
6. Bucketmouth--Friday at Frankie's Inner-City
5. An old favorite...Ten Inch Willy--Fri & Sat at Michigan Tavern
4. I'm partial to this one, for obvious reasons...The Dougouts--Saturday at Frankie's Inner-City
3. Okay, now I get it...Purple Crayons--Saturday at Headliners
2. Goat Motor--Saturday at Village Idiot

And the number one best band name playing the Toledo area this week: Unlike the others which were all under the Rock/Alternative catgory, this one is under Celtic/Irish, which is a bit odd because the name sounds Scottish...

1. Enter The Haggis--Wednesday at Mickey Finn's Pub

AND NOW, A SALUTE TO THE WORLD'S ALL-TIME HOME RUN KING


SADAHARU OH: 868 home runs

(Hey Barry, you're still 112 behind...you got enough 'roids to catch up? I DON'T THINK SO!)

TOP TEN BEST BAND NAMES PLAYING THE TOLEDO AREA THIS WEEK

10. RakeShakers--Saturday at Club Legenz
9. BrainBanger--Friday at Mickey Finn's Pub
8. Glowing Brains--Sunday at Mickey Finn's Pub
7. Streetlamps For Spotlights--Friday at Mickey Finn's Pub
6. The Winks?--Wednesday at Frankie's Inner-City
5. Habitual Coersion--Saturday at Mickey Finn's Pub
4. Down To Earth Approach--Friday at Headliners
3. Floating Face Down--Sunday at Headliners
2. No Point Intended--Friday at Headliners
1. Beer Nuts--Fri & Sat at Ladies Choice

Honorable Mention: Silversun Pickups--Monday at Frankie's Inner-City

FIRST THINGS FIRST...HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM, WISH YOU WERE HERE FOR IT

My mom would have turned 71 today, which of course is just 69 with two fingers in your ass.

Secondly...

TOM SNYDER, 1936-2007

Fire up a colortini and enjoy this classic clip, re-posted from a few months ago, in memory of one of the all-time greats.

A classic. Enjoy!

DUCKSOUP'S BACK, AND NOW HE'S...WELL, OKAY, HE'S STILL NOT BLACK, BUT HE'S BACK, AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING

Yes, campers, I am finally back online (although my computer still sucks), and I have a question for all of you. I know this will sound like a joke question, but it is not. This is merely based on an observation I have recently made:

What do the war in Iraq, the NBC show "To Catch A Predator", and the Crappy Underwear...er, I mean, Carrie Underwood song "Before He Cheats" all have in common?

If you think you know, email me at askduckpond2007@sacbeemail.com, and in a few days or a week or so I'll post the more interesting responses and the actual answer. (And I'm looking for more than just the obvious answer, which of course is that they all suck.)

HAPPY 28TH ANNIVERSARY OF DISCO DEMOLITION!

RANDOM THOTS UNTIL MY HOUR OF LIBRARY INTERNET ACCESS RUNS OUT

New job starts next week. Looks like it might be fun, or at least interesting. The hours are good, won't interfere with karaoke, and it'll keep the bills paid.

As for the old job, MARITZ IS EVIL. Let no one tell you different. I won't be one bit surprised when they destroy the life of one person too many and get the Virginia Tech treatment. (And no, I won't be the one doing it. I'm a pacifist and I'm no good with firearms. But I can dream.)



Watched the minor-league all-star game last night, from Isotopes Park in Albuquerque. Yes, the team there is called the Isotopes. Further proof that The Simpsons has been on WAAAY too long.

The 'retro' trend continues: Life keeps going in reverse not only for me but those I know. I'm back to doing phone surveys, and just the other night I was helping keep Idiotboy amused during his 3rd-shift gas station job. I can't help but notice how my life has been moving backwards and getting progressively worse over the last 6 years (2001-07), as opposed to the 8 years before that when life kept getting progressively better (1993-2001). Well, I'll be...those two time periods perfectly coincide with the Clinton presidency and the Bush dictatorship! Imagine that.



Speaking of Melissa Etheridge at Live Earth, wow. Right on, sister. Right on. Sadly my DVR failed to record a huge chunk of the whole shebang, but I at least got her stint, plus a nice Duran Duran/Sly and the Family Stone mashup and the Keith Urban/Alicia Keys duet. I missed the Spinal Tap reunion. :( Also I missed the holographic Al Gore, but maybe that's a good thing. But I did catch the Antarctic scientist band performance. Love their band name: Nunatak. Pronounced 'nun attack'. No accident that there were plenty of actual penguins enjoying the performance. Would have been cooler if an established band had made the trip down there for the occasion, because frankly, Nunatak were less than standard garage-band quality. Though they were still far more talented than Glide!



Which segues into the next topic. Note to Silversun Pickups: I dig "Lazy Eye", but I certainly hope not all your songs sound like Smashing Pumpkins. (The last thing the world needs is another Glide. There's a reason those talentless hacks only ever managed to put out half an album! [And BTW, Moron...er, Maroon 5: Please, all of you, die.])



Has anyone else with Buckeye cable checked out the new music channels, supplied by URGE Radio? Lots of good channels on there. My fave is "Dream Sequence", which could've just as easily been named after Pete's bit on the Steve Dahl Show: "Music Snob Corner". Also I've been hearing plenty of Drive-By Truckers on the "Diner" channel as well as "Wide Open Cunt..." [cough cough]...excuse me, "Wide Open Country". And the comedy channel is good too, tho they need another separate channel for novelty music.



Almost forgot Wimbledon. I had to mute the sound on the Venus Williams/Maria Sharapova match. (Perhaps the two worst grunters in tennis since Monica Seles.) Sounded worse than any Dynasty catfight. Even if they were co-starring in lesbian porn, I still wouldn't want to hear them making the noises they were making during that match!

Gotta go now. I still have a solitaire game I invented to pitch to the folks at Hoyle. Until next time, I leave you with this thot? Have you gone out yet and found a copy of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"? If not, read the previous post below.

"SIX INCHES FORWARD AND FIVE INCHES BACK..."

Yes indeedy, I am once again in that mode that many of you know I get in from time to time where I can't stop plugging something really cool. In this case it's Hedwig And The Angry Inch, a flick that IFC (they rule) ran a few weeks ago that I can't stop re-watching. The plot is extremely odd, the music is exceptional, it has moments of deep drama, high comedy, and it's sure to offend more than a few people. In other words, it's exactly MY kind of movie!



So the link I included above is for Borders/Amazon, but those of you who use Netflix can probably get it thru that too, or those who get IFC can wait until they air it again. If they do, I will do my best to alert you here on the Pond.

MY COMPUTER SUCKS, THE NEW BRIDGE DOESN'T

Just to update everyone, my computer's power supply fried itself a couple of weeks ago, thus my only internet access since has been when I have time to come to the library, thus my postings may be even more infrequent than usual for a while. (Plus the library internet has its drawbacks, chiefly the time limit. Last Friday I had just finished composing a post similar to this and tried posting it just seconds before my time ran out, only to find I had failed to close one of my html tags. I corrected it and was just one second from posting when POOF. If I hadn't started laughing I'd've started crying.)

Saturday I was able to go up on the new I-280 bridge. Great view in all directions, I only wish I had thot to take binocs with me. Also skipped the last couple hours of karaoke that night (during which I usually only get one more song in anyway) to check out the light display on the central pylon. There could have been more variations in the color patterns, but still cool. Sadly, the pic below is the best I can find so far. (My personal fave was the candy corn pattern for Halloween.)

More later...

THERE WILL NOW BE A WHOPPING GREAT INTERMISSION...

My computer sucks. It has always sucked. Now it sucks like the electric broom in that classic Steve Dahl bit about the guy who cut off his tallywhacker.

My power supply fried itself a couple of weeks ago. A new one will cost me 40 bucks. Thus for the foreseeable future my internet access will be limited to using the library internet, which gives 'limited' a whole new meaning.

See you all soon. I hope.