May 31, 2014

Sounders v Real Salt Lake

Mass Effect 2 - Insanity

May 30, 2014

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

May 29, 2014

Inside Amy Schumer

Slap Chef and Sleep Gym

Love and Rockets

I didn't realize the title was so literal. 
Maggie is a mechanic and she is fixing a rocket while falling in love.

May 28, 2014

The Signal

Rhino Room - Chicken and Waffles

Ma'ono has a little station in the corner where they make this.

May 27, 2014

THE 13 BEST COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES OF ALL TIME EVER (RECENTLY) SO FAR

Scientists Look At Bruce Lee's One Inch Punch

Sobering Images Show Famous World War I Battle Sites A Century Later
Oasis - Whatever

Released in '94 between albums

May 26, 2014

Sciencey Stuff You May Have Missed - Week 21

This Abandoned Wasteland Was Once America's Largest Mall

Memories of My 16 Year Career In Video Games

Men In Blazers - World Cup 2014 Previews

Legend of Drunken Master

T2: Judgement Day  

May 25, 2014

Mariner Game

We stayed in the 'Pen all day.

But I ventured to the right field foul pole to get Pyrmaid Weiss Cream Ale.

It's on nitrous, it's so smooth, and I've only ever seen it here.

There are pictures somewhere...

May 24, 2014

X-Men

Champions League Final

Three Extra-Time Goals Give Real Madrid Champions League Title

Atlético Madrid's Diego Simeone Is The World's Dopest Manager
Sounders

May 23, 2014

14 TV Shows We're Most Excited About

You Have Not Failed This City:

Catching Up On Arrow

How to Win Reservations and Influence Waiters

Recap Game Of Thrones - "Let My Love Open The Moondoor"

Recap Game Of Thrones - "Fly, My Pretty, Fly!"

Recap Mad Men Hitfix

Recap Mad Men Grantland

NBA Conference Finals Preview

Sounder Adult Dream Camp

X-Men Days of Future Past is One of the Most Influential Comics Stories Ever

Netflix Action Movie Canon: Legend of Drunken Master

NDTyson Lists 8 Free Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read

May 22, 2014

Georgetown Liquor Company

Team Ecco and Sonic for the WIN!!!

May 21, 2014

May 20, 2014

Tennis was beautiful today.

And I learned that The Flash has strange villains.
Weather Wizard? Trickster?
I've never heard of them 

May 19, 2014

How To Suck

A Special Message To The Graduating Class of 2014

Line Your Walls with Mass Effect, Bioshock Posters

Interview with First Aid Kit

10 Best Stories In The (Now Discarded) Star Wars Extended Universe

We Are Comics Campaign

Community Cancelled
Five Seasons and an Unlikely Resurrection

TMNT Theme Song As A Slow Jam

Taken from the secret perch of the El Camion Taco Truck. 
It's not that secret because there's a big sign. 
But I had to come to Home Depot anyway, and I knew where the tacos were hiding.
It feels like one of those secret things that only locals know.

May 18, 2014

This is a pinball game called Slugfest at Hooverville.
It's really fun, and I earned four free games.

The Rise of the Red Devils

Belgium might be one of the most exciting teams at the World Cup.

The West Wing Uncensored

Worth reading, if only for Sorkin's idea for the final image.
SORKIN: From time to time, my mind would wander to what a series finale would look like. I didn't have any ideas — just an image. Bartlet, the now ex-president, would be in street clothes and a baseball cap and just blend into the crowd until we couldn't make him out anymore.

The Flash - Extended Trailer

May 17, 2014

Sounders v. San Jose

King Street Bar and Oven

Buckleys

95 Slide 
(But I guess it's Weird Booty Dancing Time on Saturdays)

St. John's

May 16, 2014

Bag O' Games from a really nice family.


Bouncy Obstacle Course at the Wild West Dance

May 15, 2014

Superman - Red Son

Superman: Red Son is a comic book published by DC Comics that was released under their Elseworlds imprint in April, 2003. Author Mark Millar created the comic with the premise "what if Superman had been raised in theSoviet Union?" It received critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2004 Eisner Award for best limited series.

The series was told across three large prestige format comic books. It mixes alternate versions of DC super-heroes with alternate-reality versions of real political figures such as Joseph Stalin and John F. Kennedy.

In Red Son, Superman's rocket ship lands on a Ukrainian collective farm rather than in Kansas, an implied reason being a small time difference (a handful of hours) from the original timeline, meaning Earth's rotation placed the Ukraine in the ship's path instead of Kansas. Instead of fighting for "... truth, justice, and the American Way," Superman is described in Soviet radio broadcasts "... as the Champion of the common worker who fights a never-ending battle for Stalin, socialism, and the international expansion of the Warsaw Pact."




Siff Volunteer Shirt

I'm going to have a hard time volunteering this year because I don't want to wear this shirt.

May 14, 2014

Agent Ward Actually Becomes a Human Being

Though I was disappointed at first, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. got really good this year.

They did a great job retooling what didn't work until they found where the fun and excitement was hiding. 

It's not too late to catch up.

The Illustrated Song of Myself

Just A Man And His Cape

Superheroes need to get away sometimes. 

And sometimes they retreat to nature, just like the rest of us.

Some app called "Make It Rain" is tearing up iTunes.
What the heck?

May 13, 2014

Three hours of testing
So I'm caught up on everything at work

And got to watch some cartoons with the kids.

Beautiful weather for tennis
We played 10 on a court and even dad jumped in.

Jason grilled two kinds of flank steak while we watched the playoffs

Marvel agents of shield had a great finale with Sam Jackson.

And I went to bed early

But there aren't any pictures.

 
I just didn't think about pictures.

May 12, 2014

Men In Blazers World Cup Preview

Mad Men S7E5: White Noise

Game Of Thrones Recap: The Trial of Tyrion

May 11, 2014

EPL Final Day - FREE SHIRTS

Newcastle v Liverpool

Frozen

My mom loves Disney, but doesn't stay up to date on the new classics.

Power Grid

May 10, 2014

Having so many good things to watch/listen/play/read is wonderful, but comes with a dark side.

Great things are used up and discarded in favor of the new.

I can't remember the last time I re-read a book or re-listened to a podcast. 
So here are two great things that I recycled:

Mass Effect 2

GI Joe Retaliation

I wrote this as a reminder to go through the SIFF schedule this year. But there are SO MANY GOOD MOVIES that I didn't finish yet.

(SIFF Movie Schedule

necessitates going through previous years.

I should really add tags to old posts.)

May 9, 2014

May 8, 2014

SNL: The Little Mermaid

The World's Biggest Pac Man Game

The New Age Outlaws of Country

The Best Life Lessons From Stand Up Comedians

May 7, 2014

Sounders v FC Dallas

Such emotional whiplash.
The ref was a joke, throwing out yellow cards the same way the Hulk deals out smashing.
The growing frustration turned on a dime thanks to a late goal to steal three points.
I couldn't even really enjoy the victory. 
I could barely believed it happened.

May 6, 2014

NBA Playoffs Overnight: Chris Paul, the Conqueror

What Happens to Boys Who Fall Behind? They Become Men Who Can’t Catch Up.

Why We Need Facebook As A Digital Graveyard

Should Spider-Man Swing Or Run?

The Start Up of You

Seattle is Poised To Raise It's Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour.

Goodbye, Seattle.

May 5, 2014

It's Staff Appreciation Week.

This is the first year where that hasn't done anything for me.
I don't feel more appreciated.
I don't feel like the long hours and low pay are helped by a poster.

I get this way about once a year.
And normally, to pull myself out of it, I make a list.
The list has two columns:

Kids who drive me crazy because they are immature, annoying, or apathetic.

And kids who are a joy to work with because they work hard, are friendly, and exhibit growth throughout the year.

This helps me because, usually, my list of "Good" kids is much longer than my list of "Challenging" kids.

This year's total:
"Good"  - 59
"Challenging" - 37

It's never been that close before. 

May 4, 2014

Star Wars Cantina Band Auditions

USA TODAY writes about the making of the video

Game of Thrones Precap

May 3, 2014

Sounders v Union

THREE POINTS!!!


Avoiding NBA Extinction

Playoff Power Rankings From A Historic First Round

LeVar Burton Wants Everyone To Participate in Free Comic Book Day

Free Comic Book Day

Climbing The Walls 
On the generic state of the Hollywood Comic Book Blockbuster

May 2, 2014

NPR Music

All Songs Considered SXSW Preview

I know I'm late to the party, but there's some great stuff in here.

Team Me - F is for Faker

John and Jacob - I'd Go Back

Deon Jackson - When Your Love Has Gone

He won't be at SXSW.
He's from the 1960's.

Interview with Mad Men Showrunner Matthew Weiner

Felix Hernandez and Macklemore Team Up In Anti-Bullying PSA

Perseverance, Self-Transcendence, and the “Slow Churn” of Creativity: A Conversation with Artist Rachel Sussman

At a recent event at the School of Visual Arts Theater in New York, I had the pleasure of interviewing Brooklyn-based artist, photographer, and Guggenheim Fellow Rachel Sussman about The Oldest Living Things in the World (public library) — her decade-long labor-of-love photographic masterpiece at the intersection of fine art, science, and philosophy highlighting thirty humbling organisms over 2,000 years of age, which I’ve covered at length previously. In our conversation, we explore how deep time helps make sense of our fleeting human lives, what the role of the “slow churn” of ideation is in the creative process, and why any meaningful creative endeavor requires an act of self-transcendence.


How Romance Is Evolving In Video Games


Jameis Winston Stole Crab Legs
Dadgumit!

May 1, 2014

After tennis practice, my dad wanted to get coffee.

Then I spent Happy Hour on a patio