I started using Crunchbang because it was so lightweight and ran great on Virtual Box on Windows 7. I stopped using it, when they stopped developing it. I wasn’t aware of ++. I will be installing it this evening.

Hopefully, I did a lot of work in the Texas sun today. I have a huge ass travel mug that I use when working outside, and I filled it and finished it twice.

Cycling is the same way. There is a huge difference between a $200 Walmart bike and $800 bike from an actual bike store. But there are people out there dropping $10k or more on a bike.

I remember the first time I went to get new tires for my road bike, the guy was like, “we have $20 ones and $50 ones.” When I asked what the difference was he said, “the $50 ones weigh about 2 oz less”

Again it’s all about finding the happy middle ground. I’ve purchased all of my bikes used or previous models. Yes, bicycles can have model years and you can save big when the new ones come out and they want to get rid of the old ones.

It’s my wife’s all time favorite show, so I really tried. Some of the early arcs were a drag (cough, cough, Arabasta, cough). But from Water 7 through Marineford it just got better and better, and I really enjoyed it. Even after the time skip Dressrosa and Whole Cake were for the most part engaging. But man, Wano was such a slog. By the time they finished the flashback, I just didn’t give a shit about that island anymore. I’m tempted to just skip to Egghead, or give One Pace a shot.

I watched nearly a thousand episodes of One Piece before finally giving up when they did a 17 episode flashback for a story that could have been told through exposition.

Did I meet these potatoes before?

What a weekend. We lost Dr. Ruth, Richard Simmons, now Shannen Doherty in less than two days. RIP

I had to travel out of the country for work, so the night before I got all packed up and put my passport and wallet on the end table where I always kept them. Next morning I woke up and was getting ready to head to the airport and my wallet was gone. I tore apart my entire house trying to find it. Just as I was about to call the airline to reschedule my flight, my wife found it. It has slipped off the end table hit the arm of the couch and got stuck in a little cut out decorations around the edge of the end table. Just perfectly balanced, so it didn’t fall when I was pulling everything apart.

Ira Glass if the battle is on land. Stephen Dubner if it is in the air. Guy Raz if it is in water.

I will not be taking questions.

Anansi Boys narrated by Lenny Henry

Normally I like it when Neil Gaiman narrates his books, but Lenny Henry does a phenomenal job with the Anansi Boys characters.

Years ago I went on a date with a beautiful woman. We had been talking online for months but this was our first in person date. We went to a bar near my apartment. Afterwards, she was feeling a little buzzed, so I suggested we watch a movie before she drove home. Looking through my DVD collection she immediately chose this film. We had a wonderful night sharing our love of the Beatles.

A year later, I recreated that first date. When we got back to the apartment we now shared. I asked her to put on this movie, which I had hidden an engagement ring in. It’s been 18 years and we’re still together and still loving the Beatles.

Watch out for his gland thing. Apparently it’s no joke.

There are plenty of people who go out there and take their picture on the X where he was shot. Although I do get some enjoyment from watching them quickly realize that it is actually a very busy street and drivers will not slow down for them.

Wow! That is a ton of great information. I totally get I could just down a ton of carbs and call it vegan. Luckily, I have an awesome wife who takes care of all my other meals, and she makes vegan dishes probably 3-4 days of the week. Breakfast is really the only thing I have to come up with on my own. I’ve never been the type that can skip it. My focus at work will be off all morning until I eat. She regularly sleeps later than me, and skips breakfast a lot.

Also, I’m totally onboard with the doing it for the animals and the planet. If it wasn’t for our kids we probably would have completely made the switch now. We’ve been trying to introducing more to them, but we do have some picky eaters.

I wish my cat would do cute things like that. When she wants to eat she just sits by the door and gives me a death stare. Then if I don’t notice her after a bit she’ll tear around the house like mad while making the fox em noise from Robinhood Men in Tights.

One of my favorite Wikipedia entries comes from this song. This entire passage just cracks me up.

“Spirit in the Sky” makes several religious references to Jesus, and Greenbaum himself is Jewish. In a 2006 interview with The New York Times, Greenbaum told a reporter he was inspired to write the song after watching Porter Wagoner singing a gospel song on TV. Greenbaum said: “I thought, ‘Yeah, I could do that,’ knowing nothing about gospel music, so I sat down and wrote my own gospel song. It came easy. I wrote the words in 15 minutes.” Greenbaum had previously been a member of psychedelic jug band Dr. West’s Medicine Show and Junk Band.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_in_the_Sky

Put Richard Simmons on either side and you have 25 or 6 to 4 from Chicago. That solo has no right to be as fire as it is.

Don’t remind me. It’s only June and I’m already sick of the heat

Blue Powerade slushy from Sonic on a hot summer day is the GOAT

There is a version of Macbeth from 1979 with Ian McKellen and Judy Dench. It’s not really a movie but a recording from the Royal Shakespeare Company. It uses minimal sets and just the actors standing in a circle. My wife is a huge Shakespeare fan, but I had no real interest in watching it outside of making her happy. But it was amazing. The acting was absolutely incredible. I’ve never seen anything else like it.