You know I really like Tennis Courts by Lorde…
But I can’t help but think of this lamb every time the chorus cuts in…
Month: August 2013
From the Trenches
I just recoded a client’s system to make 2 requests to the database in place of 16,000.
This would count as a triumph of programming skill if it wasn’t for the fact that I’m the idiot who coded it to make 15,998 unnecessary requests in the first place…
Vital Information
If you don’t understand this, then you SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO VOTE!
Source: Chickennation.com
Dance Across the Floor
Karaoke is not Good for You
This is really impressive…
(Man, this blog is just turning into a collection of YouTube videos isn’t it?)
Chris Brown has Left the Building
Chris “I beat women for fun” Brown is apparently quitting the music industry. If I actually believed for a second that he’d stick to this I would issue a call for wild celebrations, but seriously, how long will it be before he’s making guest appearances on other shitty ‘urban’ tracks left right and centre?
In any case, I only mention this because it gives me an excuse to post one of the funniest YouTube vids I’ve seen in quite some time…
Urban polka is most definitely a concept whose time has come!
La La La
This is surprisingly not bad…
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Don’t
How can you make arguably one of the Beatles worst songs actually sound good? Shift it to a minor key!
To my ears it sounds like Gorillaz covering Madness, but maybe that’s just me.
Tyra Banks is the Mind Killer
I have a high tolerance for crap. I mean I listen to the Legendary Stardust Cowboy for entertainment. I would happily watch Manos: The Hands of Fate without the MST3K commentary. But man…
Recently I’ve been listening to a very entertaining new podcast on the subject of medical history named Sawbones. Hosted by Dr Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin, each episode covers a medical misconception that killed and maimed tens of thousands of innocent people over hundreds of years. Given that biology, medicine, history and insane extremes of human behaviour are favourite subjects of mine, I actually already know upwards of 80% of what they discuss, but I enjoy their presentation and interaction and as such have become a dedicated listener.
Over the weekend I discovered that they used to do another podcast, a TV oriented show named Satellite Dish. I checked out a few episodes and quite enjoyed them, so I subscribed. But then… oh the horror!
The last three episodes of Satellite Dish consists of Sydnee explaining to Justin the plot of Tyra Banks’ novel Modelland. I listened to the first of these yesterday, and it damn near killed me.
I don’t mean I almost died laughing. I mean the sheer inanity/insanity of the plot made me feel physically ill. My brain went into some kind of infinite loop trying to reconcile the plot with some semblance of reality or common sense, and crashed. By the end of the episode I was on the verge of a migraine headache and had to have a lie down. TYRA BANKS KILLED MY BRAIN!
I have stared into the abyss and it defeated me. I now understand what people mean on Reddit when they reply with “This post gave me cancer”.
I have deleted parts two and three of the review from my computer and have no intention of ever listening to them. The rest of Satellite Dish I have no problem with – I’m listening to an episode right now – but the final three are forever verbotten. Tyra Banks is the mind killer, and I have no intention of letting her particular brand of insanity pass through me ever again. Yeesh!
