You wake up early and get a lot done in the mornings. It's your lunch hour and you're excited to have some free time for yourself. You went to bed at 10:30 last night and woke up feeling fresh and rejuvenated. Good. Great. Grand. Lemme tell you something: I was awake until at least 5:00…
Star Wars — Episode IV: No Hope (or: “Paging Dr. Skywalker”)
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... ...there was a young boy named Luke Skywalker. Like many boys his age, Luke dreamed of becoming a Jedi, just like his father. He would stare up at the sky and dream of adventures among the stars. At first, all signs seemed to indicate that…
William Henry Harrison — The best president ever?
For awhile I've been toying with the idea of changing baseball allegiances from the Cubs to the White Sox. The Cubs have been frustrating of late (and by "of late" I mean, of course, for the last 102 years). But I've decided that there's simply no way I could ever become a Cubs turncoat. It's…
The Marlon Byrd, The Witch, and The Wardrobe?
Sometimes I think that names are spelled peculiarly for a reason. For example, Marlon Byrd spells his last name with a "y." Why? Would it not make sense to be Marlon Bird? It's a clue, you see, into his real identity. Don't you find it disturbingly odd that the spelling of "Byrd" and the word…
Coffee? Tea? Bathroom cleanser?
The other day I was enjoying a cup of coffee. It was so good, I thought I'd have a second cup. I filled up my mug, and headed toward the computer to check some emails, but decided to hit the bathroom first. I went to set my coffee mug on the shelf that stands just…
New Tiger Woods Nike Commercial — Just Hate It?
Tiger Woods has a new commercial out. It's a Nike ad. That's the voice of Tiger's late father, Earl Woods. Nike hasn't released information regarding the context of those words spoken by Woods' father, but I'd speculate that it's commentary on the state of Tiger's progression as a golfer. Likely as a very, very young…
Little Boys Messin’ ‘Round With the Girls Playin’ Double Dutch
As the weather begins to turn nice, and then lousy, and then nice again, not only am I reminded of the Will Smith song Summertime (hence the title of this post), but I'm also reminded of something that my fourth grade gym teacher used to say to me, "Mike, you jump rope well. Perhaps too…
“Eat Our Dreams” — by Slazenger 7
I'm just days short of making it a year since my last post. Let's consider today's post a re-introduction of myself to the world, which is round. More to come soon. As for this post, why I haven't posted this video sooner, I'm simply not sure. But this is a video I made last summer…
A New Slazenger 7 Video
Despite our inactivity, my band Slazenger 7 has a new video up and running on YouTube. This video is for our anthem titled "Chicago." Guitarist Todd put this together a few weeks ago, though we shot the footage in drummer Matt's basement well over a year ago. It's a pretty good piece of work, in…
My First Solo Musical Project (Behind the Music – Slazenger 7.5)
So I've let a few months lapse by since I've really written a post. I threw a little thing up about the passing of Bettie Page, of course, but that simply needed doing. So I've decided to post something new here. I'm a bit apprehensive about doing this, but I'm posting a few songs I…
Because the World is Round 