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My Son Is Tough

billcolrus — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:26:22 +0000

While we waited as the lady who was cutting Sam’s hair answered a phone call, Sam and I had the following conversation…

Me: “Sam, look at all that hair… That was on your head.”

Sam: “Is the red part from the blood?”

Me: “No, buddy, your hair is just kinda red. There isn’t any blood.”

Sam: “Oh.”

We Have Divorced Sprint

billcolrus — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:27:55 +0000

A few days after Christmas, Melissa and I decided the drop the ever-nickel-and-diming-us Sprint and try WalMart’s Straight Talk cell phone service. So far, we are both very happy with it. The phones are nicer than the ones we had, and the online activation was practically instantaneous. It looks like we’ll have more call and text time than we’ll know what to do with, and we should save anywhere from $35 to $50 per month compared to what we’ve been paying with Sprint.

billcolrus — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:30:55 +0000

“I like smiling. Smiling’s my favorite!” — Buddy the Elf

billcolrus — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:37:17 +0000

This is pretty fantastic.

A short film shot in Astoria, Queens during the blizzard is getting high praise from Roger Ebert, who says it deserves to win the Academy Award for best live-action short subject. The short, titled “Idiot With a Tripod,” is an homage to the 1929 short “Man With a Movie Camera.”

My Ten Favorite Songs of 2010

billcolrus — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:47:31 +0000

1. “Play Myself Some Music” (R. Stevie Moore Cover) by Jason Falkner

2. “Grip” by Hume

3. “Shylight” by Soviet League

4. “Sunbeam Show” by Candy Claws

5. “Into Yr Mind” by Young Hunting

6. “Solitude Is Bliss” by Tame Impala

7. “Boyfriend” by Best Coast

8. “Round and Round” by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

9. “Wishing He Was Dead” by The Like

10. “The Lonely Smurfer” by Johnny Hawaii

billcolrus — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 04:50:26 +0000

“Into Yr Mind” by Young Hunting | mp3

“There’s a specific but maddeningly intangible skill in creating a song that seems to be without either beginning or end and yet is so hopelessly engaging.” — From a review by Joe Sparrow

How a McRib Works

billcolrus — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:51:18 +0000

Step One: Four “ribs” (or strips of processed pork product) are glued to the top of a slab of processed pork product.

Step Two: Processed pork product is smothered with same barbecue sauce served with Chicken McNuggets.

Step Three: Sauce-smothered processed pork product is then placed on McRib bun. Pickles and onions are added, and the sandwich is heated.

Step Four: Heated sandwich is placed in cardboard box. Box is placed on tray.

Step Five: Customer pays for McRib.

Step Six: Cashier gives customer his or her change, pulls McRib away from customer, and tells customer to come back next year.

billcolrus — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 04:54:17 +0000

Kate’s first birthday.

Coolidge Park Carousel. August 28, 2010.

The Single Most Iconic Commercial of My Childhood

billcolrus — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:57:44 +0000

I can’t tell you how many times I saw this when I was a kid.

2010: A Summer Odyssey

billcolrus — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:05:38 +0000

(Hammonasset Beach State Park. Madison, CT. My hometown.)

Are you having a backyard barbecue this summer? Going to the beach? Cleaning out your garage? Hangin’ by the pool? Taking a road trip?
Whatever your summer plans, be sure to take this podcast along. And be sure to play it loud.

Featuring obvious and obscure audio from The Flaming Lips, Jurassic 5, XTC, The Shannons, Roy Ayers, Groove Armada, From Leaf to Father, Billy Stewart, The Incredible Bongo Band, Herbie Hancock, The Sugarplastic, Jon Rauhouse, The Meat Puppets, Doves, Marmalade, Cornelius, The Peddlers, Massive Attack, and many more.

Click here to listen/download.

(76 minutes. 87 MB mp3.)