Pic of the day 2012: day 165
My Super7 lucky bag came in today. Quite a few gems in there.
View ArticleThe gravity of gravity
A little over a month ago I had the distinct pleasure of experiencing the plain truths of Newtonian Physics. I had a whole bucket of Second Law followed by a quick realization of the Third Law. The...
View ArticleCongratulations! You are now the Mayor of the Ministry of Truth
Back in 1948, little Georgie Orwell wrote a book that imagined a world where people where the government rules supreme over all aspects of the life of the citizenry. “Dystopian” and “Oligarchic” are a...
View ArticleThe Lackluster Return
Boy howdy I love me some gaps. It’s been almost three years since I have managed to pull together enough gumption to put my thoughts together enough to vomit them all over your screen. Sure, there have...
View ArticleJólakötturinn Cometh!
Iceland is a marvelous and magical place. Aside from being on my bucket list of places I want to spend some quality time, the tiny Nordic island nation has also provided us with the Sugarcubes, Sigur...
View ArticleReflections on The Force Awakens [spoiler free]
I just want to start this by reiterating the title: this blog post is spoiler free. For those readers who don’t know me, or don’t know me that well, I’d like to introduce myself. Hi, I’m Justin and I...
View ArticleLosing Heroes and Embracing Purple
It’s April 21, 2016 and Prince Rogers Nelson has passed away. I gotta say that Prince’s death has hit me as much as David Bowie, Joe Strummer and Joey Ramone. I’m sitting here in my home office...
View ArticleMusic and Memory: Learning to Embrace Forgetfulness
Way back in 2011, I wrote a piece about how song lyrics and melodies seem to rattle around in my brain for decades at a time. For the most part, five years later, that is still true, but lately I’ve...
View ArticleI just happen to have a chance cube here…
Somewhere around mid-August, 2014, I, along with a handful of old friends and a couple soon-to-be old friends, embarked on a new and fantastical journey. A journey that was so epic that I just had to...
View ArticleOn the merits of Spotify #1
I’ve been a big (paying) fan of Spotify for about five years. Yeah, the early years were a bit shaky, but there is just something about being able to find almost all of my old faves on a music service...
View ArticleFriday Playlist (10/14/16)
So it’s been a touch over five years since I last did a Friday Playlist kind of thing. That’s about three years too long since I’ve tortured people with my musical opinion! I could wax poetic about how...
View ArticleMonday’s Discover Playlist (#2)
Another Monday has rolled upon us (or over us, in some cases), so it’s time for another installment of the Discover Playlist: a.k.a “what Spotify thinks Justin should be listening to so his co-workers...
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