February 2012
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J.D.'s Cocktail Lounge: Episode 2
On today’s episode, I get really mad about “clever t-shits” and “2 Broke Girls,” Dave comes up with a new sure-fire book idea, “The Hipster’s Dilemma,” and we both debate whether or not the new “Generation C” moniker is stupid (spoiler alert: it is). Also up for discussion: the scientist who messed up a potentially world-changing experiment, texting with your parents, and YouTube’s attempt keep...
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“[What keeps me inspired is] creating. But it’s always been that....”
– Andre 3000, as interviewed by GQ.
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Necessity is the Mother of Invention
All right. This one’s admittedly kinda strange.
A few weeks ago, Dan was on the cusp of losing 600 text messages he’d already paid for as he stared down the start of a new billing cycle. So as not to have them go to waste, I advised him to text me a song. Instead of just re-typing an existing piece, he wrote a series of weird stream-of-consciousness rhymes that I absolutely...
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Cover Songs
Short version: I love ‘em.
Long version: I understand lots of folks disagree, either because of an earnest preference for an artist’s original, “definitive” take or because it’s simply the zeitgeist to thumb their nose at covers by default (and sometimes you’ve got a bit of a venn diagram overlap going on).
And, yes, sometimes it’s just an...
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New Product Idea: Ode de Motel
There’s nothing like a romantic getaway. The excitement of travel, combined with the presence of the one you love, is a powerful aphrodisiac. However, we can’t always be on vacation; eventually, we have to return to our normal, everyday lives.
But what if there was a way to feel like you’re constantly on one of these excursions? Gentlemen, I give you “Ode de...
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Optometry Woes
Going to the eye doctor is stressful because I feel like I’m going to get the answer wrong to a question without a right answer. “Is this lens better, worse or about the same?” my doctor will ask and I’ll struggle to remember the subtle differences between lens 1 and 3, followed by the nuances that made lens 2 stand out from lens 4. And, since there is truly no wrong...
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"Baby, you're aHEAD of the crowd"
I’ve written many times before about my love of Breaking Bad, so when I came across these Breaking Bad Valentines, I sort of lost my mind a little bit. I sent the link to my sister, Erin, also a huge fan of the show, and over GChat one afternoon we went back and forth coming up with additional taglines for February 14th cards.
Because I don’t have any visual art talent, I...
What do you want to be when you grow up?
As children, we’re all faced with this question, and as adolescents and young adults we struggle not only to find the answer but then to stay honest to it. Throughout my 27 years I’ve had a lot of different responses; “filmmaker,” “musician,” “writer,” “audio engineer,” “disc jockey.” I rotate wearing each of these hats,...