June 2009
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
 << < Current> >>
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30          
All Blogs
This blog is actually a very special blog! It automatically aggregates all posts from all other blogs. This allows you to easily track everything that is posted on this system. You can hide this blog from the public by unchecking 'Include in public blog list' in the blogs admin.
Search

Categories

Personman

brendoman.com: putting the eek in geek

Danny's Link Blog

Danny's Media

Mare's Mess

Mare's Media

Mare's Links

Brendo's Media

Matt's Blog

Matt's Links

Matt's Media

BrendoLinks

.jeri.

Smiles' Crazy Blog

I am Kyle's self-indulgence

Stephanie and Somebody

Dark River

Brush

I am Kyle's mass media consumption

Musings of a Punk Rock Father

Ward Words

Dancing Bananas

Blogroll
XML Feeds
What is RSS?
brendoman.com

Archives for: June 2009

Northwest Week

Hi everyone, I'm back! You can view the rest of my photos from my vacation on Facebook. I had a good time hanging out with Erika and Justin and all of their pets. Sunday Erika and I hit up the Vancouver Farmers Market, then went to the Portl… more »
posted by Jeri | 06/30/09| 04:18:08 pm| monday| Leave a comment »


"I am YHWH your God!"

This month I've resumed reading Everett Fox's translation of The Five Books Of Moses. I chose to read this because it preserves the Hebrewness of the scriptures by by trying to retain key phrases and linguistic stylings in English. I know some translat… more »
posted by Kyle | 06/29/09| 07:23:01 pm| Religion, Literature| Leave a comment »


Sorry

Ghostbusters game. Catching up on TV shows: Madmen, Weeds, and Dexter. Not to mention that pesky job hunt thing. My pal Jesse and I saw Black Dynamite on Thursday at the L.A. Film Festival. The screening was at the outdoor Ford Theatre, which turn… more »
posted by brendoman | 06/28/09| 12:20:34 am| Movies, Random, Tunes| 1 comment »


3 Embryonic tracks

The Flaming Lips have given out a free EP of three tracks from their upcoming album to people who have ordered tickets to their upcoming tour. The Internet being what it is, those songs are now available to the rest of us through *ahem* other means (via… more »
posted by Kyle | 06/27/09| 02:36:15 pm| Music| Leave a comment »


facebook tag

My Firsts! I got tagged on facebook with this, but I'm think I'm phasing out my facebook activity, and I can't find my notes on there, so I put it here. 1. Who was your FIRST prom date? Lisa Shea 2. Do you still talk to your FIRST love? I can… more »
posted by matt | 06/27/09| 06:54:04 am| me| Leave a comment »


Where We'll Never Grow Old

I'm on vacation in Oregon and Washington this week. Sorry for the lack of posts. In the past few days, I've learned of David's daughter's death, Grandpa Price's stroke, Grandma Price's terminal brain tumor, and been weighed down by lots of other people… more »
posted by Jeri | 06/26/09| 10:54:14 pm| update, music| 2 comments »


MJ

Is it wrong that I'm more shocked that TMZ scooped all the major news outlets? Perhaps. I'll always remember him as Captain EO. more »
posted by brendoman | 06/25/09| 05:24:01 pm| In the News| 2 comments »


A cover for Embryonic

Details about the new Flaming Lips album have been gradually trickling out. We now know it is definitely a double album, it will be titled Embryonic, and the cover will be this: Interestingly, this has me more exited than anything I've read about… more »
posted by Kyle | 06/25/09| 11:58:38 am| Music| Leave a comment »


A very good year

Popmatters features what is, at first glance, a ridiculously long list of the 60 [plus 2] most memorable films of 1999. My first reaction was, "62? Isn't that a bit of overkill?" But as I read through the list, I realized these really are some grea… more »
posted by Kyle | 06/24/09| 12:27:51 pm| Movies and TV| Leave a comment »


Robots climbing walls

Robots can climb walls now. Sorry to be the one to tell you this. [youtube]d3syTrElgcg[/youtube] more »
posted by dan | 06/24/09| 09:58:54 am| Our robot overlords| Leave a comment »


Plainview 102 part 2

Plain View #102 - part 2 - March 1, 2009 New cat Hair cut couth Communion med Grad speech Park and Rec Tumblr subscribe to this podcast! more »
posted by matt | 06/23/09| 04:36:40 pm| media, kids, podcast| Leave a comment »


Congratulations Henry and Meredith!

Henry Reed Imler born at 5:55pm today. 7 lbs 13.5 oz, 20.5 inches. I guess this makes him the first Junior Member of the LOD. more »
posted by brendoman | 06/22/09| 07:27:18 pm| In the News| Leave a comment »


Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean more »
posted by Kyle | 06/21/09| 07:06:16 pm| Books| Leave a comment »


Clever Tricks to Stave Off Death

On Wednesday Anthony and I went to a book signing for David Malki's new Wondermark book, Clever Tricks to Stave Off Death. It was held at a swanky hotel in Beverly Hills and they had a photographer by the name of Noe Montes taking pictures using beards… more »
posted by brendoman | 06/20/09| 01:08:29 pm| Linkworthy, Comics| 1 comment »


Hoosier

In summer school today I played for one of my students this story from NPR on the Dictionary of American Regional English, which inspired us to look for some examples of regional slang in Missouri. In the process I came across a regional definition for… more »
posted by Kyle | 06/19/09| 11:37:32 am| Home and personal| 1 comment »


Happy Birthday Brendo!

Happy Birthday Brendan!! Brendan got me started blogging. Not sure if that (the blogging) is a good thing or a bad thing at this point, but it sure changed the way I viewed the world. So happy birthday to a good man who helped change my world. more »
posted by Dave | 06/18/09| 08:20:55 pm| Site News| 1 comment »


Happy Birthday Honzo!

Happiest of birthdays to our friend Honzo. I was just going through my stuff and found an old Gumby's cup and it reminded me of all the good times I had with Henry, Smiles, Eric, Gringo, and many others there. If there was ever an official lair of the… more »
posted by brendoman | 06/16/09| 03:46:25 pm| Site News| 2 comments »


Pictures That Tick

I just found out that Dave McKean's collection of short comics work, Pictures That Tick, is to be released by Dark Horse Comics. This is great news because before now it was only available in its first edition hardcover edition, of which only 4000… more »
posted by Kyle | 06/16/09| 07:59:59 am| Literature, Comics| Leave a comment »


Arroyo Pescadero and Arroyo San Miguel Trails

Since this is almost unable to be found online, let me tell you: there's a wilderness preserve right next to Whittier Area Community Church off of Colima. Who knew, right? Sorry, we didn't take our camera, so I don't have good photos for you like the l… more »
posted by Jeri | 06/15/09| 11:47:14 am| hikes and trails| Leave a comment »


Laguna Coast Wilderness Park: Little Sycamore Trail

Welcome to the beginning of my new series of posts about trails! I hope I'll be regularly posting about the new places we find. On Friday afternoon, my friends and I drove down to the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. According to what I've found online,… more »
posted by Jeri | 06/15/09| 11:14:15 am| hikes and trails| Leave a comment »


Hiking Weekend

Friday morning I woke up thinking I was going to go to some boring sexual harassment training at work in the morning and then I'd try to find something to do for the afternoon by myself. I did go to the boring training, but it was actually more fun beca… more »
posted by Jeri | 06/15/09| 10:38:22 am| monday| Leave a comment »


Eva walks

A couple of months ago I posted a video of Eva's unusual way of crawling. For a long time this was Eva's only way to get around and she became very fast at it. So fast, in fact, that it seemed like she didn't feel any need to learn how to walk. By h… more »
posted by Kyle | 06/14/09| 07:15:26 pm| Home and personal| 1 comment »


Forget About My Birthday...

We're only two days away from the release of Ghostbusters: The Video Game. I earned a $25 Gamestop card from E-Rewards and I'm really hoping it comes in the mail before then, otherwise I'll have to wait to buy the game I've been looking forward to prett… more »
posted by brendoman | 06/14/09| 12:25:11 am| Random, I Love Video Games| Leave a comment »


Reviewing the abortion debate

I know I'm a couple of weeks late on this, but the murder of George Tiller has got me thinking again about the whole abortion issue. First of all, there was a cartoon from This Modern World that isn't that great as a whole, but makes an excellent poin… more »
posted by Kyle | 06/13/09| 01:30:20 pm| Politics| 2 comments »


church picnic video

[youtube]m6mpHjLAclc[/youtube] more »
posted by matt | 06/11/09| 09:48:19 pm| media| Leave a comment »


Plainview 102 part 1

Plain View #102 - part 1 - March 1, 2009 Will: Oreo and The Spy Who Loved Me Milk The Mentalist Madmen Tumblr subscribe to this podcast! more »
posted by matt | 06/11/09| 09:22:25 pm| media, kids, podcast| Leave a comment »


Tom Sawyer Abroad / Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain more »
posted by Kyle | 06/11/09| 07:52:31 pm| Books| Leave a comment »


Knowing (2009)

One never knows what one is going to get when seeing a movie starring Nicolas Cage, but one does know that when seeing a movie directed by Alex Proyas (Dark City), it's probably going to be interesting. It's actually interesting to compare Dark City wit… more »
posted by Jeri | 06/11/09| 05:06:49 pm| movies, 2009| 2 comments »


Trying Hartz more »
posted by brendoman | 06/11/09| 04:14:13 pm| Media| Leave a comment »


Wondermark: Clever Tricks To Stave Off Death by David Malki more »
posted by brendoman | 06/11/09| 04:13:38 pm| Media| Leave a comment »


The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1 by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn more »
posted by brendoman | 06/11/09| 04:13:14 pm| Media| Leave a comment »


Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke more »
posted by brendoman | 06/11/09| 04:12:25 pm| Media| Leave a comment »


My Favorite iPhone App Review Sites

Danny sent me an email a couple days ago asking about iPhone App review sites since he is planning on purchasing the new iPhone 3GS. I figured I would share my response here since it could be helpful. appsafari.com: While this site lacks detailed re… more »
posted by brendoman | 06/11/09| 04:09:23 pm| I'm a Big Geek, Linkworthy| 5 comments »


Graduation Address

A few weeks ago I had the honor of delivering the address to Adrian's graduating class of 2009. Here's what I said. Thank you. Hi everyone. I'm going to speak real briefly to everyone here, and then spend the rest of my speech talking to the gradu… more »
posted by matt | 06/11/09| 06:21:46 am| me, church| 4 comments »


Adventureland (2009)

I heard a lot of good talk about Adventureland when it came out, although it seemed like it got very little box office action, which is why I ended up seeing it at the dollar theater. I think this could be in part because it was advertised like it was s… more »
posted by Jeri | 06/10/09| 04:58:14 pm| movies, 2009| 1 comment »


In Defense of Food

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan more »
posted by dan | 06/10/09| 11:48:26 am| Books| Leave a comment »


No, This is the VOTD: Zack Morris on Jimmy Fallon

This is pretty much the most awesome thing ever. Jimmy's petition to reunite the cast of Saved By The Bell is very close to being successful. I can't wait! more »
posted by brendoman | 06/09/09| 12:12:16 pm| TeeVee| 2 comments »


VOTD: Ivan Reitman Talks About Filming Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters 3, and More

[youtube]UwbHDL_ztEI[/youtube] YouTube - Ivan Reitman on Ghostbusters Anthony and I went to a special screening of Ghostbusters put on by Fangoria for the 25th anniversary Blu-Ray release of the film. Director Ivan Reitman was there to introduce i… more »
posted by brendoman | 06/09/09| 12:02:59 pm| Movies| Leave a comment »


Meet the New Kid (Name TBD)

Pip's response to his new sister: [youtube]rtuQjftb52c[/youtube] Sister's response to her first bath: [youtube]bqcQ57ILF6g[/youtube] more »
posted by Jeri | 06/08/09| 10:44:14 pm| pets| 4 comments »


viva bocce!

We play bocce on the lawn every Wednesday in a tournament. I teamed with C from our office and we were paired with two lively guys from admissions, R and J. R is very into it, so we dressed up like a stereotype mish-mash of Italians, other Europeans, a… more »
posted by Jeri | 06/08/09| 01:33:39 am| work| Leave a comment »


Helen Keller on This I Believe

I think the greatest tragedy of the Red Scare is the enduring and complete rejection of any political stance that in any way resembles Socialism. To this day, even the smallest hint government involvement in business elicits fear and paranoia in conserv… more »
posted by Kyle | 06/06/09| 04:59:14 pm| Politics| Leave a comment »


1 vs. 100 LIVE Beta

If you're a trivia fanatic like me then you have to try out 1 vs. 100 LIVE on Xbox. I played the first U.S. beta on Monday and it was a total blast. Basically it's like the game show, complete with live host, but you play at home on your console with 5… more »
posted by brendoman | 06/06/09| 03:52:46 pm| I Love Video Games| Leave a comment »


Vote for Brax

In case you didn't know, Phil and I have a webcomic called Brax the Alien Rocker. Many of the stories come from our own adventures in the music industry over the last ten years or so. We've managed to put out 22 strips so far without missing a deadline… more »
posted by brendoman | 06/06/09| 03:38:08 pm| Tunes, I'm a Big Geek, Comics| Leave a comment »


You just can't beat the Kirksville Wal-Mart for bizarre sights

I just ran up there to pick up some cold beer for the guys who have been working all day to build us a new roof. While I was in the Wal-Mart parking lot I saw a woman driving a Bronco with three young Amish men as passengers, all of them sporting thei… more »
posted by Kyle | 06/05/09| 04:14:08 pm| Home and personal| Leave a comment »


$125,000 teachers

The New York Times has a story about a charter school that is trying an education experiment to see if they can dramatically improve student performance by assembling an all-star staff of teachers drawn by huge salaries. The descriptions of the teache… more »
posted by Kyle | 06/05/09| 12:44:21 pm| Education, News| 3 comments »


FGotD: Spewer

Flash game of the day: Spewer - Run around eating stuff and solving puzzles using vomit, just like real life. more »
posted by dan | 06/04/09| 08:18:51 pm| Flash Games| Leave a comment »


Atlas Shrugged

Over my long absence from work, I was finally able to finish reading the mammoth Atlas Shrugged. About eleven hundred pages of the tiniest, scrunchiest font one could imagine, it took me about a year and a half to read because I have been spending so mu… more »
posted by Jeri | 06/04/09| 03:22:02 pm| books| 1 comment »


I haven't done this in a while

Here's a great McSweeney's list: Potential Business Opportunities Based On Songs By The Rolling Stones, à la "Ruby Tuesday" Restaurant. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" Steak House "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Escort Services "Sympathy… more »
posted by Kyle | 06/04/09| 09:29:43 am| Fun and Games| 1 comment »


Jesus, Interrupted

Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don't Know About Them) by Bart D. Ehrman more »
posted by dan | 06/04/09| 07:30:19 am| Books| Leave a comment »


V for Vendetta by David J more »
posted by Kyle | 06/03/09| 08:32:11 pm| Music| Leave a comment »


It's Not Goldeneye, But It Will Do - Perfect Dark Coming to XBLA

Just read this via Major Nelson's Twitter feed: In the booth. Just saw Perfect Dark on XBLA running 1080p. It is coming to XBLA this winter. Free theme coming tomorrow! While I'm still bummed we probably will never get Goldeneye on XBLA, this news… more »
posted by brendoman | 06/02/09| 07:10:39 pm| I Love Video Games| 1 comment »


Busy Week

I have now officially been unemployed for six months. We are definitely entering crunch time when it comes to the job search. So today I made a bunch of copies of my resume in preparation for a job fair I am going to tomorrow in Anaheim. I also have a… more »
posted by brendoman | 06/02/09| 03:46:18 pm| Movies, I'm a Big Geek| Leave a comment »


The Angel Series

Since I watched the Buffy series, I figured I might as well just delve into all things Joss Whedon, and decided to check out Angel, especially since half the characters from Buffy ended up over on that show. Angel came out a few years into Buffy the Vam… more »
posted by Jeri | 06/02/09| 03:12:30 pm| tv| 3 comments »


Weekend

Heya! How was your weekend? Mine was good and full. It started out well with last week being the shortest work week of the year - Monday was a holiday and Friday was the first short Friday of the summer at work. So, after 3.5 days of work, I was ou… more »
posted by Jeri | 06/01/09| 10:16:39 am| monday| 2 comments »