Month: November 2010

Americans are pretty angry about these full-body airport scanners. I’m kind of ambivalent about them. I haven’t been on an airplane in a few years though. Maybe I’d feel differently if I had to go through one. Their effectiveness is debatable because they don’t penetrate skin and, let’s just say it, everybody has a butthole…

Mel Henke was a pretty straight-laced guy.  He was a masterful piano player and earned his living scoring commercials and a few TV series from the late 50s and into the 60s. Most of his studio albums were, to my ears anyway, pretty conventional arrangements of then-current-day hits.  Nothing to write home about. But his…

What I knew: Don’t mix wasabi and soy sauce into some weirdo dipping paste because it’s gross and ruins the fish taste. What I learned: Use your hands to eat anything with rice.

In 2005, Six Flags New Orleans closed in preparation for Hurricane Katrina.  It was completely flooded when the levees broke and never reopened. Someone recently walked through to document the site in HD.  The quality of the camera work is quite good. The site will be totally demolished in January.