I read this piece the other day and it brought back so many memories. I went to school at Nims for six years and distinctly remember everything the author brought up. I was there for when they had a school vote to name the school mascot the knight. It’s a sad day for something like this but life goes on.

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:

David Lee Roth, Sean Penn and the Beastie Boys

Fighting the good fight.

Signature.

Overboard is one of those movies that whenever it is on, I always tend to ride it out no matter what I have to do. I’m not really sure why. Maybe its a nostalgic thing. Anyway, my favorite character in the movie is the psychiatrist that lives on the boat with Joanna and Grant. He’s not in the movie much but whenever he is, he is usually smoking a pipe, drinking a drink and playing the piano while diagnosing the family.

The actor is played by a guy named Henry Allen Miller and according to IMDB his only two roles on the big screen was this character in Overboard and the old drunk guy in License to Drive (which is another one of my favorite movies) that steals Les’s grandpa’s car during a drunk driver check on the freeway.

I wonder what this guy is up to today…

Apparently Ludington, MI doesn’t have any.

(Source: shootdagif, via dirtyblvckvamp)

cellarghosts:

No Trigger || Somebody To Shove [Soul Asylum cover]

I loved this Soul Asylum record when it came out. Until they released Runaway Train and they played it on MTV and the radio 14 times a day. Black Gold was good too.

Apparently The Strutt is moving locations. We got introduced to these drinks called Dirty Sweatshirts (at least that is what they called them) during a Mustard Plug show a while back. I’ve never actually heard of them before The Strutt, but man they are good. One time, after ordering them a women at the bar got curious…the conversation went something like this:

Woman: What are you making?
Bartender: They are called Dirty Sweatshirts.
Woman: What’s in it?
Bartender: A shot of espresso and a shit load of booze.

It was very funny thing to overhear. Anyway, so they don’t know if the new location will be able to get a liquor license so I may not get one of these made proper for a while. It’s the one venue that has brought some great bands through over the last couple of years. I hope that continues. We’ll see.

Github is a fascinating thing. It’s transforming how the development community is moving forward. I think putting your code out there for the public to see is a great idea. It’s very similar to making art and putting it out there for the world to critique. You are making yourself vulnerable. That’s hard for a lot of people. It takes guts. But if you can withstand the feedback and possible harassment it only makes you stronger.

When reading interviews and listening to podcast it seems that if there is one thing the awesome developers of the world suggest for getting recognized and/or hired by an awesome company it’s getting involved with open source. I don’t think something like Github will ever replace a resume but it sure can help.

Regardless, this is inspiring. One of my goals this year is to contribute to an open source project. I’m currently looking at projects to contribute to. In the mean time I am going to try and push some code to github everyday. Let’s try and not break the chain.

Born Robert Diggs the RZA is probably known best for being a member of the hip hop group The Wu-Tang Clan. Aside from Method Man he’s probably had the most successful career as far as the other members of Wu-Tang go. From the solo work that he did to the Kill Bill stuff to now acting in a lead role on Californication I question what this man can’t do.

It’s obvious he was the mastermind behind Wu-Tang and I really got into them when I was in high school. Unfortunately I wasn’t (and still not am) a big fan of their first record: Enter the Wu-Tang Clan. It certainly had a rawness to it but by the time I got around to listening to it, Wu-Tang Forever was already out and that record completely blew my mind. After hearing Triumph for the first time I was hooked. I went out and bought all of the solo records from each member. It was so different from not only what was on the radio but different from anything I had heard as far as hip hop was concerned.

I also got into the first Gravediggaz record for a while. I was’t crazy about the record but some of the verses and songs that RZA did were pretty awesome. Then Bobby Digital dropped. I can’t say that it was my favorite Wu-Tang solo record (that goes to Ghostface’s Ironman) but it was something just kind of out there. So original and so good at the same time. Unfortunately after high school I kind of stopped listening to much hip hop but lately I’ve been pulling old records out and giving them a spin, Bobby Digital included. I guess that’s just one of the great thing about music.

Happy Black History Month everyone. I’m off to purchase a Wu-Tang Tshirt.