Hens Have Ears

More recommends for entertainment or alone time or sounding smart. Sure.

Podcast front: Radio Lab by WNYC. At first the SFX threw me because I've been listening to more lo-fi structures of This American Life et al. But once you get into the flow of the audio style you really find that it's a character of the show. Mostly cool, each episode brings heavy concepts into a place we can all share. Particular ones that I really liked have been "Mortality", "War of the Worlds", and "Placebo". These are just a few. As you can feel, there have been a few times that I felt bored, but rarely. It's worth drudging through any boring moments to get to a grander point.

Music Videos: Snoop Dogg's latest is phenomenal. It's amazing to see how reactive the zeitgeist is to the Photoshop slickness of the past 5 years. Now things are cooler when they're Gondry, do-it-yourself cheesy. In these youtube times of "I can make something cool in my livingroom" the producers and directors aren't skipping a beat. Snoop deviates from his usual stuff and it works. Unlike Madge and her attempts to partner with Timbaland-erlake. Yikes. 4 minutes too long fellas. Sorry.

Music: Eve's new song "Tamborine" is awesome. Play it when you need to bounce around the room.

Let me know what you think on any of this stuff.

Today is Foul...sorry but it is.

Yeah. A bunch were laid off yesterday and today. Sour day. Scary when I just got here. But shit happens.

Recession hits. We all get hit.

Lame.

Photo Essay: Yard Bird Rides with Hair Ball

Traveling with the MTA has become second nature. I can read from my front door, down the stairs (look out for that Magnum and ghetto hooch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt_liquor), on the train, wait on the platform, switch trains, up the stairs, down Broadway weaving tourists, up the elevator (mind the obligatory chat with co-worker). 

Ah, the MTA. Mostly on time. When they feel like it. And it's not on a weekend day.

 

Once in a while there's just no way you can seemingly stare at your iPhone or recent National Book Award. www.nationalbook.org/

When New York City shows it's 45 year old bikini line sans waxing. Wow. Now that's a conversation stopper. "I'm sorry dear but your crisis is on hold until I investigate this phenom."

So enjoy this ride with the hair ball. 

I wondered this: when is an object large enough to have it's own gravity? 

3.5" x 2.75"