Primate Typings

I’ve been without a favorite album for a while. There are certainly albums that I like, but they all contain some tracks that are duds.

I used to have one that I loved from beginning to end: Counting Crows’ “August and Everything After.” Listening to it a few years back, I realized the singer is not romantic so much as a complete douchebag. I may have grown up a little since I fell in love with it.

Anyway, I was working third shift the other week, and this song came on our college radio station. I glad to say I haven’t grown up all that much: I enjoyed the use of swearing in the chorus. Here’s the video. NSFW for language.

So I bought the album “Sigh No More” from Mumford & Sons, and I like every track. I may have new favorite album.

I’m updating my links to bring my recommended reads up to date. I’ll finish it up in the morning, but I noticed that I haven’t quite covered the entire alphabet with the webcomics. I still need to find comics for E, I, N, U, and V. U and V I can sort of understand, but the other three have me baffled. I really haven’t run across anything yet for E, I, or N that I love? I mean, I have X, Y, and Z covered. I even have two for Q. How strange.

My fellow Americans, Happy 4^th of July!

Thomas Jefferson is being kind of emo there (via EPBOT).

I don’t have to explain myself to you.

Compare and contrast.

It’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – the movie. Based on the comic book.

Here, this may clarify things.

Awesome sauce.

Looking for something to read?

 For the next month or so, Scott Westerfield and his publisher, Simon & Schuster, are releasing his hit book “Uglies” for free as an ebook.

Free Words!

I’ve never read it, so I can’t tell you if it’s good. What I do know is that it has a large female fanbase, it’s science fiction, it normally get shelved in the YA section, and John Scalzi likes it. I’ve already downloaded the PDF, and maybe you should, too.

 I’ll let you know what I think.

ZOMBIE BRAINS IN A JAR WANT YOUR BLOOD!

That is all.

Atomic Robo in the flesh! Er, so to speak.

Dude, clean up the building site before taking the picture.

(via Atomic Robo, naturally)

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