Daft Punk – Around the World
Ah, youtube.com … you make lazy posting so much fun!
Author: Chas.
The End Must be Nigh
Hell is getting ready to freeze over or the heavens are about to fall from the sky … ’cause I am seriously …*gasp!* … considering finally taking the plunge and getting a … *double gasp!* … cell phone.~
Side Effects
Prednisone may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
– headache
– dizziness
– difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
– inappropriate happiness
– extreme changes in mood
– changes in personality
– bulging eyes
– acne
– thin, fragile skin
– red or purple blotches or lines under the skin
– slowed healing of cuts and bruises
– increased hair growth
– changes in the way fat is spread around the body
– extreme tiredness
– weak muscles
– irregular or absent menstrual periods
– decreased sexual desire
– heartburn
– increased sweating
Nice to know that it’s probably the prednisone that I am one for the tonsillitus that’s causing me to be tired, irrational and somewhat depressed. “Say what?” you might ask. Yeah. I tend to be tired, irrational and somewhat depressed anyway … but it just seems to be even more so over the last couple of days. Grrrrrr. Plus, I need someone to explain what “inappropriate happiness” is. That just sounds too weird.
Happy Halloween (Phibes Edition)
This a special dedicated post to Dr. Phibes! Usually, this past weekend would have been my trip off to eat junk food, drink to much Guinness and watch waaaay too many monster movies with Dr. Phibes and Company. Dr. Phibes is now in one of the fun horror spots of the world and I was laid up sick all weekend … so no Monster Fest for us this year. It’s really hard to believe that a year has already ticked by since the last gathering.
Dr. Phibes, hope you are doing spankingly well and not being run crazy by too many sand fleas! I have been thinking about you (and yours).
So, here’s some music just for you on this Halloween Day, 2006.
Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” – Main Theme [5.32 MB]
Monsters & Madmen!
Duuuuuudes! In Januray, Criterion is coming out with one super-sweet looking box set! This is so going on my pre-order list.
“Monsters and Madmen” DVD Box Set
Launching us from a grave past to a space-age future, these two thrilling double features, from producers Richard and Alex Gordon, spin classic tales of hair-raising homicidal mania and intrepid, death-defying exploration. Featuring Boris Karloff in two of his most horrifying roles (“The Haunted Strangler” and “Corridors of Blood”), and two classic sci-fi treats from the atomic age.
FOUR-DISC SPECIAL EDITION SET FEATURES:
DISC ONE AND TWO:
“The Haunted Strangler” and “Corridors of Blood”
– New, restored high-definition digital transfers
– Audio commentaries by Richard Gordon and Weaver on both films, with additional comments from Alex Gordon on The Haunted Strangler
– New video interviews with Day and costars Francis Matthews and Yvonne Romain (Corridors of Blood) and Day, screenwriter Jan Read, and costars Jean Kent and Vera Day (Strangler)
– Censor cuts
– Original theatrical trailers and radio spots
– Stills galleries featuring production and publicity photographs
– Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
– PLUS: A booklet featuring Fangoria’s 1984 interview with producer John Croydon about Karloff, and a new essay by Maitland McDonagh
DISC THREE AND FOUR:
“The Atomic Submarine” and “First Man into Space”
– New. restored high-definition digital transfers
– Audio commentaries by producer Alex Gordon and writer Tom Weaver (The Atomic Submarine) and producer Richard Gordon and Weaver (First Man into Space)
– New video interviews with actor Brett Halsey (Submarine) and director Robert Day and costar Marla Landi (Space)
– Original theatrical trailers and radio spots
– Stills galleries featuring production and publicity photographs
– Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
– PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by Bruce Eder and Michael Lennick
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I Am Still Alive
Hi. How are you all? I am back after being diagnosed with Strep Throat and Tonsillitis last Thursday. Apparently my left tonsil was about twice the size it should be. Fun! No wonder I was having so much pain on Wednesday evening. So, after lots of antibiotics and steroids (12 more days worth to take though), I am kinda on the mend but still feel really tired and a wee run down.
Thursday Blahs & Blechs
Not feeling any better today … if anything, I am feel much worse than yesterday. Grrrrr. I hate being sick. Then again, I don’t know many people that like it. So, here’s a picture of Jake to cheer me (and everyone else) up.
Court Recognizes Same-Sex Unions
Way to go New Jersey!
“Only rights that are deeply rooted in the traditions, history, and conscience of the people are deemed to be fundamental. Although we cannot find that a fundamental right to same-sex marriage exists in this State, the unequal dispensation of rights and benefits to committed same-sex partners can no longer be tolerated under our State Constitution. With this State’s legislative and judicial commitment to eradicating sexual orientation discrimination as our backdrop, we now hold that denying rights and benefits to committed same-sex couples that are statutorily given to their heterosexual counterparts violates the equal protection guarantee of Article I, Paragraph 1. To comply with this constitutional mandate, the Legislature must either amend the marriage statutes to include same-sex couples or create a parallel statutory structure, which will provide for, on equal terms, the rights and benefits enjoyed and burdens and obligations borne by married couples. We will not presume that a separate statutory scheme, which uses a title other than marriage, contravenes equal protection principles, so long as the rights and benefits of civil marriage are made equally available to same-sex couples. The name to be given to the statutory scheme that provides full rights and benefits to same- sex couples, whether marriage or some other term, is a matter left to the democratic process.”
Wednesday Blechs
Yeah. Yesterday was rough. This sinus crap (or whatever it is) kicked my ass. I got to work feeling okay but then had to leave about 10:30 ’cause I felt like I was gonna die. Got home and slept from 11:00 am to 7:00 p.m. and was back in the bed by 10:00 and slept through the night. Feeling somewhat better today but not 100% for sure. Gah.
Update: 3:00 pm
I really need a nap … NOW.
Monday Blahs
The weekend was good (especially Saturday!) but today I feel ill. Must be sinuses as my throat and both ears are hurting plus I have a headache. Grrrrr. So, here’s a picture of Jake to cheer me (and everyone else) up.
Baby, Leave Me Out
No meaning to this post … other than A) this song rocks B) the video is awesome and C) Grace Jones is a Goddess!
In Time for the Holidays
I am not one for Chritsmas music … unless it’s the Vince Guaraldi soundtrack to “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” But, I will probably have to pick up the new album from Aimee Mann that drops into stores next Tuesday (the 24th). It’s Christmas classics plus two new holiday songs written by Aimee. Smoooooth.
Aimee Mann: “One More Drifter in the Snow”
01. “Whatever Happened To Christmas”
02. “The Christmas Song”
03. “Christmastime”
04. “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”
05. “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch”
06. “Winter Wonderland”
07. “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”
08. “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
09. “White Christmas”
10. “Calling On Mary”
Morning Sunrise
The sunrise this morning was spectacular. It started off dark and foggy then turned into this dazzling display of reds, blues and violets.