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[21 Jan 2009 | No Comment | ]

Back by popular demand (zero comments and no apparent interest)… Torpedo Jeep!
Please find the humor in rolling out video of an epically awful performance from nearly 5 years ago.

about me, friends, music »

[19 Jan 2009 | No Comment | ]

Five years ago, the guys I lived with in college and I formed a basement band. We called ourselves Torpedo Jeep, and we were terrible. We only ever played two live shows (besides the house parties where we annoyed virtually everybody but ourselves).  I was the drummer with my friend and current roommate Jon on guitar and lead vocals, Matt on guitar, and Doug on bass and backup vocals.
We knew we weren’t very good and some of the songs are still painful to listen to, but I’ve decided to start …

TV, about me, about the blog, friends, newspaper »

[19 Jan 2009 | No Comment | ]

If you’re ever starved for my writing and the one or two posts a week here just aren’t enough for you, this is a reminder that I also write on the b&a blog. When I started my blog, it was to serve as an outlet for thinking that didn’t always seem relevant or appropriate for the b&a blog. I try to split my writing pretty equally between the two locations.
Here are some recent posts:

Trent Reznor Leading the Way Online (today, January 19)
JCPenney leads men out of the doghouse (January 8)
NBC …

TV, about me, election, friends, human behavior, movies, music, newspaper »

[17 Jan 2009 | No Comment | ]

A few months ago, I purchased my first Blu-ray player. And I have to admit, it has been awesome. For anyone in the market for a Blu-ray player, I highly recommend the Sony BDP-S350. And with winter setting in, my fiancee Janette decided to get me the gift of Blockbuster Online for Christmas so we could take full advantage of the Blu-ray player with freezing temperatures outside.  We had discussed Netflix before, but we’d agreed that Blockbuster’s similar program had a great added benefit of in-store exchanges.
The gift was specifically …

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[14 Jan 2009 | 3 Comments | ]

Yesterday, my friend Caitlin (@PositivelyNSt) tweeted, “I don’t think my back has ever been this sore all over. Someone was a little too enthusiastic at kickboxing last night.”
I’ve known Caitlin since sometime in the mid-90’s and I’ve never known her to be a kickboxer, so I decided to conduct an interview.

When and how did you get into kickboxing?
For the longish story, follow this link:
http://caitlinmse.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/sweating-with-the-oldie/.
Did any movies inspire you to take up kickboxing?
No. I wish I could say that I’d always dreamed of kickboxing ever since I first saw the Karate …