tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29296632540623908452024-02-19T04:28:03.374-05:00Nacho NicheMeh.Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-61296322954114791742012-08-22T16:31:00.000-04:002012-08-22T16:41:01.260-04:00In Years Gone ByMaybe you've done this: One day you take a look at your closet and decide it's time to clear out some junk. Maybe it's Spring Cleaning time. And in the process of throwing out the pants you'll never fit into again, the single socks, the utterly-beyond-redemption underwear and out-of-style shirts, you trip over an old, dusty cardboard box. And in that box are some faded family photos that have Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-60815033999115886602010-02-28T22:44:00.006-05:002010-02-28T22:52:28.099-05:00Sometimes I Feel Like ThisSon #2 finally arrived, on Feb. 23rd, around 3:45 pm. He's a bit of angel, and a bit monster, like us all, but cuter than the mean. Certainly cuter than me. I won't talk about that too much, except to say that baby and mother are doing fine, and we're all home, happy, and sleep-deprived.Perhaps you hadn't noticed, but I did take some time off over the last little while. Blogging just seemed so...Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-85435126462305454482009-08-13T18:23:00.002-04:002009-08-14T10:25:59.412-04:00Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves TownLes Paul Died today.ThinFast is leaving for a couple years, and this makes me very sad. She was my favorite work-friend-who-is-a-girl-but-only-in-a-totally-platonic-way-honey-i-swear. I'm sure there is a word for that in German. She refers to me as her "work husband".Ironman, my brother-from-another-mother, having cast his eyes longingly to the West for many years now, has finally caved, and Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-78318894276391218912009-07-30T13:32:00.005-04:002009-07-30T14:16:15.373-04:00Blessed Miscreancy, That Abides No DemarcationWhere am I, you ask? That this call to action should awake me from my slumber and renew the vital juices of my pallid, hunkering muse; this is your wish, is it?I picture this deviceful anthropomorphism as a sort of shriveled salamander, crouching blind by some bio-luminescent underground lake, awaiting only the siren call of Yog-Sothoth to manifest a magnificent rebirth. No sound penetrates the Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-88126721314815519582009-03-24T09:20:00.004-04:002009-03-24T10:01:57.654-04:00We Are Confronted With Insurmountable OpportunitiesThinFast is headed to Vegas this week, for reasons entirely unconnected with CTIA. And next week, IronMan tags along with Pow for reasons that are CTIA-related.I don't know why you would even care, or what would impel me to write about that, but there it is.Son has, of late - but wherefore I know not - lost all mirth, foregone all custom of exercise. He's never been an enthusiastic scholar, but Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-7444996034093609492009-02-18T07:25:00.002-05:002009-02-18T07:26:24.496-05:00This Will Be My Epitaph"The day started out as uneventfully as any other, and continued thus to midday and from there it was nothing at all to ease into an evening of numbing, undiluted monotony that survived unmarred by even the least act of momentary peculiarity-in fact, let's skip that day altogether and start with the day after."-- Jon StarrCool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-36983173707632392672009-02-12T22:12:00.006-05:002009-02-18T07:17:54.241-05:00Le BilanO, for the joys of higher education. Wife stopped by Son's school today to pick up The Report Card, and arrived home in tears after talking with the teachers, who feel he needs to be "evaluated" by an Ergotherapist.Evaluated? (Visions of hot lights and uncomfortable probes danced in my head.) Ergotherapist? What the hell, they want to make him more ergonomic? Improve his posture? Does he have Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-58232384632752961002009-01-03T21:28:00.004-05:002009-01-03T22:16:40.623-05:00Welcome! To the World of TOMORROW!In the lead-up to xmas, I could see the fever of avarice burning like a cinder behind my spawn's eyes, alongside the twin spark of Christmas Magic. On the one hand, this was a season of joy and love, and decorations, and angels, and Baby Jesus, etc. On the other hand, PRESENTS! I WANT MORE PRESENTS! WILL WE HAVE MORE PRESENTS TOMORROW DADDY? It was this promise of Christmas Magic, brought to youCool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-52294864211909755642008-12-11T21:36:00.007-05:002009-02-12T22:10:37.479-05:00Hole in One!Huh. Yeah, it's been a while, and it's likely to be another while, or maybe even two. So here's the bullet points - the highlights, if you will - of my Awesome Rise To Power (as foretold in revelations, movie rights optioned to Universal):- Wife is pregnant. Which is AWESOME. Well, it's awesome for me, but she's going through hell. Hospitals and everything. So I guess it kind of blows. I'm Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-52408054059903763442008-09-04T16:15:00.005-04:002008-09-04T16:19:29.750-04:00Maybe I Have, Like, A Problem?Well, I went and did it. I bought another guitar. Am I addicted? Is it time for an intervention? What am I, crazy? Stupid?Yeah, okay, I walked into that one.Still, it’s a pretty sweet axe and all. No way will my loving wife, indulgent of my multitude of vicissitudes and eccentricities though she may be, allow me to ever buy a third one, surely? Only one way to find out, I guess...FYI, For they Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-82305245554360250122008-08-23T15:25:00.004-04:002008-08-23T15:31:43.832-04:00I Don't Mean MaybeWell, it has finally come to pass, as foretold in Revelations. Ironman and Goldilocks have had IronBoy. No names or details on this blog, other than that it's a boy. Of course all of our love goes out to them, and I hope everything goes smoothly.In case you missed it, The Directrix also popped one off a short while back, and she and her little family are doing well.It really almost amounts to Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-59550693864440539022008-06-15T12:03:00.004-04:002008-06-15T12:13:53.888-04:00Are You Sitting?Big, big news. HUGE news! Son lost his second tooth this week, which officially makes him twice as grown-up as before (yikes!).This change has been characterized recently by some frank and open discussion on beer, babies, and the causal relationship between the two, as well as several other thorny subjects from out the dark heart of that haunted, grown-up province.Also, there is a tendency of Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-83881038307447785052008-05-13T09:42:00.004-04:002008-05-13T09:56:39.834-04:00What Fresh Hell Is This?Since I'm always looking for more people to tell me what to do, how to act, and what to think, I was intrigued by this list of 1001 must-read fiction titles. And since anything that's vaguely interesting to me is bound to be earth-shatteringly life-altering for you, I share it with you now.More lists: - 100 essential Jazz albums- The Thousand "best" films of all time (I will save you the cruel Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-62256373411068491352008-05-07T22:44:00.008-04:002008-05-08T08:03:52.623-04:00Hah! And I Bet You Thought I Was Some Sort of FuckwitDeliberate stupidity is something of a hobby of mine, or I like to pretend it is. When I can't honestly blame my behavior on public drunkenness, it sometimes serves my purposes to feed the furnace of your convictions, and buttress your appreciation of my nincompoopery.Here then, for your edification and amusement, a rogue's gallery of false-false-meta-sub-meta-stupidity, a platter of crudités, Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-55915553817705951922008-05-06T18:17:00.006-04:002008-05-11T08:41:34.951-04:00I'm Not Telling You Anything You Don't Already Know. I Know.Isabella Rossellini is endowed with a universal hotness that transcends age, gender, or sexual orientation. Which is how I know that you, perverted little monkey that you are, will be excited to discover her recent forays into insectophile pornography. Titled "Green Porno", it's apparently a commentary on something or other. You know, the beauty of nature, purity of the insect's libidinous urges Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-73208843510233869042008-04-22T14:48:00.004-04:002008-04-22T14:52:02.569-04:00Oh Yeah, I ForgotReally interesting article on memory training and the human brain over on Wired. My favorite quote: We master the stories, the schemas, the frameworks, the paradigms; we rehearse the lingo; we swim in the episteme...."Swim in the epicene"? Awesome.Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-46392846606406371772008-04-22T13:03:00.003-04:002008-04-22T14:52:56.872-04:00The Time For Questions Is Over. Now Is The Time For Unbridled OptimismSon (aged 4) lost his first tooth yesterday (I'm so proud)! So last night we sent the tooth fairy an email together, and wrote a little note and stuck it to his door.And in the morning was a shiny new dollar, and a thank-you letter from the tooth fairy, extolling the virtues of flossing, and encouraging continued good will toward members of the professional order of dental hygienists.But what Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-26010248642333411672008-04-19T09:23:00.002-04:002008-04-19T09:24:54.858-04:00Short RoundHere's another nibble: Pulp Fiction, as written by William Shakespeare.Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-5305915707679705752008-04-18T14:36:00.000-04:002008-04-18T14:37:26.560-04:00OhMyGodOhMyGodOhMyGodStephen Fry has a freakin' BLOG.Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-24892679548275769602008-04-17T10:31:00.005-04:002008-04-17T10:56:16.085-04:00Schrodinger's BlogThe annoying thing about a personal blog... okay, let me start over.One of the many irritations about a personal blog is that you don't really know who you're writing for (besides yourself, I mean). I can't start writing like everyone on the internet's going to read this crap. Nor can I assume that no one will read it. It is weirdly, simultaneously private and public, riding a strange Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-66710061128174862972008-03-25T22:24:00.008-04:002008-03-25T23:14:07.592-04:00Samsara, InterruptedThe other day I was hanging out in front of PerpetualStartup with a couple of schmucks from work, and a homeless guy wanders by, asking for change. Now I'm as conservative and intolerant as the next guy. I largely see the homeless as a longish-term solution to the problem of dwindling food supply, à la Soylent Green, but I gave this guy a couple bucks. "For food", he said. Whatever. My Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-42454621131272448172008-03-21T22:11:00.003-04:002008-03-21T23:00:23.513-04:00Color Me UnorthodoxWell it's Good Friday, and you know what that means. This is the happy time of year when zombie Jebus rises from the grave and rides o'er the land on his fanged, winged, slavering Dark Mount, the Easter Bunny, and delivers chocolate eggs and marshmallow peeps (a traditional Etruscan delicacy) to all the good Christian boys and girls. Then a month from now he'll do it all again, only this time in Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-21941780891632019772008-03-17T09:00:00.002-04:002008-03-25T23:11:05.368-04:00Sláinte!Stereotype me, I'm Irish!Your Leprechaun Name Is:Fluffy PotfillerWhat's Your Leprechaun Name?Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-42767670528879406272008-03-09T11:34:00.008-04:002008-03-09T15:57:08.536-04:00I Think I CanOne of the other things we talked about at dinner the other night, was Boxer and K's film, which I had seen at that conference thingy. I can't really do it justice, but my most constructive criticism consisted of "Needs more car chases. Also explosions".Anyway, that film, wonderful as it was, is not the subject of today's post. Today's post is about the most amazing seventeen minutes in recent (Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929663254062390845.post-19341086401585468812008-03-08T10:23:00.007-05:002008-03-08T11:01:29.902-05:00Strong JujuIt started out innocently enough. Ironman got a new Indian cookbook. And it snowballed into a delicious couple of unpronounceable dishes that we scarfed along with The Directrix, Boxer, BigKid and K. Awesome.At some point, during a moment of uncontrollable laughter, I tooted. Not a long, smelly, epic fart by any means, but noticeable. Sad to say, that was pretty much the apex of my erudition for Cool Ranch Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.com2