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Saturday, November 29, 2003
Cool idea, but this virtual drumset doesn't do it for me. For one thing I can't seem to hit two things at the same time. And when you try to go fast it gets all screwed up. And who wants to bang the drum slowly?
Whoa, the Black Eyed Peas are going to have their own cartoon show! Oh man, it's only in the UK. What gives?? I would watch that. BEP are so cool, especially now that they fight crime.
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
 14-year-old Freddy Adu (pictured) is playing in the MLS next year. I've seen some of his highlight film and it's pretty amazing. He reminds me of me at that age...
Yeeeeeaaaa boyyyy! Just in time for the holidays, it's the Flavor Flav talking alarm clock. What a great gift! Too bad it's about 15 years late.
Holy poo poo, 1988 was 15 years ago?? Does this mean my baseball cards are worth millions? Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Take the nickname of an NFL team, change one letter, and then rearrange all the letters to get the nickname of another NFL team. Then change the SAME letter and rearrange them all to get the nickname of a third NFL team.
Also: take the nickname of an NBA team and insert one letter (without rearranging any) to get the nickname of an NFL team. Also: take the nickname of an NBA team and change one letter (without rearranging any) to get the nickname of an NFL team. Also: take the nickname of an NBA team and change one letter (without rearranging any) to get the nickname of an NFL team. Then change the SAME letter to get a Major League Baseball team. Sunday, November 23, 2003
Whoops, I published this before I meant to. So I don't have a commentary ready... but check out this list of the top 100 songs of all time. I am now very tempted to make my own top 100 list... but then I realize how incredibly difficult that would be. And how much people would disagree.
Saturday, November 22, 2003
This week, while listening to "Impeach the President" by the Honey Drippers, I got to wondering about the origin of the word "impeach". It just seems like a strange word. Turns out it comes from Anglo-Norman empecher from Late Latin impedicare, “to catch, entangle,” from Latin pedica, “fetter for the ankle, snare.” Now you know. And knowing's half the battle.
You may know "Impeach the President" better than you think. Check out all these songs that sample the drums from the beginning of "Impeach the President", and are therefore at least a little bumpin'. Biz Markie: "Alone Again (Naturally)" De la Soul: "Ring Ring Ring (Hey Hey Hey)" Eazy-E: "Eazy-Duz-It" EPMD: "Headbanger" Eric B & Rakim: "Move the Crowd" Goats: "Tricks of the Shade" Janet Jackson: "That's the Way Love Goes" Jodeci: "Come and Talk to Me" LL Cool J: "Around the Way Girl" Meredith Brooks: "Bitch" Nas: "I Can" NWA: "Gangsta, Gangsta" Soul II Soul: "Jazzie's Groove" Wu-Tang Clan: "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nothin'" X-Clan: "Raise the Flag" X-Clan: "Verbal Milk" Special thanks to The-Breaks.com, the definitive (and fascinating) source for answers to all your sampling questions.  Mark it Dude, LebowskiFest is coming to Las Vegas. I'd much rather go there than Kentucky, where the Fest is usually held. I haven't been to Vegas since I was like 13... maybe by February I'll feel like a vacation. Plenty of time to look for a Jesus Quintana outfit.I have a good Big Lebowski trivia question... what's the first and last name of Quintana's bowling partner? Sunday, November 16, 2003
Next time Jump Street throws a party, I'm gonna buy this. It's basically a karaoke machine for the Xbox. "Xbox Music Mixer digital lyric stripping technology allows players to remove the vocals from their favorite CDs and audio files making nearly any Karaoke request possible." That is awesome... feed it MP3's and karaokify them? That is awesome.
And check out this game for PS2. "An arrow shows the pitch of your voice, while a scrolling bar shows the pitch of the song you selected. Just match the two." That's cool... but no sign of MP3 support.  I think it would be awesome to see Rahzel in concert. He's one of the best beatboxers ever, and can sing and make beats with his mouth at the same time. He made his start with the Roots and then went solo. Anyway, he's coming to the Middle East tomorrow night, but I don't think I'm gonna pull the trigger and buy a ticket. It would cost $20, for one. And after the car engine fiasco, I'm pinching pennies. Secondly, I have to get up early Tuesday morning to drive to CT. Thirdly, I don't know anyone who would want to go with me. But that's not a real reason because I go solo to concerts all the time. My friends have different musical tastes than me; I wonder why that is. I saw Fatboy Slim, De La Soul, Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers and Interpol by myself and had a great time. It's all about the music, man.Saturday, November 15, 2003
Friday, November 14, 2003
You know those hot air hand dryers in public restrooms? Whenever I use one I feel compelled to rub my hands in slow motion and turn my head to the side, just like Mr. Orange in Reservoir Dogs. Does anyone else do that?
Monday, November 10, 2003
I'm #1! That's right, Enlowspeak is the #1 Yahoo search result for "Mommy I poop rap." Welcome to all you out there from Yahoo search! Now go away.
This weekend I went to my Grandpa's cabin in New Hampshire with some people from my frisbee team. It was nice. Saturday night there was that whole lunar eclipse thing, which was OK. Not as spectacular as the meteor shower a couple years ago, which I had the fortune to observe from the aforementioned cabin. But still kinda cool. Speaking of cool, it was really cold. I'm writing like a fourth grader today.
The other highlight of the weekend (for me) was my best career frisbee golf shot. The tee was the deck of the cabin, and the hole was the birdhouse, and I got a hole in one. It was cool. (If you look at the picture on Matt's site, you can see the birdhouse near the right side of the picture. The deck's a little behind and above where the picture was taken. That doesn't help at all does it.) Moving on... you know him best as "cheating boyfriend #1" in the Oxygen network's "Girls Behaving Badly"... you loved him as the guy whose hand you can see in the snowy Subaru commercial... now see Nathan Van Dyke as you've never seen him before... in a new Playstation commercial. He plays a business man whom two kids run by and then the kids turn into Dobermans. I don't get it. But nice work Nathan, I knew you had what it takes. Sunday, November 09, 2003
It's been a long time since a LenLowLand original brain teaser... here's one I just whipped up. I think it might be too easy though. What do these athletes have in common? Rod Beck, LeBron James, Landon Donovan, David Boston, Mark Redman, Johan Santana, Braden Looper, Jason Hanson.
Sunday, November 02, 2003
Ahhh... the interweb. How I've missed you. I was in Connecticut all week again, and I will be all this week too. This'll probably go on a few more weeks. But it's not all bad; I get reimbursed for food while I'm down there ($35 a day, which is nice), and a hotel room. And my coworkers who are down there with me are cool. I also get reimbursed for gas and car deterioration or whatever you call it. Which brings me to my next bit of news.
On my way down to CT this week my engine died. I was on cruise control going up a hill and it was really pushing, and it threw a rod. There was a pop and a rattle and a lot of smoke. Apparently this is what happens when you run out of oil. Yeah, I ran out of oil. I feel pretty stupid. But the oil light only came on like two days prior... and I was just about to put in more oil, honestly. So anyway, I got a rental car (paid for by my company), and another engine (paid for by me). It's running me about $2400. So that really sucks. In summary, DON'T LET YOUR ENGINE RUN OUT OF OIL. This week I did something I hadn't done in about ten years. I worked out. I worked out every night I stayed at the hotel, and I plan to keep that going. The hotel has an exercise room with stairmaster, treadmill, weights and stuff, and I did a little bit of everything. (More than a little bit of anything and I'm spent.) I don't notice any difference yet! Working out is not working out! I knew it, exercise is for chumps. Don't tell me I have to watch what I eat too, or I'm in trouble. I saw the Strokes on Halloween night with my friend Wendy. They rocked and/or rolled. They played a bunch of stuff from their new album, and I was surprised by how much I liked the new songs after only hearing them once. I'm gonna buy that CD. I was always surprised at how well the lead singer performed while wasted. He was dropping the mic and the F-bomb all over the place, and it was pretty funny. Also funny were the losers who had costumes on. We noticed that all the teenage girls had the same costume on: tramp. |
