WAD CITY

Is this it? Maybe? I don’t know. But not really. I...

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:21:03 -0600

Is this it? Maybe? I don’t know.

But not really. I decided to start over. Clean break, you know the deal. I wanted something I could attach my name to without worrying about colleagues stumbling upon it, something maybe a bit more connected to my work, something a little less random and silly, which, you know, might be a whole lot worse. Regardless, it just didn’t feel right to do that here.

Anyway, the new me, the better me, the worse me, the whatever me, he’s over here: bad bad batz.

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Question of the day.

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:59:06 -0600

Question of the day.

Things that break your heart: when your two year old son looks...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:05:00 -0600

Things that break your heart: when your two year old son looks through the soundproof glass at his day-old little brother hooked up to wires in the NICU and says, “He’s my brother! I want to hold him! I want to hold him!,” and you have to say, “Sorry, buddy, he’s with the doctors right now. You can hold him when he’s all better. He’ll be coming home soon.”

Which he will, but still, this week is a bruiser.

I am a patient boy

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:43:00 -0600

I wait I wait I wait I wait My time is water down a drain

Everybody’s moving Everybody’s moving Everything is moving, Moving, moving, moving

Please don’t leave me to remain

The inspirational, aspirational art above my toilet…

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:35:10 -0600

The inspirational, aspirational art above my toilet…

scottlava: “Am I a Muppet, or am I a man? If I’m a man, I’m a...

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:22:51 -0600

scottlava:

“Am I a Muppet, or am I a man? If I’m a man, I’m a Muppet of a man.”

WATCH the making of this Showdown right HERE

fantagraphics: Cover illustration for this week’s issue of The...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:32:31 -0600

fantagraphics:

Cover illustration for this week’s issue of The New Yorker by Daniel Clowes.

Thanks to Instructables, you can now make your own skinless fire...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:20:08 -0600

Thanks to Instructables, you can now make your own skinless fire breathing animatronic pony.

Christmas is right around the corner, you guys.

Halloween costumes for 2012:

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:07:33 -0600

Colbert’s ballet bulge.

So good.

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:25:59 -0600

So good.

Still Life with Wallgreens bag and Family watching Richard...

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:12:23 -0600

Still Life with Wallgreens bag and Family watching Richard Scarry’s Busytown (Taken with instagram)

Doing the Funky Belgian (Darbyste Ale, brewed with fig juice)...

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:01:52 -0600

Doing the Funky Belgian (Darbyste Ale, brewed with fig juice) (Taken with instagram)

My mom sent me more “art.” Digital print, signed,...

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:56:33 -0600

My mom sent me more “art.” Digital print, signed, titled “Irresistable.” I beg to differ.

I love the woman but for chrissakes this has got to stop. This one barely fits in the trash can.

Gmail 2-Step Verification

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:29:01 -0600

Finally.

I kept putting it off for the hassle, particularly because of dealing with phone mail access, but it was a breeze, and the device specific password is divine inspiration. Unlike so many of the recent Google actions, in which they seem to be throwing garbage products out and hoping they’ll stick, or else deprecating features everyone loves to conform to some boring-ass universal Google megasite, this 2-step password verification deal is simple, well-thought through, and cleanly implemented. The 3 minute video explaining how to do it is very helpful and addresses all the normal concerns — what if I don’t have my phone, etc.

Seriously, do it. Otherwise, it’s gonna be like that time when you forgot to backup your term paper and your computer crashed, and you lost everything. Except it’s going to be soooooo much worse.

If you can’t be bothered, read this, and rethink.

“SAILS!” by C.W. Roelle Oh man, these are soooooo...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:48:48 -0600

“SAILS!” by C.W. Roelle

Oh man, these are soooooo lovely. Each one is a bent wire “drawing” that’s one of a kind. Any other time, I’d drop the $100 easy, but our wallets are a little thin these days. Wow.

Walnut boy wants a hug (and a drink) (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:08:46 -0600

Walnut boy wants a hug (and a drink) (Taken with instagram)

If you asked me yesterday I would have said “No, we...

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:19:04 -0600

If you asked me yesterday I would have said “No, we definitely don’t have any swastikas in the house.” (Taken with instagram)

The standby.

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:57:15 -0600

The standby.

l3fan-o-rama: Ommegang: Fracking may force us to leave Brewery...

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:57:47 -0600

l3fan-o-rama:

Ommegang: Fracking may force us to leave

Brewery Ommegang is warning that it would have to consider relocating if the town of Middlefield’s ban on gas drilling is struck down and horizontal gas drilling begins.

The ominous warning is contained in a new legal brief filed in support of Middlefield’s recent zoning law.

“If its water were to be contaminated, the Brewery could be forced to move its business elsewhere,” the court papers state. “Its Master Brewer and Quality Control chemist agree that even if Brewery Ommegang wished to do so, it could not remove many of the toxic chemicals commonly used in hydrofracking, should they be released into the Brewery’s water supply.”

if you needed another reason to oppose fracking, ruining a fine craft beer should be it.

Drinking a pint of Ommegang Biere de Mars as I read this, thinking about a world without it. There are some things we should never take for granted.

Beer me, I said to the beer. And it did. And it was good. Amen....

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:31:30 -0600

Beer me, I said to the beer. And it did. And it was good. Amen. (Taken with instagram)