tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324742007-07-15T20:53:28.198-05:00WerdNordBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1117266716101881492005-05-28T02:34:00.000-05:002005-05-28T02:53:10.620-05:00

Specially designed for this year's big event, new Hippie Burn T-Shirts are available in the RF store. These are our finest designs yet and are extra-hot in honor of the hottest celebration on the planet. If you have been eyeing the so-called "Flaming Shaggy" t-shirts at all, now is your last chance EVER to get them in the full-color edition. A one tone edition will be available at a later date

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1114100361343513502005-04-21T10:56:00.000-05:002005-04-21T11:19:21.343-05:00

An icon of the Virgin Mary has appeared under the Kennedy Expressway, which is definitely cryptic but certainly popular. For those who, like me, have incredible trouble deciphering the supernatural appearance, I have put together a viewing guide from the above AP photo which I think most clearly portrays the thing (and I swear to the Blessed Mother that I haven't altered the image in anyway):

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1114063424351015052005-04-21T00:20:00.000-05:002005-05-04T21:17:01.716-05:00

With B.P.R.D. done for a while but me still finding myself in the comics shop waiting for new issues of Joss Whedon's run of Astonishing X-Men to pop up (and also a big $1 sale this past week), I've stumbled into a few comics series worthy of note. I did pick up an issue of Street Fighter, and I have to admit... I like it. There are special edition covers for this series that are

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1112371797859938932005-04-01T10:07:00.000-06:002005-04-01T10:09:57.860-06:00

I just noticed that Gallery Nucleus has images from their recent ninja-themed art show up at their website. What better way to spend an early April afternoon than with some ninja appreciation?

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1112235829869443542005-03-30T19:51:00.000-06:002005-03-30T20:23:49.873-06:00

I haven't seen the pilot yet but downloaded the Diversity Day episode on recommendations and really enjoyed it. I thought it managed to catch the same low-key edginess of the British series with the social commentary/parody being a bit more, so-to-speak, American. "Abraham Lincoln once said that if you're a racist, I will attack you with the North," says Steve Carell at one point during the

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1112224171323090982005-03-30T17:03:00.000-06:002005-03-30T17:09:31.323-06:00

The newest version of all-inclusive messaging program Trillian underlines various words and names, which will reveal (upon rolling your cursor over them) a brief Wikipedia entry on that subject. Perfect for pretending to understand cryptic friends and carrying on conversations about things you know nothing about. These truly are mighty times.

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1111896193819870542005-03-26T21:00:00.000-06:002005-03-30T17:03:16.970-06:00

One of my secret hobbies is reading Wikipedia entries on subculture vernacular. More on this shortly, but first a sidetrack. Subcultures are things I have feared greatly. This comes from developing photographs and, specifically, developing photographs of swim meets. Perhaps the most accurate way to express my dread is to say I have feared the competitive swimming subculture. I cannot

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1111892383585831832005-03-26T20:59:00.000-06:002005-03-26T20:59:43.586-06:00

...this guy is, for The Daily Show, something I'd love to do in another plane of existence but I just don't have the want/need/desire to live in NYC in this one. Anyway, you won't here me say I like people too too often, but I generally like this guy and while I work on getting my act together it's a decent place to check for some inkling of regularity.

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1111161693625181552005-03-18T09:16:00.000-06:002005-03-18T10:01:33.626-06:00

So, I'm back. Yeah, it's been a few months and our burgeoning readership has surely left this blog for other more active pursuits. This means that [you] are getting in on this thing at square one once again. Excitement pours through [your] veins, delivered by obscure glands placed by genetic minions in a past age. To explain my absence, I really have no excuse, but I will tell you some

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1107717084854428422005-02-06T13:57:00.000-06:002005-02-06T13:11:24.856-06:00

Predictions for Super Bowl Sunday: Terrell Owens receptions: zero Troy Brown interceptions: one Crappiest tasting beer commercial: Budweiser Select Number of times Belichick is referred to as a "genius": eight Refernces to Patriots' dynasty: eleven Farting horses: zero Paul McCartney's Playlist: Twist and Shout, Band on the Run, Maybe I'm Amazed, Hey Jude New England 35,

Scottag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1107322802355292762005-02-01T23:40:00.000-06:002005-02-01T23:40:02.356-06:00

Now, it is no secret that I enjoy my Scissor Sisters CD. Let's be straight, "Take Your Mama" and its neighbors capture the exuberant spirit of Elton John in a beat savvy funk that one cannot help but sing along with in one's best BeeGee's falsetto. I had my suspicions on the Scissor Sisters being a little too ***fab*** for my tastes when I opened the CD booklet to find the penultimate Queer

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1107034612783124422005-01-29T13:53:00.000-06:002005-01-29T15:41:45.956-06:00

You should probably start by reading this link. Done? Ok, now that we are on the same page, wtf? The Buster character, I found out from one of my friends who has a PBS watching child, is animated and then superimposed into a real life scene. It's kind of like Who Framed Roger Rabbit? but on a public broadcasting budget. In this kind of representation, there is a line drawn between the

Andytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1105465684518923332005-01-11T11:10:00.000-06:002005-01-11T11:48:04.516-06:00

Back by popular demand! That's one of the great things about going to a game; you wear a shirt, and then at the end of the fourth quarter you can take that shirt off... -Madden, on San Diego fans rallying their naked bellies on Saturday evening On a side note, was it only Chicago Bears fans that stared aghast as Brett Favre sacrificed a potential scrambling first down to blindly lob the

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1104860634789958522005-01-04T11:32:00.000-06:002005-01-04T11:43:54.790-06:00

When I first heard about this, I was so baffled that I simply neglected it as false. But apparently, people were actually worried that terrorists were practicing aiming laser pointers at in-flight planes in an effort to either target rockets or (drum roll, please) blind pilots. ... My conclusion is that there are too many CSI shows on television. Please cancel all spin-offs and copies,

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1103304925826190652004-12-17T11:25:00.000-06:002004-12-17T11:35:25.826-06:00

This was written in response to ClockworkGrue's post over at Game Girl Advance regarding EA Games obtaining an exclusive license to the NFL and its players for the next five years. To summarize, he asks whether the move will actually encourage innovation in sports games. Annual sports titles are first and foremost sims, and the most visible attribute of a sims' accuracy are the names of

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1103141707630695842004-12-15T13:44:00.000-06:002004-12-15T14:15:34.660-06:00

For them, the academy does not foster thoughtful discussion of thorny issues, but harbors the potential at any time to unleash the visceral reactions of their superiors to what students think are their own reasoned political positions. For students, the risk of speaking up is much the same as it is for me: They risk losing the respect of professors and perhaps endangering their long-term

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1101225808382141242004-11-23T09:59:00.000-06:002004-11-23T10:03:47.990-06:00

If anybody wants to give $150 to WBEZ, you would be given the unique oppurtunity to give me this dvd/book. Honestly, donating such a large sum being the only way to obtain the dvd pisses me off. Public radio, my ass.

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1101223800338521952004-11-23T08:37:00.000-06:002004-11-23T09:30:00.340-06:00

"Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm real." No prob, Bill. William Shatner's new album is actually quality. Even Pitchfork agrees. Has Been is the product of that weird friendship between Ben Folds and the Shat-man that you may recall hearing about a few years ago. The Shatner track off Ben Folds' pre-Ben-Folds-Singular "Ben Folds" album, Fear of Pop vol. 1, was certainly a highlight off

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1101220467693955602004-11-23T08:22:00.000-06:002004-11-23T08:34:27.693-06:00

Unfortunately for all of us, my work schedule has abruptly changed and made it very difficult for me to watch Monday Night Football much less pick a choice John Madden quote from it. This will only get worse with the store extending its hours for the holidays, having us work six days a week and, also, my one day off needing to be Sunday (Go Bears! Go Jesus!). Madden Madness will likely become

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1100849334037801232004-11-18T22:58:00.000-06:002004-11-19T01:28:54.036-06:00

You can imagine my shock and dismay that the Secretary of State had resigned and been replaced during my unannounced leave of absence from being wired. As far as I can tell, this all happened in a day. The news is difficult to track in hindsight, and I'm honestly not sure what I think of that. What has happened these two weeks or so that you have only posted about the Guster live album, you

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1100221819531881832004-11-11T17:11:00.000-06:002004-11-11T19:10:19.530-06:00

Maybe you weren't thrilled with Keep It Together, or you bought into my buzzing about it being a sort of farewell to Guster as that secret nougat inside the hollow chocolate shell of sugary pop rock. Maybe we were right. Maybe an unlikely, masterful DVD manifestation of the Gusters proves the band was never lost or gone forever. (this is long, and there are pictures, click below!) But I

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1099331201170966902004-11-01T11:33:00.000-06:002004-11-01T11:46:41.170-06:00

A few predictions as we approach 12 hours until one of the most exciting days of the year for a political science major like me... Electoral College: Bush 286, Kerry 252 Popular Vote: Bush 50.1%, Kerry 48.3% Swing States: Bush wins Florida (27), Iowa (7), New Mexico (5), and Ohio (20) Kerry wins Minnesota (10), New Hampshire (4), Pennsylvania (21) and Wisconsin (10) I honestly

Scottag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1099332970113927712004-11-01T10:45:00.000-06:002004-11-01T14:56:26.933-06:00

Of course, what curse should be reversed is entirely up to you. I'm working to assemble as many mumbo-jumbo election prophesies as possible. Primarily, I'm doing this so that I can smash down the losers when we're through with November 2, but it's also kind of fun. Green Bay beat Washington, heralding the triumph of John Kerry as a Redskins win before the election has also meant victory for

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1099244526482648032004-10-31T11:11:00.000-06:002004-10-31T11:42:06.483-06:00

Here're some comics primarily pulled from the Bolt City forums for your Halloween enjoyment. Check out the artists' homepages if you enjoy what you see; some very talented folks in the Flight community. Modern Romance : Skank-o-ween Superman : actually a comic come movie here Ballad : a (seriouser) weekly comic about a zombie lad's tribulation in being resurrected Butterflies :

WerdNordtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932474.post-1098978102742676032004-10-28T10:29:00.000-05:002004-10-28T10:41:42.743-05:00

I missed this one on my way home from work, but John caught it and was nice enough to pass it along... The one thing about ground balls... they don't go out of the ballpark. And so, this brief yet, I believe, truly powerful TMSO feature enters its offseason. For more wit and wisdom of Tim McCarver, you'll just have to... Wait til next year.

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