“Bill, we are not in New York.” “We’re not? Gee, and here I am mistaking the Museum of Yarn for the Guggenheim.”

broderic on September 13, 2024

Link of the Day [9.13.24]

I go to the bookstore almost every weekend. The same one I’ve been telling you about for the past 20 years. So I’ve accumulated a lot of books, and, confession time, I have maybe only read a tenth of what I’ve bought.

Sad. I know. It’s a sickness, but I can’t be helped. There’s a lot of things that look interesting to read, but not interesting enough to be read.

But that’s just not my problem only. Lots of people do the same. Ain’t that the joke — having books you haven’t read? Yup. So, there’s even a word for it in Japanese… let’s all learn it today!

https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/tsundoku/

Link of the Day [3.01.24]

broderic on March 1, 2024

Third month. Three is a magic number!

The first time I heard De La’s “Three Feet High and Rising” was senior year in high school and my friend Stan was playing “Me, Myself, and I” at some random party we were at. He was like saying, “So good. So good,” but I was high and just grooving out on this funky new shit. I did not comprehend what I was listening to. Just grooving and riding the buzz.

I’ve been riding the buzz with them for 35 years!

https://music.apple.com/us/album/3-feet-high-and-rising-35th-anniversary/1731021243

Link of the Day [2.29.24]

broderic on February 29, 2024

Not really having something today, I guess. I just want to post something for leap day. I also want to post something so that February 2024 has more than one post.

I just did a quick check of my favorite sites for this link and this one about Pluto’s orbit seems appropriate for the day. Does Pluto have a Leap Year?

https://www.vox.com/2015/3/3/8140839/pluto-orbit

Link of the Day [1.25.24]

broderic on January 25, 2024

Analytics from my twitter feed say no one sees these when you post them so late in the day. So therefore, today’s comes up just about an hour earlier than yesterday’s. I guess maybe we’ll get an extra view?

Yeah!

But no one clicks through on their twitter feed. So no one’s gonna see this. But you’ll be missing out on something great.

A couple of weeks back, Nogizaka46’s TV show’s YouTube channel posted that they’re now going to include subtitles within a week of the showing. YES!

Yup, you too can now become as big a Nogizaka fan as me. The episodes go as far back as GomenFin back in 2021.

You’ve got a long way to catch up. What are you waiting for? Only click through!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-tVKL3zVywavzveUa688lwEMfRNajMpi&si=Qm_n4O9WFrp7K3pb

Link of the Day [1.24.24]

broderic on January 24, 2024

I write this on a MacBook Pro, one of the latest forms of the Apple Mac. It’s been 40 years since its introduction back in 1984. Once again that iconic of years reminds us of the iconic introduction commercial. So let’s all celebrate the Apple Macintosh.

https://mac40th.com

“No I’m afraid it was. It was witnessed and notarized by an official notary public.”

broderic on September 16, 2023

Link of the Day [9.16.23]

Adam Jones was my favorite Oriole maybe even of all time. But really it was Brooks Robinson. You see, Robinson retired in 1977 and we went to his appreciation day on September 17. Right around my birthday. Still he’s a favorite, and Adam Jones, too.

Jonesy was there for the last good Orioles team. He was definitely the heart and soul of the team. He represented Baltimore really well. He’s the best at that. Definitely, the best.

#StayHungry

https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/adam-jones-officially-retires-as-a-baltimore-oriole