The Kitchen Debate

Ever heard of this? Me neither. Wierd. I wish I knew more about the cold war....

Pumping my own fat to Lamb of God

I am starting to feel a lot better after surgery in the last few days and was getting all antsy lately about working out. Therefore, I started working out again tonite. We’ll see how my butt feels later to judge if it was too soon, but at the moment I am feeling pretty darn good. Endorphins! Endorphins! I rode the stationary bike for almost 45 mins (370 calories, 10 miles) while watching...

Fred Rogers Testifies before Senate

I heard on the vomitus podcast 21 that there was a clip floating on Youtube about Fred Rogers testifying before senate in 1969 to secure funding for public television. Nixon wanted to cut the PBS grant in half and Fred Rogers went in and kicked some ass… in the relaxed Mr. Rogers style he is famous for. Bless his soul. With that said, was mr. rogers brain fried on acid? I mean, watch the...

Sesame Street – Psychedelic ABCs

This is probably why our generation is so screwy. It sure didn’t help us be more creative… or if it did, MTV later in life undid that. Honestly, I swear our most impressionable years are when we are in our teens vs. when we are crying vegetables of kids being hypnotized by Sesame Street and the Ninja Turtles… As a side rant. When I watch PBS now, it seems like it has fallen far...

Customer Service at Its Finest

Update : the last dinosaur comic sums things up. Not very funny, but applicable. I just wanted to take moment to express how awesome Axis Percussion’s tech support is. I have had an Axis X series double bass drum pedal for nearly 10 years now and only in the last year, I have had some problems. About a year ago, some of the hex nuts embedded in the aluminum were stripped. Recently, the...