Random Stuff From the Web II

Forgetters - A while back I was very excited about a new project from Jawbreaker's Blake Schwarzenbach. That band broke up without releasing an album. But now he's in another band with the original drummer from Against Me! and we are excited about this. They have a blog which I follow and if you like this you could as well. Also apparently Blake's not too solid on how this song begins.



Sea Shepherd gets the most badass boat in the history of ever - the blog Green Is The New Red had this article about a boat that the Sea Shepherd just got. It's essentially an aquatic batmobil. That's all I can say without quoting the article which is worth reading in its not-too-long entirety.

Jawbreaker - Shield Your Eyes ( the Bivouac version)

The Sidekicks - Go! Go! Go! Green! Green! Green! (Turns out finding songs to do with that second story was a lot harder than I predicted)

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Jawbreaker
The Sidekicks

Random Stuff From the Web (with only mildly related mp3's)

The Electronic Book Burning - an essay on how the increased digitalization of books, whether it be via google books or the electronic reading device which I shall not name here, is having a negative effect on bookstores and the culture of books.

Perils of Positive Thinking - taken from here, it is an interview with author Barbara Ehrenreich where she talks about her book "Bright-Sided"


Stand By Me - many people may remember the video that made the rounds a couple months ago of numerous people across the globe playing together in a cover of this song. This isn't it. This is Lemmy Kilmister, lead singer and bassist of MOTORHEAD along with the drummer from Slayer. If someone feels like making an mp3 out of this let me know because I'd love it, but I'm to lazy to do the necessary work.

NOTE: If you enjoy seeing blog entries that are links to cool things someone has found on the internet, Sean Bonner does it pretty frequently and better than I (though with less mp3 goodness).

Turn the TV Off And Read A Book Please - Deny Everything (Electronic Book Burning)
American Errorist (I hate hate haters) - NOFX (Perils of Positive Thinking)
Train in Vain (Stand By Me) - The Clash (This one's pretty obvious isn't it?)

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Deny Everything
NOFX
The Clash

Race Day!!!!! Recap a.k.a. Keegan's Gloatfest

Just to follow up on the last posting, this Breeder's Cup may have been my most successful day of watching horse racing ever. Of the 14 races this weekend, I picked 4 winners. They were: Man of Iron, in the Marathon; Midday, in the Filly and Mare Turf; Life is Sweet, in the Ladies Classic; and finally Conduit, in the Turf. Those of you with sharp memories will wonder what happened to my original pick for the Ladies Classic, Rainbow Veiw. And to those of you I will say that I decided not to back a horse on the outside with the first turn where it was in the course, but I did manage to change my pick on the NTRA website in time so they credited me with the win. For those of you with a mind toward numbers and economics, I did the math. If I had placed a 2 dollar bet on each of my choices, I would have finished the weekend with a profit of $66.80. Should I have gone hog wild and bet 5 dollars per race, this prize would have sky rocketed to $167. So we can add 'Professional Gambler" to teh list of possibilities on the old five year plan.

Race Day!!!!!

Today is the first day of the Breeder's Cup Championship of Horse Racing. As I was explaining to someone last night this is one of my big holidays of the year. Here are my picks:

Marathon: Man of Iron
Juvenile Fillies Turf: Lillie Langtry
Juvenile Fillies: Devil May Care
Filly and Mare Turf: Midday
Filly and Mare Sprint: Sara Louise
Ladies' Classic: Rainbow Veiw
Juvenile Turf: Codoy
Turf Sprint: El Gato Malo
Sprint: Gayego
Juvenile: Alfred Nobel
Mile: Goldikova
Dirt Mile: Mastercraftsman
Turf: Conduit
Classic: Rip Van Winkle

I haven't been following racing very closely, so especially in the early races, I mostly went by odds and jockeys. And in the latter half of the races I appeared to let nation of origin rule my choices since my last five picks are all Irish. This is of course in part based on my sole theory of betting which is 'never bet American in the turf classic.' Enjoy race day (weekend).