Author's posts
Mar 23
Foerster’s Syndrome
“When the surgeon began to manipulate the tumor, affecting those sensitive structures, the (conscious) patient burst into a manic flight of puns.” From a weird article at Wikipedia
Mar 20
The Touch
The Touch is a Stan Busch song that was included on the Transformers: The Movie soundtrack. As far as 80’s rock songs go, it is 3 minutes of pure distilled 80’s awesomeness that will make you yearn for ye olden dayes of yore when Transformers and G. I. Joe were cool the first time. However, the song might have …
Mar 16
The MadMania Podcast: Episode 2
This week Elsa and I take a look at food–the greasiest, the stankiest, the nutmeggiest. Enjoy!
Mar 13
Quotable: C.S. Lewis on the Church of England
“Such are the reactions of one bleating layman to Modern Theology. It is right that you should hear them. You will not perhaps hear them very often again. Your parishioners will not often speak to you quite frankly. Once the layman was anxious to hide the fact that he believed so much less than the …
Mar 10
Podcast update
Sorry for the delay on the new podcast episode. I’m still learning how to do it, and don’t yet do it efficiently (plus I went on vacation for a week). Recording the episode is easy, but editing is more of a challenge, and it simply takes longer than I thought it would. It reminds me …
Feb 27
chromatical book stacking
Dr Ray Stantz: “Symmetrical book stacking. Just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947.” Dr. Peter Venkman: “You’re right, no human being would stack books like this.” –Ghostbusters, 1984 Last Saturday Heather and I went to Excelsior Springs to kick around some antique shops and flea markets. We have found in our travels that you …
Feb 23
Boobam
“The name boobam was coined in Mill Valley, California in 1954 and was described as “bamboo spelled sideways”.” –from the Wikipedia article on the awesomely named instrument. Update: I was reviewing my blog posts and figured I ought to clarify the pronunciation of this instrument. It should be pronounced like too separate words, with the …
Feb 15
The MadMania Podcast: Episode 1
In this, our no-doubt awesome inaugural episode my daughter, Elsa, and I discuss words: the good, the bad, and the German. Also our favorite diseases, and why you should definitely go into heavy metal.
