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I've become totally obsessed with Tom Waits (again). Dee's response to this news: "oh, no."

I'm diving deeper into the catalog this time 'round, but my favorites at the moment are Closing Time (for his meloncholy), Nighthawks at the Diner (for his diner lounge side), and Rain Dogs (for his quirky)...if you make it through this one, and like it, you'll find the last song to be amongst the greatest album closers ever. Right up there with The End from The Doors first album...he kind of has that same hypnotic lead-man thing going on actually here.

And in related news, more nipples.

ATTENTION COUSINS!!

nipples




that is all.

The Sandwich Prize

In case anyone was wondering, the prize of the sandwich contest that i dominated all of your sorry asses in (lettuce? please.) was "the world's smallest care package." It contained "everything i'll ever need" which is:

-1/8 ounce of dehydrated tobasco, ear plugs, a mystery pill, pot seeds, a wet nap, lipton, a bottle opener, money (1 penny), food (one teddy gram), a button, some lotion, a bandaid, a tum, and a mysterious white ball, and air.

thanks matt. i'm chewing the teddy gram as i write this.

Gear Testers

Both Outside Magazine and Backpacker Magazine are doing gear review contests where you submit a sample review for the chance to get published in their respective magazines. Backpacker's prize is actually a full 12 month reviewer job and a chance for more. I thought it would be a fun thing to try:

http://www.backpacker.com/backpacker_gear_tester_contest/gear/12734?utm_source=newsletter01&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter01

http://outside.away.com/outside/gear/gear-army-index.html

Cournoyer Cuzzins blogging since 2005

I just noticed that we have been blogging since 2005! wewwhoo! You should go back and look at some 2005 ones they are still very funny. Here is an excerpt of one that is particularly relevant...whipitjjface... "whipitjjface, I believe is really into breasts. That is wonderfully clever. Personally, I am more of a fourth or fifth-tier porn viewer where forays with scat and urine are not uncommon. I got hit on last night in a bar...pretty fatly modest looking girl. I also have noticed your guys affluency for lists or "best of"s here's an entry for you BEST ADVERB(I think): Fatly"

Research Help

Every now and then, I get fun brain-storming projects for school. A professor and I come up with a research project or test, and then get into the details of trying to determine the perfect something to give to subjects for an experiment.

Right now, what we need is this:
We're going to give something to subjects. Something they don't want. But it can't be anything that could get us in trouble, like serious pain or humiliation. The final difficult catch is that it has to be something that can exist as either one, several, or a pack of several. The "pack" or the "several" shouldn't cost more than $5 or $10.

A few of the examples I've come up with:
-gross candy, such as gummy bandaids. (cheap, easy to pack, but not that aversive).
-unpleasant sounds that they have to listen to. (good, easy, but hard to pack...maybe 1 song, ten songs, whole cd)
-something embarassing, like tampons for guys.
-another survey (1 page, 10 page, a ten page survey)

Feel free to help if you want. I'm happy to talk about the hypothesis if you're interested.

Observation

Farting while doing sit-ups is not such a good idea.

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