Childhood Memory

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Childhood Christmas memory.

The Multi-tasking Mind

Right click on bottom picture, open in new window, come back to this page, select song below, go back to new window and watch animation while music plays.



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Honda Meets Rube Goldberg

Paintings on a Canvas of Hands

If you go here or
here or here you'll see some amazing artistry.

Here is a Power Point slideshow of the artwork. Enjoy

American Idol Loser Theme-I'm Peaking Right Now!

Antonella Barba


Sanjaya Malakar

Leslie Hunt


A.J. Tabaldo




If you're following American Idol, your jaw may well be hanging loose after Antonella Barba and Sanjaya Malakar survived another week while better singers, Leslie Hunt and A.J. Tabaldo (who, oddly, both sang Feeling Good) were axed. One reason for this odd turn of events may be the website Vote For The Worst wherein they promote Antonella "Song selection, what's that?" Barba because they want "to make a funnier show."

Rob Paravonian, comedian armed with a wicked guitar, has something to say to those people voted out of American Idol.

Code Monkey On My Back

We've all experienced it, hearing a snappy tune, and then we can't get it out of our heads. I was listening to Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte on their Net At Night podcast. Amber was speaking about a song she been introduced to last summer called Code Monkey by Jonathan Coulton. As they use to say on American Bandstand , it has a nice beat, it's easy to dance, I'd give it a 98! Amber and Leo talked about the Code Monkey Remix Contest and Leo played a bit of the winning entry by Kristen Shirts and one of the runner-up entries by Ken Wagman, both of which I liked. You can hear the original and all of the winners here. I've even found three different concert performances of Code Monkey by Coulton on YouTube, a lively one here, a more sedate one here, and the Ukulele Remix version performed live with Kristen Shirts here. I also enjoyed a young lady performing a well thought-out Code Monkey Dance. If you'd like to see an interview with Jonathan Coulton conducted by Merlin Mann go here.

But now I've got a problem: I've got a Code Monkey on my back! I find myself unconsciously humming the song, it runs through my mind as I try to go to sleep, It's ruining my life! Curse you Coulton, you and your catchy Code Monkey!