I had a fairly productive evening : I figured out how to attach YUI listener events to normal HTML form objects (hint, use a DIV tag kids!), I helped troubleshoot a meddlesome CGI script that started sucking up all the MySQL connections on a client’s website, finished watching Weeds Season 2 (great ending to the season, got Season 3 on order from the ‘brary already), finished watching Sputnik Mania (not bad and I finally saw what Daniel Schorr from NPR looks like) and started The Children of Huang Shi (not terrible, but not really all that great).

“This is not the sound of a new man or crispy realization
It’s the sound of the unlocking and the lift away
Your love will be
Safe with me”
Bon Iver ~ re: Stacks

This is a clear example of why you don’t want to ever be my therapist or probably my friend either… below is an undoctored picture of my good friend Franki listening intently at an artist talk featuring Michael Gross… she has a thoughtful look on her face… harmless right?

And then I decided to do this… hope someone gets the Family Ties joke…

• What a Wonderful World – thanks Carla, is it just me, or am I so jaded as a YouTube junkie that I was waiting for a tiger to come maul the cute little pair?
• Winne the Pooh worships Satan – thanks jenijen
• Jumbohostel
• The Finest Elmo Rap Ever – thanks jenijen
• xkcd : Base System
• Hamburger Bed! – oh man

Some pictures from the last day/night in Quebec City… if you can’t see the slide show below, click here…

I got a warning via IM from one of my co-workers in the Jersey office about my poutine adventure…

I’m really proud of the work the developers and I did here. We worked hard, got exactly what we set out to do, and in the process, I think we really became a team. And jokes about snow and what this poutine is doing to my stomach aside, I can’t wait to get back. Next time, with more than $50.

• Meet the luckiest fan in America – thanks Doug
• Google Street Maps Car Hits Deer – thanks Kerry
• I bang the worst dudes. (Sorry, Mom) – thanks Mel
• Zombies Invade Austin, TX – thanks Cathleen
• Lamppost foils getaway
• All-American Rejects Womanizer – thanks V-Grrrl
• Cheater Cars

I swear it started out innocent… I was just quoting some Bloc Party lyrics…

But then, somehow… it turned into a mass cockslapping…

Movie review…

The X-Files : I Want to Believe -as someone who really enjoyed the series, I was disappointed with this film. To me, it was basically a so-so episode of the X-Files, but longer. My guess is die-hard fans either had the same reaction or they were so starved for new content they were happy to have this to watch.

• Responsible Drinking Prep – thanks Mel
• 5 Year Old with his Own Cooking Show – I’m waiting for him to make his signature dish, chicken con boogers and farts.
• iPhone Sketches
• Vintage Hollywood Manga PS Contest
• Sock Monkey Goddess

Here it is, yet another proud musical moment, a cheer up song for jenijen… Foxy Lady in handfarts.

Some Crüe (Looks That Kill) for Kyle’s lesson…

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And Silversun Pickups’ Lazy Eye for Jan…

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• That’s Not My Wife – thanks Mel
• How to Pick a Butterball Turkey – thanks Guy
• Sarah Palin Turkey Interview

Dear My Back,

I know you’re pretty sore after moving that TV the other day, but the firewood carrier is empty. After work today, we’re going to have to fill it up. I know we canceled the appointment with the chiropractor after I drove home instead of to his office. I promise after the guitar lesson tonight, we will simply lay down on the couch and watch movies. No chores, no hunched over the laptop coding until the wee hours of the night, no laundry folding (although there is a load in the dryer), no nothing – just rest. So tough it out for about 5 wheelbarrow fulls of firewood and we’re golden.

Love,
Van

Dear Toilet at Work,

I can not apologize enough for what I did to you this morning. It was totally uncalled for and although I sprayed the Glade Refreshing Spa, it’s hardly refreshing in that bathroom and certainly very un-spa-like.

My Sincerest Apologies,
Van

• Taser Fail
• Fake NYT Hits the Streets
• The Art of Johnny Yanok
• Sperm Storage – thanks Chris
• How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You
• YouTube Contest Challenges Users to Make an Actual ‘Good’ Video
• 10 Very Good Reasons Why You Should Grow a Giant Beard – thanks Mel