Via Gizmodo

Who can argue with logic?  If it’s good enough for the big man, it’s good enough for me.

Not to leave those that have been reading high and dry, (and for my atheist friends) here is a love limerick.  Normal broadcasting resumes tomorrow.

Trying to find love
Is like trying to get sex
from a dead hooker.

Flight of the Conchords will play Overture Center for the Arts on April 26.  No ticket prices are yet listed, and the tickets are not yet available on Overture’s web site.

The Grammy Award-winning duo from New Zealand gained notoriety in part due to their successful HBO show named after the band.  She show recently began its second season.

So what’s your favorite Conchords song or moment?  Post your thoughts in the comments.

Science: Want better sex, fellas? Have a stiff drink (news.com.au)
IT gives the phrase “a stiff drink” a whole new meaning: Australian researchers have made the surprise discovery that alcohol improves, rather than damages, men’s performance in the bedroom.

Rumor: Google to buy Skype (techradar)
Despite this success, parent company eBay is rumoured to be looking to offload its cash-cow to none other than Google.

Tech: iShovel, Worlds Smartest Snow Shovel (i-shovel.com)
Just plain cool.

The Bar Next Door staff now reports that they will stay open for the next month while management renovaes the Coliseum bar.

This is a complete turnaround from what management told employees on Thursday.  I’m still waiting for confirmation from the owners before I post more.  Stay tuned.

Come one, come all for one last glorious night, and watch for my piece about the pub Tuesday on Dane101.com

]]> http://midwesternboy.com/2009/01/15/bar-next-door-closing/feed/ 3 http://midwesternboy.com/2008/11/14/nanowrimo-update-2/ http://midwesternboy.com/2008/11/14/nanowrimo-update-2/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:42:16 +0000 JD http://midwesternboy.com/?p=179 It doesn’t take much to reignite a spark.

While in Milwaukee visiting friends last weekend, a buddy asked me how novel writing month was going.  I was a bit dejected as I was significantly behind where I hoped to be.

“Well, what is your story about,” he asked me.

I broke into my standard explanation of the plot – a child is hit by a car while playing with friends and is in a coma for years.  Doctors eventually find a way to try and bring the now-man out of his coma, and that’s where the fun starts.

And that’s when it happened.  I was reenergized about writing just by explaining the plot to a friend.

Admittedly it’s been a crazy week for me, but when is a week sane?  A ton of work for my web production company (OutsideTheBrain.com) including some self promotion has kept my nights occupied.  A trip last weekend to Milwaukee to see a friend who lives in Florida killed two-plus days of free time.

There are always excuses that can be made; reasons for not succeeding or (even worse) quitting.  I will not be a slave to excuses.  Sure, there are only so many hours in a day, but there are a lot of time consuming activities I could “neglect” for November.

I’ve managed to roll along, and I am currently sitting at 15,403 words for the year.  I’m 10k words down from where I need to be, and Thanksgiving weekend is either going to make or break my efforts.  My confidence is high, and I refuse to quit no matter how much work I need to complete.

More updates to come, including some of my favorite bits so far.

According to a study released last month by the Parents Television Council, prime-time broadcast audiences are three times more likely to hear about people having sex with pets, corpses or two other people simultaneously than they are to see a blissed-out married couple between the sheets.

Read it for yourself at Newsweek.com

If you stop by and the site is down, this is why.  I will post a new update once everything is koshar again  Thanks for your patience.