tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:34:25 +0000A journal of how I am engineering my human conditionhttp://www.xenokat.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com (Theo!)Blogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-3828673666702874133Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:33:00 +00002009-02-03T13:34:25.226-08:00Okay it was unintentional, but I think this is one of my more manly statements:--what can I get you?-- um, I'll have a sesame [bagel]-- you want that toasted or any thing?-- nah, I'm good-- ah, straight up, got it-- well you know; I like my bagels like I like my whiskeyAnd yes it was a very manly bagel I had from Noah'shttp://www.xenokat.com/blog/2009/02/manly-statment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1929049880197224984Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:08:00 +00002009-01-05T18:23:44.711-08:00historymotiongraphicsgeekIt's a bit on the geeky side but still worth a watch. "History of the Internet" by Melih Bilgil On a side note, how many other people think that any thing narrated by someone with a British accident makes it seem just a bit more important?http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2009/01/history-of-internet-in-motiongraphic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-3247640442535508949Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:59:00 +00002009-01-05T18:05:24.629-08:00Has anyone else noticed that Kanye West's "Heartless" video and Ralph Bakshi's 1981 movie, "American Pop," share similar animation styles. And it's more then just similar, It looks like "Heartless" uses Bakshi's signature rotoscoping style. If you haven't seen one or either yet, here are the links: Kanye West's "Heartless" Ralph Bakshi's 1981 movie, "American Pop" http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2009/01/tribute-or-just-inspired-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-6846680253322053283Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:50:00 +00002008-01-30T00:50:45.569-08:00Just for the sake of irony, I would love to meet a woman named Dr. Phyllis Stein, just to say that I meet her.Phyllis Stein = philistine(huh! Huh.)I did tell you that it was a dumb thought to begin with.http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2008/01/dumb-thought-of-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-4006669330230076878Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:46:00 +00002008-01-17T22:47:12.756-08:00I will admit that my mind has been a little more random then normal today. On my drive home, a little thought crept into the front of my mind that amused me:  "Let the barbarian's trombones sound, for today, we conquer Milwaukee." Beyond the amusing thought of throngs of invaders invading the Great Lakes area and that the carry a brass section with them. I was just as amused with the fact that I http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2008/01/random-thoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-7692405696969621081Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:39:00 +00002007-12-25T22:40:19.071-08:00Just a quote that came up when I was talking to my Aunt Beverly:"Uncertainty is just a situation where you don't know all of the facts yet."Theo, 23.Dec.2007http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2007/12/350-for-you-thoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-2922659450414971154Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:37:00 +00002007-11-25T12:37:30.698-08:00I got to learn a new word yesterday. Now to find a way to use it in everyday conversation that won't get me charged with aggravated assault:defenestration | noun formal or humorousthe action of throwing someone or something out of a window.DERIVATIVESdefenestrateORIGIN early 17th cent.: from modern Latin defenestratio(n-), from de- 'down from' + Latin fenestra 'window.'http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2007/11/words-i-wished-i-learned-in-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-6346031512983074055Fri, 25 May 2007 19:30:00 +00002007-05-25T13:01:47.240-07:00Just a little random fun on my holiday... http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2007/05/am-i-really-that-pretty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-7419958880295989982Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:42:00 +00002007-03-19T19:42:45.599-07:00The difference between a good photographer and a great photographer is a good photographer can take beautiful photograph with his camera, a great photographer can take a beautiful photograph with any camerahttp://www.xenokat.com/blog/2007/03/thats-difference.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-4360982983796947624Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:53:00 +00002007-03-06T18:54:01.126-08:00"That's just the collective unconscious dreaming of electronic sheep"-Mehttp://www.xenokat.com/blog/2007/03/theos-prose-of-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-2099492836227988179Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:25:00 +00002006-12-19T01:25:52.808-08:00My newest comic obsession: Lackadaisy.The story takes place in struggling Speakeasy during the prohibition age in St. Louis. But there is a one big twist to this story, you'll get it when you read it:Current page: http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/comic.phpArchives: http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/archive.phphttp://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/12/you-all-have-to-read-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1288718417618997299Fri, 15 Dec 2006 23:14:00 +00002006-12-15T15:18:49.080-08:00With the political and environmental climates as they are right now, I can't help but draw comparisons between the real world and the world of Transmetropolitan. Even thought the series ended in 2002, the comic still illustrates relevance to current affairs.http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/12/as-time-goes-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-116314257292400989Fri, 10 Nov 2006 07:09:00 +00002006-11-09T23:09:32.930-08:00It's already beginning to happen with the odd yet endearing colloquialisms.I was in a meeting and felt the my voice was being ignored by the rest of the group. My inside-voice said, "People, I feel that we are getting off topic with this random banter." Unfortunately, my outside- voice misheard my inside-voice and instead said, "Oy, Chuckleheads, What am I doing here? I feel like I'm http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/11/i-am-going-to-be-that-crazy-old-man.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-116306566679358204Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:47:00 +00002006-11-09T01:57:01.556-08:00You see these cartoons with the anthropomorphised ideas of right and wrong siting each shoulder of the character. The cross-dressing goody-goody angel on the right and the leotard wearing, pitchfork fetishist devil on the left. Right? Right. I've never been able to relate to the specific casting of these roles, but I do like the idea of it. So after some thought I've figured out how I'm going tohttp://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/11/i-think-i-figured-it-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-116280030463037156Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:05:00 +00002006-11-06T00:05:04.673-08:00In a city renowned for its rainfall, why is it that the majority of its inhabitants either refuse to use, or do not own an umbrella? is it some sort of regional hubris? http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/11/riddle-me-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-116244938591243070Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:36:00 +00002006-11-04T22:50:39.346-08:00In one of my more lucid moments I think I've come up with a new addition to supplement my existing standards for finding Mrs. Right. For those of you new to this, the current standards includes such criteria as: "Can not be a Psychologist, Psychology Major, or generally anything that relates to the a fore mentioned fields of study." "Their mental stability must be equal, or greater then my http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/11/some-theories-you-should-keep-to-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-116244930459048174Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:35:00 +00002006-11-01T22:35:04.590-08:00I'm beginning to believe that for an artist, it is better to be bright & clever rather then smart & brilliant. With the former, there is a certain lucidity of abstract thought that the later doesn't allow for.http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/11/better-to-be-bright-clever-then-smart.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-116244928568686593Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:34:00 +00002006-11-01T22:34:45.770-08:00I was listening to the 80's station when Huey Lewis & The News' "Hip to be Square" started playing... and I was able to relate to it. It's retched. Brain the size of a planet and I'm driving a beige Toyota to Suburbia everyday. G-d I'm so depressed.http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/11/square-and-not-good-kind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-116192800470070617Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:46:00 +00002006-10-27T12:44:07.960-07:00I don't care what kind of man you are, who wouldn't want to roll across the verdant hills and dales of the English county side in a tank. Link: Tank Paintball http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/10/now-who-wouldnt-want-to-do-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-116183954048916265Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:12:00 +00002006-10-25T22:12:20.493-07:00In the Fall 2006 issue of Heeb in reference to Kabalah and Hollywood actors:"Can't the goyim just go back to being Scientologists, already?"http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/10/best-quote-this-month.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-116183940411060082Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:10:00 +00002006-10-27T14:12:32.483-07:00I think that I would like to have a pet pig, just so I could name him "Dinner." http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/10/its-funny-on-so-many-levels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-116167379048134995Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:06:00 +00002006-10-24T00:09:50.493-07:00You heard it here. I have a new blog, "Project 365". It's an idea I picked up to document the next year of my life by taking one picture a day. Let’s see where this goes. Will I post everyday? Hell no, but I'll try to post stuff every couple of days. Come'on, you know you want to see.http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/10/new-blog-in-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-116072046716372859Fri, 13 Oct 2006 06:21:00 +00002006-10-24T21:49:34.526-07:00Would it be in bad form to tell a neighbour that I've never met, that the lighting design of his living room is just awful. I mean, really awful, like florescent hallway awful.http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/10/bad-manners-or-bad-lighting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-115856280752713825Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:00:00 +00002006-09-26T07:53:19.890-07:00Feh! with you fancy-pants defiance and indignation. Back in my day all we had was spite and anger and we didn't like you.http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/09/dont-drink-and-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-115648717036473524Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:26:00 +00002006-09-06T09:18:25.966-07:00People don't want to know about current events, they just want to know about popular events.http://www.xenokat.com/blog/2006/08/just-thinking-out-loud.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Theo!)1