Gurkha Assassin

Happy New Year.
Gurkha Assassin is being enjoyed by Jack Morgan tonight. My favorite
cigar to date. A very intense flavor. Dry and spicy like me.

The Murder Bros. Played a Show on the 25th of December

I had the best Xmas I've had in years. I went to the residence of my parents-in-law. They don't appreciate how awesome I am. They have made very clear that I am not considered part of their family. But this time, I didn't have to stay overnight or have to stay late. I had a show to play with the Murder Bros.! And, the last hour I spent there was outside in watching the snow fall, smoking a cigar. It was great.

Then the show was fantastic. I'd like to make it a tradition. Every year on Christmas: Christmas with the Murder Bros.I think there are a lot of people who would rather be out doing something cool, starting their own traditions, rather than sitting around a house listening to Bing Crosby or watching the same movie a dozen times.

Thanks for Being Nice to Animals

Jarod Kearny built a forge in the wharf

To build with FIRE!

Walking on walls

Hipstsamatic

Mary Morgan likes a vintage camera app she got for her Android. She's crazy about it, taking pictures of the dog and of me and of herself and everyone we know.

Today I found out about the Levi's Hipstamatic Contest.

Isn't it interesting the ways by which we attempt to imbue our industrial, mass-produced products with auras?

I'm not critical of it at all; in fact, I love the sentiment: make things that are essentially as far away from hand-made as possible look hand-made. Fairly incredible if you think about it.

The Parasitic Twin Living inside of Mary Morgan's Head

I had to write an apology to a friend today. This is an excerpt. I guess I'm a big jerk.

Sorry I joked about the whole parasitic twin living inside of Mary Morgan's head. I thought it would be funny if people all over town believed that she had a dark twin living in her brain making her do mean things. I don't know where the joke became so big in our conversation, but since I thought it was funny, I kept letting you buy into the idea.

Anyway, sorry you took it to heart so much. I didn't mean to upset you.

My friend got really upset because I told her that my wife had a teratoma in her skull that had to be operated out. In reality, she only had a viral infection in her head because she had a sinus infection but refuses to drink more than a glass of water a day or take any vitamins, so it worsened and caused a horrible migraine and she had to go to the hospital. She still won't drink extra water or take vitamins. Why do people think that magic pills are more powerful than water and vitamins? Doctors are not wizards. I had the same viral infection, and I'm fine right now because I drank two (2) pitchers of water and took six thousand milligrams (6000mg) of vitamin C daily until I got better. I also ate a bunch of onions and garlic and spicy stuff, all things that are good against viruses. Getting better from a cold is easy; it's not brain surgery!

Mate

Snow!

Pin-up Girl against Fur

I like the Ink, not mink ads from PETA. I dislike the fur trade intensely.

The bassist in the Murder Bros., Karius Kiracofe, is talking about getting a fanboy tattoo, and I'm trying to convince him to not go through with it. Fanboy tattoos are the kinds of things people regret. I do love tattoos, though, and I support anyone who wants to add a sense of permanency to their lifestyles.