i recommend the new field fresh chopped salad from trader joes with couscous, currants, asiago, pecans, and sweet basil dressing. it's my second favorite after their bbq chicken salad.

another one stolen from john.
watch it. it all makes sense in the end. then watch it again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY

this video explains how i feel about hardcore twitter addicts. hilarious.
(video stolen from john)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2HAroA12w

short circuit 2 is just as much a tear jerker now as it was then.

so i guess katie and i are both officially geeks since we have some of these habits. i'm glad it's not just me, otherwise i'd feel bad.
http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2009/03/10-annoying-hab.html?mbid=geeksugar

ever wanted to know how to build things with a mill and lathe, how to work sheet metal, generate your own electricity, repair a steam locomotive, build a still, put an electric engine in a car, or preserve meat? go to this site and request a catalog. they have lots of old-timey manuals that they reprint with all sorts of good nearly-lost skills in them.
http://www.lindsaybks.com

earlier today i heard two guys play "yoshimi battles the pink robots" on two acoustic guitars downtown at the antique fair. it made my day. then i heard a guy and a girl playing old-timey folk music on a dobro and washtub bass, and they played a couple of songs i requested. then i noticed the bass player's hand was bleeding from playing all afternoon (it looked like they were hard up for cash) so i bought them some bandaids. now i'm sitting in the sun eating one of my favorite cookies and drinking a beer. too bad The Mrs had to leave town and i have to go back to work tomorrow.

maté + sunshine = uberproductive bryan

we're tied with new zealand when it comes to how technologically advanced our IT and communications systems are.
http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/news/the-most-techie-countries-in-the-worldthe-us-doesnt-even-crack-the-top-10-078325

every knight rider turbo boost/jump sequence in one video. now someone needs to do one for the dukes of hazzard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arL04K3HLMw