Jun 19th :Cigarette

Accoutrement to your frown or smile,
Limply dangles in dejection, firmly hailing in assertion,
A Freudian fate for the early weaned,
doubles as baton if either creativity or crisis demand it
and aids in the prevention of undue post-coitus dally,
essential to both Mersault and Meursault,
convenient currency in certain circles or as a five-minute hourglass
stylishly accessorizing your meal, coffee and conversation,
the shaft allows proxy kisses with men, women, strangers and relatives,
the tip customizes furniture and upholstery;
this densely packed contrary whistle, flicked carelessly with thumb
or precisely with forefinger
is best in morning, worst when sick.

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Dec 31st : Best of 2009 Mix

2009 in almost in the books, and while I thought overall it wasn’t the best year for new music there were definitely some great albums that came out - Metric’s Fantasies, Andrew Bird’s Noble Beast, and the Karen O soundtrack for Where the Wild Things Are among others.
Let me know what you think and [...]

Sep 22nd : Computer Building Fun

Putting together three systems for the office - one for me, one for Lahey, and one for either the new intern or employee coming into Station Four. While I love geeking out and putting systems together, I haven’t had a whole lot of lead time (intern and employee starting soon). These are my thoughts so [...]

May 11th : Sister’s 10-Week Old Cat Sick

My sister graduated from college last week and her boyfriend got her a new kitten, which unfortunately has gotten very sick. Being a recent college graduate she is pretty broke and asked for help they could get, I’m sending her some money but thought I’d repost as well:
“Ryan and Ashley’s kitten has recently gotten terribly [...]

Jan 4th : Olberding’s Best Songs of 2008

Overall I didn’t feel that 2008 was a wonderful year personally for new music, regardless here’s a list of 35 tracks that I’ve fully enjoyed in the last year. I threw all of the tracks in a zip with some playlist files so that you can download them here:

Olberdings-Best-of-2008.zip (122 MB)

1. Tilly and the [...]

Dec 28th : Bracing Dream on December 28th

Decided to write this down and avoid actually bugging my real life friends by saying “I had this crazy dream last night”
**Update**
I ended up blabing on about it with two friends anyway.
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I went back to second grade. I needed to finish up elementary school for some reason even though the rest of my education was [...]

Nov 11th : Quitting Smoking: Take Two

Yesterday, late morning, I quit smoking for the second time. The first time I quit it lasted nine months and was assisted by dating, and thus spending considerable time with, a non-smoker. Starting back up was a gradual process that took place over the course of a couple months of starting a stopping.
I’m using the [...]

Sep 25th : 100 Songs that I’ve Listened to Waaaay Too Much

In putting together a CD mix recently I compiled a list of songs that at some point in time I was obsessed with, listened to on repeat, and inevitably got a little sick of. Only rule was that I couldn’t repeat bands. I didn’t go too far back (probably ~1996) so you wont see any [...]

Sep 2nd : Too Many Side Projects!

As long as I can remember I’ve always had a difficult time managing my hobbies and interests… there are just too many things I want to do and learn: Raise my proficiency in French, get better at piano, write Shakespearean sonnets, pick up oil painting, learn how to play the Trumpet, actually put some real [...]

Jul 29th : Monday Night: Jaguars Training Camp

Went out to watch the Jags training camp last night with Brandon Dyal and Sean Collins. Sean got there too late to see the Oklahoma drills, which were the highlight of the evening.