Joko on a Local Access Cable Show! Me on TV!

It’s 28 minutes long, but I’m mostly just in the first part.  We had a sit down in the college’s video studio where we talked about the play I’m going to be in… Puget Sound Residents!  Note the dates and time!! You don’t want to miss my live drag debut, do you? TASO Production Preview […]

HOW I’M HAVING FUN ON RAPTURE DAY

From what I‘ve heard, I am not the only one out doing this right now, so if you see something similar to what I’ve done in the video below, do not panic. I’m curious if the folks at the Goodwill and other thrift stores are wondering what’s up with the uptick in business these last few days.

Enjoy the prank. I think I’ll wake up early and head up to the corner to see if I can catch any interesting reactions.

Legal disclaimer: I am NOT littering in this video. It is a piece of religious performance art, protected by the First Amendment.

Nine Things I’ve Really Come to Like Lately

Nine Things I Have Come to Like Lately 1. The New T-Mobile Girl. . To be honest, the way this advertising campaign so blatantly copied the Mac-vs.-PC commercials kinda soured me on when I first saw the replacement for the aging Catherine Zeta-Jones.  Who could be turned off by this girl?  Very few, apparently.  In […]

Ukes at the White House Situation Room

It was a really tough room for my latest gig.  I thought they’d be more attentive, but they all seemed to be really distracted by a very realistic video game that was playing on one wall.  Something about “getting Geronimo”… Seriously, you’ve probably seen this picture taken at the White Hourse during the raid on […]

Whenever possible, put on Parry Gripp. The Side One of Led Zeppelin IV for the 21st Century.

In the iconic 80’s movie, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, the coolest of the cool, Mike Ramone said these words about moments when you want to feel good: “whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV.” Mike was so right.  That selection of five songs defined being uplifted via music, via the scratchy […]

On The Trials and Triumphs of the DVR

I could not interact with television without a Digital Video Recorder. A DVR. I had a Tivo box back when they were relatively new in the early 2000’s because even then, I recognized how much these storage devices could improve our experience with television. My wife at the time wouldn’t let me just buy one; […]

Mirrors In The Rain: A Mock Opera

What would you do if someone entrusted you with his or her creative life’s work and you had the power to celebrate or denigrate it, and then you found it, meh… so so?

This is what happened to me 4 years this week. When I bought my ukulele, I kinda charmed the owner of the small, independent music store I had bought it from in Walnut Creek, CA

Computer translation fun: Say bowl and fix the cat!

A tongue twister Bissens gispende gipsbisps gipsgebis gispede Bissen gasping gipsbisps plaster denture gasped A drinking song Hvis Øresund det var et gyldent ølhav, så kunne jeg godt tænke mig at være ål, og ligge der på bunden og få gyldent øl i munden,  og ligge der på bunden og sige skål If the Sound […]

How I want a drink…

The most popular pi mnemonic seems to be this one (with minor variations): “How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy chapters including quantum mechanics” It is sometimes attributed to either Isaac Asimov or a James Jeans. There are  many others  in several languages  on this web address:  http://pages.intnet.mu/cueboy/education/maths/pi.htm. I’ve only been able […]

Oh, the Memories

Sometimes my brother couldn’t quit either.