Foxonian's musings

Something for the kiddies

2009-11-05T16:32:54Z

Just in case you can't find anything on Nickleodeon or Sprout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOHJUrcVdJk

This is sooo ...wrong!!!

2009-09-28T21:36:36Z

I went into my local Wall Mart today.Guess what? They were putting up Christmas Decorations!!! WTF??? It's still Friggin' September!!! Well,since I am on a tear,here's a video that sums up this whole rushing the holiday season as it were. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTMQeoU9W34

Hard to believe

2009-09-25T23:16:46Z

Still find it hard to believe that the G-20 summit is being held in the same building in Pittsburgh that Anthrocon was held in only a few months ago.Wonder if Kage will ask the convention center staff for the same chair that Obama sat in for his opening ceremonies pannel next year?

Lest we not forget

2009-09-11T11:33:12Z

In memory of 9/11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYApt4iL84A

More "awfulness".

2009-09-07T11:59:17Z

Yet another entry in the "worst music video" category.Sadly,it's not a parody. XP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQBJCBLBFTs

Huh???

2009-09-06T18:13:55Z

Okay.I have been posting the strangest music videos here lately,but this one really makes me scratch my head. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrVPRFTUbRw&feature=related

I think these guys have a lot of potential

2009-08-25T21:49:36Z

See if you agree! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQwv6_rffGU

"Loco" TV ads

2009-08-23T23:09:50Z

Well,I certainly wouldn't call these the 10 best local TV ads."Strangest Local TV Ads" is a better title. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKWwnpi20kA

A new low

2009-08-17T12:41:22Z

Just when I thought I found the worst metal video ever,along comes this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGc_4DeKBN4 Time for the old bottle of eye bleach.

Hmm

2009-08-16T21:43:47Z

You know,these guys might want to consider a carrear change.Just my opinion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFB48On-nuA

A great one passes

2009-08-13T17:39:33Z

I just heard that muscian Les Paul passed away.Most people may remember him from his invention of the Les Paul solid body electric guitar(of which I owned two at one time or another).But he also invented multi- track recording which the music world would not have been the same without.Les was also a great guitarist in his own right(still playing in public until a few weeks ago at age 94.Wish I could have gone to that NYC club to see him live).I will miss him.

An update of a sort

2009-08-10T22:27:59Z

Since I last updated this thing,I managed to take a vacation of a few weeks from work.Went to the shore,did some much needed home projects etc.Lately,I have been feeling very depressed and lonely.Sorry to sound so "emo" if that's a the right word for it,but I tend to get this way when I run into a lot of stress either at work or in life in general.It's the feeling of being a failure at everything I try to do and as a result the feeling of being worthless the comes with it.Middle age getting the better of me? I dunno,but I don't like being like this.I haven't written anything since I saw some fellow on a furry message board call my writings "absolute crap".Granted,I know I'm not a novelist.But can't I at least try to do something halfway decent?

For the 4th!

2009-07-04T11:41:31Z

Today is the 4th of July! Today one of the things you often hear is all the Sousa marches that are supposed to give you a patrotic feel.In that light,I have one here that seems to sum up the shape our county is in right now(despite everything our prez is trying to do right now).Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F85eon989zU

Little known fact

2009-07-03T21:51:49Z

TV pitchman Billy Mays was laid to rest today in a cemetary just a few miles away from where Anthrocon is currently being held.Who would have guessed?

time goes on

2009-07-03T01:18:47Z

In less than 3 hours,I will turn 44 years old.It's amazing how somethings change over time,yet some things stay the same.I saw a movie on TV the other day that was made in the late 80's.Even though it doesn't seem that long ago,I could not get over how "dated" everything looks now.Guess there is something to that whole "perception of time" philosophy I heard about while watching a Science Channel documentary once.Well,I have one more year to go before my offical "mid-life crisis" is supposed to kick in(according to a lot of Men's magazine articles).Wonder if I'll have enough money saved up to buy a Corvette and get a trophy wife by then?

An odd day

2009-06-21T14:50:06Z

Today is Father's Day.However,due to the fact that I never had kids of my own and my own Father passed away some two years ago now,it kind of leaves me feeling a bit odd.I keep wondering if not setting down with woman,getting married and starting a family was the right decision.I am a person who doesn't like to do what is expected of them(a non-conformist rebel of sorts),so for a long time the idea of having a wife,home & 2.5 kids(one of each sex according to the ideal American Family) repulsed me.I wanted to do my own thing.While I did get the home and the steady job,I didn't have the family.I guess that now that I'm hitting middle age(I'll be 44 in two weeks),I start to wonder what life would have been like to have been a father.Oh,well.I guess I'll just play the hand life has delt me and see where I end up.

Thought this might be timely

2009-06-18T22:01:23Z

Given everything that is happening in Iran so far this week,I thought this song might be timely. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAkfHShATKY

Memories

2009-06-11T22:25:26Z

This was the very first rock song I ever heard as a kid.I was aorund 7 years old back in the early 70's and our bus driver had his transistor radio tuned to our local college radio station.I keep imagining Goofy doing all the odd bits in front a rock band trying to play onstage(of course,being Goofy he usually ends up flying off the stage with his arms flailing,but doesn't give up and keeps coming back to try again!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGaVUApDVuY

Some sanity

2009-06-10T12:28:23Z

Okay,since most you probably went "What the F***" at that so called "Pirate Metal" video I posted yesterday,I thought I would make amends by giving you one that's a bit more "civil" Yarrgh! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7sHLjI1sQE&feature=related

Huh.

2009-06-08T22:20:24Z

You know,I always wondered what it would like like if you took a bunch of hardcore speed metal heads form the late 80's aged them 20 years and crossed them with a bunch of pirates.Well,maybe I was running a fever at the time since I didn't imagine this bizzare thing. XP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53A4GyB96RI

Interesting

2009-05-30T22:05:58Z

Found another "Celtic Metal" vid on youtube.Not sure what he's saying in this,but it looks like they are all having a lot of fun! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGywo81G6lk

Uh,yeah..

2009-05-28T23:18:50Z

You know,this could be the next trend in music.Then again,maybe not just yet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE9YtatlXVE

sigh It happens again

2009-05-26T23:21:03Z

We lost our Irish Water Spaniel Maggie today due to complications from Lymphoma.This is the 3rd dog that has had to be put down or died on us since Feb.So far,Bailey is doing fine but his tendency to get into stuff that he shouldn't keeps me both villigant and concerned.I'm not going to get another dog until Bailey is older.Right now he's only 6 months old and I think it wouldn't be smart to put another dog into the picture at the moment,given how hyper he can still be.You would think that by now losing a pet wouldn't bother me,but it does make me feel unsettled.I will miss that dog,just as much as I missed Tuska & Rip who both passed away with a week of each other two months ago. *sigh*

I'm still here.

2009-05-25T12:52:40Z

In case anyone wonders,yes I am still alive and well.These past few months have just been a blurr for me.Between work and home,I haven't much time to do a lot online or elsewhere.Now that summer is coming,I hope that will improve for the better.In other news,My black lab/New Foundland cross dog Bailey is finnally coming down a bit(neutering helped a bunch).He still likes to chew stuff(like my newspaper this morning!) but he's not going aorund the house trying to be bad like he used to be.I plan on starting obedience classes with him in a few weeks,so that should take care of him for the most part(I hope!).I got 4 tons of wood pellets for my stove delivered and put away last week as well as filling up my oil tank and having the furnace serviced.I know it sounds odd to do this kind of thing now,but with the price of both oil and wood pellets on the rise,I really couldn't wait any longer.Not sure if I will be able to go anywhere for my vacation this year,due to Bailey's classes and my budget being kind of set.Plus,I really should do some body work on my truck.The bed is getting surface rust on the sides and needs to be ground down and re-painted.That will take a some time to do,and I really should since I have put this project off for a couple of years now.Well,we shall see what happens I guess.

Piece of advice

2009-05-25T12:35:55Z

This goes out to anyone out there thinking of forming a black metal band in the mold of Kiss or Alice Cooper.If you do,please,please don't make a video!!!!! *get's eye bleach* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5NSvtWirS4