Ladies, have you tried the Magic Cone yet? Be sure to watch the animation!
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From the monthly archives:
January 2006
Lake Bled (image by Igor Modic, courtesy of Government of Slovenia Public Relations and Media Office)
Back in November, Brooke and I enjoyed our first trip south of the equator, spending a fantastic week in friendly Uruguay. In the spirit of that trip, we wanted to choose another destination for our vacation in 2006. The conditions were:
- Nobody we know has been there. Yet.
- It should be easily confused with another country (ie. Uruguay/Paraguay)
- It should be small enough that we could see a few different places in a week.
And we’ve found the perfect place. Slovenia. You see? It’s not yet on the tourist radar, at least for North Americans. George Bush made a famous gaffe (another one) where he mixed up the two countries of Slovenia and Slovakia. To give credit to poor W, it’s a common mistake. In 2004, Slovakia sent 602 kilograms (1,327 pounds) of misaddressed mail to Slovenia. And the entire country just surpassed the 2,000,000 population mark, making it smaller than the city I live in. In addition, the country spans many different types of terrain, from the Julian Alps in the north to the Adriatic in the southwest. The first of the former Yugoslav republics to declare independence, it has a robust economy, and joined the European Union in 2004. In fact, in contrast to researching our trip to Uruguay, this has been a breeze. The Slovenian government has numerous web sites for tourism and other information, and they are well-organized, attractive, impeccably-translated and full of useful information.
Though our trip isn’t until late September or early October, we’re already getting excited.
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Ok, the best albums of 2005? Never mind the fact that I’m still working through the best of 1979, and hardly bought any music at all this year. But I’m not yet an ossified geezer, and I still listen to lots of new music. I heard lots of new bands this year, but as far as listening to complete albums, here is a list of what I consider the albums of the year (in no particular order):
- Stars – Set Yourself On Fire
- Spoon – Gimme Fiction
- Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
- The Futureheads – The Futureheads
- Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
- Gorillaz – Demon Days
- Gang of Four – Return The Gift
- The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
- Sigur Rós – Takk…
- The Decemberists – Picaresque
And here’s another list, of new bands that look interesting to me. I haven’t heard enough of their music to put their albums into the first list:
- Okkervil River
- The National
- Wolf Parade
- M. Ward
- Devin Davis
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I really wanted to post something interesting here for the new year, just because I looked and there are only two entries showing in the past 30 days, so my blog looks completely lopsided. But I have nothing incredibly interesting to share, really.
I started running again, today, for the first time since, gasp, the end of August. I’m keeping track of my slow climb to fitness (again) on my oh-so-interesting running blog. And I’ve been fooling around a bit more with Last.fm, and I can say without hesitation that it’s pretty interesting. At least for completely anal-retentive music geeks like me. View my profile here. While I’m plugging links, my other site, Runner-Up, needs some love. Please visit (that is, if you’re even visiting here!) and if you find something interesting, please please please comment!
That is all.
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