Bear vs Octopus

07/30/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: Musings, Video updates

Bears and octopuses, the problem and the solution.

No Excuses

07/29/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: Writing, Video updates

A video about a job search. http://davidraffin.com

My new office and the sad state of modern classical

07/29/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: Misc, Video updates

A video about Classical music and flag planting.

John Callahan, noted Portland cartoonist, dead

07/28/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: News/Info, Links, Portland/Vancouver

John Callahan, macabre cartoonist who resided in Portland, OR, has died.

Callahan became a quadriplegic in 1972- at the age of 21 - due to a car crash. He drew with one hand steadying the other. He was 59 at the time of his death.

His website may be found here.

15% off Rhyme or Treason 'till 8/15/2010

07/27/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: books, Writing

Rhyme or Treason (the hard fought illusion of choice)
Purchase Rhyme or Treason (the hard fought illusion of choice) with 15% off with coupon code BEACHREAD305


Disclaimer: Use coupon code BEACHREAD305 at checkout and receive 15% off Rhyme or Treason (the hard fought illusion of choice). Maximum savings with this promotion is $10. You can only use the code once per account, and you can’t use this coupon in combination with other coupon codes. This great offer ends on August 15, 2010 at 11:59 PM so try not to procrastinate! While very unlikely we do reserve the right to change or revoke this offer at anytime, and of course we cannot offer this coupon where it is against the law to do so.

Descartes in 3 minutes

07/23/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: Links

Video features a lovely cameo of Nietzsche.

The Worst Magician in the World

07/21/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: VN content, Writing

The Worst Magician in the World

I also praise the potato

07/20/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: Links, Uncategorized

I steam the potato. It does not steam me.

The sad story of the hat drop

07/13/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: VN content, Musings

I rarely cry. However, once I dropped a hat and as a result of that action I cried like a little girl.

Sadly, to this day, there are some who point at me and say, “He cries at the drop of a hat.”

I can't bear it

07/12/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: VN content, Musings

I went to a picnic. Much food. Not as many bears as I’d hoped. Too many park rangers.

There are polar bears and there are bipolar bears. I know it’s politically incorrect, but I can’t stand bipolar bears.

I can’t bear it.
You never know how a bipolar bear is going to behave.
Sometimes they act like they’ve been in a beehive when they haven’t. Oftentimes they mope for days.

Often they pretend to be either cinnamon bears or honey bears. Do not be deceived.

Did you know bears rarely run into octopuses and vice versa?
(It would also be permissible to say octopodes, but not to a bear. When they are confused they often become angry.)

Hail the octopus! Survivor of universal apocalypse.

07/08/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: VN content

“The Hawaiian creation myth relates that the present cosmos is only the last of a series, having arisen in stages from the wreck of the previous universe. In this account, the octopus is the lone survivor of the previous, alien universe.”

- Wikipedia

NoName Jane discovers Giant Orange

07/07/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: VN content, Regional

Our friend and fellow alumnus discovers a Giant Orange. Seems to be the precursor to a children’s book, I say.

I found a giant orange on an old taco stand in the middle of ... on Twitpic

My Card

07/07/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: Misc

J Church Peel Sessions

07/03/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music, Links

As a long time fan of Lance, I direct you to The J Church Peel Sessions.

Wikipedia:

J Church was an American punk rock band formed by guitarist and vocalist Lance Hahn and bassist Gardner Maxam in 1992 in San Francisco, California after the demise of Hahn and Maxam’s former band, Cringer. The group continued through numerous lineup changes and released a staggering number of vinyl records and CDs prior to Hahn’s death in 2007.

Free "of Montreal" track

07/01/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music, Links, Audio updates

Get the free track “Coquet Coquette” from the upcoming “of Montreal” album “FALSE PRIEST.”

http://iheartvinyl.polyvinylrecords.com/em/coquette/

Deerhoof - The Tears and Music of Love

07/01/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music, Links, Olympia/Tacoma

Be Near You by Jim Bergman

06/27/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: Audio updates, Portland/Vancouver

Be near you by jim-james

Blue Moon

06/25/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: VN content, Olympia/Tacoma

Blue Moon

My hats off to you, Virol

06/25/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: VN content, Misc, Olympia/Tacoma

Brown Derby
Hats. Two out of Five will have to suffice.

Virol
Virol. The Food For Health. Thanks, Virol!

Flaming water faucets of doom

06/22/10 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: music, Uncategorized

Do you have enough to worry about? I think not.

A documentary about gas leaks.

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Vision? Nary!
"Not since radical physicist Benny Hill first postulated that time slowed down while being chased by bikini-clad women; however, from the vantage point of the viewer, time sped up, have the masses been witness to such a momentous spectacle."
- David Raffin's website
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