October 2009
5 posts
pop quiz time
I’ve got a pop quiz. Head over to this website and count the number of times a player with a white shirt passes the basketball. Then come back here, scroll down and read the rest of this post.
Did you notice the gorilla? That is without question, an interesting monkey.
Also, don’t talk on your mobile phone while driving.
exercise and metaphorical wheaties
It’s super important for us “sit at the computer” foks to get lots of exercise and eat your metaphorical wheaties. This article is a fascinating look at the man who invented exercise, who I can’t help but love, as he turns 100.
“Every Sunday morning, if the weather was at all possible, I took off my coat, and my little boy carried my coat, I took off my jacket and...
Them Crooked Vultures
Dave Grohl is way underrated as a drummer. He’s the Ringo Starr of the last 20 years. With Dave, he’s got almost no technique. But it doesn’t matter at all. He’ll make it interesting and groove.
He’s most famous as a drummer for his work with Nirvana. But I just don’t love those records. He played the drums on the first two Foo Fighters albums which were good,...
compensating
Scientists nailed this one.
“Only the largest and dominant monkeys drummed, suggesting that drumming was used to communicate messages about power and status — the louder the drumming, the bigger and stronger the macaque likely is.”
I must be compensating.
booya
Pass the banana, humans.