The Adventures of LitBoy: Bill Brent's Blog

I shudnt otta post this.

RILLY, I SHUDNT.

It's nonconsensual and possibly exploitive to a cherished companion, a member of my household whose trust I value highly. Plus, I value his privacy. So it's quite rude of me to post this picture to the World Wide Web, where anyone and his brother can witness my trusted friend in a socially awkward and highly compromised position.

Besides, who here really needs to see one more picture of a katz posted to teh Internetz?

And yet I cud not rezzist teh temptationz.

Oh, well.

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Wishing you a beautiful day,

Bill Brent

[this page last updated: 2008.05.23, 1:15 p.m. Hawaii time]

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Link to Engineer's Guide to Cats

While we're still on this week's ever-popular themes of satire and cute cats, here's another video for you to enjoy -- roughly seven minutes on Man's Best Casual Acquaintance.

glumbert - Engineer's Guide to Cats

Aside from the overall execution of the core concept (outstanding), I love the 1960s Farfisa combo organ outro music over the closing credits. Nothing sounds quite like that. Well, unless it's a REALLY good simulation. (And now you know what kind of nerd *I* am. Well, one of several kinds, at least.)

And thus I pose to you a musical challenge: Can you name the heroic music that the producers of this video use to establish the mood, starting at 3:14 and ending at 3:40?

The first reader to post the correct answer (composer and title) to "Comments" below has the option of buying any item via the new link in the left sidebar, titled:

Please Shop At My Amazon Store.

...and receiving a $5 rebate from me on any purchase. I'll keep the contest open through April 20 and post the answer on April 21 if need be.

[FOLLOW-UP, May 17: Well, no one ever answered this one (shock!), so here's the answer: It is Verdi's Requiem. You can hear some clips of it HERE.]

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Wishing you a beautiful day,

Bill Brent

[this page last updated: 2008.05.17, 1:00 p.m. Hawaii time]

LitBoy.com is a professional blog. If you enjoy this blog, please use the Tip Jar at the top of this page. Your two-dollar minimum donation helps keep this banner-free site alive. It's quick and easy!

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Presenting Snoopy, The Amazing Lifeless Cat!

ALOHA! We haven't done the clichéd but ever popular cute-cat-pic post in a while. So, with the cat being so cooperative and all, why not? Here. And no, he's not really dead.

Sleepy cats … coming soon, to a highly uncomfortable spot near you.

What's with that, anyway? 

You can view more pictures of teh krazy kat by clicking on the "cat" category link on the left sidebar.

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Wishing you a beautiful day,

Bill Brent

[this page last updated: 2008.04.13, 6:15 p.m. Hawaii time]

LitBoy.com is a professional blog. Keeping it online costs me $200 per year. That's before paying me for my writing, photography, or anything else I do here. If you enjoy this blog, please use the Tip Jar at the top of this page. Your two-dollar minimum donation helps keep this banner-free site alive. It's quick and easy!

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rehersin fur teh Halloweenz

BOOOOO!

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Wishing you a beautiful day,

Snoopy the Cat [model]

...with a little help from his pal, Bill Brent
   [photographer]

[this page last updated: 2007.08.05, 9:25 p.m. Hawaii time]

LitBoy.com is a professional blog. Keeping it online costs me $200 per year. That's before paying me for my writing, photography, or anything else I do here. If you enjoy this blog, please use the Tip Jar at the top of this page. Your two-dollar minimum donation helps keep this banner-free site alive. It's quick and easy!

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Lonely Souls

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
A long way from home
A long way from home

True believer, a long way from home

Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
Way up in the heav'nly land
Way up in the heav'nly land

True believer, a long way from home
A long way from home.

- Here is an a capella rendition of this spiritual at MetaFilter.

- Or you can try clicking this audio player:

    

- Finally, here is the singer's website.
     It sounds like she has an intriguing career.

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Wishing you a beautiful day,

Snoopy the Cat

...with a little help from his pal, Bill Brent

[this page last updated: 2007.08.11, 10:25 p.m. Hawaii time]

LitBoy.com is a professional blog. Keeping it online costs me $200 per year. That's before paying me for my writing, photography, or anything else I do here. If you enjoy this blog, please use the Tip Jar at the top of this page. Your two-dollar minimum donation helps keep this banner-free site alive. It's quick and easy!

53.06 / $199.90 (26.5%)

This meter displays this year's contributions to date in U.S. dollars (after the funds processor takes its cut). Make a donation, watch the meter rise! Usually I post your contribution on my next blog post.

All original materials here on LitBoy.com (writing, photos, drawings, graphics, etc.) belong to Bill Brent. If you want to re-use something here, please ask. Higher resolution images are available.