The Top 10 Albums of 2020

So 2020, and then some. I too would prefer to wear a black and white skeleton outfit all day long because we’re always just running, the machines are going to rule soon enough, the trail of dead we’re leaving behind is massive, and I just wanna dance. Even though this is quite a hard life we’ve all found ourselves in. But most people gonna say what they wanna say. What am I? Is my only logical option to transform into the wind? Fetch me the bolt cutters and get me the fuck out of here!

See you all on the other side, in one form or another.

GOP Death Metal Song Titles

If today’s Republican Party was a metal band, it would have these songs:

  1. Total Carnage

  2. Curve of Torment

  3. Virus Spread Nation Eater

  4. Future Death Present Death

  5. American Hellscape

  6. Infect the Essential Living Dead

  7. Left to Die

  8. Exhume the Living to Die in Lines Long

  9. Reagan’s Corpse Future Breather

  10. Eagle Claws Eyes Out Forever

  11. Death Cult on Madness March

  12. No Mask Suicide

  13. Torment Stimulus

With an encore of:

  1. Bootstraps Apocalypse

  2. Embalmed Wicked Elderly Voters

  3. O Nightmare Liberty

Three pieces of advice from President Obama

In this time of being leaderless, of being out to sea without a captain, with messages of snake oil and wishful thinking, it bears repeating some advice from a real president, to the kids who are coming into this conflagration we have left them:

  1. Don’t be afraid.

  2. Do what you think is right.

  3. Build a community.

I particularly like that last one. Because without a community, what’s the point of any of this?

To the youth of tomorrow, I am sorry. Please do better than us.

The Top 12 Albums of the Decade

End of the year. Closing out the decade. Done and done and so much to talk about. The politics, the films, the technology, the change, the golden age of television, and so on.

For me, to break it down into how I felt about it all, here’s my list of 12 albums that defined the last 10 years:

The best of the best, no more, no less. These albums made the time spent so much more layered, rich, energetic, contemplative, and enjoyable. Whenever something felt off, one of these albums went on and everything started to make a little bit of sense. Whenever an extra boost was needed, these albums delivered. And whenever feelings of loneliness crept in, these albums assured us that we are all in this together.

Into the next decade, here we go.

The Top 10 Albums of 2019

Go deep, look into yourself, and feel the pounding of your own heart. It’s there, at least for now. It can feel you, you can feel it. And when you give these 10 albums a listen, that heart gets ready to explode in all the best possible ways.

These albums are all so fucking good. And there are other fucking good albums that didn’t make this list. Why? Because we live in an age of so much fucking good music! I know we’re fortunate. We may not have universal healthcare, but at least we’ll be able to die a preventable death because we can’t afford treatment with a smile on our face and a beating in our heart.

I’ll Never ... A Mid Life Assessment

A short list of things I’ll never be or do in this life:

  • Be President

  • Sky Dive

  • Smoke Cigarettes

  • Enjoy a Good Steak

  • Enjoy Listening to Wilco

  • Enjoy Blockbuster Superhero Movies

  • Go to Confession Again

  • Own a Pair of Jeans Again

  • Have a Chiseled Body

  • Sneak into North Korea

  • Write a Novel

  • Get into Gaming

  • Vote Republican

Web Design Process: For Real

What we go through every time we design and build a great website:

  • Excitement!

  • Jubilation!

  • Getting Inspired

  • Designing Our Socks Off

  • Getting the Client Excited

  • Everyone Is So Happy

  • We’re Rolling Now!

  • Working Out All Features/Requirements

  • Approval! (High 5s)

  • Prepping for Dev

  • And Here We Go!

  • Developing Our Socks Off

  • Shepherding It Along

  • Dev Builds Oh My!

  • More Dev Builds

  • Working That Content in the CMS

  • It’s All Coming Together Now

  • Now We Wait…

  • And We Wait

  • Starting to Get Less Excited

  • Things Are Looking Good

  • Some Things Not So Much

  • Getting A Little Nervous

  • Where Are Things At?

  • Getting Less Excited Still

  • What the Hell?

  • It’s All Less Fun Now

  • Is This Ever Going to Be Done?

  • Getting Nervous About Everything

  • A Second Wave of Excitement!

  • We’re Close Now

  • No, We’re Not

  • I’m Sorry, What?

  • Oh Jesus Fucking Christ

  • I Thought This Was Approved?

  • Okay, We’re Good to Go

  • No, We’re Not

  • Light at the End of the Tunnel

  • The Tunnel Just Collapsed

  • How Many Months Has It Been?

  • Well This Budget Was Too Low

  • Kill Me Now

  • Is This Even Any Good?

  • Dear God.

  • Almost Done!

  • So Stoked to Share This One

  • Oh You’ve Got to Be Joking

  • Okay We’re Good!

  • No, We’re Not

  • Yes We Are!

  • No, We’re Not

  • So Close I Can Taste It

  • Fuck It.

  • I’m A Complete and Utter Failure

  • And We’re Live!

  • And. It. Is. Awesome.

  • So Stoked.

  • Bring on the Next One!

  • FIN