Boggle, Punnery and the Bible.

Today I was beaten at Boggle (online) by the follwing people: Pastor of Muppets, Conan The Librarian, Mike Hunt Stinks, Jim Nasium, Bible Prophecy is True, Wordturd, Lynchie and most suspiciously and embarassingly by Michael Jackson's Nose. While it's good to hear that MJs nose did not get buried with him and has started a new life, it is a bit humbling to be beaten at Boggle by that white little upturned wisp of Silicone! I was much less surprised to be trounced by Conan The Librarian. Jim Nasium took the time to put a little trademark symbol by his name, but hey, I would too if I was smart enough to come up with such a delicious Boggle monicker (next stop, Hollywood!!!). Mike Hunt Stinks, while reeking of a classic 80s prank, happens to be a pretty decent boggler, for a 30 something stuck on 15. Pretty sad, Mike Hunt, whoever you are - you're wasting your talent man! Wake up! I already know that Bible Prophecy is True, so it was of little use o passive aggressively proselytize on the Boggle site, but hey BPiT, at least you beat the sneaky Wordturd (and me). Wordturd, I like your style - anyone who uses the word "turd" in any way, at any point during my day, is gonna get a thumbs up from this guy. Pastor of Muppets was dominating for a while, which is good, because Boggle is apparently important to him - up there with Metallica and the Muppets, two institutions I cannot find too much fault with, if any (though the Metallica documentary with their group therapist was VERY VERY UN-METAL. That leaves me with Lynchie - ranked 9th to my 10th on my last round today. While I'm sure it's just some guy named Jim Lynch from Merced, California, on-line, he sounds like the Grand Wizard of the KKK, and that ain't cool - especially cuz he beat me. Damn you lynchie. I gotta get a better name than ocdwine.com to play as, though I would be honored if Wordturd visited our website because of me.

Tasting at Cafe Nijasol tonight

Yo winos - tonight at the lovely open-air cafe Nijasol on Meserole street in East Williamsburg/Bushwick (I've no idea where the boundary might be, though it's probably Bushwick Avenue, which the cafe is West of, so prolly Williamsburg, really) - man these long parenthetical statements really screw up the flow - right, wine tasting, all OCD varietal plus free wine and cheese and the lovely company of Mylene and Tess. Some good music and a special appearance by David Lee Roth. During these economic times, I'd say free cheese to be dinner.

Friday Music Ramblings - important information for someone...

So I start my 4th day in a row, riding my mouse to design stardom through the wine world, listening happily to streaming radio on ITunes. Specifically, I've had a complete deep house renaissance. I spend many a early 90s college year deep in the bowels of various clubs in NYC, body rocking to the cacaphonous throb of deep house bass tracks in the company of a rather over the top club kid named Aristotle and my NYC business school bud, Pete B, aka Plastique - future rock star (not quite). Web radio is the best way to roll back a few years musically - one of the best things to happen to radio in general. So, if you, like me, enjoy the relatively melodic roll, bounce of true Deep House (excepting the occasional voiceover imploring you to "get on the spacecraft"), tune into Doggloungedeephouse under the Dance folder in Itunes radio. Now if I can only get the 5 musclebound gay dudes dancing in cutoff jeans who materialized in my office on the third day, to go home, things would be golden.

New Zealand and Australia on the brink of war

So, big news in the peaty stew that is Australasia (sp? care?) - New Zealand experienced a major earthquake a few days ago. I know you heard it on the news...what's that, you didn't hear about it on the news? Right, it's Australasia. Wait a second, I'm being provincial. Just cuz I live in America doesn't mean YOU live in America - you just live in our worldwide grasp. Sorry 'bout that. Maybe you should man up and invade someplace too! It's been a real boon for us. Anyway, right, earthquake in New Zealand. Well aside from a sharp decline in the price of sheep milkshakes for a day (sucked through a straw, natch) the big news is that En Zed is now 3o cm closer to Australia! Egad, what is one to do. Apparently they've been de-rusting the sheep cannons all along the coast (in En Zed) and parliament has been meeting non-stop to talk of the possible ramifications such as re-drawing the coastal water rights by 30cm on one side of the country and then hiring a mathmetician to figure out what to do on the opposite side of the island. What does it mean for Otto's Constant Dream? Well, since our shipping is 30cm less we are fully demanding a reduction in our shipping costs (though I fear it may be in the wrong direction so that might be 30cm more shipping). I should probably look at a map, but that would require some fact checking, and hell, this is the internet - if you type it, it's true.

MAN THE SHEEP CANNONS!!!!