Terrible Video (with decent audio) of David Bowie singing the Roger Waters’ parts alongside David Gilmour onstage.. I want a high quality version of this.

An Award for Good Parking Originally uploaded by seangraham.

Found this note on my car after eating lunch in Lowell… Someone apparently can’t deal with parallel parking as well as I can… :)

Garrett’s first thought after seeing it was “They left out the comma between opener and you”.

The best band name in awhile: Jesus H. Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse. This song is catchy…

Ben and Aimee Originally uploaded by seangraham.

Ben and Aimee’s wedding was this weekend. The whole affair went off pretty smoothly, but it also kept me rather busy. Everyone here at work is asking how my long weekend was, and I have to let them know that it was more of a short weekend… More accurately, it was a weekend with periods of partying punctuating a hum of stress and schlepping. But what else can you expect from a wedding… :)

and I arrived in Jersey around midnight after work on Thursday. Friday, Ben and his family (who I hadn’t met before) arrived, so we entertained them and kept the 4 dogs (two are my parents’ and two are Ben & Aimee’s) in line. Saturday was the rehearsal dinner, and so we were moving food and drinks over to the hall for a lot of that day. But once we were set up, it was great seeing all the family and friends who had come out for the wedding.

Sunday was the big day, and I was standing with Ben, which required me to get into a tuxedo for the first time in my life. The ceremony was at 11:30, but we had to get over to Bretton Woods for pictures and whatnot by 9:30. The weather held out for pretty much the whole day, although it started getting overcast after the ceremony, but we were inside at that point. Everyone seemed to have a great time.. Ben and Aimee seemed so comfortable; Television and movies have taught me that people are supposed to freak out before their wedding, but these kids had it together.

Monday was very relaxing, we spent the day on the boat and caught Superman Returns at night. That movie was fantastic… People seem rather polarized by it, but I thought it was great.

Anyway, there are tons of pics of the weekend up on Flickr, so if you care, take a gander. I also created a Flickr group for the wedding, so if you think you should have access to that drop a line to Aimee or myself.

The music quiz from the other day was a partial success, with you guys guessing 7/20 correctly. I’ve put the correct answers below the cut, so don’t click that link if you’re still playing. Of course, if you’re reading this via an RSS feed you will just have to avert your eyes.

This quiz (and the lack of variety in the “random” songs) inspired me to finally refill my iPod. I was drawing from a hastily chosen (by dragging random artists to the iPod) 10 gigs when I made the quiz. Now all 30 gigs are filled with hand-chosen albums. Maybe I’ll make a new quiz with the newly-filled iPod… Or I could just use iTunes instead of my iPod and draw from 90 gigs.

1. Smearing wet concrete and swearing you’ll never be caught - Caffeine by Faith No More ()
2. A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me - Oh! You Pretty Things by David Bowie ()
3. The Patty Duke the wrench and then I bust the tango - Shake Your Rump by Beastie Boys
4. A shallow pond slow descending so slow to drown - Last Call by Skinny Puppy ()
5. They say it’s your birthday; We’re gonna have a good time - Birthday by The Beatles ()
6. My brother wants a ride to the liquor store - Thirsty and Miserable by Black Flag
7. Just an inch between striking out and striking rich - Got That Feeling by Faith No More
8. And a woman hot with worry slyly slipped a tin of stewing steak - God Knows I’m Good by David Bowie ()
9. If the illusion is real; Let them give you a ride - Good Times Roll by The Cars
10. When they play tunes, when they play tunes, when they play riffs of the hard rock beat - Simple Pages by Weezer
11. Strung out until ripped apart; Who dares, dares to condemn - Mysterons by Portishead
12. She’s sleepin’ with her head in the kitchen; And her feet’s out in the hall - She Caught the Katy by Blues Brothers
13. Wicked waits the torturer - Inquisition by Skinny Puppy ()
14. Though the hunter in the night; Fills your childish heart with fright - Night of the Hunger by Fantomas
15. He-li venco -de-ho; Chi-le venco de-ho - Warszawa by David Bowie
16. Tell me wife I love her very much she knows - Space Oddity by David Bowie ()
17. Dont u know straight hair aint got no curl (no curl) - Pop Life by Prince
18. He’d like for her to roll and rock him; Turn his life around - Pretty Girl by Ween
19. I’ve done my best to live the right way; I get up every morning and go to work each day - The Promised Land by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
20. You know you will have little time to stop and think; when engaging in hand-to-hand combat. - Aktion F1413 by Tomahawk

From :

1. Put your mp3 player on random.
2. Post a line from the first 20 songs that play.
3. Ask everyone to guess what song and artist the lines come from.
4. Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
5. No cheating.

I had to reformat my iPod recently, and haven’t “really” loaded it back up yet, so this is coming from a pretty limited selection of music.

1. Smearing wet concrete and swearing you’ll never be caught - “Caffeine” by Faith No More ()
2. A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me - “Oh! You Pretty Things” by David Bowie ()
3. The Patty Duke the wrench and then I bust the tango
4. A shallow pond slow descending so slow to drown - “Last Call” by Skinny Puppy ()
5. They say it’s your birthday; We’re gonna have a good time - “Birthday” by The Beatles ()
6. My brother wants a ride to the liquor store
7. Just an inch between striking out and striking rich
8. And a woman hot with worry slyly slipped a tin of stewing steak - “God Knows I’m Good” by David Bowie ()
9. If the illusion is real; Let them give you a ride
10. When they play tunes, when they play tunes, when they play riffs of the hard rock beat
11. Strung out until ripped apart; Who dares, dares to condemn
12. She’s sleepin’ with her head in the kitchen; And her feet’s out in the hall
13. Wicked waits the torturer - “Inquisition” by Skinny Puppy ()
14. Though the hunter in the night; Fills your childish heart with fright
15. He-li venco -de-ho; Chi-le venco de-ho - “Warszawa” by David Bowie (Anonymous Commenter)
16. Tell me wife I love her very much she knows - “Space Oddity” by David Bowie ()
17. Dont u know straight hair aint got no curl (no curl)
18. He’d like for her to roll and rock him; Turn his life around
19. I’ve done my best to live the right way; I get up every morning and go to work each day
20. You know you will have little time to stop and think; when engaging in hand-to-hand combat.

And the 2006 award for Best Introductory Sentence of the Year goes to Tim Berners-Lee:

When I invented the Web, I didn’t have to ask anyone’s permission.

This morning at work I was discussing the visit of ’s parents, and someone referred to them as my in-laws. I reminded them that we weren’t married, and invented the term “sin-laws” (as in “living in sin”). This was very well received…

This weekend was hectic…. Friday night and I met up with her friend Lisa who was in town for a conference. She invited us to a grill party in Allston. Lots of standing, so my leg was a little barky, but it was a great time.

Saturday we spent most of the day cleaning the apartment, and I worked on fixing the PC, which had a under volt on the power supply’s 3.3v rail. I replaced the supply, but the crashing persisted.. It seems now that the video card is overheating, so I turned down the settings on the game I was playing and it seemed to improve the sitchmo. I guess ultimately it will need to be replaced, but that’d require a PCI Express motherboard, so it will have to wait.

Today we continued cleaning, in preparation for Coco’s parents’ visit this week. After cleaning ended, we went over to ’s family’s pool for a quick bit of swimming and grilling before racing back to Harvard Square to see Sir, No Sir! with the film club.

You Are 96% New Jersey!

Wow, you’re totally Jersey. There’s no doubt about it. Congratulations, and always be proud to be Jersey–it’s a great thing to be!

How New Jersey Are You?