Last night at a party, in the kitchen, I met a U.S. marine (husband of a friend) who got back from Iraq two days after Christmas and is heading back this Tues. (for 7 months). I didn't press him on anything, but one thing he offered was that "nobody wants to talk about Vietnam, but we're moving toward a policy of Vietnamization... my unit is withdrawing to the outskirts of [one of the eastern provinces] but ready to move back in... officially there's no more IEDs being planted in the area, but we found several the day we withdrew." Meanwhile his wife is staring into the side of his head.

Ah, small-talk in the U.S.A. There was a lot of silence and head nodding in response. "So how'd you guys originally meet?" I asked. "In college. Back in the glory days," she said, still staring into the side of her husband's head.

I got my hair cut. I don't think she was paying attention. It is incredibly short. Shortest it has ever been. Very easy to maintain though.

Suggest me a hat please.

It's winter, so you'll probably want something warmer. Might I suggest a black watch cap, also known as the Ian Mackaye hat? That worked for me the time that I wound up with a crew cut right after Christmas, due to an unfortunate incident with cheap drugstore bleach. I wore it through March, at which point my hair looked not quite as horrible. It kept me warm and made me look tough.

Scanning the film I shot the other day at Coney Island.

I think I will call this series "creep with a 300mm lens stalks Hasidim"

Maybe not.

burun wrote:Scanning the film I shot the other day at Coney Island.

I think I will call this series "creep with a 300mm lens stalks Hasidim"

Maybe not.

Click Knave and the Bad Hasids?

Mandroid2.0 wrote:

Are you cheating on Ben? Who is this man?

Steve V. wrote:I got my hair cut. I don't think she was paying attention. It is incredibly short. Shortest it has ever been. Very easy to maintain though.

Suggest me a hat please.

I like these hats: http://www.flyfishingoutfitters.com/sim ... M-WIND-HAT

Very warm, and windproof.

Just got back from seeing The Conformists play a show here in St Louis. Shawn, from Yowie, is their drummer now. They were good. They have a very different sound from the last time I saw them back in 2001 or so.

I really liked the opening band, Big Fun from Milwaukee, even though I wanted to dislike them. They were very discoey and used a keytar, but they won me over.

Josef K wrote:

Mandroid2.0 wrote:

Are you cheating on Ben? Who is this man?

Seriously.

Ditch the nerd glasses permanently Ben, you a fine piece of ass.

There is a Mr. Softee truck patrolling the streets behind my house.

I am tempted to go outside and get one.