Officially safe from vampires

Had to do yet another blood draw this morning. Hopefully this will be the one that lets me go back to work.

However, about halfway through the draw, the blood stopped. Seriously, the blood stopped coming out. The technician was quite perturbed, having never seen this happen before.

Guess I'm out of blood. (Drinks a Coke) Luckily, I have a ready substitute at hand.

Radio was my salvation...

Screw it, I'm making today "70s music video day."

December 17, 1977. In one of the most famous spontaneous moments on a usually spontaneity-free live show, Elvis Costello cut short his scheduled performance of "Less Than Zero" and launched into the media-bating "Radio, Radio." In the years since, nobody has been able to agree on who told Costello he couldn't play "Radio, Radio" in the first place, or even whether producer Lorne Michaels ever really vowed to ban Costello permanently from the show for what is, in retrospect, an odd but hardly catastrophic last-second change. Lost in all the hubbub—which eventually died down enough that Costello was invited back, decades later—is how stunning the performance is, with Costello and The Attractions playing so loud, fast, and angry that even the sound mixer can't keep up.

I know fragbert will love this one.

I'm spending a lot of time wandering around YouTube today. Found this, featuring the man who made realize that with four strings you can move the world.

Ladies and gentlemen, The Ox:

Feel free to call me nuts.

I'm applying to be a correctional officer with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department.