here’s an actual email conversation with a friend that also goes to the dump to salvage regularly…

• Z:   i sometimes watch TV shows on the computer.  (don’t judge me!)  i’m catching up on The Office right now and in this scene Michael Scott and Dwight Schrutte are at the dump looking for something accidentally thrown away.  Dwight said “this place has gone to hell.”  And all i could think was how we felt with the desolation at the dump last weekend!
• S:   i’m not judging!  i love the office.  funny funny.  did they find it?
• Z:   Nope.  They (re)found their respect for each other though.  Which, of course, is what going to the dump is all about.
• S:   deep, so deep!
• Z:   That’s what she said.  Sorry.  Couldn’t help it.  It was just too appropriate.

You probably have to have watched The Office to truly appreciate the “that’s what she said” comment.  Since Michael Scott says it throughout the show.  But me explaining it kind of ruins it.

I use a few services for listening to online radio.  977music.com is one of them.  Just now, listening to their 80′s channel they played Bring Me Edelweiss by Edelweiss.  Yes, it is form 1989… But i can almost guarantee that i’m one of precious few to have ever owned an Edelweiss CD.

Bootie has a new collection of 10 mash-ups for November.  If you like Journey’s 80′s tracks and Lady Gaga’s recent stuff then definitely download Don’t Stop Believing.

Check out the Bootie top 10 for October. There are a few really great tracks there.

The Guns & Roses remix is positively perfect… just enough of the original track to be fully recognizable but the addition of enough beat and tempo to make it leg bouncing.

I liked the Sean Kingston compilation by DJ Earworm too.

For a fun collection download the Ice Cream Mash… Sesame Street’s Ernie, Vanilla Ice, 20 Fingers and a few other tracks you’ll probably recognize.

Here Comes the Lovestepper is a great blend of new and old tracks.

Download and listen if you like to dance or want to appreciate some creative remixing.

Earl ate some sort of a curry dish that came with a CD. All i know is that it was by Kitchens of India and he said it tasted like chili. But the music CD that it came with is pretty decent. It looks like there are at least four volumes (this is volume 4) and it sure won’t hurt to have a collection of Indian instrumental music in my inventory.

And they even have a sweepstakes running for a free trip to India right now! I owe Pepper a trip to India…

While i was in China I received this message through Flickr.

Hi Ryan,
My name is Chad Swift and I am the Associate Producer for a show coming out on the Do It Yourself netowork (DIY) called “Disaster House.” The premise of our show is we recreate accidental or natural home disaster to a house my production company has purchased here in Denver, Colorado. We then bring in construction experts who show our viewers the best way to repair the damage. I am currently searching for cover photos for one of our episodes featuring a roof collapse. I came across your photo
and I was wondering if you would like to have it aired on national television? If you are interested, please contact me.

Sincerely,
Chad Swift
Associate Producer
DIY’s “Disaster House”

While i will not be paid for the use of the picture i see this as more great exposure. It ties in with my DIY resume: three books, Japanese TV, Popular Photography magazine…

Over 10 years ago i had an assignment for a college class.  We were to collect images and quotes and put them together and submit them at the end of the semester.  I have had the collection kicking around in closets ever since and in my effort to get rid of some old stuff i decided that it was time for the book to go.  I’m recycling it but thought i’d digitize it first.  Take a look at the images and words (51 pages total) that i selected 13 years ago for that assignment.

If you like dance music and remixes you might like this collection of 10 mash-ups from Bootie.  There is something for everyone in the collection: Kings of Leon, Beastie Boys, INXS, Duran Duran, Britney Spears, The Offspring, Queen…

My Cooper Tools brand horseshoe set included an instruction manual in English and French.  I did a bit of scanning and tweaking to put together this graphic of the various pitching grips used in horseshoes.  I am thinking of coloring it with an intentional indexing error.