Archive for December, 2006

Strange Roswell predictions coming true?

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

In early 1996, my friend Maruthi and I traveled through New Mexico. On the next to last day, we stopped in Roswell to visit not one but both of the alien museums.


White Sands, not too far from Roswell

When we showed up at one of the museums, it was a quiet Thursday afternoon in early January. No one was there. Remember, this is 1996 - before X-Files, before the Roswell show or movies. When we got there, the curator took us aside. He said, ‘you fellas look like engineering types. How’d you like to watch a movie?’ So we did, and it spoke of a guy named Bob Lazar who worked at Area 51. He revealed the secret projects that the Air Force were working on there involving reverse engineering three sets of alien technology - their mirror-powered discs that could see things at great distance; their main energy source, a highly stable atom with a high atomic number; and their time control device. When he left the project and went public, the government destroyed all records of him.

Well, now it turns out that this guy was actually right. There is a very stable (well, for thirty seconds) element at 108. Who knew? I guess Bob did. Amazing.

Interestingly, the proprietor of the museum though that my sister would like the glow-in-the-dark alien keychain at $3.99 — and he was right! I guess he had access to the alien technology as well. Something is up in Roswell, no doubt.

Sarah McLachlan’s Christmas Love Letter to Herself

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

I cannot recommend this album enough


Sarah McLachlan’s Wintersong

that is, if you’re a fan way beyond ordinary obsession and you simply must own every work that Ms. Lachlan ever produces. And you’re in love with her and/or Christmas. And you’re name is Sarah McLachlan. And you’re in love with yourself.

Seriously, why do artists produce Christmas albums where they cover the same damn songs that everyone else has heard before? What does Ms. Lachlan, Mc, add to Happy Xmas (War is Over) that John Lennon didn’t already do? How is her rendition of [insert song here] better than Joni Mitchell’s? The answer? It’s hers.

That is, the Christmas album is the proverbial “shark-jumping” career moment that every super-serious artist is bound to have. Please, Mc. Lachlan, smoke some of that legal weed your country is so proud of and leave Christmas alone.

AND ANOTHER THING…

okay, I haven’t listened to Sufjan Stevens 5-CD (yes, that’s right, 5-CD) Christmas box set yet. But I’m pretty sure the above holds for that as well.

Please, someone, save Christmas from itself.

THUS SPAKE DAVE.

Dave’s Secret Admirer

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

It’s no suprise that this blog is a hit with the ladies, but it did come as a suprise when the blog received this mysterious, unsigned Christmas card:


the Front of the Mysterious Christmas Card

the Inside Message of the Mysterious Christmas Card

If I’m reading the inside of the card correctly, I believe it says “Yay! I’d love to see David smile because he looks like a clumsy bear. He is so cute and kind!!! Wish David always smile and be happy!!!”

So the question becomes, who wrote the card? And who sent it? The postmark is from Fort Worth. Interesting…

There can only be one answer: YOU sent it! How do I know? The telltale triple exclamation points. And you thought you could get away easy!