Derek Coward’s Noise

  • My Top Five Last.fm artists (week ending Sept. 12, 2009)

    Paul Westerberg via last.fm 1. The Gossip (20) 2. Derek and the Dominos (8) 3. Assembly of Dust (7) 4. loomis and the lust (5) 5. Paul Westerberg (4) I have decided The Gossip was perfect background music for reading Duane Swierczynski‘s novel The Wheelman. Excellent combination. I also haven’t listened to Layla and Other…

  • D&D Online Wasted My Time

    Image via Wikipedia I usually don’t mind if I waste time on a computer game, and CRPGs are my favorite. I have been playing D&D games since the Gold Box Games when I got my first PC. Pool Of Radiance and Curse of The Azure Bonds are still two of my favorite computer games of…

  • A Message To The World

    Image by Roo Reynolds via Flickr Just because someone will EAT a brownie with frosting on it does NOT mean that some one will MAKE a brownie with frosting on it. Nope, won’t do it. Won’t do it at all.

  • Guess What I Want Out Of Life Right Now

  • Things not to say

    She: why do men leave the toilet seat up? Me: Cuz we think it’s funny. She: … Note: I do not endorse leaving the seat up if you have women in the house. Or fat men prone to explosive diarrhea.

  • A Conversation I Once Had

    Image by The Life of Bryan via Flickr Them: (moments after saying something ridiculous that they took very seriously) Well, what do you think? Me: I think you’re full of shit. Them: (staring blankly) … Me: (feeling slightly guilty but not enough to apologize) Don’t worry about it, we all gotta be full of something.…

  • Japan Votes For Change

    Image by abuckingham via Flickr I have been reading a lot about the recent Japanese elections where ruling party for the last 50 YEARS lost their majority. The people saw where their country was heading and decided they didn’t like it. They decided the leaders they had in place were lacking the foresight to get…

  • Just Because

    I thought it was cute.

  • Series Finales

    This week I watched three different series finales. They were all shows that I liked and hated to see go, but all good things must end (and no, Star Trek The Next Generation was any of them). They were Reaper, Kings and Prison Break. These were three good shows and I wish they could have…

  • Shuffling The iPod

    Image via Wikipedia I keep seeing these memes on Facebook about starting the iPod on shuffle mode and writing down the first n number of songs. I see five songs or 25 songs. I’m not doing either. Five is too short and 25 is too uninteresting. So I will stop at 10. 1. Tsunami Bomb…