December 2007
Sod’s Holiday Hangover →
Some of you may have noticed that we here at Sod have been less than frequent in our posting over the past week or two. Truth is, we’re more than a little lethargic due to collectively overdosing on eggnog, christmas cookies, stuffing, candy canes, gingerbread, turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, eggnog-flavored cookies, more stuffing, what may […]
Sod's Holiday Hangover
Some of you may have noticed that we here at Sod have been less than frequent in our posting over the past week or two. Truth is, we’re more than a little lethargic due to collectively overdosing on eggnog, christmas cookies, stuffing, candy canes, gingerbread, turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, eggnog-flavored cookies, more stuffing, what may or may not have been a small child’s toy, a...
Wide-Eyed →
Mr. Rogers always creeped me out when I was a kid.
But I saw this clip awhile back and it made my day. So, on a day when we’re two days removed from what is supposed to be one of the happiest days of the year, when it seems like so much of the world is […]
Recap of the Inagural Sod Bowl →
Some of you may recall that we here at Sod had the great pleasure to host a college football bowl game, a great step forward for our fledgling blog. We were understandably excited to join the likes of Papajohns.com, Insight.com and Brut in sponsoring a bowl game to gain further exposure for ourselves.
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Wide-Eyed
Mr. Rogers always creeped me out when I was a kid. But I saw this clip awhile back and it made my day. So, on a day when we’re two days removed from what is supposed to be one of the happiest days of the year, when it seems like so much of the world is going to shit (Bhutto being assassinated, CIA Interrogation Tape Scandal, continued presence of Bush as President) I thought I’d pass...
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Recap of the Inagural Sod Bowl
Some of you may recall that we here at Sod had the great pleasure to host a college football bowl game, a great step forward for our fledgling blog. We were understandably excited to join the likes of Papajohns.com, Insight.com and Brut in sponsoring a bowl game to gain further exposure for ourselves. Unfortunately, being simple bloggers, we didn’t understand that much planning and...
Made Up My Mind
After getting a full night’s sleep to think things over, I’ve decided that it’s best if I go with Chief. Out of the three choices I had to consider yesterday. In the end, I felt it was best to identify myself as a Chief. Partially because I’ve always admired native american culture and people and partially because I’ve always wanted a killer baseline jump shot, just...
The Day After… →
So, it’s the day after Christmas.
Remember when you were a kid in elementary, high school and college and you had that wonderful 2-3 week layoff around the holidays, making this day just another day in a long string of days that you didn’t have to get up before noon? Wasn’t that freakin’ awesome?
Somehow, it took […]
The Day After...
So, it’s the day after Christmas. Remember when you were a kid in elementary, high school and college and you had that wonderful 2-3 week layoff around the holidays, making this day just another day in a long string of days that you didn’t have to get up before noon? Wasn’t that freakin’ awesome? Somehow, it took almost six years for me to fully appreciate this fact. I had...
Santa...
All I asked Santa for this year was a pint of tasty IPA and some “metal.” I must say, I got exactly what I wanted. Thanks, Santa. I’ll be back next week. I hope you all have a happy and safe holidays.
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Lump of Coal
Yup, that’s a rapper… Okay, I’ve been bad. Not as bad as some people, of course, but I do admit that I’ve erred during the past year, no matter how minor the misstep. That’s right, I put together a Top Ten list before the end of the actual calendar year and now I’m paying for my indiscretion. I messed up, okay. Please forgive me. It’s not like...
A Conspiracy Theory Christmas
SodBlog file photo Santa isn’t real. You should’ve seen Chris and Erik when I told them. They cried like Halle Berry when she won her Oscar…except they looked like crying bloggers and Halle Berry looked like, well, Halle Berry. It’s true, though. I know it for a fact. See, I have this friend that works for the IRS and he let me in on the secret. Lean in real close, now,...
The Daily Mash - 'LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS FUCKING... →
Merry Christmas...
In case you hadn’t heard, Rudy Giuliani has a new, heartwarming Christmas Ad. Enjoy… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR1fWZlE7AM&feature=user[/youtube] Confused? Scared? Suddenly craving a big scoop of strict constructionist judges to go with that fruitcake? You’re not alone. Needless to say, after Rudy’s maniacal laughter at the end of that ad, I’m...
Who Buys Full-Screen DVDs of Movies? →
See it? That tiny little piece of text right under the “E” of Movie? Yeah…what the hell?
The other night, Sara picked up The Simpsons Movie DVD at Target. Once she got home, she settled in on our couch and I picked up the DVD case and walked over to the DVD player. Then, I stopped. […]
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Who Buys Full-Screen DVDs of Movies?
See it? That tiny little piece of text right under the “E” of Movie? Yeah…what the hell? The other night, Sara picked up The Simpsons Movie DVD at Target. Once she got home, she settled in on our couch and I picked up the DVD case and walked over to the DVD player. Then, I stopped. In tiny print on the cover of the DVD were the words “Full-screen.” Excuse me?! I...
How Much Is Too Much?
I just got done reading an article in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that at first I agreed with, but by the end, I had completely flipped. The article was about a meditation room at Normandale Community College in Bloomington and what it had become. What it had become was a mosque, essentially. Actually, it is a mosque, replete with a divider to separate the men from the women during prayer and the...
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SOD AFFECTED THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN!!!
That’s right, fearless readers, Sod, and, more importantly, I have affected the ongoing presidential campaign. Sod is now on the map! We’ve made it to the big-time! Excuse me while I go procure a hotel room full of strippers and coke… Whew, that was…slightly dated. So, you might be asking yourself, how did the modest SodBlog.com affect the presidential campaign? Did you...
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Movie Review - Juno
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_qX1sx8WRU[/youtube] One of the more true lines in Juno is when she describes how even the jocks at school want a mousey, horn-rimmed glasses-wearing hipster girl, even though they spend so much time making fun of them. I have to say, I hope that she’s right. This is a fun little indie movie that doesn’t deserve to get swept under the rug like...
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Top Songs of 2007, According to Me
Since Chris threw us all a curveball by including his top songs of the year on his Top Album list, I feel obliged to throw together a hastily thought-out list of my own. So, before I have a chance to change my mind on any of these songs I came up with, let’s get this show on the road. I produced a quick podcast containing clips of my Top Songs for 2007. Enjoy it right here- Right-click to...
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Sod-job
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcaVSTsYyOI[/youtube] I’ve been asked to post this video, which is a take on the hiring process we here at Sod employ. Now, I’m sure that, to some of you, this may paint Sod in a bad light. Please, let me assure you, we’d never, ever hire someone who finished first in their class at Harvard. Besides, everyone knows that you get better head...
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Get Your Tickets Today!
It has recently come to my attention that, in an attempt to further expose ourselves (in a wholesome, family-style way) to the public, Sod is now sponsoring a college football bowl game. That’s right, we’ve joined such luminaries as the Mieneke Car Care Bowl, the Poulan Weedeater Bowl, the Papajohns.com Bowl and the Champs Sports Bowl. (all real) Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you...
Why I Think I'm Awesome, And You Should, Too!
Sure, we look well-adjusted… You’ve probably noticed by now that each of us here at Sod gives off a very self-confident, cocky demeanor in our posts. We have that air of impenetrability around each and every word that we write, like it’s the absolute gospel truth AND it’s funnier than two monkeys playing with…well, anything. You know what I’m talking about,...
Kickbacks (An Update) →
Note: Not actually their house, but you get the idea.
I’ve decided what to do with the money I got back from the state. I’m going to give it to actual people. In person, too.
Well, maybe not actually in person, but close enough. Turns out, one of Sara’s coworkers has parents who were affected by […]
Holy Crap! →
I didn’t notice, but I’ve hit 300 posts on my blog…about five posts ago. Holy Crap! I’d been wondering why my fingertips kept breaking open and bleeding, and now I know. It was from all the writing I’ve been doing over the past couple of years. Have I really had nothing better to do with […]
Kickbacks →
This past Friday, Sara and I received our kickback check from the state of Oregon. I can’t remember the exact reasoning behind it, but it has something to do with being “in the black” as far as the state’s budget is concerned. Whatever, we have a few hundred dollars back in our pockets, courtesy of […]
Kickbacks (An Update)
Note: Not actually their house, but you get the idea. I’ve decided what to do with the money I got back from the state. I’m going to give it to actual people. In person, too. Well, maybe not actually in person, but close enough. Turns out, one of Sara’s coworkers has parents who were affected by the recent heavy rains and subsequent floods that ripped through Oregon and...
Kickbacks
This past Friday, Sara and I received our kickback check from the state of Oregon. I can’t remember the exact reasoning behind it, but it has something to do with being “in the black” as far as the state’s budget is concerned. Whatever, we have a few hundred dollars back in our pockets, courtesy of the state. Cool, right? Yeah. Hell yeah. Let’s go buy some Santa...
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The Post Where Nate Decides to Give Up On Music...
So, I was sitting around the other night, re-reading some of my posts here on Sod. I do this often. It’s a great way to bask in my glory. But seriously, I was re-reading my music reviews so far, so I could decide what to review next. After reading through them all, I realized something that I had alluded to earlier, these aren’t so much reviews of the albums as they were blatant...
Out of Tragedy →
Comes, once again, nothing but pontificating and a cavalcade of “experts” ready to lend their same old, worn-out opinions. Reporters badger innocent people and inadvertently make a martyr out of some screwed-up 19 year old who lost his shitty job at McDonalds and lost his girlfriend, all after losing his family.
I’m, of course, talking about […]
Sod Can Do Meta
Here you go, Chris.
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Holy Crap! He Did Not Just Say That!
Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts, Republican Presidential Candidate and Mormon gave a speech in Texas today about his religion. No, I didn’t watch or listen to it. I don’t care enough to devote that amount of time to this Ken doll of a candidate. I did, however, read the transcript after reading an article on Salon.com about a statement Romney made in his speech. I needed...
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To Lighten The Mood After That Last Post...
Here’s something that nearly made me wet my pants. This one, however, put me over the top. I found these here. Some are NSFW, some are just plain stupid and others I simply do not get. Enjoy!
Out of Tragedy
Comes, once again, nothing but pontificating and a cavalcade of “experts” ready to lend their same old, worn-out opinions. Reporters badger innocent people and inadvertently make a martyr out of some screwed-up 19 year old who lost his shitty job at McDonalds and lost his girlfriend, all after losing his family. I’m, of course, talking about the mall shooting at Westroads Mall in...
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Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
It had been almost five full years since the last proper Apples In Stereo album when I was up late one night in December of last year, watching The Colbert Report on Comedy Central. Stephen was conducting a guitar solo competition between himself and the lead guitarist for The Decemberists. The back story is readily available, if you’re interested, but I’m not going to get into it...
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Sweet Jesus on a Pogo Stick, Sherri Sheppard is...
I don’t watch a whole hell of a lot of televison, so this might be the norm on television these days, but I believe that if you’re this freaking stupid, you shouldn’t be put in front of millions of impressionable people to express your views, much less allowed to mingle with normal society. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psGLXqW1kUs[/youtube]
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Caribou - Andorra
I was all set to finish up my review of the next album on my Top Ten list, The Apples In Stereo’s New Magnetic Wonder when I started listening to a record that I just downloaded the other night, Caribou’s Andorra. I was halted in my tracks, breathless. I’ve long been a fan of orchestral pop music. It’s been making a comeback in the past few years, with Sufjan...
Sod Keeps Getting Sick...
Just like Kelly and Erik before me, I have fallen prey to the flu, or a cold, or something that makes me lightheaded, sore-throated and over all miserable. Thanks guys. You have made your point. Viruses can now spread over the world wide web, we’re all screwed. The only course of action now is to have us all move to remote parts of Montana and live in solitude in cabins in the woods. Stay...
Did I Mention We Like The Thermals? →
And not just those comfy thermals you can wear underneath your favorite ratty t-shirt to keep warm this time of year, either. I’m talking about the band The Thermals, who played their final show of 2007 on their home turf here in Portland last night at a teeny-tiny little venue called Backspace.
It was a free, […]
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Sod Is Pretty Sure That The BCS is Total Shit
Let me be honest. As I sat at the bar Saturday night, stunned upright on my stool as #2 West Virginia lost to Pitt and #1 Missouri lost to Oklahoma, I knew that this was coming. I know that Ohio State would crawl out of the ashes of their schedule of patsies and pretenders to play a team vastly superior to them in the BCS title game. And so it was. The Bayou Bengals of LSU have tossed Les...
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As Perviously Stated, Sod Loves The Thermals
And not just those comfy thermals you can wear underneath your favorite ratty t-shirt to keep warm this time of year, either. I’m talking about the band The Thermals, who played their final show of 2007 on their home turf here in Portland last night at a teeny-tiny little venue called Backspace. It was a free, all-ages show, so we made sure to show up a hour or so early, as to avoid having...