Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Bond-esque

Apparently they're using super-sonic deer whistles now to fend off pirates.

The United States Navy Central Command said four suspected pirates in a skiff came within 300 yards of the Maersk Alabama at 6.30 a.m. Wednesday about 600 miles off the northeast coast of Somalia as it headed for the Kenyan port of Mombasa.

But a security team on board the Maersk Alabama responded with small-arms fire, long-range acoustical devices painful to the human ear and evasive maneuvers to thwart the attack, the navy said in a statement.


Awesome.

Monday, November 16, 2009

The Mystic

I consider it a major victory when I can get my mother to admit that any art produced in the last 15 years is better, more accurate or even more original than something made when she was young. She is deeply biased about the awesomeness of her generation.

On a recent car trip when I finally got to control the music, unprompted, she said, "Wow. This is really good. I think it's even better than the Van Morrison."

Sacrilege, Mother! I don't know if I'd go that far.

But thanks, Glen Hansard, for being awesome and helping me score one of my first points.