zach, annabeth, and me goofing off
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under friends, video
Zach, Annabeth, and me goofing off.
Tags: annabeth, party, video, Zach
music monday – spoon – don’t you evah
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under music, music monday, video
Why I love this: Who doesn’t love a cute half yellow snowman? Not to mention nice tunes and robots!
Tags: don't you evah, monday, music, spoon, video
latest listenings
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under latest listenings, music
I’ll leave you with something to enjoy over the weekend.
1. Andrew Bird – Heretics
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Why I like this song: It’s catchy and there are more strings. (You’re hopefully starting to catch on that I LIKE STRING INSTRUMENTS.) Also the beginning reminds me of the old Memphis radio station 96X. It also reminds me of Gisli, an icelandic musician.
2. Golem – Tucheses & Nenes
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Why I like this song: Tucheses & Nenes slightly reminds me of Squirrel Nut Zippers.
3. Hospitality – Betty Wang
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Why I like this song: Folky in all the right ways.
4. Jamie T – Operation
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Why I like this song: Operation is the equivalent of a drunk Brit stumbling down the street(The Streets) + Modest Mouse wailing.
5. Little Joy – No One’s Better Sake
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Why I like this song: I love the organ and the fact that I’d like to hear it on an island somewhere. ::sigh::
6. O+S – We Do What We Want To
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Why I like this song: This song has a calming effect on me. Nothing is expected going through it and I like it that way. It reminds me of ocean waves and that there is something larger than all of us.
7. Tegan & Sara – Back In Your Head
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Why I like this song: Definitely poppy with a hook.
8. The Ting Tings – Shut Up And Let Me Go
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Why I like this song: Think Annie + Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Yea.
EDIT: My lovely wife turned me on to the Ting Tings and she deserves full credit for that!
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black and white photo of elek in our neighborhood
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under family, photo
Tags: b&w, black and white, photo, photography, pic, Picture
man supposedly cured of leukemia by stem cell transplant
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under health, science
Well this IS something! I really hope (as I always do) that this could lead to a permanent cure of HIV and Leukemia. The only additional thing I would wish for is that the big drug companies see none of the profit from this breakthrough. I’m convinced there exists a non money making cure to AIDS. But I suppose that it would be wide knowledge by now.
“The patient is fine,” said Dr. Gero Hutter of Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin in Germany. “Today, two years after his transplantation, he is still without any signs of HIV disease and without antiretroviral medication.”
The case was first reported in November, and the new report is the first official publication of the case in a medical journal. Hutter and a team of medical professionals performed the stem cell transplant on the patient, an American living in Germany, to treat the man’s leukemia, not the HIV itself.
However, the team deliberately chose a compatible donor who has a naturally occurring gene mutation that confers resistance to HIV. The mutation cripples a receptor known as CCR5, which is normally found on the surface of T cells, the type of immune system cells attacked by HIV.
via Man appears free of HIV after stem cell transplant – CNN.com.
Tags: AIDS, health, HIV, stem cells
heat vision and jack
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under Humor, video
What is it?: Heat Vision and Jack is a TV pilot directed by Ben Stiller.
Why I love it: I love most things with Jack Black for one. Two, it’s (almost) the most improbable plot ever so that adds to the hilarity. And C, who doesn’t love a talking motorcycle?
