Ga2so

Ga2so

I make silly stuff, and teach kids how to make silly stuff.

How to spend too much time on a joke

…and how to overexplain a joke On one of the many top secret websites I visit, someone started a thread with this question: What’s a bizarre sequel to a movie or new season of a previously-canceled show you would like…

They Might Be Trolls

I enjoy torturing innocent people. One of my former students follows me on Twitter. They have a tendency to find music acts they love and absorb every little fact about them. I get that; I used to do the same…

Oh, no! MORE music stats? WHY?

Yesterday I wrote a long boring post no one will read about music I listened to in 2020. Everyone loves spreadsheets about music! Today I realized I forgot the thing I normally add: the iTunes list of most heard songs.…

Too much about music stats

There’s a web page called How Bad Is Your Spotify? that looks at your Spotify playlists and listening habits and judges you like the record store guys in High Fidelity. You cannot win. If your tastes are too mainstream, you’re…

If you’re looking for content…

I’ve actually been posting a lot lately, but not here. I’m riding to raise money to support people with HIV/AIDS, and making videos as I go. Since it was all about biking I decided to revive my dedicated bike blog.…

Distance instruction, week one

Does it suck? It sucks, but not as bad as I thought it would suck. The main thing I miss is the NOISE. My class is always noisy. Kids are making things, and they aren’t quiet about it. Now the…

A Dad ramble.

Today I saw Dad’s face – his actual, physical face – for the last time. Dad wasn’t actually there. He’d left the day before, but his body got a little extra time to hang around. I shaved before we left…