April 1st ... great birthday date! May yours be festive Issy. Shine on

Here's hoping life is grand ... Happy Birthday Issy

Happy Birthday Issy ... may it be a merry one

issy, we seem to be short a kitty these days... what became of the schmawy?

Tanks Issy!

Hey Issie-I replaced the wrong embed on one of yer dead vidoes....
http://videosift.com/video/Charlie-Rose-interviews-Quentin-Tarantino-10102003

Ooops-Here's all parts onna player I made ya...
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXkx5NyqN8e3K6s9tlcBA8a4L0i0DUamC

OH SHIT! My bad-Sent Issy a PM

Issy and I just finished this entire series last night. 10/10 - it's a brilliant doctoral-thesis-level analysis of the criminal justice system from top to bottom. This should be required viewing for every politician and every citizen that gives a damn.

Definitely one of the greatest things ever on television.

Thanks, Issy!

*quality

Issy, I tried to post this with the title above -- maybe that title will get more folks to watch this delightful song?

Happy B-DAY Issy

Happy new year to you too Issy

Radio: My favorite discovery of 2012 is "Radio Lab", a story telling show reminiscent of another favorite, 'This American Life', but with a much more sophisticated sound design. All episodes are available for free in the podcast section of iTunes.

Music: I fell in love with the New Orleans second line scene after Issy and I paid a visit to the crescent city this year. We saw the 'Rebirth Brass Band' live and had a great time. We also had a mini-meetup at the show with @dotdude. New Orleans music culture is like no other.

Music: Louis Cole & Genevieve Artadi: Highly unique and energetic electro-acoustic music. Hard to explain.

Music: Austin Texas band 'The Black Angels' - Dark, bluesy rock obviously influenced by the Doors. To be honest, I'm not crazy about blues rock or the Doors, but 'The Black Angels' manage to meld these influences into something I really dig.

Music: UK band, 'Metronomy'. Their sound is eclectic, hooky and heavily influenced by all the cool British 80's bands I loved as a kid. Goes down easy. Works in the background as well as the fore.

Movies: Django and Looper were the two films that captivated me from start to finish. Both films by gifted auteurs, one at the top of his game, the other on the rise. Great writing. Great Directing. Great performances.

Horror movies: The Cabin in the Woods (A clever and absurd meta-horror mashup) and the The Lady in Black (A classic, classy ghost story) both satisfied. It's nice that there were a couple of diamonds in sea of Paranormal-Activity-esque-found-footage detritus.

TV: same stuff that everyone else likes - BB, GoT, DoAb and Sherlock. I also got into Always Sunny in Philadelphia this year - very dark, very funny.

Books: Started a bunch, finished very few. Nothing to recommend. "Checklist Manifesto" is pretty interesting so far - it's about how the brain functions (or fails to function) in the information-dense present.

Games: 'Xcom' was a worthy update of the original. Loved all the detailed micro/macro strategy. 'Journey' was beautiful and fairly moving for a videogame.

Should I have issy move her pics elsewhere?