four two nine

I saw “Angel Heart” last night at the recommendation of a co-worker… I really should’ve known better when seeing the movie’s tagline: “It will scare you to your very soul” It had some tense moments but my soul was not affected. 4.75 Zaps out of 10.
NASA may delay their shuttle launch again missing [...]

things that are tacky

tacky

Originally uploaded by zigs.

today’s topic, after consulting with the martyz.com staffers will be “things that are tacky”. This was an idea submitted by m. gilbride — wait, that’s too obvious, let’s call her ‘megan g’
Or M. Letourneau haha.
anypoo, i found this picture as a [...]

don’t panic

Let me just geek out for a second about how excited I am about “Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”
I read the book in junior high school and remember being excited that I finally discovered the meaning of life.
I PLAYED Infocom’s text adventure “Hitchhiker’s Guide” religiously on my Leading Edge IBM PC 80888 and [...]

macrobiotic soygasm

Last night went down in the history as the healthiest day of my adult life. After a @9 mile bike ride from my house to Hunter Mill and back, roommate G & I met up with peeps for a vegetarian dinner of sunflowerrific proportions at vienna’s own Sunflower Restaurant — right next door to McDonald’s. [...]

death of Wing by wing

This was the craziest story I’ve seen in awhile.…. Albert Wing, a skydiver was killed this weekend in Florida, when a plane’s wing (the one he jumped from) severed his legs. Crazy stuff.
This weekend was LCG’s wedding reception bash. (Of course, my flash card is NOT around when I’m trying to post here… so [...]

ah, summer.

oh to be the king of spring break

Originally uploaded by zigs.

New from Reef: the flip-flop-bottle opener combo. Are you the laziest sack ever and are unable to move the 2ft to the cooler from your folding chair to get the bottle opener? Just put your [...]

kung POW hustle

Carrie won tix to see “Kung Fu Hustle” last night — so we rendez-vous’d in G’town after a Polish style feast of fury.
KFH gets 6.7 zaps — entertaining and action-packed but weak on a story.
I was listening to another “Western Union” ad on the radio — I’m not so sure about their campaign. Their catchphrase [...]

4:20

Awww yeah. It’s 4/20 y’all. You know what that means — It’s time to get our Pope on… Benedict to the 16th, ya’ll. A little German flava for the first time in 10 centuries…
I’m declaring that the bulldog is the official dog for martyz.com —

But I need a name for him.
Winner gets [...]

show me your tots

show me your tots

Originally uploaded by zigs.

G. Stein offers a tray of tater tots at this past Saturday’s “show me your tots”, Napoleon-Dynamite flavored party.
A “pinTOTa” was destroyed - and guess what it was full of? Not tater tots. Blow Pops, actually. Good guess, though.
Sunday [...]

adobe buys macromedia

big big news for any design nerds.
This weekend was Mama Z’s 55th bday-bash-surprise party, — on Sat. was G. Stein’s “Show Me Your Tots” Napoleon Dynamite-flavored party. Pics up soon.
Running late this AM — me ’scusi.