Author Archives: Mark Egge

If you have some time, get yourself a cup of coffee and read this article, concerning the state of the music industry and the recent demise of OiNK:http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2007/10/when-pigs-fly-death-of-oink-birth-of.html “When Pigs Fly” is a thorough, thoughtful and balanced discourse on online … Continue reading →

As you may already know, the popular private BitTorrent Tracker OiNK.cd was shut down a few days ago by Interpol. There seems to be lots of misinformation concerning OiNK floating around on the internet. For clarification: users did not “pay” … Continue reading →

It’s 3:46 a.m. Why am I still watching an Apple keynote from 1997? Why do I find Steve Jobs so compelling? Why do I idolize him so much? But I can’t get enough. I can’t get enough of his vision– … Continue reading →

Yaar! I studied for 14 hours STRAIGHT for my Advanced Film Theory exam this morning… starting at 6:00 p.m. last night till 8:00 a.m. this morning… And still didn’t do very well on the exam. Sheesh. My bad, though– shouldn’t … Continue reading →

Laura Burnum was in a 45 mph head-on collision that knocked her out cold. Paramedics pulled her from her car and took her to the hospital in an ambulance. Receiving the bill, she found her health insurance had denied payment … Continue reading →

I’m flabbergasted, truly! Last week was Homecoming Week at MSU, along with the associated election of a Homecoming king and queen at last Saturday’s football game. Unbelievably, however, the results of the election (see: popularity contest?) are NO WHERE to … Continue reading →

Linda McCartney wrote: “If slaughterhouses had glass walls the whole world would be vegetarian.” Browsing the internet tonight (see: avoiding Econ homework!) Andrew and I stumbled upon a couple surprising lists of famous vegetarians. I’ve oft’ been reminded that Adolf … Continue reading →

pedalpedalpedalpedal pedal pedal … tssST! CSSHT!!! whua… WHAM! BAM! … Ow. … OW!

1. The Decemberists2. Sleeping in3. Coffee4. Mangoes5. Eggs6. Bikes7. Sunshine8. Mountains9. Beer10. Songs about international spies with booming refrains11. Counting

8:29 a.m. – Mark sleeps peacefully (having accidentally turned off his alarm at 6:00…). Andrew pounds on door: *bam!*bam!*bam!* Me: “Whua…”Andrew: “Mark, have you seen the muffin pan?”Me: “Uh … the muffin man?”A: “No, the MUFFIN PAN!”M: “Who lives on … Continue reading →