Dipity
Originally uploaded by c.shearhod Cam's great shot of my guitar at the last Land of Lincoln show at Darkroom. I guess I never realized how beat up looking my old Telecaster is but it's st...
It's interesting that Rush Limbaugh has sort of emerged as the de-facto head of the Republican Party. I would have thought that after losing the presidency in 2008, 51 seats in the house and 14 se...
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This is a good site for real time updates to exit polling data. Oh, wait. I forgot. After 2000 we all learned that exit polls are unreliable, right? Right.
I'm glad MTV finally woke up and put all of their video archives online so we can view gems like this one from 1983. Tears for Fears |MTV Music
My Bloody Valentine |MTV Music
I know we live in a culture that doesn't like to read anything longer than can be read during the average bathroom break but this rather long story in the New York Times is probably the most profou...
This amazing umbrella is engineered to stay aerodynamic in high wind and always turn to face the right direction. Very cool. Thanks to the folks at 37 Signals for pointing this one out.
Before anyone declares me as an America-hating, unpatriotic, flag burner, let me just point out that I have nothing but admiration for those who server in our volunteer military and have had many c...
Well I must admit that Sarah Palin did much better than we had all been led to believe. Perhaps this is the George W. Bush technique of setting the bar so low with the initial interviews that anyt...
Didn't someone tell her to maybe prepare for one of the only 3 interviews she'd have to do? Is the McCain campaign going to just let her keep trying to bluff her way through these things? I mean,...
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So the government took over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae due to their almost certain collapse. Now, one could argue about the merits of such a deal but the fact remains that they were quasi-governme...
When will the people of this country wake up and realize that your choice of candidate shouldn't be based upon who you'd most like to have a beer with. I voted for Ron Paul in the Primary and I'd ...
Another death. Richard Wright, keyboardist and founding member of Pink Floyd has died from cancer. Here he is as a young man:
One of my favorite authors, and probably one of the great modern philosophers of our time, David Foster Wallace, has died. He hanged himself in his house and was found by his wife. He will be mis...
Ubiquity for Firefox from Aza Raskin on Vimeo. It makes me think that it's the logical extension of what this is:
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Why do we continue to eat at this restaurant? There is always a wait. The service and management suck. If you're meeting anyone there they won't seat you until everyone has arrived. They lost my d...
After four years of being me being responsible for putting music on her iPod Nancy is finally learning to manage her own music collection. I guess it took owning a MacBook to finally get her to rea...
Why aren't we helping Georgia? If you're thinking it's because of the threat of Russian and, by proxy, Chinese military action you'd be sorely mistaken. It's more the threat of all of the US do...
I'm happy to be going home today after three days in Philadelphia. The history and architecture are amazing but I haven't seen as many junkies or this much abject poverty since San Francisco.
I now have some type of electronic device with me at all times. And to think that before 1998 I didn't own a computer, watch or cell phone. What a difference ten years can make.
This is written and posted from my new iPhone. I have to admit that for the most part the hype is justified. More to come.
So we got up off our butt's this past Saturday and went to SmartBar, the small club offshoot next door to the Metro to see Peter Hook DJ. He's always been a big influence on my since of melody and...
This Site redeems flash in my eyes as a proper medium for web design.
Well the Chicago City Council finally realized that their stupid, short-sighted ban on foie gras did nothing to stop "animal cruelty" and merely turned our city into the laughing stock of the culin...
Indiana Voters who are completely uninformed about even basic candidate knowledge You know, people are people wherever you go. But having said that, sometimes I'm still happy as hell not to live ...
After 10 years I've finally found my friend Cao Xuping. Cao and I met at Clayton's restaurant in Valparaiso and became quick friends. Unfortunately we lost contact over the years and her contact ...
I was looking at the arguments for the new Intelligent Design movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed when the complete misunderstanding of the theory of Natural Selection just about pushed me over...
I'm blown away that they actually filmed this much. I'd figure it would be chopped into pieces.
So there are a lot of things better now. For one, my father is starting to feel better after bypass surgery number 2 last week. I'm still unsuccessful at getting him to go to a real hospital but ...
On one side, you have the artistic types who are (and always will be) Mac zealots. The folks see their Mac in more of a religious content than a practical one and that gives them an unparalleled l...
Yes, the man who wasn't "black enough" for Sony Music is playing at Martyr's this April. I'll see you there.
Portishead, one of my favorite artists of this generation, have a new album coming out this April. That means a tour and I'll definitely be going. They only seem to release a new album and tour a...
I recently made the annual trip down to Peoria to visit my cousin and file our taxes for Khomodo and while there started thinking about the direction our small company has been going in and where i...
If voting changed anything they'd make it illegal
In two weeks I will be bringing my time at Cenitare to a close. After almost two years helping to start this company from the ground up it is finally time to move on. I have accepted a job at Nor...
So my father lost his race for Valparaiso, IN City Council District 5 last week. He has never run for any office of any kind before. He spent a little over $2000 total on the race. His opponent ...
So our kitchens were taken over this week by the producers of Top Chef to film an episode. Pretty chaotic but all in all pretty fun. The restaurants looked beautiful made up for television and th...
A lot of things in the works right now. Just got a promotion a couple weeks ago. Got back from working at Babbo a month or so ago. Just downloaded the new Radiohead album a couple hours ago. Ye...
I haven't written anything here in a while. This is for Nancy.
Well I went to the open casting call for Top Chef today and didn't make the cut. I'm not terribly surprised. The initial interview with the producers is way more about personality and how you wou...
I hate to admit it but I've been a fan of the show Top Chef for a while now and, thanks to the magic of DVR (i.e. tivo) technology, I never miss an episode. Just like all reality shows it has its s...
We finally close on our new condo today and I've taken some much needed time off of work to move. It's not so bad, we've only been looking for four years...
"Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has...
It's been quite some time since I've written anything here and I'm not sure I have very much more to say. I'm so absorbed in my current job that writing here almost seems trivial. Anyway, here's ...
It's been quite a while since I've written anything here and I blame it all on work. As alluded to in one of the last posts, I've been working for a company called Cenitare, latin for "To Dine Oft...
Now, newly codified: The quality of a piece of music is inversely proportional to the volume at which it is played from a moving vehicle. This came to me as I was pondering how the soundtrack to ...
It's been a little over a month since I last wrote anything here and, as usual, that's because there have been some new developments which I'll write about soon enough. For now, let me just say th...
I've started a new website for my job. Its purpose is to explore the wines of Italy and give a glimpse in to what I'm tasting these days. I also set it up because having a vinifera-il.com domain ...
Although it's early to tell, I think the transition from Chef to Wine Importer/Distributer is going to be much easier than from Chef to Restaurant Critic to Web Designer to Chef again (whew!). The...
Monday I start a new job with a new direction, albeit one that's not too far from my knowledge and current skillset. I have accepted a position with a company called Vinefera Imports which is one...
Okay, I'm now officially soliciting help on the Internet... I need a good computer programmer who knows Ruby. If you live in the Chicago area even better. Contact me at ian "at" khomodo "dot" co...
So I've been out of work for a month now and, I hate to admit it, but it's been great. I've been able to spend so much more time with Nancy and family and friends and I'm not sure I want to go bac...
Well as is no surprise, ExxonMobil has reported Record ProfitsL... again. So, of course, it's also no surprise that in March OPEC will cut their production. Can anyone say "$6 a gallon"? It use...
Only the Japanese could take folding laundry to origami levels. Enjoy. Crazy T-Shirt Folding Video
As of the 1st of January I am no longer officially with Vintage Wine Bar. Without going into too much detail I'll just say that the direction of Vintage was not what I was expecting and it was tim...
My grandfather died this morning in hospice care in Valparaiso, IN. I'm not sure what else to say. He was the oldest of 14 children and grew up near the Mississippi river in the Quad Cities area ...
It's been over a month since I last posted anything and I apologize for that. I've officially been here for two months, pretty much been busy as hell and it shows no sign of letting up. It feels ...
Well I've been here a month and things are getting easier day by day. I'm getting ready to do a fall rewrite of the menu and we're poised for some decent press after we do holiday parties for both...
Well I finally "lost" the services of the worthless cook who failed to show up two weeks ago and I'm very happy that he quit instead of me having to fire him. I just wish he'd waited until after t...
Well I finished the first week still standing. I worked over 70 hours across 6 days and even went in for an hour on Sunday, which I'd planned on taking off, to make sure brunch got off to a decent...
Well my absent cook from yesterday showed up for work today like nothing had happened. Apparently he was a little too "stressed out" to work. I informed him pointedly, yet nicely, that if he ever...
So much for slowly settling into my new job. I came upstairs around 4:30 PM to see what was happening in the kitchen since the cook and dishwasher would already be in and getting ready for dinner ...
Well I've spent most of today contacting meat, seafood and vegetable suppliers, tasted a couple of new Rhone varietals, started screwing around with some semblance of a schedule and generally gotte...
Today is my first day as Executive Chef at Vintage. There is a lot to do. I need to set up new suppliers, get the kitchen cleaned, figure out what I have to work with as far as existing equipmen...
Well it's finally happened. I've given up this two year experiment and gone back to what I do best - cooking. I've accepted the position of Executive Chef at Vintage, a new wine bar/restaurant ne...
I never meant this website to be purely political in nature but it seems as if the comments section is definitely heating up. It's pretty funny because this website went for almost a year with lit...
Mark writes today... Good Lord, it happened. In another ballsy and brainless move, Bush has forgone senate approval and appointed John Bolton as ambassador to the UN. Please click this link to se...
I'm so tired of hearing our political leaders sum up the entire "war on terrorism" with the same empty-headed "they hate our freedom" bullshit. Yes, I'm sure that's it. The fact that half the co...
Probably something I should have mentioned before but for whatever reason didn't get around to it. Khomodo Solutions has broken even for the first time as of last month and is now operating comple...
I've wanted to go back to school and finish my education for some time now yet there always seemed a million reasons why I couldn't. I think I've finally run out of reasons. Starting this January...
Lance Armstrong, probably one of the greatest riders in history, just finished stage 9 in 3rd position. the race is far from over but you have to wonder if this is the beginning of the end. Per...
Hi, As you probably heard, Sandra Day O'Connor just resigned from the Supreme Court. This is an extremely important time for our senators to hear from us. They need to know that we are counting on...
"Captain, take us to... Ludicrous Speed!" -Dark Helmet It's always when you think things can't get any more absurd that they usually do. Th...
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies a theft from those who hunger and are not fed; those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spen...
As I've stated before, irony, juxtaposition and humor are often lost on people. It sucks when it's your family members who can't seem to call you on the phone or email you when they have a persona...
I feel like George Costanza - "I like sports. I could be a sportscaster. I like to eat. I could be a food critic." Why is it that a vocation never calls to you from on high but merely drops in...
It used to be that "Communist" was the single catch-all phrase thrown about at people in this country to denote what was wrong. For the last few years, however, "liberal" has replaced it as the ne...
"We're ticked off at the way Bushies have treated California, and we've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we're taking the other Blue States with us." "In case you aren...
-Fyodor Dosteyevsky The two year experiment is over. Now it's time to cook.
I just learned that a very special restaurant recently closed in Northwest Indiana. Special because for 10 years it set the bar for dining in the area. Before Clayton's opened in 1995 the measu...
Oh shit, I completely forgot to mention the one big thing that's happened to Nancy and I. I must have been too busy feeling sorry for my over-stressed self. We just bought an iPod and both agree ...
It's been very difficult to post lately and this pitiful post is merely a stop-gap measure to put something up this month so I apologize for the brevity (and horrible symantics). Last week was pro...
For five minutes last night I caught a glimpse of the old Dennis Miller. The feisty Libertarian who doesn't hold back in a mile-a-minute tirade. His quote about the new Pope was priceless "Maybe ...
Well my cousin finally updated his extremely tired-looking site this past week. He's now using WordPress and it looks great. See HERE for yourself. I was so impressed with his new stylin self ...
Wednesday was the day we moved into our new apartment to escape the ghetto our neighborhood was quickly turning into. The day pretty much went as follows. The movers were 6 hours late which meant...
This site is now hosted on our brand new server, onsite in beautiful Peoria, IL. We've taken the plunge and decided to forgo leasing a server from anyone else and build our own. And it's a beaut...
Here it is. Finally people are waking up and realizing it is NOT your employers job to police what you say in public as long as it is legal and doesn't infringe any confidentiality agreements. As...
Well it's a miracle this site is up today. The entire server is actually only up and running because we booted into the recovery console and manually restarted the services we needed. The fine fo...
Last week the Mobil Travel Guide shut its doors and ceased all activity. Around 30 employees, including my wife, were abruptly let go with no severance or prior notice. Well, I mean prior notice ...
Well, it's 2005 and since I've lived in this city for a while now I figured I'd change my site to reflect that. The background image is a picture I took out the window at my office. It's been hig...
I'm working midnights for the next two weeks as the normal midnights person is on vacation. This is my first night and I already have the jet-lagged headache helmut encircling my head around the t...
Well, I'm back again after what has been a nightmare of a week. Last weekend we had a catastrophic system failure on our server and had to do a complete reimage and restore of all of our data. Th...
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