The Farrellel Universe

I was searching on google for information about a Korg power supply for my X5D synth.  Here's what the query suggestions suggested once I'd typed "Can I..."

What's wrong with us?

Only if you know the "Darmok" episode of Star Trek, the Next Generation, will you get this joke fully.? However, it's just too funny not to post this.

Ronnie Drew died Saturday. I've gotten (re-)obsessed with Irish music the past few months and have been acquainting myself with the Dubliner's and Pogues' catalogs. Much like Lorenzo Music's voice work for Garfield, Ronnie Drew's voice defines Irish music for me.

Here's a sample of Ronnie and Shane MacGowen (Pogues) performing Rare Old Mountain Dew.

Also this one with Pogues, U2 and others doing Behan's "The Auld Triangle"

Take every trace of Garfield from the comic and what do you have left? As creator Dan Walsh notes, "the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life." I'm hooked.