The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century

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Since my work is pretty portable and my schedule is fairly flexible, I can do the Good Fiancé thing and run errands for the Future Missus during the day. I ran one such errand early this morning in South Pasadena, which gave me the chance to walk along the water. Save for the sounds of a few passing cars in the distance, it was incredibly quiet, and the water was very calm. It’s a rather nice way to start a busy Friday.

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There’s a down side to my life: I’ve missed every episode of Dexter, The Wire, Modern Family, most episodes of How I Met Your Mother, as well as most reality shows. I didn’t see There’s Something About Mary, Titanic, Armageddon, Donnie Darko, and The Wedding Singer until years after their releases. I have yet to watch Avatar, Gladiator, any of the Fast and Furious films, and yes, even The Dark Knight.

On the plus side, I won’t have this guy’s regrets:

Thanks to Marty Yshikawa for the find!

We’ve got NASA and the sort of bugs that come with a warm climate, so this is the sort of “launch control” work we do all the time.

When The Onion nails it, they really nail it.

Their all-time classic, eerie in its prescience, remains this one:

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It’s technically correct, and we know what kind of correct that is:

Disney’s acquisition of Marvel has made for some pretty good movies and the oh-so-well-done Marvel Cinematic Universe, much to the relief of comic book fans everywhere. Imagine what would’ve happened if Sanrio had bought Marvel instead:

(Yes, I know that the Winter Soldier isn’t in the Avengers…)

It would appear that I’m going with a fashion theme today!

Let’s see:

• Toque (winter hat)? Check.
• Big glasses? Check.
• Bushy beard? Check.
• Sailor Moon top? Check.
• Over-the-shoulder satchel/man-purse? Check.
• Fashionably retro wristwatch? Check.
• Pink and baby-blue camo tights? Check.
• “Meat” socks? Check.
• Converse hi-tops? Check.

I’m sure there’s an iDevice or MacBook Air (or both!) in the man-purse. If he had a fixie, he’d score perfectly on the hipstometer.