Born Under Punches in the Grocery Store

I'm at the grocery store and they have the store music playing on the loudspeaker - it's not a local radio station, it's clearly just in the store -  and "Born Under Punches" by Talking Heads comes on. I recognize it immediately and I'm somewhat befuddled - is "Born Under Punches" grocery store music?

I'm not complaining - I love the song, I love the album, it was a big influence for Radiohead making "Kid A" - but it just seems like the opposite of the kind of music you'd play at a grocery store.

Decide for yourself above.

Don't you miss it, don't you miss it! Some of you people just about missed it.

Scorch Update for April 2026

Scorch is back... again!

And he's got a new idea... again!

He's going to do a new iteration of PFG-TV... again!

He is both doing great, rockin' and rollin', and also is destitute, down and out. It is a roller-coaster and we truly live in exciting times.

Norm Tribute

The story goes that someone had recorded Norm in 2016 and has now rediscovered the tape. The recording is now set to animation.

Popcorn in Bed - Awakenings

If you haven't seen "Awakenings," go watch it before watching this.

This is one of my favorite films, I think it's Robin Williams' best performance and Robert De Niro's best performance. Fun fact: the nurse love interest is Julie Kavner, who you usually know as Marge Simpson.

Unmasking Satoshi Nakamoto

 If you're curious as to who the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto (the inventor of Bitcoin) is, the New York Times has an article claiming to have identified him here.

They come to the same conclusion that this Youtube series did, except 5 years later.

And just a helpful tip: any time a media site hides something behind a paywall, you can almost always get around it with archive.is.

Radiohead - Worrywort

To me, "Worrywort" belongs in Spring, right when things are really starting to get warm.