More train travel woes from Joe Lewis

Following up on yesterday’s story about taking a bass on a train, Joe Lewis related some of his own tales about annoying train travel on a recent post on his blog San Bei Ji. Some of the lines he has often heard include:Is that a body in there?Is that your...

Basses, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Part 2 – Trains

In the first part of this series I described the utter nastiness that results when you combine cabs and double basses. The horrible experiences from this first installment have given me an irrational hatred of cabs. I never take them, bass or no bass. To this day,...

Read the bass blog in jive talk

John Floeter sent me a link to an insanely funny service called Gizoogle which allows you to read my blog in glorious Snoop Dog jive talk. You can click here to read the whole site in jive (warning–lots of profanity if you try it) , or check out this version of...

Horrible flight delay on video (complete with screaming baby)

I think that everyone can identify with this video documenting a plane stuck on the JFK tarmac for seven hours. Just watching it makes my blood boil. There are great captions offering commentary on what is ACTUALLY going on (as opposed to what the captain is telling...

Cat bag infomercial

Holly Mulcahy sent me a link to a really bizarre infomercial for a crinkly cat bag. The host has no idea what to make of this thing. I usually just give my cats paper bags to play with, and they seem just fine with that.Related Posts:Nora the piano-playing cat part...