my feet on the dash

You must be "this high" to read my website...

Thanks to Greg for showing me this... The Blog Readability Test.

So, apparently, to read this particular part of my website:

BUT, if you mosey on over to my main website, megalo-media.com, watch out!

My sisters' wares on ETSY.COM

My sister's wares on ETSY.COM, originally uploaded by redmeg8.

My sister, Kate, has made some great stuff and has them for sale on etsy.com complete with offering free shipping and has put everything on sale for Xmas - you should check it out!

www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5246475

Beautiful scarves, earrings, necklaces.... all handmade by her and her beau Mason.

My little sister, Erin, and her friend... Erin, are also making some great stuff - bags, wristlets, etc.

They don't have their etsy.com store set up yet, but, you can get in touch with them thru Flickr, or me. :)

And you should too!

I love Jim Gaffigan

Dead Pockets.

Best of 2007

'Tis that time-o-year again, where I take a look back at the year-in-music to devise my "best of" list. This year was very different from last, in terms of stand-out albums... at least, for me. I had three top albums that were nearly impossible for me to choose between: "Boxer" by The National, "In Rainbows" by Radiohead, and, "Baby 81" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Then, there were a lot of albums that I liked very much, but most didn't cause me to obsess over them. I recall obsessing a lot last year. Hmm... at least, I think so.

Anyway, without further ado:
Best of 2007

1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. The National – Boxer
3. BRMC - Baby 81
4. Iron & Wine - Shepard's Dog
5. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
6. Peter Bjorn & John - Writer's Block
7. Tegan & Sara - The Con
8. UNKLE - War Stories
9. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
10. A Place to Bury Strangers - s/t

11. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
12. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
13. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
14. !!! - Myth Takes
15. Fujiya and Miyagi - Transparent Things
16. The Fratellis - Costello Music
17. BRMC – American X (EP)
18. Feist - The Reminder
19. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
20. PJ Harvey - White Chalk

Just missing the cut:

Kanye West – Graduation
OTR - Trumpet Child
M.I.A. – Kala
Busdriver - RoadKillOvercoat
Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
Clinic – Visitations
Pharoahe Monch - Desire
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
The Go! Team - Proof of Youth

Still haven’t gotten my hands on:

65daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideas

And, like last year, if you're interested in my previous rankings, here you go:

Best of 2006

1. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
2. Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
3. Thom Yorke – Eraser
4. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
5. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
6. Silversun Pickups – Carnavas
7. Cat Power - The Greatest
8. Forget Cassettes - Salt
9. Hot Chip - The Warning
10. Asobi Seksu – Citrus

11. Heartless Bastards - All This Time
12. Mates of State - Bring It Back
13. Various - The World Is Gone
14. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
15. Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
16. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
17. The Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops
18. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
19. Beck - The Information
20. Calexico - Garden Ruin

21. Old Crow Medicine Show - Big Iron World
22. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
23. I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Fear is On Our Side
24. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
25. Alexi Murdoch - Time Without Consequence

Best of 2005

1. Doves – Some Cities
2. Kathleen Edwards – Back To Me
3. Cat Martino – (Sketches From) Underneath the Skin
4. Sons & Daughters – Repulsion Box
5. Gorillaz – Demon Days
6. Feist – Let It Die
7. Iron & Wine - Woman King EP
8. Over the Rhine – Drunkard’s Prayer
9. BRMC – Howl
10. My Morning Jacket – Z

11. The National – Alligator
12. Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
13. Stellastarr* - Harmonies for the Haunted
14. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
15. Beck – Guero
16. The Kills – No Wow
17. Bravery – s/t
18. Detroit Cobras – Baby
19. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again
20. Andrew Bird - Mysterious Production of Eggs

21. Death Cab For Cutie – Plans
22. The Go! Team –Thunder! Lightning! Strike!
23. Mercury Rev – Secret Migration
24. The Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
25. Greg Dulli – Amber Headlights
26. Common – Be
27. Eels – Blinking Lights & Other Revelations
28. Royksopp - The Understanding
29. Fischerspooner -  Odyssey
30. Hood - Outside Close

If you're interested in some more great end-of-the-year lists that won't look like the lists you'll see elsewhere, check out the woxy.com thread: http://woxy.lala.com/boards/showthread.php?t=49927