December 2011
1 post
50 Amazing Pieces of Louis C.K. Fan Art
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Lots more here.
[Image credit: Jeff Proctor]
November 2011
1 post
Monkey See... →
October 2011
1 post
July 2011
3 posts
A quick sample of what I do when I wake up some...
The Alice Cooper Conundrum
If you’re not a follower of my Twitter stream (@LucasSavela), you missed out on the public showcasing of my brain slowly deteriorating. Here are the tweets I made in consecutive order from 6:55AM to 8:33AM (**I am editing a couple due to cellphone keyboard induced typos**)
Who’s ready for a slew of tweets about Alice Cooper!?!?!?
Firstly,I know of Alice Cooper as a musician but I do...
Annual Apology
To the dear followers of Lucas Savela’s Tied Tongue Tumbles On,
I am sorry for my lack of updates on this blog lately. Work, golf, and CM Punk have been occupying my time. I seem to always experience a lull of blogging in the summer months. Granted, I suppose I could just reblog funny .gif files, but who needs more of those?
And while I do not have an immediate solution to my deficiency of...
June 2011
1 post
A Statement: Spartans, Wolverines, and "Scholars,"...
I was wrong.
I’ll admit it. I was wrong.
Up until recently, I strongly believed that in order to be a fan of a college sports program, one has to attend or have attended school at the university of choice. Again, I was wrong.
Maybe it’s due to some maturing or taking sports less seriously (these two notions are probably related), but this thought process was too harsh. At the end of...
May 2011
3 posts
5 tags
A College Party Story
When old people want to know about my presence on the college party circuit, my go-to story is one in which my brother and I saw a guy drink a beer from a two-story beer bong.
This is not true. We didn’t see such an event. We just heard about it. Telling this tale serves two purposes:
The listener hears what they want to hear.
I make them think I am not the complete, Friday night...
April 2011
2 posts
“My son Patrick was six years old that hot spring morning, a rather chunky boy...”
– Tim Madigan, author of I’m Proud of You: Life Lessons from My Friend Fred Rogers.
March 2011
5 posts
A Wondering and Wandering Mind
When my brittle brain doesn’t have the thought “what do I possibly have to offer to the opposite sex?,” I like to ponder other things. If you have plenty of spare time on your hands, consider these questions that have formulated either in or near Apartment 102.
What will happen first: Legalized recreational marijuana or a college football playoff?
It is surprising that both of...
If You'll Be My Bodyguard...
With nostalgia overthrowing my fragile mind, I am transported to a pleasant time. At the turn of the millennium, our backyard trampoline was the host to one of the greatest games ever invented: “Bodyguard.” Its simplicity was a thing of beauty. The only things needed were a ball, a trampoline, and neighborhood kids. All but two of the kids were around the trampoline’s perimeter,...
“Believe me, all is brilliant.”
– Manchester Orchestra - “Simple Math”
February 2011
3 posts
Excuses, Excuses
This is my list of excuses for not doing school work throughout the week:
Thursday - “I just got done with a long week of classes. Time to relax.” Friday - “Today’s my first day off. I shouldn’t have to study.” Saturday - “It’s the freakin’ weekend baby. I’m about to have me some fun.” Sunday - “It’s the Sabbath. I...
Three Tips
I am in no way a savant about how to live life to the fullest. I am a procrastinator, an over-thinker, and a beyond hopeless romantic. So take the following advice with a grain of salt but I do believe these three tips will help you live a better life. If you have a simple piece of advice to share with carpe diem seekers, such as myself, please do so.
Here’s my three tips:
1. Make your bed...
A Brainstorm During a Snow Storm
A day off of school has allowed me to listen to my favorite podcasts in the comfort of my own apartment. While listening to yesterday’s Pardon the Interruption and their “Toss Up” segment, I had an idea; someone should keep track of what Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon disagree on. For instance, they disagreed on whether Chris Bosh will win more NBA championships than Kevin...
January 2011
2 posts
15 Reasons Mister Rogers Was the Best Neighbor...
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1. Even Koko the Gorilla Loved Him
Most people have heard of Koko, the Stanford-educated gorilla who could speak about 1000 words in American Sign Language, and understand about 2000 in English. What most people don’t know, however, is that Koko was an avid Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood fan. As Esquire reported, when Fred Rogers took a trip out to meet Koko for his show, not...
What is your favorite word? “Southpaw.” Although it may just mean “a left-handed person” to you, it means so much more to me. It’s aggressive, like a boxer, and overpowering, like Randy Johnson’s fastball. It’s a person that sticks out from the rest. It’s everything I’m not.
What is your least favorite word? “Random.” I have no...
December 2010
8 posts
“There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year. I am gonna make it...”
– The Mountain Goats - “This Year”
“There’s nothing better than a Hershey bar.”
– David Letterman
A Holiday Message from Ricky Gervais: Why I’m An... →
November 2010
5 posts
Attention Ladies
Attention ladies:
Due to an epic fail, I had to back out of “No Shave November.” I proudly supported my “beard” for 17 days, even though I could only grow mutton chops. This morning I woke up and decided it was time for a change. I shaved my entire face, except for my mustache. I am now part of the Movember movement.
Luckily for me, I was informed that today is...
Ghostwritten Essays and the Problems of Cheating →
"No Shave November"
Some people call it “No Shave November.” Personally, I call it “Grow Horrible Facial Hair So You Have a Built in Excuse for When Girls Don’t Talk to You November.”
December through October is blamed on having braces.
October 2010
12 posts
My Sister's Shoes
He yelled from his car window “Hey, you’re wearing your sister’s shoes.” He was referring to the purple Chuck Taylors I was wearing. After pretending I didn’t hear him, I didn’t look at the man. I didn’t want any trouble.
As I thought about it though, I became extremely offended. How dare he make such a comment!? My sister’s shoes? What was he...
A Simple Solution
I have heard that the math department at Michigan State does not let their classes out early because of one jerk 20-some years ago. After being let out ten minutes early throughout the semester, he went to the administration office wanting money back for the total time he was let out early.
What they should have done is refunded the money to him but also not given him the full credits. Thus, the...
Additional Band Names
Lucas Savela and the Jubilant Expletives
Pillow Talk
Dickie Domecon and the Love Orphans
The entire list can be found here.
“In complicating your worst mixed message
You built then burnt a bridge
Then...”
– Kevin Devine, “Holding Down the Laughter,” from the forthcoming Bad Books self-titled album.
O Her Laugh
O her laugh Her laugh, her laugh Floats and flutters, as high as the trees. Rivaling the birds’ song
O the rush The rush, the rush My blood, racing toward my cheeks Reddening them like a delicious
O goodbye Goodbye, goodbye “Five days sure takes forever” I say Her ears hear not
O it skips It skips, it skips The heart’s rhythm loses pace Merely thumping along for too...
September 2010
5 posts
If you had all of science at your disposal, what would you do? Cure cancer? Travel to outer space? Alter your DNA to produce the ultimate athlete?
Nah, there’s a time and place for all of that. I’d use science to prove that Ke$ha’s “Your Love is My Drug” is the greatest pop song of al time. Not subjectively, but factually. I’m working on some formulas and...
“[Britney Spears] - along with Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton and all those...”
– Chuck Klosterman, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Ralph Sampson” in Eating the Dinosaur.