Brain Poops

There’s nothing like that new blog theme smell, is there? So let’s hop in this bitch and DRIVE!

Since my current theme of choice is an older Victorian / vintage style, I thought now would be a good time to post on an obsession of mine: Steampunk.

For those not being beaten over the head by digg/reddit articles on “this-or-that+STEAMPANK[sic]!”, Webster’s New Millennium™ Dictionary of English has this to say on the subject of Steampunk:

steampunk - noun : a genre of science fiction set in Victorian times when steam was the main source of machine power.

While the definition is sound, it fails to properly convey the entire realm of what people  refer to when they reference loving the style. In fact the majority of people that I have spoken with about the subject very seldom mention literature at all. (continue reading…)

From time to time I get stupid ideas in my brain-pan and decide to make notes to myself in the form of MP3s recorded on the fly. At the time of this recording I was talking with someone on the phone and more or less just trying to make them laugh.

This is a prime example of what happens when my mind wanders…

[audio:SOEG.mp3]