http://www.mikeoliveri.com Diary of a Supervillain Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:35:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I started with one Photo Friday idea, but it just didn't pan out. The Wife was waiting for me to decide what I was going to do about it, when I noticed the way she was sitting and her expression. So I started snapping away and instead got a few ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/03/12/photo-friday-portraits-of-a-mom/ Realized tonight there's not near enough surf guitar music on my iPod. Bummer. http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/03/11/cowabunga/ The Black Glove just ran a couple of pieces about me and my work. You can check out the interview here. TBG contributor Karen Newman asked me about everything from my karate studies to my writing to collaborating with guys like Brian Keene and J.F. Gonzalez. Wonder what happened to Muy ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/03/10/the-black-glove-interview-review/ It's a mellow morning today, and when Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" rolled through the iPod's shuffle deck I found the bassline especially suitable. Then I remembered the video featuring Christopher Walken and had to look it up. It makes me grin every time. Having a shitty morning? Relax, turn on your ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/03/10/mellow-morning-with-a-wicked-weapon/ Riding pants, that is. Ruben Torres has been running a series of articles on his Better Motorcycling blog about protective riding gear, most recently a summary of protective pants. He makes some good points, and I have to admit, proper riding pants are something I've been putting off. Part of ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/03/09/dont-leave-the-garage-without-pants/ The problem with goals for word counts or page counts is I tend to beat myself up when I don't make them. I start feeling like I've failed at something, and that makes it even tougher to go back and do it again. This is a big problem when I ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/03/08/a-simple-goal-create-every-day/ This week I decided to do a quick self portrait. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Black and White and (lots of!) Gray"][/caption] This time I had two challenges. First was getting my eyes into sharper focus, as the camera kept finding my goatee and knuckles first. Second I tweaked the aperture to properly ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/03/05/photo-friday-35/ This is a truly epic porta-potty prank. The first prank is bad enough, but the second version of the prank near the end is even meaner. Not that it stopped me from laughing at these poor bastards... There are a several more pranks here, some funny and some just plain stupid. http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/03/05/never-take-a-dump-in-japan/ Wired has an article about how it's legal to give police the finger but it's not a good idea. Hell, I can show you that in one short video and save you five minutes: Yes, some cops are dicks. They don't hand out reason and common sense with guns & badges. However, ... http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/03/03/flipping-off-cops/ Doing the headless chicken thing so have fallen silent. Back soon. In the meantime, I will distract you with this slice of awesome: http://www.mikeoliveri.com/2010/03/02/filler/