kevin barnett

Thunder sounds strange bouncing off the buildings downtown…

I was just listening to David Bowie - Fashion

This is hilarious and pretty intimidating as well…Trav, we need to start on a grass roots campaign ala Gen. Wesley Clark…

I was just listening to Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground

As an “active Blogger user” I got invited to create a Gmail account!! So feel free to send me 100MB attachments to kevinbarnett at gmail.com (email link removed to prevent spam) .

The paid placement ads aren’t a big deal…they just show up on the right column and are much less intrusive and distracting than Yahoo! or Hotmail’s web based email.

Here’s the welcome email they sent me:

First off, welcome. And thanks for agreeing to help us test Gmail. By now you probably know the key ways in which Gmail differs from traditional webmail services. Searching instead of filing. A free gigabyte of storage. Messages displayed in context as conversations.

So what else is new?

Gmail has many other special features that will become apparent as you use your account. You�ll find answers to most of your questions in our searchable help section, which includes a Getting Started guide. You’ll find information there on such topics as:

• How to use address auto-complete
• Setting up filters for incoming mail
• Using advanced search options

You may also have noticed some text ads or related links to the right of this message. They’re placed there in the same way that ads are placed alongside Google search results and, through our AdSense program, on content pages across the web. The matching of ads to content in your Gmail messages is performed entirely by computers; never by people. Because the ads and links are matched to information that is of interest to you, we hope you’ll find them relevant and useful.

You’re one of the very first people to use Gmail. Your input will help determine how it evolves, so we encourage you to send your feedback, suggestions and questions to us. But mostly, we hope you’ll enjoy experimenting with Google’s approach to email.

Speedy Delivery,

The Gmail Team

p.s. You can sign in to your account any time by visiting http://gmail.google.com

I was just listening to Cher - I Believe

I had one of the best times in a movie theater last night seeing Troy with Cliff + The Barbin Clan (Luke, Lori, Jaime and Dr. Gary K. Barbin). And not because it was a fantastic movie but because it was horrible and we got to heckle it the whole time. It was clearly obvious to all of us that this film was targeted towards 1. gay men, 2. women and 3. gay men and women who have no taste. And because I know most gay men and women have good taste, they all came to see some hot bare ass since nothing else decent is in theaters this weekend. But there isn’t much Helen of Troy’s bare ass.

In fact, this was the first film I have seen since The Full Monty which showed more raciness with the male actors than the female. Yes, this film was definitely the daytime soap opera version of The Illiad.

Best jokes of the evening:

“What’s with the fallic barricades on the beach, this ain’t Normandy people…”
“They’re getting it from the balls of fire”
“Ahh how cute, Legolas still knows how to use a bow and arrow”
“Brad’s gonna show her his sword after he’s done showing us his ass”
“Laaaa, whooooooooo, ahhhhhh ahhhhh ahh leeeee ohhhh” (mocking the lame score)
“Take a drink everytime you see a burning body funeral ceremony”
“Take a drink everytime you see bare man ass”
“Immortality!!! It’s Your’s!! Take IT, BITCH!”

I’m not hip to The Illiad but I would like to think that Orlando Bloom’s pussy of a character (named Paris) is what Paris, France is named after. It’s just so…FRENCH.

Yeah, unless you have a big group of friends to go heckle this piece, I’d avoid it like the plague.

I was just listening to Ivy - Edge Of the Ocean

Today I met up with friends and family to celebrate Mr. Luke Barbin’s graduation from law school. I know he’s worked hard and played just as hard so I’m happy to see that he’s done with hell that is law school. Now we can only hope he will use his smarts for good instead of evil…

I’m sure he will unless he’s bailing me out of something which is typically very. very evil…

I’m very proud of my friend…

I was just listening to Outkast - Unhappy

At Devin’s request, we went to a screening of Mean Girls starring Freaky Friday’s Lindsay Lohan. It wasn’t as grueling as one (fella who’s not so much into teenie-bop flicks) would think. The wit of the lovely Tina Fey struck through in the writing and definitely made the film a comment and satire as much as it was delicious entertainment for those who love High School Drama…

All of the SNL alums were funny and the high school girls, or the “plastics” were definitely…plastic.

I was just listening to Leonard Cohen - The Future