A weblog, or “blog,” by Brady Johnson.Tumblr (3.0; @readysetbrady)http://readysetbrady.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6973b8a3362308d0a791a9d68575f417/tumblr_mn5lwpR9hT1qzyxmho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b13b293d04f4988c950c452179fd45ee/tumblr_mn5lwpR9hT1qzyxmho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A couple weeks ago I bought myself a little cafe set for my balcony. Its quickly become one of the best investments I’ve ever made (behind the Les Paul). There’s not many better ways to spend the day than drinking a coffee out on the patio.</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50991926904http://readysetbrady.com/post/50991926904Tue, 21 May 2013 11:05:12 -0400<a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/05/russian-spacecraft-returns-to-earth-with-most-of-its-furry-crew-dead/">"Unfortunately, because of equipment failure, we lost all the gerbils."</a>: <p>Headline of the day.</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50991553252http://readysetbrady.com/post/50991553252Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:34 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2f6a6a737db205783c806548b8cb635a/tumblr_mn0yleTCGz1qzyxmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>John, you crazy!</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50780783302http://readysetbrady.com/post/50780783302Sat, 18 May 2013 22:51:14 -0400<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/halomania-los-angeles-angels/id649198910">HaloMania: A Los Angeles Angels Fan Podcast</a>: <p>My Buddies Luis and Jarek started a new podcast on the Angels with a decidedly analytical bent.  I know next to nothing about baseball or the Angels, but these guys’ passion and chemistry had me cracking up on my drive to work today.  Give it a listen!</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50666302971http://readysetbrady.com/post/50666302971Fri, 17 May 2013 14:48:25 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8501db3cda667511e83bf19e9fe7124e/tumblr_mmtpn7W8Ap1qzyxmho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>“I hope this doesn’t awaken anything in me.”</strong></p> <p>(Me yesterday, while streaming the new Daft Punk album for the first of four times)</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50477692932http://readysetbrady.com/post/50477692932Wed, 15 May 2013 00:54:43 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c5ddf15255974f41015068e687a6a3cc/tumblr_mmt89dfpo21qzyxmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I love seeing this on the rare occasion I’m in the office.</p> <p>It’s up on out community wall, and I can assure you it’s the only one with a shark in it.</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50450448130http://readysetbrady.com/post/50450448130Tue, 14 May 2013 18:39:13 -0400<a href="http://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Daft+Punk+Random+Access+Memories/86439304">Random Access Memories</a>: <p>Daft Punk’s new album is streaming here and on <a href="http://itunes.com/daftpunk">iTunes</a> before it drops next Tuesday.</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50362896514http://readysetbrady.com/post/50362896514Mon, 13 May 2013 16:24:42 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hQh4hMnxdak?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span><strong>A Lego remake of the opening scene from Casino Royale.</strong> </span></p> <p><span>Carefully and painstakingly remade, frame for frame.</span></p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50361411712http://readysetbrady.com/post/50361411712Mon, 13 May 2013 16:04:43 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bdbdbb3ed361502004ca6ddac4eac9bb/tumblr_mmr5qoOXz41qzyxmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>My sister’s recent obsession with sloths is slowly becoming my own.</strong></p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50360309542http://readysetbrady.com/post/50360309542Mon, 13 May 2013 15:49:36 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ufsrgE0BYf0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Gravity - Official Teaser Trailer</p> <p>While we’re on trailers, this one looks damn good.  As a kid who grew up wanting to be an astronaut (who didn’t, amirite?), this 90 second teaser made me more anxious than anything I’ve seen since Apollo 13.  Yikes.</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50340860374http://readysetbrady.com/post/50340860374Mon, 13 May 2013 09:45:47 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/C5ddjzGft0k?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Arrested Development Season 4 Trailer</strong></p> <p>Taste the happy!</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50340631882http://readysetbrady.com/post/50340631882Mon, 13 May 2013 09:40:10 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/166809a9511f7e0f78add20dcfb66c3f/tumblr_mmoyada1Wp1qzyxmho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/db67d2dcc5dab939e240aeedbbfeaf22/tumblr_mmoyada1Wp1qzyxmho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5ed9b60a9df6df91beebebc0aebf1244/tumblr_mmoyada1Wp1qzyxmho3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4d89165a8d8b54c777a11ced4952f79f/tumblr_mmoyada1Wp1qzyxmho4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a737dbb6ea5b2a470d312ebf9107a28d/tumblr_mmoyada1Wp1qzyxmho5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/59dcd9110b863c75ca2191bff07ca506/tumblr_mmoyada1Wp1qzyxmho6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8043682ed77ce108af96841605460d8f/tumblr_mmoyada1Wp1qzyxmho7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e5ae8a503c8cabedbb39c259e46fe3a5/tumblr_mmoyada1Wp1qzyxmho8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5e21d715a05cd7738e3b822a1d17850f/tumblr_mmoyada1Wp1qzyxmho9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7e9ffd85987d94add9d19aa0f42495e1/tumblr_mmoyada1Wp1qzyxmho10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Calc-U-Later</strong></p> <p>I’d say it was a success.</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50261752728http://readysetbrady.com/post/50261752728Sun, 12 May 2013 11:13:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a08459915134e10ebe72032c82f51a2c/tumblr_mmki5aV6IA1qzyxmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Joe and I are both terrible at pool.</p> <p>Difference is, I don’t claim to be any good. He does.</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50072207743http://readysetbrady.com/post/50072207743Fri, 10 May 2013 01:34:22 -0400<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F86919857&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRlR_Q-Lx_I">Give us that fat, nasty bass!</a></p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50042514611http://readysetbrady.com/post/50042514611Thu, 09 May 2013 18:33:14 -0400<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/05/08/182312510/moths-that-drive-cars-really">Horny moths, it turns out, are great at driving tiny cars</a>: <p>“Welcome to the New World in which, no kidding, insects run robots. In this case, 14 moths take 14 drives in a wheeled vehicle and steer right to the target. Seeing is believing.”</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50041239255http://readysetbrady.com/post/50041239255Thu, 09 May 2013 18:16:30 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4a2UfVfFcLw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>“My Hero” - Live at Wembley Stadium</strong></p> <p>The canonical performance.  Absolutely bananas.</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50015310327http://readysetbrady.com/post/50015310327Thu, 09 May 2013 11:10:00 -0400“A ‘boring person’ is just someone lacking the courage to be sufficiently weird with themselves.”<br/><br/> - <em>Alain De Botton</em>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50014906390http://readysetbrady.com/post/50014906390Thu, 09 May 2013 11:01:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4c6bb92dab10d928e23a85ded5851b6c/tumblr_mmjdjjtTCn1qzyxmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Problem: What do you get a one-year-old for his birthday?</strong></p> <p><strong><br/></strong>Solution: An uglydoll.  Duh.</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50014710571http://readysetbrady.com/post/50014710571Thu, 09 May 2013 10:57:19 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f624ab382e90b4a2c09feb59e77ed972/tumblr_mmjd81NwOw1qzyxmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Rob’s Birthday Party</strong></p> <p>This past weekend I attended a first birthday party for the first time.  Rob was the guest of honor (sporting a kick-but hot air balloon shirt above), but a bunch of our mutual acquaintances were there, too.  Pretty fun party, but I’ve got to say… big blow to the ego to have a baby cry as soon as you pick him up.</p> <p>We gotta’ work on that, Rob.</p> <p>(via my buddy <a href="http://raqueleanne.blogspot.com/2013/05/baby-robs-bday.html">Raquel</a>)</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/50014400995http://readysetbrady.com/post/50014400995Thu, 09 May 2013 10:50:24 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/17e483241413a2b01e71c713b4b698a2/tumblr_mmg0vb9iDP1qzyxmho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dc039c8f5c8111946badd7aab15d4151/tumblr_mmg0vb9iDP1qzyxmho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This is why <a href="http://readysetkyle.com/">Kyle</a> and I are friends.</p>http://readysetbrady.com/post/49871717063http://readysetbrady.com/post/49871717063Tue, 07 May 2013 15:31:38 -0400