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Feb 20, 2006
Personal Life

I am a Terrible Friend

It took me over a month to figure out that a friend of mine (who I dated briefly last year) has been pissed at me enough for five weeks now to not be willing to speak to me anymore. Yeah, I’m a fuckhead. Yeah, I’ve been way too busy for my own hea...

Feb 14, 2006
Miscellaneous

Jacktracking: The Post-Modern Timewaster

GridSkipper introduced a new service with the beginning of 24 Day 5 last month, the Jacktracker. The Jacktracker features: Insightful commentary (“Jack is dead. No he’s not. Frank Flynn = Jack Bauer. Frank drills oil, as well as Diane Huxley.”)...

Jan 30, 2006
Random Funniness

Mathemagicians

Credit for this goes to vinny9 on sillytech.com:

Jan 28, 2006
Personal Life

Midgets

I’m sitting in a coffee shop a block away from my apartment finishing up some work before heading off to a party celebrating the 25th birthday of one of my designers when, without warning, a motorized wheelchair goes scooting past. Clinging to the...

Jan 24, 2006
Random Funniness

Yakov Smirnoff

On rare occasions, I will read something that is genuinely amusing on Slashdot. I just had one with a Yakov Smirnoff-esque joke, of sorts. yobjob says: “IN CAPITALIST AMERICA, WORK FINISHES YOU!” in response to a fairly involved thread about the ...

Jan 16, 2006
Personal Life

Favorites

And lest I forget, my abbreviated 2005 favorites: Album: Takk, by Sigur Ros, followed very, very closely by Plans for Death Cab for Cutie Asian Person: Helen Asian Person that I am Not Coerced into Listing: Helen, still Beach: Waikiki in Ho...

Jan 16, 2006
Personal Life

Another Week

Yeah, it’s been a week since I last posted; I’ve been busy, dead-tired, and generally unwilling to expend the energy to reach out and touch all four of my loyal readers on this blog-thing. Work’s been kicking my ass of late. We’re winding down our...

Jan 08, 2006
Personal Life

$600 Dinner Bills

I had dinner with Helen, her friend Kat, and Kat’s boyfriend, Kirk, last night at Rover’s. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, let me tell you three things: Bring your entire last paycheck to pay for it. Bring an appetite. Bring a str...

Jan 03, 2006
Random Funniness

Portents and Signs

NewDonkey, the Sharp Edge of the Vital Center, had this to say about his Holiday Season: “[My car] was loudly sounding an apocalyptic blooga-blooga-blooga by the time I reached Arlington.” Never once have I though to use the words “apocalyptic” an...

Jan 03, 2006
Random Funniness

Nothing Says Lovin…

Music Filter: nothing says “high speed processing” like the Black Eyed Peas!