Monthly Archives: July 2002

an added week with the device that does not slice

remember when i mentioned this little guy? well, the beta testing powers-that-be have decided to let us keep them and play with them and take them to dinner for an extra week. this is quite cool in and of itself, but it also looks like the testers might be on the inside track to get

now this is an unexpected situation..

certain circumstances have made it quite necessary for me to draw your collective attention to one particular document out of the many that live here. i’ve even brought it up-to-date and spruced it up quite a bit. so if you would, please take a gander here, and if you’ve any leads or know anyone who

you need a new hat

something stylish. sophisticated, yet understated. something that makes a positive impression on others and reassures your friends that you are at the top of your game. a hat that works in any situation, from the church picnic to a night on the town, in the middle of a blazing summer to the heart of a

odd observations for a monday morning

- i just registered my starbucks card, which means i am covered in case it is ever stolen or lost, which means that i could lose everything currently on my person and still get a coffee of the day by calling an 800 number. perhaps this is admitting too much allegiance to caffeine…. – i

d.i.y. holidaying

i’m not sure what today is, other than i-need-more-coffee-friday, but according to this site, tuesday was “don’t be poor day!” too bad it’s not july 7, ’cause i liked what pretty girl (she runs the site) had to say about “don’t even open your eyes day!” Just keep your eyes closed and pretend you live

better dead than live

at least this time. i mean, who really wants to relive that unfortunate season on SNL? and i am probably one of the few people that remembers just how bad another of his sci-fi television forays turned out. but anthony michael hall has never really stopped working. check for yourself. and in the last few

the names sound like superheroes

skystreak. thunderchief. super sabre. firebee. darkstar. and they fly, some of them faster than the speed of sound, but these “vigilantes” weren’t born on the four-color pages of a marvel comic book. they are nasa research vehicles and this way cool photo gallery stretches back to the days of chuck yeager and the x-1 transonic

je suis une loutre

or rather, i am an otter. or perhaps i am a wildcat or possibly a fox. what animal is in you?

world’s finest on film finally

superman vs. batman has a director now. wolfgang petersen. the director of one of my b-grade guilty pleasure movies.

and from warchalking comes blogchalking

location, location, location. the idea is simple. if enough folks employ this icon/meta-tag system, then you could conceivably get a decent web search of webloggers in your immediate geographical area. the meta-tag contains general keywords about who and where you are, but nothing too specific. for example, my keywords are: ‘blogchalk, English, United States, Atlanta,