Monthly Archives: August 2002

if i could be anything..

i think i would be a cloud too.

moving on up..

to the eastside! sing with me now! actually, no, i am not channelling the entrepreneurial spirit of george jefferson, but i have moved grabbingsand to a newer, bigger home. this change should be relatively transparent to all of you, but just to make sure you are looking at the right site (as i will temporary

about banishment and a lack thereof

just so you all know, none of you are banned. i don’t care what the little warning page says, you are still good little minions and i love you all. however, greymatter is having a bit of a bad week, so it is ignoring the fact that my ban list (yes, it does exist) is

two great powers

“there are two great powers,” the man said, “and they’ve been fighting since time began. every advance in human life, every scrap of knowledge and wisdom and decency we have has been torn from one side by the teeth of the other. every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those

so long hiptop, come back sidekick

i’m sitting here at my desk, feeling the sun bake through the window of my cube. in front and to the left of me is a little white box, packed with two power supplies, a bunch of bubble wrap and two of the coolest toys i’ve ever played with. the hiptops are going home today,

foiled again

once again, i am beset by webhosting troubles from dbwired. they are the good people that provide space (for a monthly fee) to house grabbingsand. when i started using their services, their rates were very competitive and they hosted explodingdog, and so i went with them. but about once every three months, something goes awry.

meet john clare

in 1832, he wrote to john jaylor, saying: ‘in spite of every difficulty rhyme will come to the end of my pen — when I am in trouble I go on & it gives me pleasure by resting my feelings of every burthen & when I am pleased it gives me extra gratification & so

for all of your free stuff needs

it’s right there. occupying a for-pay parking space at the corner of highland and virginia. a glorious pile of stuff, and all of it is free. no visible owner, just a heap of assorted unwanteds adorned with signs that all say the same thing in various ways. “free” or “free stuff” or “free – it

spock digs hobbits

need a moment of surreality in your saturday? click here. everybody else is linking to this already, but i couldn’t resist.

friday five, take five

maybe i am losing count. i think i’ve done this twice before. anyway, here is the friday five: 1. Do you have a car? If so, what kind of car is it? I do. It is a 2000 Ford Focus. It it green and has many features I find appealing. It has excellent roadside assistance.2.