GRABBINGSAND

at least the colors stayed the same. mostly. anyone who runs a site like this will go through occasional phases of redesign. some will come gradually, like this one has over the last two days. some will be drastic and immediate, usually with unfortunate consequences. i mean, imagine the outcome of refurnishing your living room …

one of the more dreaded traditions of college life is about to disappear. remember standing in long ass lines, waiting with all of your fellow students and praying that the high-priced tome needed for your 400-level class would still be in stock? well, exit the college bookstore and enter… walmart.

musicians are like actors in the way they so willingly fill missing ranks in their number. perhaps it is just my own experience talking, but when there is a need in the community, there are those rare few who are called upon to fill a role. not just because they are willing and available, but …

found today: the top ten signs you have a geek crush. best of the bunch? (5) You keep IM turned on and “available.” ‘Cause sugar, you are. priceless.

because if your meme becomes more than you can handle, you’ve got a problem not only on your own hands, but on the hands of everyone else you swayed toward your idea. this appears to have happen’d with the fellow that convinced so many of us to pop a blogchalk icon on our sites, because …

when i look out of my window, the one next to my new cubicle, i see windy hill road not too far away, many green trees rolling in the distance, and this is right below me.

and so we wait. there are a handful of people here, perhaps a double handful, none of them appearing particularly more geekish than any other (with perhaps the exception of the odd fellow in the magazine section typing into a very small silver toy) — but it is about 11:30pm and nobody is making tracks …