The weekend has provided me with much to say about ice, proper footwear (for ice), warm attire (for ice), the stability of electric power (re: ice), the effect of gravity upon trees (encased in ice) and even a recipe (that does not include ice). However, I am compelled to confess something that must be true, …
I was going to make a mostly ranting post about how “happy” I am that America so wisely re-elected a money-thrifty Republican for President, because a Democrat would’ve just kept on spending and spending … but I have too much real work to do. Or I was going to make a rather horrified post about …
The Oscar nominees are up. A cursory glance at the list tells me two things. Thing One: For the films I’ve seen, Oscar has a pretty keen eye for what was really good in 2004. Thing Two: There are so many ’04 films I have yet to see. However, rarely have I allowed incomplete data …
I have a birthday in March. I have a purposefully delayed honeymoon in November. Between March and November, I intend to scratch together enough extra cash to replace my aging Kodak DX3600 with a newer, better, faster, cooler digital camera. (Not a light decision, as the Kodak has done some lovely work for me in …
I’ve said it before and I still mean it … 11:30pm just is not the same without the original Tonight Show theme song. “And so it has come to this. I am one of the lucky people in the world. I found something that I always wanted to do and I have enjoyed every single …
Our very own zig-zagging former Governor, current Senator and all-around partisan turncoat has found a place on The BEAST‘s 50 Most Loathsome People of 2004. 19. Zell Miller Crimes: Part Yosemite Sam and Part Foghorn Leghorn. Miller doesn’t make the list for his salivating, traitorous keynote speech at the Republican National Convention, or even the …
I was working this morning. Really. In fact, I still am. However, I was successfully distracted from my task at hand by a link sent over the wires by Mr Low, a good friend and my games editor over at JIVE. It’s a webcomic. return to sender. A serialized web-comic that is equal parts Manga, …
The iPod has a seemingly handy feature. The On-The-Go feature allows you to select songs from the thousands available one-by-one. These are appended to an ever-growing playlist that you can select to hear these pickings all in one set. Convenient. However, this list cannot be finely edited, nor can the pickings be resorted or reordered. …
… kick your oatmeal’s ass. Seriously. Keep your Quaker Oats, flakey as they are. You know they’re rolled and therefore inferior. My oatmeal is so righteous that it comes in a metal can. Why? Because it is steel cut, baby. That’s right. The each individual oat grain has been ninja-sliced into perfect little vectors of …
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