“I think it’s … important for me to go on with my life.”* Sorry, ma’am. There are just too many bicycles to ride and chainsaws to wield. Perhaps when he’s back from fishing … Who am I to cast aspersions, but is it wrong of me to see all of this public display of manual …
Been working today. Each task depended largely on the one before it. I installed a new white counter in the upstairs bathroom, using silicone to secure it to the vanity. I affixed a shiny faucet and drain to a replacement porcelain sink, using instructions penned by someone who learned English through Babelfish. Then I placed …
I am supposed to be quite the R.E.M. fan. I base this assumption on a lifetime of constant proximity to Athens, Georgia. While I’ve never lived in UGA City, none of my addresses have been more than two hours away. Nevertheless, my appreciation for Michael Stipe and Company is limited to a bare handful of …
Being able to record your life is something that I can imagine everyone [doing]. [Everyone will] have terabyte after terabyte of all these instances of their lives. And certain information is going to be available to certain groups and other will be available only to like family and other stuff will be available only to …
Either next week or the week after, I will start a new series called The Origins of Geekery. In it, I will look at the things and events that inspired or influenced me through my young adult years. Or maybe it will just be an excuse to wax nostalgic about old sci fi and music …
“Discovery is home.”*
“There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we’ve discovered in its pure state. So that we can see more and more clearly what we are. …
… I wonder what happen’d to him? Tony did it. Amber did it. Guess it’s my turn now. Time to turn the eye of time back to 1989. Time to look at a much younger me, skinnier than he realized and sporting unfortunate choices in eyewear, hairstyle and orthodontics. Okay, so the braces weren’t really …
Zip Is Dr Evil Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. During last night’s trivia, our conversation somehow drifted over to the topic of a certain fictional archvillian. Naturally, the mighty Zip reminded all present that he had actually assumed the likeness of said villain just a few years back. Haven’t you seen the photo? he asked. Many …
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