Posts from ‘May, 2008’

Beginning sometime in your twenties humans start to have moments where you go, “man, I’m OLD.” You start to notice that people you used to think were so grown up — eighth graders, the JV soccer team, college freshmen — all look like babies to you. You go to the mall and notice that what [...]

I was just chatting online with one of my human minions, and we were commiserating on the fact that it’s difficult to find the motivation to exercise. I attempted to say “motivation sucks” and was met with the following:

IM Administrator: Warning:The message you have attempted to send includes content which is inappropriate and will not [...]

The Guinness Book of World Records, now known as Guinness World Records, arose from two great Irish traditions: drinking and fighting. In 1951 Sir Hugh Beaver, director of the Guinness Brewery in Dublin, was out shooting in North Slob in Wexford. The men in the party started one-upping each other, because let’s face it — [...]

Blade Runner was one of those flicks I just never saw. Tired of friends recoiling in horror at my confession that I hadn’t absorbed that one (similar to the reactions I got when telling geeks I’d never seen Heavy Metal) I picked up a copy of the seventeenth revision Ridley Scott did and re-re-re-re-released last [...]

I’ve been wanting a new phone for a while. I did extensive research to select the ideal phone for me. That means I called a 14 year old I know and told her I wanted an mp3 phone. Her recommendation: the LG Chocolate. Mmm. Chocolate. That meant I was switching to Verizon, which, luckily enough, [...]