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Ow

Jul

21

2008

Went for a little ride with the Old Fart Bike Brigade: Atlanta Edition today. And when I say “a little ride”, I mean this nice 28 mile loop. I’m a little tired now. While I did manage to do better than my dad (in his defense, he’s almost 72 and I’m 27), I was slightly ...

Vacation, All I Ever Wanted 2

Jul

19

2008

Vegas was a good news, bad news situation. The bad news was that I lost $15 playing Roulette, because I never fucking remember that you have to have at least $100 to win squat at Roulette until I drop at least $10 in the frame of three minutes. The good news was that I turned ...

On The Road Again

Jul

17

2008

I’m unemployed and gas costs $4.60 a gallon, so what better time is there to take a road trip to Idaho to see my dad? Actually, I’m road-tripping for three reasons: Changeable plane tickets are expensive, even more so than the gas to get the 861 miles between here and Sun Valley. You could not ...

Meet The New Blog, (Sort Of) The Same As The Old Blog

Jul

16

2008

This whole WordPress bit is largely up and running now, so I’m going to start posting over here. A few minor housekeeping bits: Here are links to the Main RSS Feed and the Comments RSS Feed. You’ll see a few comments from my brief (failed) attempt at using Blogger comments, but I’m still trying to ...

Hmmmm

Jul

15

2008

Well, all the posts that imported seem to have reverted to GMT. I’ve got to figure out how to fix that. Update: Yeah, I have to go through and hand-update all 1885 posts. At least it’ll kill some Unemployment Time.

Technology Will Be The End Of Me 4

Jul

15

2008

Oh, Blogger. You make me crazy with your refusals to publish and your half-assed FTP impementation. But oh, WordPress, trying to switch to you is making me EVEN FUCKING CRAZIER. Why didn’t I learn something useful in school, like PHP programming? Then I could figure out what the fucking problem is. More to come, possibly ...

How To Write Off Both Your iPhone And Your Trip To New Zealand

Jul

9

2008

1. Write a website that specializes in taking apart Apple products as soon as they’re released. 2. Realize that the first people in the world to get the new iPhone are in New Zealand. 3. Fly to Auckland to be fourth in line IN THE WORLD for your iPhone, so you can immediately take it ...

The Most Complicated Evil Plot I Have Yet Devised

Jul

9

2008

I think I’ve figured out how to land myself a job interview next Friday. This theory came to me as I was waiting for my Chinese food for an hour and 15 minutes. I really had to pee, but I just KNEW the guy was going to come while I was in the bathroom. Sure ...

Caption Contest 1

Jul

8

2008

Chaplin likes to come sit on my lap while I’m trying to read things on the computer. Fortunately, my computer has a built-in camera so I can capture him making goofy faces like this one: If only I could figure out how to make the flash less bright so it wouldn’t completely blow out his ...

How To Increase The Chances That I Will See Your Horror Movie 2

Jul

7

2008

Start by calling it “Mutant Zombie Vampires From the Hood!“. And actually, you can pretty much stop right there, because the title is just that awesome.