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This Story Is Only Hilarious Because I Lived To Tell The Tale 3

Nov

17

2010

I’ve been riding Bike 2.0 around a lot – partly to break it in, and partly because of an ear infection that’s keeping me out of the pool until after Thanksgiving. Since I ride on the Pacific Coast Highway and through Westwood Village quite a bit, I see a lot of really stupid driver behavior ...

Always A Good Sign 1

Jun

16

2010

Clearly, I’m ready to start school next week with the goal of getting a Masters’ in Computer Science when I failed so hard at researching my new monitor/TV combo for the bedroom that I ordered one that can’t be controlled by a goddamn remote. I took one guy’s statement in a review about being able ...

Even The Graphics Department Was Surprised

Dec

6

2009

A screencap from the Northwestern Online Store, who were apparently just as surprised as the rest of us by the upgrade to the Outback bowl: To be fair, the email they sent out that I clicked on to get to that page had the properly photoshopped hat with the Outback logo on it….though all the ...

How To Accessorize Your Shredder Oil 2

Nov

22

2009

I recently bought a new shredder after thoroughly destroying my old one, and in doing some research I realized that part of the problem was that the shredder was never properly lubricated. Apparently, it helps to put oil on moving metal parts. Who knew? Anyway, I wound up buying some shredder oil off Amazon because ...

And I Thought The Guy With The Batman Tramp Stamp Was Bad 2

Apr

6

2009

Dear Guy Getting Out Of The Sauna While I Was Getting Out Of The Pool, 1. Your reverse mohawk with sideburns that go most of the way down your neck does not look cool, nor does it hide the fact that you’re balding. It makes you look like you fell out of 1997, and not ...

Well Done, Sir

Sep

3

2008

The illustrious Casey Newton brings us a story from the wilds of Phoenix, where the Mayor of that city decided it would be a great idea to climb a tree to clear debris from a big storm. The tree disagreed, and the Mayor took a 13-foot header, resulting in a fractured vertebrae. My favorite section: ...

It’s Only Pronounced Fee-nix 3

Feb

19

2008

To balance out my bragging in the post below, I thought I’d share a story about how unbelievably stupid I (as well as several other people I shall not name to protect their pride) felt after bar trivia on Thursday. The last question was fairly straightforward: There are twelve state capitals that start with the ...

I Just Can’t Live Without Rageahol! 2

Nov

11

2007

You ever have one of those moments where something stupid occurs, and you get disproportionately angry about how stupid it is? You realize you’re overreacting a bit, but it’s just SO flamingly stupid, you get a bit worked up about it? I went to a free screening of American Gangster with a friend in the ...

Dear Asshat Neighbor

Jul

17

2007

You are not the same neighbor over-alarming his 1989 Nissan. You live in the building across the alley from mine, and you park in a spot under your building that’s not walled in, directly across the alley from my window. You have a new car, but you have purchased a very similar but infinitely louder ...

Ah, L.A.

May

18

2007

The next time someone asks me what it’s like to live in Los Angeles with all the celebrities you can see, I am going to direct them to this page. The writer has perfectly captured the grand “I don’t give a fuck about these morons anymore” feeling you get after about a year here. via ...