Tag Archives: Life

Stupid Pet Tricks

You know what the most important thing in comedy is? Timing. For this trick, you need a cat and an audience — I used my own cat, and Lins was the audience. Pick up the cat, and hold it in … Continue reading

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Operation: Get a Life

Lins and I have been talking about this for ages — even if it is something from a decade ago when we were two entirely different people. We weren’t still in college, although we still largely lived the life; it’s … Continue reading

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Chaos Theory

Moving, at its best, is organized chaos. I’ve never been particularly good at it, and I’ve had to rely on friends from time to time to get me through — this one was no exception. A sign of a good … Continue reading

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An ordinary commute

I drove home from work yesterday, much the same as any other day. What makes this noteworthy is that I’ve been driving a rental car for two weeks — I last drove my own car _to_ work two weeks ago … Continue reading

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First take on first takes on Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger”

I had no idea. Don’t get me wrong — [some of it][something] I expected or even predicted.[^nda] Did everyone turn into movie critics when panther released? Okay, so they probably did. Maybe I just repressed it. Here’s something a little … Continue reading

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Public…ness?

I made a major purchase recently. Shortly afterwards, I had a fairly complete blog post about it floating around in my head — this isn’t it. In fact, I’m not even sure I’ll still write that other post (which probably … Continue reading

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A. Cluttered

I’ve been staring around my office (at home), marveling at the state it is in. And I don’t mean that in a good way. Over the weekend (and, now that I think about it, it probably wasn’t the most recent … Continue reading

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Same shit — 24/7

I’m a big believer in finding and eliminating sources of low-level, ongoing irritation (and not without some prodding from my therapist either — credit where credit is due). It’s a great way to reduce stress — we always minimize[^min] the … Continue reading

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I have a question…

Do people just not know how ridiculous they look? Do they know and just not care? Do they know and (mistakenly) think they are doing something about it?

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It's a miracle I'm not crazy! Oh, right…

Lins and I went out for dinner with my family on Friday for my birthday, and the craziness started the instant we walked in the door. Don’t get me wrong, we were **really** asking for it by showing up _early_. … Continue reading

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