Okay, for whatever reason, I am reminded of stories relating to my IT work. Herewith: THE PORN SURFER Or why you should never surf porn at workOne Thursday we installed a firewall because of various software issues. My partner in crime and I discussed it and decided to turn on the logs to see where […]
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Over the years, the most consistent typo I’ve found in typesetting Bibles is that the word plague often is misspelled plaque. It makes me giggle reading about bad hygiene befalling the Israelites. Seriously, I think I’ve found that misspelling around a dozen times. In printed Bibles. […]
One post this snowy Friday since I don’t do anything online on the weekends. A story for y’all: It’s Friday afternoon and Heathrow and I are mentally willing 6:00 to come. Now we have this tradition: every time we get some random spam offering Viagra or cheap prescriptions or the like, we politely inquire if […]
Traffic to the site has slowed down. I’m hurt. So I will tell a story: I am at war with a Claire. And she doesn’t even know it, so it’s Claire’s Secret War. Who, you ask? With the Claire at another planetclaire website. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I want the domain. I […]
This just in: I have made it my new life mission to include the word “snazzy” into as many conversations as possible. There’s a snazzy movement started here to send flowers to couples waiting in line to get married. What a snazzy idea. Snazzy. […]
…an ongoing pick-up line/theme from Keen Eddie, a show I’m considering adding to my short list of Best. Shows. Ever. Bravo is rerunning the episodes now and I’m re-remembering how much love I had for this show. It was actually replaced by The OC, which is funny, as I remember resenting the show for killing […]
So I have a confession. I love cartoons. Simpsons, sure. But kids cartoons, definitely. In particular, Arthur. And they’ve had an impressive list of cameos over the years: Arthur celebrities Larry King Art Garfunkel Some boy band (N’Sync or Backstreet Boys) A theme song by Ziggy Marley An appearance by Alex Trebek and Mr. Rogers […]
There’s a quiz online, “Are You a Geek“. I took it last month after seeing the link on a music list I’m on. I was 18% geek, which seemed low knowing me, but I was happy with it. I have two officemates around me, and I sent the link to them. The first, a designer, […]
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Yeah yeah yeah, John Kerry had an affair. So what. The shocker today is that Barbie and Ken are splitting up. Seriously. The plastic duo are no longer going to be married, according to Mattel. That link is worth it to see the media announcement and the broken heart photo. Ah, hell. I’ll just grab […]
We went to It’s Greek to Me for lunch and took Lake Street back to the office and I gave my car mate a driving tour of the street: “That used to be the Sears Building (not literally, but it’s the tallest building on Lake and used to be Sears), that’s the saddle shop, that’s […]
A few random nuggets from this weekend. First, I was grocery shopping at Lund’s and came out to put my groceries in the car. I noticed an SUV parked in a handicapped spot and a policey-looking guy getting out of it. Then I heard a “Good!” coming from the direction of the Salvation Army guy […]
I was contemplating interesting Minneapolis locations, and it struck me that I work right across the street from one of my favorites: Stardust Bowling. 24 hours, 7 days a week bowling. But they don’t have a website. All I could find was James Lilek’s overview of the place, and various “Minneapolis Hot Spots” listings. The […]
We went for Jucy Lucys at Matt’s today. I didn’t wait long enough for the molten center to cool and burned my thumb. D’oh. I always forget. I was going to link to their website, but I can’t find one. Anyway, they’re in the neighborhood. Actually they’re in the neighborhood I grew up in. I’ve been […]
This night has reconfirmed why I hate Windows. My adventure started out simple enough. Mom wanted a memory stick—a little USB peripheral that holds 16 mgs and costs $10 at CompUSA. According to the instructions, it was plug and play and you’re all set. Easy peasy. Except when you’re running Windows 98 (as mom is), […]
I have gigantic blisters on my heels. They’re from a walk around Lake Harriet. I suck. To pop or not to pop, that is the question. I’m trying to find a pin around the apartment and realizing that I don’t have one. Shouldn’t I have one? Isn’t that a normal thing normal people have? There […]
I have so much I’ve wanted to write about and I keep forgetting. Okay, time to ramble: We had some relatives in town this weekend. And last weekend. And the weekend before. Mom’s going nuts with cleaning and entertaining. Anyway, we went out to dinner with a cousin last night. We were ordering a round […]
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Well it finally happened. My first website ever is no longer. The Frank Lloyd Wright site at my university is gone. I can’t let it just die like that so I’m gonna post it to my website. But don’t tell them. It seemed like it was quite useful to people. I would get emails about […]
I am now in possession of a bottle of Cuban rum—codenamed Bryce—compliments of my favorite embargo-jumper. I’ve decided cold weather sucks worse than snow. I never thought I’d say it. It’s been 20 below for a month straight and I’m sick of it. When it’s this cold I lose all desire to do anything other […]
Well we made the pie for the photo shoot and it turned out great. Unfortunately the client didn’t like the use of a store-bought crust, so I had to make the crust from scratch. We’re going to finish up tomorrow morning. I haven’t made a pie in years. I’m amazed it was edible. The pie […]
I’m going to make a pie for work tomorrow (I’ll post the recipe when I find it). I haven’t made a pie in… well, ever. I’m a little nervous. […]
I watched The Surreal Life last night. Weird show. High(low?)lights: Corey Feldman explaining to Gabrielle from 90210 that he was a vegetarian because he wouldn’t kill innocent animals. While wearing leather shoes. Emmanuel Lewis laughing constantly. Like nails on a blackboard. Vince Neill not behaving like a rock star. He was pretty reserved. Half the […]