On the way home from work tonight I was stopped at a light and noticed a man and two kids walking down the sidewalk and this teenager walking toward them and trying to light a cigarette. As they passed, they all stopped and were chatting. First thought? Drug deal. So I watched. Sure enough. Drug […]
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Controlled Violence: The Anvil has Dropped
Let’s go on to a happier topic: Violence! Controlled violence, anyway. Today was the 6th annual Gardner Hardware Anvil Drop. Featuring live music, hot dogs, cold pop, hardware reps, and an anvil dropping from a four-story building onto a car. It is preceded by half-a-dozen watermelon, which fling watermelon bits onto the crowd. After the […]
I gotta go political this morning. Sorry. As I read more and more articles about the political situation and, more pointedly, the censorship and kowtowing that is happening with the current administration and its supporters, respectively, I am growing genuinely concerned for both the United States as a whole and basic freedoms (speech, religion, press) […]
The Jury Tally
Oz/Homicide/Tom Fontana tally for this evening’s episode of The Jury: • A friend of Gee’s from Homicide that was murdered, as Mr. Milton, a prosecutor • Vern Schillinger (JK Simmons) as Ron, a juror • Cyril O’Reily as the foreman • George Morfogen as a juror • Robson (RE Rodgers) as CO (!) Zimney • […]
How to Lose a Severance Package in Four Easy Emails
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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Plaque in the Bible Days
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. […]
Client does not want Viagra.
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 […]
Claire’s Secret War.com
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 […]
Snazziest of Posts
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. […]
I’m Eddie. How do you like me so far?
…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 […]
Arthur
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 […]
Uber Geek, anti-geek and dying of dysentery.
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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Affairs of the (Plastic) Heart
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 […]
I love Lake.
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 […]
Law and Order and Final Meals
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 […]
Stardust and Channel 23
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 […]
Fear of the cheese is real.
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 […]
I hate Windows. And drivers.
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), […]
To pop or not to pop.
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 […]
Cats hate Nightmare Roommate: A story in two parts
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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Illegal Websites
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 […]