FlasshePoint

Life, Minutiae, Toys, Irrational Phobias, Peeves, Fiber

Viking Quest

Pet Peeve of the Day: Predictable comic strips. One of the little games I play with myself is “guess the punchline”. When reading the comics section of the morning paper, I will sometimes cover up the final panel of a gag strip and guess what the punchline is going to be. I only [...]

A Tall Order

My New Year’s resolutions:

Sell my comic book collection.
Eat less and exercise more.
Keep in better touch with friends.
House repairs and remodels, including replacing some appliances and finishing the basement.
Rip all my CDs to the computer.
Read more books and play more video games.
Learn a new skill or technology at work.
Take a trip to a beach with the [...]

Zeus, Redefined

I’ve closed off the God Poll. I figure everyone who was going to vote has done so by now. The results were spread out pretty evenly. Out of a total of 18 responses, they fell like this:
Which answer below most closely matches your beliefs about the existence of a supreme intelligence?

(4 votes, [...]

Crash Into January

Be careful what you wish for…
I knew that if I complained long enough about having nothing to post about, something would happen. Well, it did. I had a very close encounter with a stopped RTD bus on a slippery road yesterday. The bus wasn’t damaged and luckily it had no passengers; the driver [...]

[Insert Clever Title Here]

I should just cede the daily posting contest to Steve. This is essentially a space filler blog entry; a quickie so that I don’t lose ground. I don’t know if I’ll have time later today to do something more detailed/interesting. I wasted most of the day so far reprogramming my Pronto remote [...]

Fair Weather Fans

Another snowy day. I’m all for White Christmas and all that, but it’s kind of inconvenient. I wasn’t able to get down to the nursing home to visit my dad like I planned. It really cut short the time N and I could spend together. It just really sucks. I’m [...]

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