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 [...]
Doom Cookie
Jogged Today: Yes (@ 42°F)
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Jogging:
“Ready or Not” (The Lightning Seeds)
“Concrete” (Midnight Oil)
“U Li La Lu” (Poi Dog Pondering)
“Hollow Horse” (Icicle Works)
“Seventeen” (Invincible)
“Mass Romantic” (The New Pornographers)
Today’s Weight: 163.2 lbs
Lunch Yesterday: Drunken Noodles at Spicy Basil, where I received this fortune in my cookie:
Since, indeed, it did seem [...]
Please Turn Off Your “BRAIN”
Pet Peeve of the Day: This has got to be the most inappropriate, out-of-control use of quotation marks I’ve ever seen. Spotted today while “STANDING” in “LINE” at the Kaiser Permanente pharmacy:
The words in ALL CAPITALS make it that much better, don’t they? Some signmaker went a little crazy and needs to face [...]
The Dead Don’t Fear Nothin’
Yesterday, while driving home from work, I saw a small green convertible being driven by a white-haired middle-aged gentleman. The car had a personalized license plate. Do you know what it read? No, of course you don’t, because I haven’t told you yet. Well, you might know if you live [...]
Thank You For Your Purchase
You may have heard that twelve 7-11 stores around the world have been transformed into Kwik-E-Marts for the month of July in order to promote the upcoming Simpsons Movie. Fortunately for me, the one in Denver is just a couple of blocks from where I work. I stopped in there yesterday after work [...]
I’m Just Passing My Time
While I’ve been “away”, guest blogger InfK helpfully posted an interim message in the comments of the previous post. I felt I should elaborate on the points. So here we go:
Flasshe has been distracted lately, so I’ll try to help out with a simulated post based on a weighted average of his past [...]