FlasshePoint

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

The Eye Of The Devil Winks At Thee

Here’s proof that I go through life oblivious. (Also proof that I can write a blog entry about anything.) I’ll suddenly notice something for the first time that I’ve never ever noticed before, and yet has been around for years. Case in point:
Yesterday I was driving to work and was “stuck” behind [...]

The Infinite Upgrade Cycle

I knew this would happen. When I upgraded to the new plasma TV, I told myself that would be the last major home theater purchase I would make for awhile. But now I’m starting to feel the itch to upgrade other parts of the system. I didn’t have much interest in the BluRay [...]

I Almost Bought Some Red Bull Last Night

I’ve never had any Red Bull, and I saw some at Safeway last night, so I almost bought a 4-pack just to see what all the fuss is about. But damn, that crap’s expensive! Even on sale it was expensive. So the risk avoidance part of me won out and I passed [...]

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 [...]

Let Me See The Light Again

Have this ever happened to you?
As I reported back in this entry, Scottish lass Emma Pollock opened up for the New Pornographers show that I attended a month ago. At that point, I had downloaded her album Watch The Fireworks from eMusic, but hadn’t listened to it yet. So I was unfamiliar with [...]

Where Did All The Counters Go?

Remember back to the dawn of the Internet age, when we were all just discovering the World Wide Web? We all put up our little websites, usually on a minimal amount of space provided to us by our ISPs. And we all had “hitcounters” on our sites. Those were the numbers that [...]

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