One•a•day

While you’re waiting for me to figure out how MySQL databases work, I’ve decided to devote a half-hour daily to blog posting. The reason I’d refrained from doing as such is that 1. you’re the only person reading this (this…

1oi!0

In switching webhosts, I accidentally deleted my entire Web site.  Frustration and anger ensues. I don’t know whether I will be able to get everything back. *sigh*  Happy Birthday to me.

Headlines that, if true, would rock the world

Hillary Clinton confirms she is pregnant with Dick Cheney‘s baby New document suggest Hitler may have been former C.I.A. operative (I know, I know, the C.I.A. didn’t exist until 1947, but that’s exactly why it would rock the world) Richard…

Autosave is prejudiced against hard workers

Imagine two people, Carlos and Pixel. Carlos writes 1,000,000 words a minute, Pixel can write 10, but, if he has access to Carlos’ computer, he can add spelling errors to 999,999 words per minute. Carlos writes 5 novels, 3 novellas,…

I’m such a jerk to myself (Part II)

Even when I expect nobody to read what I write (as in a diary or in general), I still write silly non-sequiturs or pathetically lonely attacks on my prior positions that I may or may not have actually ever held.…

I’m such a jerk to myself

Futureme.org is a Web site that lets people send letters to themselves in the future. About a year ago, I found that Web site and sent myself a few letters. I just received them all. I’d forgotten that I’d written…

The recipe for byte-sized acquaintances

Something Positive

I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship lately. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about a previous post of mine that got me into all sorts of trouble with my [label missing]s at the time. If you’ve not read that post, just…

Road tripped

Map This!

My roadtrip (mentioned here and started here) has officially ended. Actually, it officially ended a month ago, I just wanted to write my travels down when I had time and, sadly, that hasn’t been until today. For the first half…

I do?

Map This!

Having just left my friend Jess’ house, I have become fully convinced that she is the most wonderful person on the planet. Jess is now one of the few people I would be willing to marry without a second’s hesitation.…

Road tripping along

Map This!

My miniature road trip (I say miniature because it’s nothing compared to the roadtrip my friend Adriano is on as we speak) is nearing its apex. Today I travel to New Jersey to visit my old housemate Jess Levy. Jess…

Pants to Self

Scratch Jeans

I had an idea today, but I didn’t have a scratch piece of paper or notebook handy, so I wrote it on my jeans. That led me to a brilliant and marketable idea: pants you can write on!

Shh!! He’ll hear us!

Scratch Jeans

I’m staying in my friend Sandy’s house for the week. I met her roommate two hours ago. Soon after I met her boyfriend Matt. They’re having sex right now. They’re trying to be quiet, but as you can see from…

Philosophers eat their young

Scratch Jeans

Philosophy as a discipline peaked in ancient Greece. Then Aristotle messed it up. See, Socrates took questions to the people in power. With Socrates, philosophy and Socratic questioning was enough to scare the church, noblemen and politicians. Socrates was so…

Post-by-numbers

Atlas Shrugged

How I make a thoughtful post in six short steps: As I was writing the previous post, I noticed how all of my posts seem to have the same basic formula.  First, there is the background (“As I was writing.…