I just lost 600 words. This is what I get for being productive. Actually, if you want to be technical about it, this is what I get for inserting a graphic of a frog, naming it Tom, then calling it…

I found this exact note on the computer I was working at: REGISTRATION-INDIVIDUALS PO BOX 9942 MOONEE PONDS VIC 3039 Dear Sir/Madam: I have just learned that someone has got the access to my tax file number, and I’m concerned…

Tao of Gabe Gabe the Delightful Beaver here with a preposterous claim: Cookie Monster never eats cookies!! Check it out the next time you see him. He always yells and moves his hands in a purposeful manner, but every single…

Damn, I love my mom, Hola Chaparrito, Es muy triste cuando nos pasa eso. A mi una vez se me perdio el disquete y tuve que hacer todo el trabajo de nuevo. Otra vez trabaje todo el fin de semana…

You know what I just remembered? When I was a kid, my godmother used to electrocute me. She thought it was therapeutic or beneficial or something, but the point is that the woman shocked me! She also used to have……

Microfiction is a ludicrously short story, usually about 250 words. Microficticious works have all the same elements as regular works, but are forced to show them quicker. If novels are meant to be read over a month, novellas over a…

I have 4000+ words left to write and no place to write them in. Not to mention the fact that all of my life’s work was on that (about 1.2 Gigs worth of Word and Publisher files… so yeah, quite…

Damn it, I missed NaNoWriMo. I wanna write a novel in 30 days! Do you think it might be too lame to do it on my own? I think I’m just going to have to wait for 2006. Until then,…

500 words due Tuesday morning. 2000 words due Wednesday day. 2000 more words due Wednesday day. 3000 words due Friday afternoon. ———————————— 0 words I have done Monday night. I’m going to stop claiming that this isn’t who I am.…

Speculation: QANTAS roundtrip flight on off-season from LAX to SYD: $910. The same United Airlines roundtrip flight: $1400 Greyhound trip from El Paso to Los Angeles and back: $242. Limosines busline trip from El Paso to Los Angeles: $88. Petrol…

Trumpet Rob shaved my head today. We did it at one o’clock in the middle of campus with over a dozen of my friends watching. (Included: Ex_Cal, Steve, Lucien, L, L’s friend whose name I always forget, Suzi, Cam-EE, Liza,…

Tao of Gabe Gabe the Conscientious Beaver here to propose a weeklong curriculum in which Intelligent Design would be taught as a critique to evolution. Here we go: In the beginning, Gabe taught the class. And Gabe said, ‘let yous…

someone once asked me for advice on the best way to take care of a paper cut. you know what i said? amputation.

Moofruot and I have a lot in common. Probably more than either of us realizes, quite frankly. When I was growing up (in the middle of nowhere), we had a gate that we would close and lock every night. Now,…

Here’s another fun game: Come up behind a total stranger (extra points if they’re talking in a group) and cover their eyes. They will try to guess who you are. After a minute, uncover their eyes and when they ask…

In looking over my archives for the Eli’s, I ran across a previous post that I think needs more attention: It’s about how sometimes there is intelligence is hidden in random places. It was called the “Intelligence in Inappropriate…

Tao of Gabe Gabe the Benevolent Beaver here worried about his place in the history books. I worry about what is going to survive me when I can no longer the job myself. More than anything, I’d hate to be…

Some time ago, I decided that I needed more hugs. I was only getting one or two hugs per day and I was feeling listless. So I decided that I would give myself a quota. I figured that if I…

Last Thursday I was listless. Where my list was, I did not know. You can probably tell, going over the archive, that I did not feel like doing much. And the stuff I did do, I did not enjoy. It…

Thursday at the regular Pyromaniacs meeting, I met two girls named Cam-ee (ka-MEE) and Nikki (it turns out I was one letter off last time. I accidentally spelled it “N9kki.” My bad) They were twins. Now, before anybody calls me…

I’ll be the first to admit I have different beliefs from most people. Because of that, I tend to keep to my own in ideological battles. I don’t go around from message board to message board attacking creationists (though my…

Assuming the “Coalition of the Willing” (hereafter referred to as “COW”) pulled out of the war in Iraq, would that make the war a loss? Historically, people might say that the initiators pulling out means that they felt they were…

Damn it. Just when I find a comic I really, really like, he goes out and dies on me… several months before I found him. Here’s to you, Mitch, This one time I was in a convenience store, and guy…

a Which is better, apples or oranges? b 1. You know, I never understood why guys today are so obsessed with six-packs. 2. Oh? 1. Yeah, kegs can hold much more beer. c Silly Rabbi, molestation is for Priests. d…

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My base of operations is now Wisconsin, in case anybody’s wondering how I could be in four places at once, it’s easy: time zones. When I zone out, I do it through a time zone. when i drink, i travel…

Damn. I shouldn’t have read this. Now I don’t want to finish the book. And it was a good book too. Updating for the sake of updating. Something bigger tomorrow and Tuesday come.

Ha ha. Ever notice how some authors have odd names? I realized while looking up Dracula that Bram Stoker’s name looks an awful lot like a porn name. Then I realized how they all have silly looking names. Let’s go.…

It’s time I admitted it, I’ve been having Writer’s Block for the past few weeks. So now I ask you to provide me with ideas. If you can think of something that needs making fun of, comment here. I’ll also…

As I’ve found most people disagree with how I plan on raising my hypothetical children, I’ve decided to try one final argument. Hopefully I won’t need to dip my pen back into this ink bottle again. Personally, I’m sick of…

Tao of Gabe I’m Gabe the Adorable Beaver and you’re not. My second favorite holiday—after Talk Like a Pirate Day— is upon us again. This Monday, you’ll be too old to go trick or treating, but you get one better:…

My [label missing](s) is/are throwing a 20th and a half birthday party for me on Sunday, November 27th, 2005 in Lane Cove National Park. Everyone who loves me should go… even if they have to take a 15 hour flight…

Hm. Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed more and more people mentioning that they read this blog in day to day interactions. Also, I’ve noticed my daily page views shoot up. I’m not quite sure what made this happen…