TM is back in town! (2003/09/12)
TM, my ex-roommate, is back in town. He spent a year in Pearl Harbor, working for Naval Intelligence. There is a great deal of fun to be had explaining to people that “TM used to be in the Army”. No matter how often you do this, he always corrects you. Politely, but he corrects you. “TM used to be in the army.” “Navy.” “Oh, yeah, TM’s ex-army.” “Navy.” It’s great fun.
[read more...]I seem to be a writer. (2003/09/10)
For months, I’ve been saying “gosh, it looks like I’m sort of turning into a writer”.
[read more...]What if Eve tempted the serpent? (2003/09/07)
One of the things that people often wrestle with in Christian theology is the question of where, exactly, evil came from. Why was there anyone around to tempt Eve? What purpose had this evil thing in being?
[read more...]Lies, and the lying liars who lie about the people who tell them. (2003/09/04)
I heard Al Franken on the radio last night. I didn’t take notes, but here’s roughly what he said that caught my attention:
[read more...]Would you buy a used car from this man? (2003/09/02)
So, one of the weird things about getting a shitload of junk faxes is that you never actually read them all. Who has time? I have seven hundred pages of these things. Mostly, I don’t see them when I have a lot of spare time and I’m looking for something to do; I see them when I’m looking for a specific fax on my fax machine, and all that’s there is a stack of unwanted shit, helpfully shoveled by our junker friends. (“friends” is perhaps a euphemism here.)
[read more...]Who's Kiki, anyway? (2003/09/01)
I dunno. Kiki was this one chick. Back when there was a Mandy’s, we used to go there late at night to have coffee. Sometimes, Kiki would be there. It was a great little place. We saw Joel Hodgson there a couple of times. Once, when someone played a ballad on the jukebox, a couple of people did the “holding lighters in the air” thing for a while. Everyone there was always your friend, even if you had no idea who she was.
[read more...]Collect all 15! (2003/08/31)
While at a local Pizza Hut, I spotted a vending machine selling stickers. One of the types of stickers on offer was symbols of the Zodiac. A bright sticker encouraged me to buy as many as I could – “Collect all 15!” Did they have duplicates? Three extra symbols not included in the normal Zodiac? Was the sticker lying?
[read more...]Hello, Little Swimmer. (2003/08/30)
There is a living creature, which will be like my friend Dave, and my friend Jordan, but it will not be either of them. This is strange to me. They call it “Little Swimmer”; it is expected to be a girl. The name is a placeholder; I’m sure they’ll think of a better name in the next couple of months. But, for now, it’s strangely appropriate.
[read more...]Hilarious stupidity (2003/08/24)
This is one of the funniest messages I’ve ever received. It was sent anonymously, by “sentinel79@hushmail.com”.
[read more...]Giant eagles threaten Xinjiang province (2003/08/22)
Dissociated Press, August 22, 2007
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