8-20-07

"I wanted to be the car because I could make car noises by vibrating my lips -- brrrrmmmmm! -- and drive the car around on the floor to amuse myself while waiting my turn, which is mainly what you do in Monopoly, which I always considered to be one of the most boring activities on the planet."

-- Dave Barry, Bored Games

8-19-07

If you had left Columbus, in a car, at around the same time my parents dropped me off at the airport, and driven to Madison, you would have beaten me home by two hours.

Airports: I take off my shoes for you and don't complain when you confiscate my cologne, so why can't you make three out of four of my god damn planes leave on fucking time?

8-18-07

There is a penalty tax for being married.

8-17-07

The phrase "it's all Greek to me" exists in French, but Chinese is used instead of Greek.

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Marina's wedding is tomorrow! Flying to Columbus tonight; updates will be late this weekend.

8-16-07

How to spell "piranha."

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Cyanide and Happiness.

8-15-07

We have two days to complete five ActiveX exercises. Several people were done before lunch, on the first day. I wish I were smart like that.

8-14-07

Hamster cuteness.

8-13-07

The phrase "ActiveX" has no underlying technical meaning. It's just a marketing word invented by Microsoft to brand their product. I always thought the "X" stood for something mysterious.

8-12-07

Angelina Jolie is the daughter of Jon Voight.

8-11-07

I finished Paper Mario 64 today. Not a bad role playing game overall, but the quality trails off considerably by the end.

8-10-07

I have thumb cancer.

Maybe not, but my left thumb has been perpetually chapped for the last few weeks.

8-9-07

Honey never spoils.

8-8-07

Strawberry banana orange juice is pretty good.

8-7-07

Almost all American cows are raised on corn even though a cow's stomach can't digest it without antibiotics.

8-6-07

Visual Basic is a little clunky, but it's not that bad.

8-5-07

On a billboard:

"Abortion: a baby can live without it."

Also on a billboard:

"Taco Bell: tastier tacos are nacho far away."

8-4-07

The Cleveland Indians have a shortstop named Jhonny Peralta. Not a typo.

8-3-07

Sorry for the late updates. Dave and I spent the weekend in Minnesota hanging out with his family.

The bonus stage in Super Smash Brothers sucks.

8-2-07

Test your thinking style. Here's mine:


(Made with MS Paint, the greatest image editing tool ever created.) If you want to know what the results mean, click here.

8-1-07

I learned a fun puzzle.

Find a five letter word that meets the following criteria:

1) If you remove the second letter of the word, the resulting four letter word has the same pronunciation.

2) If you remove the first letter of the word, the resulting four letter word also has the same pronunciation, AND it's not the same as the four letter word you got from removing the second letter. (In other words, "llama" is not correct.)

All three words are common, Scrabble-acceptable English words.