March 2009
http://twitpic.com/2nkvj - Hitchcock festival
Ancho chilli double chocolate porter… No thanks.
http://twitpic.com/2ncf0 - Where norah roberts books go to die
And it’s FedEx, iPod in tow, crossing the finish line first.
A Nightmare You Can't Even Imagine. →
http://twitpic.com/2kqli -
http://tinyurl.com/dghvc5
I’ve inadvertently set off a race between FedEx and UPS. Finish line: me. 3 day express delivery. Union v. Non-Union. New iPod v. Shoes
Some might question my strategy of staying up until 2 am watching basketball and drinking beer the night before a 5k race.
“It seems like twittering is just random bragging about your unexceptional life.”
…
“Now you’re getting it!!!”
http://tinyurl.com/cjrujf
An airplane’s “black box” is actually bright orange, and other fun facts: http://tinyurl.com/5ubbqr
February 2009
The Fields of Anfield Road
Outside the Shankly Gates
I heard a Kopite calling:
Oh “Shankly, they have taken you away
But you left a great eleven
Before you went to heaven
Now it’s glory round the Fields of Anfield Road”
All ‘round the fields of Anfield Road,
Where once we watched the King Kenny play (and could he play!),
We had Heighway on the wing,
We had dreams and songs to sing,
About...
It hits all by itself.
“The highest technique is to have no technique. A good fight should be like a small play, but played seriously. A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract. When he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity… I do not hit… it hits all by itself.” -Bruce...
Angry, Sexual Things.
Thomas Watson: Yeah, hey listen, somebody called me today. Uh, whoever it was, said some very sexual things, very angry, sexual things.
Alexander Graham Bell: Oh, really? Probably just some teenagers somewhere... damn them.
Thomas Watson: Well that's, that's the thing. I mean, there's only two phones, in the... well, in the world and one of them is in my office and the other one is in your office and those two didn't even exist until a few hours ago.
My Deathrow Meal
The 20 (twenty) course dinner at Moto, Chicago:
(www.motorestaurant.com)
Chips and Salsa
Liquid Center Scallop
Kalamata and Feta
Pompano Beach
Biscuit Creme Brulee
Seared Buffalo Hot Wings
Stuffing Snow
Eggs and Tots
Campfire Wine
Cuban Pork Sandwich
Smoked Brisket and Cornbread
Roadkill of Fowl
Chicago’s Smallest Steak Dinner
Synthetic Mojito
Coconut and Ginger Milk
White...
January 2009
A bird piped suddenly, and was still
A light breeze sprang up and set the reeds and bulrushes rustling. So beautiful and strange and new. Since it was to end so soon, I almost wish I had never heard it. For it has roused a longing in me that is pain, and nothing seems worth while but just to hear that sound once more and go on listening to it forever. The beauty of it! The merry bubble and joy, the thin, clear, happy call of the...
“Everything that happens in government is motivated by self-interest. Someone is...”
– Kevin Nealon, Weeds
Congratulations, Al Franken, D-MN
Jane Curtin: Well, the 1970’s are in their final month, and with some thoughts on this decade and the one we’re about to enter, here’s Weekend Update’s Social Sciences Editor Al Franken.
Al Franken: Thank you, Jane. Well, the “me” decade is almost over, and good riddance, and far as I’m concerned. The 70’s were simply 10 years of people thinking of...
