Archive for November, 2004

variations on a theme

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004

the following quotes seem to keep popping up in conversation/reading in the last couple of days:
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” Albert Einstein
“If at first you don’t succeed, fail spectacularly. At least that way they will never forget you.” M@
“Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The […]

what’s in your…

Monday, November 22nd, 2004

just once I’d like to see a Capital One commercial where the person pulls out the wrong credit card at the end and the surging horde of barbarians just destroy him.

going out of business sale

Monday, November 22nd, 2004

Some countries spend a bunch of taxpayer dollars for elaborate security measures, and then some countries just grab a few remnant and area rugs and make a mockery of the those countries’ leaders.

coming to a theater near you: Three Amigos 2: a fistful of guano

we’re on the road to nowhere

Monday, November 22nd, 2004

so…what would be the best way to start off the holiday buying season? Well, I’ll tell you that it isn’t getting $400 worth of repairs done on my jeep!
This past Saturday I noticed a noise coming from my heating vent/left-side dash. It kinda sounded like a static or the sound of two pieces of hard […]

flipping the pages

Friday, November 19th, 2004

Grab the nearest book.
Open the book to page 23.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the text of the sentence in your blog……along with these instructions.
(as seen at Michelle’s)
:::
“And surely this is the most ingenious feature of my art, that I don’t want to be so clever.” Euthyphro, Plato

it tastes like burning

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

I saw this on the train the other night:

I don’t know if I would be so quick to look for that friend if I lost it…

hi…welcome to Wordpress. Would you like some spam with that?

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

awwww…I feel special now! I got my first WP comment spam! Oh, did I say first? I meant first 4500 comment spams!!!
Yes. 4500. Give or take 20.
well, mister lilo, he who loves to spam: I shit bigger than you!! Have a nice day!

as long as she’s not an intern

Wednesday, November 17th, 2004

so…Mac wrote about being disturbed by the ability of Condi and the Shrub to communicate via body language…well there’s some communicating via the body going on:

and the bees made honey in the lion’s head

Wednesday, November 17th, 2004

so…I saw this ad the other day and thought of Alisa and her love of bees:
42 Below Manuka Honey Vodka
The bees we use to make our Manuka Honey Vodka work 24 hours and we don’t pay them a cent. Hell, we even kill a few just for fun. Little bastards.
We force bees to exclusively collect […]

I’m going through changes

Tuesday, November 16th, 2004

so…I was feeling like it was time for a little change around here…

before

after