Archive for the 'blogocosm' Category

milestone or miles’ tone?

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

so…I noticed when I read Sky’s comment on this post that I have eclipsed the 1000 post mark…
…well, 1000 posts have been written but not necessarily published, but hell, it’s my site and I can consider that a milestone.
And here’s a little Miles Davis off of the Milestones album for the effort:
Miles Davis - Two […]

the joys of being married to a high school english teacher

Monday, September 26th, 2005

in response to my last post, here is a snippet of an IM convo I just had with Erika:
Erika: “knowledge of chemistry still allows me to know that 8 oz. of 175-degree coffee plus 2 oz. of 45-degree soy milk does not create 10 oz. of 70-degree drink.”
is that chemistry or algebra?
or both?
J:
E: […]

last call for alcohol…or football…

Monday, September 5th, 2005

so…I’ve gotten myself in a little bit of a pickle: I need one more person for our Fantasy Football league.
The real pickle is that the draft is at 5PM EST today — it is a live, online draft, but you could just let the system auto-pick for you.
so…we have either 1 or 3 open positions […]

damn the man!

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

so…Erika had a dream last night about me getting in trouble for my last post about work. I think it’s part of her becoming a mom and honing her intuition, and I’m not one to tempt fate, so I have password protected the post, and will continue to do so for occupational hazards going forward…
…I […]

happy birthday you fat bastard!

Saturday, August 20th, 2005

so…today is Marc’s birthday!
Marc just got back from a six-week trip to China (go read about his trips)
Happy Birthday buddy! You’re getting old!
I’ll be raising a glass your way soon…

something in the water

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

Congratulations to Erin and Mr. Pink on there newly found pregnancy!! A pinkandgreenbaby!

apropos, anon, apropos

Thursday, August 11th, 2005

“To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images.” Plato

I have seen into the future…

Wednesday, August 10th, 2005

…and in a sick and twisted way, it is good.
Erika had pointed me in the direction of Jenny’s site this afternoon. I can totally hear this conversation happening between us in two year’s time:
So, what do I see when I meet up with Adam and Doodles at the park? Doodles, gleefully gliding down the slide […]

at least they’re polite

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

I love that the comment spam game has taken a turn towards civility — I just received a comment in moderation (that will never see the light of day) that complimented me for being ‘really witty and cool wise’.

Douchebag spammers

just when I thought I was out…

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

note to self: when converting from MT to WP, remember to delete/rename the MT template for the index…or get used to having your site revert back overnight.