May 2009
31 posts
I don’t know what bothers me more: that my Aeron chair randomly changes height, or that I’m so absorbed by this obviously 1st-world problem.
May 29th
Some comedies suck so bad that they eventually circle back around to being funny again. Unlike time, which can only suck in a straight line.
May 29th
When the sax and strings Muzak version of Every Breath You Take comes on in the coffee shop, it’s time to go.
May 28th
I burned that pizza perfectly. Not cheeseburned, though.
May 28th
With votes from @gregash & @wisco, we’re rapidly approaching quorum. Someone get Obama on the horn, this is definitely shovel-ready.
May 23rd
I think nothing will rebuild this economy faster than creating a federal 3-day holiday every month. The 1st one is Beer Day. Who’s with me?
May 23rd
http://pic.im/3J3 Budweiser Clydesdale at the Avenue Bar? It happened!
May 22nd
I smell like a delicate flower. I figure if the deodorant is strong enough for a man, then I’m man enough to smell like a bouquet.
May 21st
Watching Ghandi for the first time in 20+ years. Is it possible to reconcile this Kingsley performance with, really, any of the other ones?
May 21st
I can do july 10 at Roberts.
May 20th
Getting reports of same osx.5.7 problems from mini owners, @maurieash @jeremytoday - anyone else?back your stuff up peeps!
May 20th
Mac OS 10.5.7 …the silent killer?
May 20th
If anybody wants a MacBook pro that only stays crash-free for < 5 min. you may check outside my window shortly…
May 20th
Chris reads your email
“To all those who love deep-dish pizza and good Human Capital technology conferences…” Who doesn’t?
May 19th
I could listen to air traffic control radio over the internet all day. Was it Tom Wolfe who noted that it all sounded vaguely southwestern?
May 19th
Case of the mondays? Colonel Klink says get back to work! http://pic.im/3xG (I’m not really Colonel Klink, I’m just assuming his form.)
May 18th
Image of Space Shuttle and Hubble on current mission, transiting lower-left corner of the sun! (via spaceweather.com) http://tr.im/lufM
May 16th
Something should be known as the Ash Protocol, or maybe… Technique. It should either save lives, make people happy, or cause time travel.
May 14th
The great thing about eating at the Avenue bar by oneself is that you get to eavesdrop on everyone else!
May 13th
Milwaukee Chief: Crime Causes Poverty →
I think somebody needs to read Freakonomics. Perhaps more than one someone.
May 13th
Okay, what in the F, mac os 10.5.7? You aren’t even going to boot now?!? Bad update! Bad! Bad! #macos10.5.7
May 13th
Just deleted a long article I wrote because the best line in it was, “My eye-bleach bills are astronomical!”
May 12th
Feeling like a primadonna rockstar asshole. Pity the band who has to perform with me tonight. (That would be El Donk, at Mr. Roberts. Free.)
May 9th
I suppose asking Mom to see Star Trek on Mother’s Day is a bit of a cop-out.
May 7th
Would like to smack sites that auto-twitter for me. They’re the H1N1 flu of the twitterverse. Actually, they’re more like an STD.
May 7th
Playing the Twitter speed-typing game at http://fast140.com - How fast can you type?
May 7th
Haven’t heard thunder in months. Huh. Forgot how loud it is.
May 7th
Someone just draped themselves in paper towels so they could eat tacos while sitting on the couch with their feet up. That someone was me.
May 6th
Paperless office?! Never _heard_ of it! Inheriting paperwork must be a social disease. http://twitpic.com/4kaub
May 4th
So nice out! The weather can stay like this all summer. Now taking insane demands for Operation Indefinite Strike.
May 3rd
Week 1 of not smoking is in the can! In other news, if I start feeling too young, today is the Mifflin St. Block party.
May 3rd