If you live in NYC or ever take a trip here, I highly suggest getting up on a Sunday morning, just before sunrise, and head to Midtown. There's generally nothing special about Midtown, really, except that it is continuously bustling, full of cabbies and office drones and street vendors pushing their way here and there, 24 hours a day. But not on ( Read more... )

Just got back from my morning walk, but my block was closed off. Why? Mrs. Universe wanted to visit the park, she got a presidential-type motorcade and everything. What the hell?

A lady on the subway apparently put a voodoo curse on me because I wouldn't give her my Coke. I didn't know how to tell her that voodoo doesn't work on white people.

Yes I have neglected this thing. I have also moved 1,100 miles north, lost a fair amount of hair, and left behind a mostly unsatisfying yet moderately stable life in Florida. Yet, with all that's happened, I still have nothing interesting to say, which goes back to why I never update these things. I spend my days sleeping in subway cars, eating ( Read more... )

It rained for several hours today. This is a bigger deal than you can ever imagine.

So I'm now officially back in counseling. Which means you can kiss my savings account and everything else of monetary worth goodbye. This is really a last ditch effort for me. Myself and many around me have come to realize, seemingly simultaneously, that the way things are in my life are just not going to change. No matter how you dress it up, a ( Read more... )

My computer is toast. We had a massive lightning storm a few nights ago, and my building which is by no means spectacular or tall or covered in television aerials, was hit 4 times. One of these times found its way into my computer, despite surge protectors and bubble wrap and disguising the computer as a refridgerator so the lightning wouldn't find ( Read more... )

Also, today's April Fool's jokes are ripped from tomorrow's headlines

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/01/gwot_cha/

This is one of those updates that is self-indulgent, not a little bit rambling, and basically serves to make sure this thing still works ( Read more... )

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