Then I found out one former classmate's brother died in a car wreck, and another's uncle dropped dead stacking wood.

I got off light.

Both of those stories were relayed to me by my grandmother today. Figures she'd be the one on top of who's dead in my home town.

This would be a great decoration. (SFW. Honest.)

( I assumed it was because I don't wear a baseball cap and polo shirt like a Guido, aka 90% of the customers, but... )

Apparently there's a reason I don't seem to get anything other than average or substandard service at Hooters, and to a lesser extent, sports bars/grills(like Macados if you have one in your area).

Care to guess why? Answer will be posted later.

Sick AND geeky:
(SFW... unless your coworkers have no sense of humor)

"Shampagne"

Do people think these things through at all?

Simon Pegg talks about why fast zombies = lousy zombies.I didn't realize he was insightful in addition to being funny. Also looking forward to him in the ST movie next year, even if the story sucks(not a fan of JJ Abrams, Lost was a pile of suck and so was Cloverfield) it'll have some fun casting between him, Karl Urban and Zachary Quinto. I don't ( Read more... )

Subject matter is usually a bit different but this is how my mind works way too often.

The ribs were well-received. I was a little worried about under/overcooking them but I found a decent benchmark... watch for the meat to pull back off the bone and then poke with a knife to see if the juices run clear ( Read more... )

Was walking outside today with the wind blowing and realized my hair is long enough* to actually move in the wind. Damn strange sensation ( Read more... )