A couple of times a week I run thru my "junk mail" folder to see if anything legit has slipped in by mistake ( Read more... )

I liked this article - and to a certain extent some of the other articles from the same site. Worth a read if you're looking to spend a couple minutes on a "mental coffee break".

Like many folks here in the Pacific Northwest, I'm used to the mild weather we have here ( Read more... )

I broke the antenna on my phone (a Kyocera 7135 - early phone/palmpilot combo from 2002 or so) yesterday ( Read more... )

For those of you who remember Steve and wonder what he's up to...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/magazine/28artmetal.html

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Most folks reading this probably know I was at Amazon.com for a couple of years ( Read more... )

A lot of folks are obsessing about next generation video game consoles. I understand Nintendo has renamed their next gen product from Nintendo Revolution to Nintendo Whee (cutesy, if inane). The XBox 360 is out and looks appropriately whizzy. And the PS3 is now targeted for release at $600 or so ( Read more... )

OK, OK. I'm in. Let's see what the playlist gives me.

If nothing else, I bet we get a few songs that make everyone snicker.

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post the first line(s) from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines ( Read more... )

One of these days life will get easier ( Read more... )

It's pretty rare that I watch team sports (and rarer still that I watch them on TV). I always seem to find myself watching at least part of the Olympics, though ( Read more... )