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the mathematics of mismatched socks
I am a lazy sock-matcher. I almost never match up my socks as part of putting them away after they have been washed. Hell, I very rarely put them away. It's fairly common for my clean socks to go straight from the clean laundry basket, to my feet, to the dirty laundry basket without coming into contact with a drawer. This is probably not the ( Read more... ) -
the weirdest thing I own
In my last post, some of the comments went off on a bit of a tangent, leading to the story of my guitar. I decided to take a few photos of it and share the tale. So. Here's the story, with photos under the cut ( Read more... ) -
my money: a retrospective
October was a very expensive month. Right around the beginning of the month, a funny thing happened on my way to work. The passenger side rear wheel of my car apparently had something of a disagreement regarding the direction we were all heading (it was always a very philosophical wheel) and attempted to disconnect itself from the rest of the ( Read more... ) -
e.t.: yay or nay
A question mainly for caspian_x and thebruce0: What are your opinions regarding extraterrestrial sentient life? Are we the only intelligent life in the universe? I swear this isn't some kind of trap or argument-bait. I'm genuinely curious to find out what you guys think about this topic and how your religious beliefs may inform your opinions. It's one of those ( Read more... ) -
preparedly unprepared
Last night I had one of those odd dreams where you show up to a class unprepared for The Big Test. This is pretty bizarre for me, as I haven't actually taken a class with any Big Tests in over a decade. (Hi! I'm old. How are you?) Also, I can't ever remember having this sort of dream even back then. I wasn't especially anxious at the start of ( Read more... ) -
the guy
I have discovered a personality I can't really account for. He only exists at work and only within the final few days of a major product launch. He is very different from me and I have no idea how he got into my head. I have started referring to him as The Guy ( Read more... ) -
no more picross before bed
"What's that noise? Is that my alarm?"
Don't be silly. That's the Puzzle Buzzer!
"Oh. The what?"
Puzzle Buzzer! Solve the puzzle to Stop Time or your real alarm might go off any second!
"That sounds reasonable. What do I do?"
Just hit the Solve button on that box over there where it says 5:00!
"Awesome!"
SOLVE!
Great job, buddy! Now get back ( Read more... ) -
exaggeration nation: seattle
In the list of Things I Do Not Enjoy running makes the top ten at least three times. Number four is "Running through the Cincinnati airport with luggage while wearing a jacket in August." Up until now number four had mainly been a theoretical exercise. Similar to number six: "Eating fish on the Moon." The Moon is fine. It's the fish I can't ( Read more... ) -
monday on a thursday
It's the first day back to work after vacation and the City greets me like a sullen something that smells of urine. Several new erector sets of scaffolding have gone up in my absence, forcing me to adjust my habitual route slightly. The Scientists in charge have changed the maze. It is possible they have also moved the cheese ( Read more... ) -
not dead
I am finally home from PAX. Holy mother of crap in a hat was it ever awesome. And that's all I will say for now because I am incapable of coherent thought and there is a backlog of Daily Show episodes clamoring for my attention on Tivo.