I was in the kitchen, talking about my insurance with my roommate, and I mentioned Geico, and that instant, a Dodge Stratus with a big Geico logo pulled into our driveway, turned around, and parked across the street. Then, some coffee filters fell out of the cabinet above the stove, almost falling into the SPAM that Eric was cooking up. Spam ( Read more... )

In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, when several characters transport off the ship, Kirk has his enormous collar popped, quite high, everyone else has theirs down. My question for you is this: was this decision made by Shatner, or the writers?

I may have an extra ticket to the Decemberists show on the 4th, anyone want to be on my standby list?

Someone went and compiled a list of the most annoying things that we do around here, then made a polite game/quiz to gently remind us some things we might not remember from driver's ed, because we spent too much time learning how to back around a corner.

how is it that I can go weeks without seeing a show, and then, almost without fail, there are 2 or 3 bands I'd like to see, playing on one night.

• This Friday: Rocky Votolato and Slender Means at neumo's vs. Say Hi to Your Mom at Vera
• 4/21 pulling hangnails and hitting my head against broken glass vs. Seven Mary Three at El Corazon
• 4/28 Aqueduct & What ( Read more... )

from wikipedia's entry on "utility knife"

The most common method of using a utility knife for vandalism is the breaking and entering of an art gallery, using the box cutters to slash the expensive pieces of art.

Really? I thought that was #4 on the list of most common methods of using a utility knife for vandalism. You learn something new every day.

Today I walked to Golden Gardens; about 7 miles round trip. Probably about time I got some use out of my ipod again, out of my car. Also, my feet.

It looks like I'm gonna need to spend some major time outside today, so I don't anger my friends who have to work by not taking advantage of this gorgeous weather. Life is hard, sometimes.

Seeing as I have procured some cane sugar Coca-Cola, and that over the last decade, I have several times proclaimed that I could tell the difference between coke, pepsi, and their caffeine free variants (despite not having a real coke or pepsi since the fall of 1995), I am considering hosting a bit of a "Pepsi Challenge". That is to say, get some ( Read more... )

Sunday morning I'm climbing the stairs at the tallest building in seattle. It wasn't that bad last year, but I was working a job where I stood 8 hours a day, so this might not be pretty. I hope I don't embarrass myself too much. Time to sleep.