Me: Jon, teach me how to be totally cool.
Jonathan Atkinson: Jason, it would take literally seconds to pass on my hard-won knowledge of cool.
Me: DO IT
Jonathan Atkinson: Okay.
Jonathan Atkinson: Jon's Cool Points:
Jonathan Atkinson: 1) Short hair.
Jonathan Atkinson: 2) Always buy either the very cheapest, or the very best.
Jonathan Atkinson: 3) ( Read more... )

Dexter: well, i may not have learned chinese while i was here, but one thing is for sure.
Dexter: I beat Battletoads Double Dragon.

A mix of Calexico, Laura Veirs and The Mountain Goats: not good workout music.

Addendum: Bloc Party/Moving Units/Jets to Brazil/Rogue Wave is.

As of tonight: 10 pounds lighter, 11 minute mile on the treadmill, another 2 or 3 cooldown miles on the bike.

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I've calculated that if you've been working as a computer programmer (Programmer III or higher) it doesn't make sense to quit and go to graduate school full time. These data assume a few things:

1. You start out as a Programmer III in the simulation at $65k/yr (assume this simulation starts 5 years out of college).
2. You put aside 5% from your gross pay ( Read more... )

Me and Nick were discussing a potential dish we'd like to prepare: couscous cooked in a bittersweet chocolate sauce and fried octopus in a tortilla. We'd call it a choco tako taco from Morocco.

Lisa: Oh man, they're making an Old School 2
Me: Hahaha.
Me: Old School 2: Even Older School!
Me: Old School 2: Return of Yet Another Vehicle For Silly Physical Comedy By Will Ferrell and Friends
Me: Old School 2: God Damn We Love Your Money
Me: Old School 2: Because We Really Don't Have Respect For You As An Audience (Why Would You Even THINK That ( Read more... )

So about a week ago I saw Belle and Sebastian and The Shins! at the Hollywood Bowl. The LA Phil played with B&S. It was a good show. One thing that stood out to me, though, was the abundance of Trader Joe's grocery bags and bottles of Two Buck Chuck in the audience. It was kind of funny/scary until we remembered that B&S have been around for a long ( Read more... )

Well, that alarm clock thing totally didn't work.