Wednesday. Some people call this "humpday." I envision a corporate sub-culture that celebrate with phony, wearable "camel-humps" on their backs. In the world I see, social status is determined by the quality of your hump. The higher quality humps would belong to the elites and the professionals. They would display the Bactrian dual humps with ( Read more... )

When I was a child, my mom bought me two books by Shell Silverstien. They were called A Light in the Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends. Just about everyone had copies of these books. Mom and I went through them together, going page by page and looking at the pictures. But Mom didn't simply show me the silly illustrations and poems. Mom showed ( Read more... )

I rented some movies over the weekend.... actually, yesterday. Constantine was sold out (damn it), so I got Million Dollar Baby, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and I-Robot. I'd only seen I-Robot before, and not the other two. I loved Robot the first time around. The voice of Isaac Assimov is clearly heard throughout the film. Why did it ( Read more... )

Are unicorns magical?

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Happy Birthday Kelly! 18 ( Read more... )

Most recent bowling score: 149 ( Read more... )

I couldn't sleep last night. I mean, at all ( Read more... )

F I R S T S ( Read more... )

Uneventful weekend.

I went to the Harry Potter opening on Friday because, honestly, I had nothing better to do. I was there about half an hour before midnight, and the place was so full of people that I couldn't find any gaps in the aisles to walk through. I got a ticket to wait in line---I was number 984---grabbed a comic book trade-paperback ( Read more... )

I feel like I've been hit by a Carleton Specc'ed warrior. It's the best I've felt in years ( Read more... )