I had a thought while replying to Dave's latest blog entryI've finally figured out how to defeat the Republicans once and for all ( Read more... )

On September 9th I assisted in Team Snout's latest game, Hogwarts and the Draconian Prophecy. The game took place over the weekend of Sept 9-10, mostly in Sacramento. If you're unfamiliar with the bay area treasure hunt game tradition, wikipedia has an excellent backgroundFor this game, I took on the role of Hagrid (I have an excellent costume ( Read more... )

I thought I would share some of Amazon's current personal recommendations for me:

OXO Good Grips 28581 12-Inch Stainless-Steel Locking Tongs
"Recommended because you rated Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition)"Hmm... Well, I don't remember kitchen utensils playing a major role in that film, but it was a pretty out-there movie ( Read more... )

While on the subject of critters, I wanted to bring up the foul mosquito as a contrast to the humble earthworm. You might ask why I am suddenly exploring the world of tiny invertebrates. An excellent question! To which I would respond: I have no idea ( Read more... )

After watching an episode of Dirty Jobs last night, I got to thinking about the humble earthworm ( Read more... )

I signed up for a gmail account pretty early on, and was able to get the account name njohnson. However, I didn't really like gmail as much as Yahoo mail, so I never used my gmail account at all ( Read more... )

Geeky dream I had last night: I was playing some cool new little addictive puzzle game that I had found. I had just gotten past the second or third level and was really enjoying it, when suddenly, THE GAME TOOK OVER MY COMPUTER and started deleting all my files! Then I remembered to my horror that I hadn't actually downloaded this game, it had ( Read more... )

I discovered today that I have apparently inherited some property in Forkston, PA, Population 386 ( Read more... )

Moveon.org has rallied its members to create flash animations/movies about Social Security ( Read more... )

Semi-related to my previous entry, the Houston Chronicle provides an excellent custom comics page web service. It doesn't have every comic out there, but there's a pretty good selection ( Read more... )