It had been a long day and I'd spent the majority of it outside shooting footage. I was sweaty and sore. I had anticipated this, however, and I'd stopped by a pharmacy to pick up sunscreen and Gold Bond Medicated Powder. The latter was something I'd never tried, but that I'd seen others use and that is supposed to relieve some of the itchiness and ( Read more... )

This editorial pisses me off to no end. Its basic claim is that Monica Goodling deserved her position because the evangelical schools are now churning out a lot of people who go into government work. Except that everyone who pointed out that Goodling was grossly underqualified admitted that a lot of Regent students got hired by the White House. ( Read more... )

You can't argue with science.

( My favorite Nigerian 401 letter ever! )

Fair enough. Let him go.

If a sitcom writer thought this up he would be accused of hackdomMullah1: He's gone too far! Kissing the gloved hand of his teacher! It's pornographic ( Read more... )

Both Circuit City and Bestbuy have pimped out their "Order online, pickup in store" services on television, web, and radio commercials. In theory it's an awesome idea. Shop on the web, with numerous research and price comparison options available, and then pickup in a store, thus avoiding the hassle of shipping (Costs, delays, etc ( Read more... )

I had a really busy week, including having my cellphone smashed to bits. A lot of mildly amusing stuff happened, the most amusing of which was probably when I was talking to this woman and a guy she knew came up and started hitting on her, including pulling profiles from both GQ and Esquire out of his pockets. He might as well have just pointed to ( Read more... )

Over the last few weeks at work I have been helping to put together a newsletter for the place I'm working. I've written articles, rewritten articles, edited, captioned, and managed sensitive egos. Just about the only things I didn't do were pick the pictures and write in the names of the authors. Today the proofs came back from the printer and my ( Read more... )

My roommate has his friend, a woman from Japan, staying here for the next week or so. He will be staying at his girlfriend's house. So for all intents and purposes my 6'4" Italian roommie is transforming into a 5'0" Japanese woman. I'm relatively nonplussed, but I will have to make sure to wear pants at all times except in my room with a closed ( Read more... )