would Miss Manners approve?
The response Mike thinks I should send to the guy who, yet again, failed to call when he said he would… Dear Asshat, I’m sorry that you were in that horrible accident that broke both your hands and rendered you...
Monthly Archive: May 2005
Star Wars: The Science of Consistency
From Metaphilm, Star Wars, The Science of Consistency [On fictional universes and the fans who rationalize them.] It’s a wonderful article about how, if at all, some fiction writers where the fiction expands to encompass a universe all its own...
neverending conversation
I’m sure everyone has experienced, in one form or another, that conversation born out of desperation in the morning at the office. Usually started by someone shortly after they come in, not even having logged onto the network or opened...
weekend to remember
So much for trying to post every day. But alas it was a good (overall) weekend, high points and low points here and there though.
the woozy yenta
Jenifer’s eye surgery went well, Lori just called to let me know and Jenifer wanted to talk to me, she sounds really out of it, but did let me know that the anesthesiologist was very cute and sarcastic-witty and that...
3 Days, no Taste
Coming from a city government, “scheduling conflict” ranks right up there with “wardrobe malfunction.” So they decided to try moving the Taste of DC to Memorial Day while somehow completely forgetting about the Annual Memorial Day Parade and citing citywide...
The return of ‘Doctor Who’
CNN.com – The return of ‘Doctor Who’ – May 27, 2005 It does state that the show isn’t yet broadcast in the states, though wisely ignores the fact most US fans haven’t missed a single ep of the new series....
t-shirt sins
On a t-shirt downstairs: “When God made me, he was just showing off.” I can understand the whole love for the lord thing, but isn’t spreading a big ol’ sin of Pride across your chest just asking for trouble? I’m...