office: it has its moments
The actual work still sucks most of the time, but our building is actually quite pretty at times. A colleague was walking past the atrium windows, saw a chair, the sun and an opportunity. It was fairly cold in the...
Category: blog
caffeine: easier to homebrew than meth!
I have been happily stickin’ it to the man for over a week now. After a friend showed me the travel mug that had become part of their daily morning routine, I was curious, but not sold. Then I priced...
food: brunch at the tap room
’nuff said. Ok, not really, but I think I can still feel some of this brunch creating a food baby in my belly. Since Sunday turned out to be such a nice day, I ventured forth to Clarendon to meet...
video: Aisha Tyler is my muse…
TGIF everyone! Have I mentioned how much I love Aisha Tyler? Probably so, but it bears repeating. James and I have become total fanboys, quoting bits from her special, following her on twitter and generally spreading the gospel. I call...
video: “Elmo wants this tape!”
Ricky Gervais… doing comic work for charity is totally his thing. He’s a seasoned professional at it, crack a few jokes, raise some dollars, all in a day’s work right? And Sesame Street’s Elmo, so cute, so cuddly, so innocent....
Sci Fi/Syfy: “Get out of your parents’ basement!”
File this under WTF’ery? It’s not like I had a lot of love for Sci Fi channel after they canceled some of their best rated shows, added wrestling to the line-up and aired Sci Fi Original Movies* like Mansquito. But...
HIV/AIDS: “Our rates are higher than West Africa”
I don’t really have much to say about this article*, but if you’re a D.C. resident or just know someone in the District, inform yourself and spread the word. At least 3 percent of District residents have HIV or AIDS,...
comics: QFT
Now don’t you wish you could hang up a sign like this in your office? Ethan, the lead character in Ctrl-Alt-Del recently acquired a games store after having been an employee at its previous incarnation. Needless to say his views...
tv: Next Gen cast ‘boldly stars’ on Family Guy
TrekMovie posted the above image, released by FOX, from an upcoming (March 29) episode of Family Guy starring the voice talents of the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. In the episode titled “Not All Dogs Go to Heaven,”...
food: how-to-cook on your iPhone
Ok, now the iPhone Kindle application is earning its keep–even though it was already free. As mentioned before, The Cook’s Illustrated How-To-Cook Library is freely available from Amazon’s kindle and it’s big. I’m already a big fan of Cook’s Illustrated...
