in DC: Run Run Run!
Running for a train, I can understand completely… but running OFF of a train and potentially knocking down other commuters in the process? S’wrong with you?
Tagged: rude
day trip: Virginia ‘villes and ‘burgs
Since we figured too many people would be heading towards the beach this past weekend, Randy and I took a day trip in the opposite direction into Virginia. We didn’t really have a plan in mind, though stopping off for...
inauguration: does “Be prepared?” mean anything to you?
So it’s time for another attack on my clutter. This is the harder round since these are going to be either items that survived a prior purge, or are new and in current use, but need a better place to...
food: The other white candidate…
I’m not sure what it is about 2008, but bacon is really making a name for itself! Just yesterday we were discussing a new treat from the Minnesota State Fair, deep-fried chocolate-covered bacon. That doesn’t make me hungry as much...
“These go to eleven.”
Professor Harvey Dillon, from Hearing Australia on a recent report that young people (18 to 34) risk developing permanent hearing problems if they go to noisy bars and listen to loud music through headphones: Our rule of thumb is if...
at the cinema: Oh sh*t! Oh sh*t! OH SH*T!!
Seeing as how we’re a little slow for workflow around the office, I took a 1/2 day yesterday and went to see Iron Man. I went for a 1pm DLP showing and it was almost totally worth it. The film...
on the metro: Excuse me, Sir? Sir? Sir?
I had a bit of light entertainment that went all sour on my metro ride in this morning. The car had a beggar, a pretty aggressive one. Had he not been saying anything, it wouldn’t have been apparent that he...
Bloody noses all ’round!
I was in line in the Starbucks this morning and the guy behind me says to his friend, “Yeah, they moved me from a cube to an office so they can build our team more offices.” — and I wanted...
These are saved!
Elaine: No, these are saved. Man: All of them? C’mon, you can’t take *four* seats. Elaine: What, is that a rule? Seinfeld, "The Movie" I know there is no hard and fast rule on saving seats. I hate doing it,...
My shoes are too tight and I have forgotten how to dance.
Long story short, I didn’t make it to the AIDS Walk, I’m not pleased about it, but it is what it is. I was absolved of my guilt by someone appropriately empowered to do so, at least. Otherwise, I am...