Archive for the 'contemplations' Category

we need the olive twig

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

It’s like Rebecca Black is Noah and the car is the Ark and she is loading it up with every kind of teen angst, two by two.  The deluge of awful teen music, pouring into our ears, that is crooned through the nose and autotuned is analogous to the flood. Two awkward looking girls with moles. [...]

epic beard man

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

If you are not familiar with this story, Google it or search YouTube.  It’s one those things that has turned into a very entertaining Internet inside joke.  Either you get the joke or it’s just another cool YouTube fight video.  Either way, there is some entertainment to be had. This video has given me more [...]

bang up job

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Why is it called a bang up job and why is it considered a good thing? Would you tell an auto body professional that they did a bang up job?

dvorak debunked?

Monday, January 19th, 2009

I am terrible typist.  Over the past few months I have been thinking about switching to a Dvorak keyboard layout.  It is supposed to be more efficient and more ergonomic.  This article which I recently found on Slashdot challenges those assertions. http://www.reason.com/news/show/29944.html Despite the article, I’m still thinking about making the switch since the real [...]

mexican wearing panties

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

So last night I went downstairs to get a drink of water.  My wife was working at her laptop and asked me if I had heard the helicopter.  I hadn’t heard it since I had my headphones while playing Battlefield 2.  Turns out I missed quite a bit.   Apparently a ghetto bird had been [...]

topless sunbather

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

I had a dream last night that as I was driving past a 7-11 and there was a lady laying out in front of the store sunbathing with no top.  That’s not what really stood out about the dream though.  In my dream, I was more excited about having good blog material than seeing the [...]