When I came across this post today on Boing Boing, this was my train of thought, more or less metaverbatim:
Zeppelin versus pterodactyls? That would be a freakin’ sweet movie. I’d probably watch that. No, I’d definitely watch that. A blimp facing off against a flying reptile? There’s so much right about that premise that no [...]
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versus
Posted in audience participation, haphazard logic, random on August 1, 2007 | 4 Comments »
an open letter to sign twirlers (all four types of you)
Posted in haphazard logic, random, snobbery on July 3, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Dear Sign Twirlers Across the Nation,
Thank you. Thank you for your dedication to excellence. Thank you for your willingness to showcase your talents despite the constant judgment you face by drivers idling in their cars. Thank you for unassumingly embracing your placement on the mantle of cultural ubiquity, rightfully among the ranks of the Skip-it, [...]
my day in haiku: june 26, 2007
Posted in my day in haiku, random, recap on June 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
mundane days seem a little less mundane when viewed in haiku retrospect.
3 questions that matter (and 3 answers that don’t)
Posted in audience participation, haphazard logic, random on June 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
1) when people say that something or someone “takes the cake,” what flavor is the cake?
if the phrase was “takes a cake,” I wouldn’t give this a second thought. but, no, the phrase is “takes the cake,” which I take to mean that the originator(s) of this idiom had a particular cake in mind. personally, [...]
my day in haiku: june 19, 2007
Posted in my day in haiku, random, recap on June 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
another day, another set of haikus.
upon second listen: “Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’)”
Posted in haphazard logic, music, random, snobbery, upon second listen on June 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I, for one, have never been offered to be bought a drink, no less a “drank.” Maybe it’s because I’m a guy, maybe it’s because I’m not what the industry calls “camera friendly,” or maybe it’s because no woman has ever thought to herself “now this is a guy I want to inebriate and take [...]
my day in haiku: june 12, 2007
Posted in my day in haiku, random, recap on June 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
highlights of my day, told in a classic Japanese 5-7-5 pattern.
the state of things: nothing good comes out of pennsylvania
Posted in haphazard logic, random, the state of things on June 12, 2007 | 25 Comments »
As far as I can remember, I’ve never cared much for Pennsylvania, be it in a positive or negative way. It’s the home of some snakebitten sports teams, provided the backdrop for most of the Rocky series, and birthed the cheese steak; beyond that, Pennsylvania seemed to be a middle-of-the-pack, don’t-rock-the-boat state – basically the [...]
