Tuesday, September 9, 2008
A series of thoughts I had on Sunday while waiting on the sidewalk outside a rehearsal studio:
1. Look at the tiny little birdies hopping around the base of that tree. They’re adorable. As adorable as kittens and puppies? Possibly.
2. Why do I find tiny little birdies so adorable? What is it [...]
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
I have never been to a Scrabble tournament. I don’t belong to a real-world Scrabble club. I don’t play Scrabble in public places. But in almost every other way, I am a Scrabble Nerd.
I play online, usually 10-minute timed games, via the free software available at <www.isc.ro>. ISC = The Internet [...]
My neighborhood has a stray kitten infestation. The main concentration seems to be about a block away, but this afternoon I saw one in the garden of my next door neighbor.
They look much like the kitten below, except smaller and cuter.*
*Also, they will never have a toy.
Dear Shaylee, Yolanda, Emmily, Camisha, Cassandra, Daesha, Adrianna, Destiney, Hilda, Alana, Iman, Ashanti, Christophe, Maura, Maeghan, Imelda, Jaymie, Kallee, and Laken,
There’s probably a better forum for dealing with this than an open letter posted on my blog, but I wanted to nip it in the bud.
Over the course of the last three days, each of [...]
I’ve got some improv shows coming up, if you’re interested.
Also, here is a picture of me and my friends being awesome.
My old school chums are having a nostalgia-fest on Facebook. It’s strange and wonderful to see old pictures of myself that I’ve never seen before, especially since my memories of childhood are getting foggier and foggier.
This is one of my favorites, posted by my friend Doug:
Deli Buddies are men who hang out by the deli counter in bodegas. They don’t seem to be employed by the bodegas. They never do any bodega-related work. All they do is stand near the deli counter chatting with the man who makes the sandwiches. The sandwich maker tolerates their presence, [...]
Hey, Morgan. You know that vegetarian 3-bean chili they sell in the employee cafeteria on Thursdays? At the “chili station” next to the frozen yogurt machine? The chili that always looks so good, and makes you think:
Hey, I haven’t had chili in a while. This seems like it will be a [...]
Every once in a while I figure something out that I should have figured out years and years and years ago.
A prime example: Last night I realized for the very first time that the office supply chain “Staples” isn’t just named after a particular office supply item (staples), but also after a general category of [...]
For a variety of reasons, I’ve decided not to talk about politics on this blog. I’m going to violate my own rule today, so that I can share the following SAT-style analogy I came up with. I think it’s pretty iron clad. Contradict me if you must.
Barack Obama : Jesus Christ
George W. Bush : The Antichrist
I’m [...]