xcnl > en —– Update: Katrin rightly pointed out the link was broken so I fixed it. —– This just never gets old. “Babies EVERYWHERE!”
Monthly Archive: January 2006
Jan
27
Jan
25
Surreal Bed Conversations
I just need to share some of the surreal conversations Brian and I have had in bed: Conversation 1 (many years ago, early morning): Ann: “Brian, are you awake?” Brian: “It’s okay, I’ve transferred the data from the database.” Ann: “???” (apparently I didn’t get the joke) Conversation 2 (in the middle of the night) …
Jan
23
Brian Wins Fantasy Football!
xcnl > en xcnl > en Five points. That’s how close it was. After leading the entire season, sometimes by as much as four games, I dropped five out of the last six games to leave the season tied at 9 games apiece. Guze and I agreed to make this week the last, so that …
Jan
23
Mood-altering Cat Parasites
Came across this on Boing Boing and, since I’m tired, I kind of got freaked out for a second thinking about the implications of this. Parasites that alter behavior to encourage hosts to perform actions that are beneficial to the parasite. I probably shouldn’t be reading about behavior-changing parasites when I’m about to fall alseep. …
Jan
19
Old Boy
Wow. It’s hard to know where to begin. First off, this is a Korean movie, so if you are a prejudiced bigot about foreign films, stop reading. However, if you want to see a really really cool movie… rent OldBoy. It’s pretty difficult to describe this movie. I’ll give you the best premise I can: …
Jan
19
Jarhead
xcnl > en I really liked this film. All I knew about it was that Sam Mendes (director of one of my favorite movies – American Beauty) directed it, and it was about Marines in the first Gulf War. I was thinking, “Hmm, I bet Sam Mendes will make a good drama out of what …
Jan
19
Europe Shows Some Backbone
Here’s an interesting quote from an AP article about Europe saying no to Iranian request for more talks: “Even if there were consensus on sanctions, the five permanent Security Council members would be faced with a dilemma. Placing an embargo on Iran’s oil exports would hurt Tehran, which earns most of its revenues from energy …
Jan
18
Pub Quiz – S02E03
Another good night. We got off to a rocky start when the pricks from the “Alpha” team took the table that we were moving toward and left us with their tiny round table. Dicks. I gathered up all their dirty dishes and sliverware and brought it over and dumped it on their table. “Here, you …
Jan
17
Brian: 1 Mobile TV: 0
I will take this article from the Guardian as proof that I am a predictive genius when it comes to media and consumer behavior. I told everyone that the difference in the level of involvement on the part of users meant that portable video is nowhere near as universal as demand for portable audio. Not …
Jan
16
Joining a Gym
So I get back from Christmas holiday and my friend Ian says, “I’m a fat bastard. We need to join a gym.” Since I stopped playing frisbee, and since the feeding frenzy that was my Christmas vacation, I gained almost ten pounds. I was right where I wanted to be with my weight at the …