| Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 |
| 9:08 pm |
Add to that list of things I have and you don't: 4 DVDs of Davey and Goliath episodes. Stan, you need this in your life. |
| Saturday, March 28th, 2009 |
| 8:18 pm |
Trivia! Stephanie Courtney, who plays Flo in the Progressive Insurance commercials (love her or hate her) appeared in the short-lived Cavemen tv show, based on characters in the Geico commercials. |
| Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 |
| 11:02 pm |
If anyone can find a use for "Anais Nin Inch Nails", feel free. |
| Monday, March 23rd, 2009 |
| 9:15 pm |
New York Times discovers Cashew Chicken. For the record: I haven't had decent Cashew Chicken in Springfield since Bam-Boo closed, but there's a very good place about 10 minutes west down 44. Wish I could remember the city. And the "Springfield style" mentioned in the article that's served in St Louis is a laugh. A laugh! |
| Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 |
| 7:44 pm |
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| Thursday, March 19th, 2009 |
| 6:31 pm |
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| Friday, March 13th, 2009 |
| 5:46 pm |
Every time I realize they have turned my beloved Escape to Witch Mountain into a Rock vehicle, the world turns red and I break something. |
| Thursday, March 12th, 2009 |
| 11:04 pm |
I started the morning with: Coworkers: yeah in the city they're always bumming cigarettes off you. Me: But they call them squirrels. Can I get a couple squirrels. Coworkers: That's old school, squares. Me: What? Coworkers: Squares. Me: I thought they were saying squirrels. (Note: this is St Louis. You know Nelly, right? Squares is pronounced squrrs.) Coworkers: Cracker. --- Ended the day with: Female Coworker: You got done quick. Me: (passing by, automatically) Never say that to a guy. She was still talking about my comeback when I passed by again. --- I'm here to entertain obv. |
| Thursday, March 5th, 2009 |
| 9:42 pm |
Watchmen better damn well not suck. |
| Monday, March 2nd, 2009 |
| 11:30 pm |
The "Give me back my Filet-O-Fish" commercial song? Yeah, sounds suspiciously like "Don't Forget My Internet". What gives? |
| Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 |
| 9:07 pm |
I broke a rule at work today. I backed into someone's driveway, and knocked down a telephone wire strung over the pavement. This is one of the reasons we're not supposed to do that. My boss joked about it later, but this may have consequences, even if the phone company said they'd restore the wire at no charge. I probably won't get fired but might get a suspension. Not that I'd miss the job, but I was hoping to hold out for the Spring Cleaning season, when the paychecks get decent for a while. Also: finally saw The Dark Knight. Was it just me, or was Heath Ledger's performance remarkably restrained? That was unexpected, as was the Godfather-like assasination scenes and the complexity of the storyline. I'd put the screenplay (as filmed) on the level of Chinatown. |
| Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 |
| 10:01 am |
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| Thursday, February 12th, 2009 |
| 8:47 pm |
People think I'm imagining things when I mention that, when I was five years old, I saw the end of a rainbow. They tell me rainbows don't work that way, the end is always far away because of optical bla bla. Someone got a picture of theirs. Of course people came out saying it was fake, 'shopped, whatever, but it's been vetted as the real McCoy it would seem. 'sup hatas? |
| Sunday, February 1st, 2009 |
| 1:03 am |
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| Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 |
| 11:43 pm |
Meanwhile, Republicans maintain that since Obama has taken the oath of office twice, he is serving two terms at once and cannot run for re-election in 2012. |
| Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 |
| 10:43 pm |
Happy Obama Day
Today, after listening to all the pomp and punditry on NPR, I drove past a black man dressed as the Statue of Liberty. He was working as a roadside attraction for Liberty Tax Service, but rather than waving at passing cars as he is no doubt expected to do, he was dancing slowly, a reserved sway. Maybe he was just jazzing up his job. Maybe he was celebrating Obama's election. Maybe he was happy to have work at all, even if it means moving randomly about to keep warm while standing on Martin Luther King Boulevard in below freezing weather, protected by a billowy green toga. Even the most hamhanded and juvenile symbolism deserves close scrutiny. |
| 4:20 pm |
Who the HELL thought having Chris Matthews be one of NBC's announcers during the inaugural parade would be a good idea? Thank God Katie Couric is just a click away. My favorite part of the day: hearing the words "Former President George W. Bush". |
| Monday, January 19th, 2009 |
| 10:49 pm |
stop the hollar for a dollar
Last week I broke down and spent 10 bucks on a cheap floor lamp because it's damn dark in my apartment. I didn't look at it closely, so I didn't realize it was a 3 way bulb type lamp. The sticker says something like "DO NOT PUT A REGULAR BULB IN THIS OR IT WILL KILL YOUR FAMILY" so off I went in search of a 3 way bulb. The energy saving bulb I got cost more than the lamp. And didn't work. Only 1 way. The 3 way bulb I bought today at the dollar store works fine though. |
| 8:23 pm |
fud
I rarely eat Ragu because it's easy enough to make your own sauce, but I grabbed a jar the other day for quickie one-plate spaghetti meals. The ingredients list is actually very short on preservatives or chemicals. Really nothing questionable aside from the "natural flavor" at the end. It's been so long since I've eaten Ragu, in fact, that I had come to think that the derision it receives from foodies and even Italians had more to do with snobbery than worth of the food. But no: Ragu is, it turns out, only food in the most technical sense. It makes the pasta wet, and red, meeting two of the requirements of spaghetti sauce. However there is no body and, despite the ingredients list, no flavor. In fact, there is an anti-flavor at work; no amount of Parmesan dust or oregano could make it taste like anything but that watery drizzle that comes out of a ketchup bottle when you don't shake it first. I may make soup of the rest. Somehow. There's no reason to waste more pasta on it anyway. |
| Sunday, January 18th, 2009 |
| 9:06 pm |
Yikes
It really is possible to eat too many beans. On the plus side, I finally cooked the pork necks I bought a month ago it didn't ruin everything. |