Archives for January 2001

Short report from the new millenium

80 words, no comments January 1, 2001 5:59pm

I had fun at the New Year's party last night.

Real science, weird genius

182 words, no comments January 2, 2001 5:59pm

A question I want answered experimentally on the space station.

My hair is so bright, I gotta wear shades

173 words, no comments January 3, 2001 1:06am

I'm still thinking about the new year, century, etc., but I'm doing so with new color in my hair.

The domino theory cometh

143 words, no comments January 3, 2001 2:06am

An old friend is getting married; thinking ensues.

My domino falling already

153 words, no comments January 3, 2001 4:06am

There's this girl I like.

Edited for your protection

117 words, no comments January 4, 2001 5:59pm

Um, apparently I deleted this. I wish I knew where whatever I wrote went.

Thoughts on degaussing

308 words, no comments January 4, 2001 6:59pm

All about degaussing your monitor. Well, not really all about it.

Thots on snak kakes

233 words, no comments January 5, 2001 5:59pm

Hostess Sno Balls ... criminy!

Doing it for the children

127 words, no comments January 5, 2001 6:59pm

Hostess' Web site is as creepy as its snack cakes in some ways. But not as squishy.

How could rock have misled me so?

111 words, no comments January 11, 2001 5:59pm

In which woman problems are alluded to.

Fair use, please don't sue

177 words, no comments January 19, 2001 1:08am

All that you can ignore about U2. The band, that is.

You only wish you got such invitations

322 words, no comments January 20, 2001 6:02pm

My friends had a screening of Battlefield: Earth. I love my friends.

A night with Gerry, part I: fried fish

306 words, 1 comment January 21, 2001 12:41am

Friend Gerry and I ate at a crappy fast food fish eatery. And by "crappy" I am not referring to a type of fish.

A night with Gerry, part II: snack cakes

216 words, no comments January 21, 2001 1:41am

Friend Gerry and I, we ate some junk food.

A night with Gerry, part III: trading cards

1294 words, no comments January 21, 2001 3:41am

A treatise on Boy Crazy!™ trading cards, in which the author concludes everyone is dumb.

The horror of research: a conversation

419 words, no comments January 22, 2001 5:59pm

What happens when normal snack cake research goes too far? You get a strange story, that's what.

A million words impeding my life

112 words, no comments January 26, 2001 12:39am

Oh, I bought something. Something mundane. How interesting.

Even more words in the way

358 words, no comments January 26, 2001 1:39am

Books. What's more boring than writing about buying books? Reading about buying books.

BYOE (bring your own Ensure)

175 words, 1 comment January 27, 2001 12:38am

I went to some parties, and learned that I am no spring chicken. And not just because it was winter.

An endorsement of capitalism, sports

627 words, no comments January 27, 2001 1:38am

Another tale of shopping. I wrote this particular episode because I don't like you and want you to be bored.

My friends are funny

31 words, no comments January 28, 2001 6:02pm

Ha ha.

Commercial endorsement

116 words, no comments January 28, 2001 7:02pm

I watched some Super Bowl commercials on the Internet. Gads, that makes me stupid.

Micro(tele)phones

282 words, no comments January 28, 2001 9:02pm

People are stupid. This includes people who own mobile phones. Yes, I'm talking about you.

Bad for the body, bad for the mind

311 words, no comments January 28, 2001 9:32pm

Battlefield: Earth and microwave pork rinds. Two pretty terrible ideas that taste ... well, I had a good time.

Little fat girls at Taco Bell

264 words, 6 comments January 28, 2001 9:52pm

I could talk about Taco Bell for hours. Makes you want to know me better, doesn't it?

The good old days

180 words, no comments January 29, 2001 12:36am

Web pages used to be easier to make back in the day. But my ego remains the same.

Now you're cooking — with time!

635 words, no comments January 29, 2001 1:36am

Have you ever really looked at the microwave. I mean, really?

Object lessons from Easters past

324 words, no comments January 30, 2001 5:59pm

Sometimes, you remember things from your youth that didn't seem so important at the time. Sometimes, they're still not that important, but you still write about them, anyhow.

(Some of) the kids are alright

501 words, no comments January 30, 2001 6:59pm

Dancing at indiepop shows and other anomalies.

Like the Superfriends, but more moralizing

154 words, no comments January 30, 2001 8:59pm

If there's one thing this world needs more of, it's cartoons. If it's two things, it's cartoons and moralizing cartoons.

Burantcracy (a tirade about work)

984 words, no comments January 31, 2001 12:35am

Here's something new under the sun: an engineer who thinks his corporate culture is downright silly. Maybe he should draw a cartoon about it.

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