Archives for October 2001

the creddit, or here we go again

702 words, 3 comments October 2, 2001 5:58pm

Oh Qwest, you wascawwy wabbit! You've gone beyond mere incompetence this time to actually punishing those would do business with you. I'm sure it ...

a tale of two cities' airports

367 words, no comments October 5, 2001 10:06pm

Last week I flew down to Berkeley to see Julia. These were my thoughts at the Portland airport, on my way to see her: Man, airline security measures ...

shoppin' berk-e-ley

234 words, no comments October 5, 2001 11:06pm

But the trip to Berkeley was, as always, fun. I got to hang out in the library on campus, in the guise of a student. I was aided in my chicanery ...

todd's got science but makes no sense

148 words, no comments October 9, 2001 5:59pm

My friend Gerry has of late taken to eating Hostess products chilled in his freezer. He says he got the idea from the Ding Dong box. I guess they taste ...

reality trumps surreality

237 words, no comments October 10, 2001 10:04pm

Just when things seem to be really dark, humor rears its funny looking little head. And its head is that of Bert from Sesame Street. Apparently, protesters ...

home

145 words, no comments October 13, 2001 5:59pm

Ah, North Texas, battleground of the clouds! What better way to be welcomed back to the mother- and father-land than with a cold front moving through, bringing ...

ode to a blender

442 words, 3 comments October 21, 2001 2:48am

My roommate Beeman got a blender recently. He's very proud of it. And indeed, who wouldn't be? It has fourteen settings. Now, far be it from ...

in the world, not of it

37 words, no comments October 21, 2001 3:48am

I'm willing to bet I was the only person in my church's choir this morning who warmed up his voice on the way to church by singing along to MxPx. I ...

fortified with irony

151 words, no comments October 21, 2001 5:48am

I got an e-mail today from "Superior Anti-Spam Net". Unsolicited mass e-mail, that is. You might know it as "spam": "Everyone is irritated by junk ...

the play's the thing

381 words, no comments October 29, 2001 8:02pm

My girlfriend Julia is a chemistry grad student at a, um, major west coast university. As such, she gets to be a teacher's assistant in a lab course, ...

ignoranium

237 words, no comments October 29, 2001 9:02pm

Speaking of people who could probably use a refresher course in chemistry, I am reminded of an ad I saw in the newspaper recently. In it, the good folks ...

ana ng's urea farm

173 words, no comments October 30, 2001 5:57pm

Like Christy, I too have become enamored of the anagram craze that's sweeping the nation. And as usual, it's amazing what subtle truths are revealed ...

blender contest results

234 words, no comments October 30, 2001 6:57pm

First off, I want to say that the contest wasn't rigged. Promise. That said, the winner of the First Annual Cockahoop Blender Setting Sorting ...

boo! radly

177 words, no comments October 31, 2001 5:57pm

I think Halloween is one of few holidays I really get into. Probably because so many of its trappings allow for creative expression. For example, ...

i've grown a-costumed to you

262 words, no comments October 31, 2001 6:57pm

Of course, a Halloween party isn't Halloweeny without people dressed like freaks. As always, my costume this year started with a trip to the S.C.R.A.P. ...

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