June 2008
Hooray the airline lost my luggage. I hope everyone in Denmark likes this shirt!
After watching Wanted, I felt kind of bad-ass. Even though its totally not me being all assassinate-blam-blam-awesome, I drove slightly more recklessly home.
I may not be able to bend bullets, but I did take those curves by the old-folks-home a bit faster than normal.
Yeah!
In the winter I was living in the same house of a friend who would occasionally get super-drunk and violent/crazy (think kicking down doors, running a mile in a blizzard without shoes, that sort of thing)
I mistakenly told some of these stories to my family, and my mother became really concerned about me being anywhere near this kid.
So, she was very displeased when I told her that he’d...
“My associate is vomiting for completely unrelated reasons.”
– Lt. Jim Dangle (Reno 911)
“Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into...”
– Barack Obama (via azspot)
Is Barack Obama the Anti-Christ? →
I have a friend who believes that Obama is the Anti-Christ. Not like “Oh man, [some English professor] is the devil,” he means it as “Obama will trigger the end of days by attempting to replace Christ.” I shall link him this. As he is clearly someone who can be swayed by logic and reason, he will change his mind after reading the Snopes article.
Edward James Olmos, Admiral Adama of Battlestar Galactica, was considered for the role of Captain Picard of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which eventually went to Patrick Stewart.
If this knowledge doesn’t make your mind race with alternate universe possibilies, you are not a nerd.
“Is that a Chocolate? My mom used to have that phone, but then my stepdad threw...”
– A day-camper
“Want to play LEGOs?”
– Day Camper (my answer, “um.. yes!”)
Yesterday I went clothes-shopping. Bought stuff at Gap, H&M, and American Eagle. Went in Urban Outfitters and Hollister too, but didn’t buy anything.
I then put the bags in the car, because they were getting heavy/annoying.
Then I returned to H&M, because there was a jacket I was going to buy (but didn’t first time around because I wanted to check out jackets at another...
“Dear:Sir/Madam,
Our company BHP Billiton Plc Requires international agents. If...”
– Totally spam, but what if? What if I’ve just been offered an awesome internation spy job for “the world’s largest primary resouces company?” That company description reminds me of the Squimm Group (motto: We keep you alive”)
WatchPacking things on Vimeo. My awesome 2 second, soundless video
(PS new camera, it has a time-lapse mode)
At the BMV (DMV most other states) I saw a lot of old people who have no business driving.
We need some laws.
5 am is incredibly peaceful.
“But I’ll tell you what they don’t want. They don’t want a population of citizens...”
– George Carlin (via azspot)
Tumblr loves Carlin, it seems. With good reason?
Too Sense: The Vile Racism of Pat Oliphant →
Brickworld →
A big LEGO convention was held in Chicago this weekend, but I couldn’t go because I’m back in Cleveland getting ready for Copenhagen. So :) Copenhagen, but :( missing the event.
Today, I can legally buy alcohol. With my own ID, even! That makes it super-legal.
I drove to and from the outdoor shopping mall / “lifestyle center”
First time driving in 3, perhaps 6, months. Someday I’ll buy a Delorean.
10 minutes after I cut my fingernails, I realize I need to attach a key to a keyring. Arg!
I hate required “volunteer” hours.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars →
I kind of thought I was over Star Wars, especially after the (generally terrible) prequel films. But, seeing this trailer before The Incredible Hulk (good but no Iron Man) made me remember what I liked about SW as a kid.
“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”
– Dr. Brown
Back from vacation. Fun times, hellish drive home.
Excerpts From Sex and the City and the Kingdom of... →
Family Vacation: North Carolina
18th annual.
“As with many novices at the art of disguise, he could not have felt more...”
– The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon
When I call in prescriptions to CVS, I tell them my name, “Kevin”
Sometimes, they ask if that’s spelled with a “C”
BSG Questions
Dear Internet,
1. Who wrote the note “there are 12 cylon models” that Adama finds at the very end of the miniseries?
2. Who numbered the cylon models? Why is Sharon #8? Why did they skip #7?
3. Does asking these questions make me a huge nerd?
When did the spacebar key become the universal button for “pause / play”
It works on youtube, itunes, quicktime, and any other time I’ve instinctively tried it.
At the library
Circ Desk Person: Are you Katie's brother?
Me: Yes.
Circ Desk Person: Congratulations.
Watchericlodwick:
jakoblodwick:
charlietodd:
The Democratic primary in 8 minutes.
THIS is web video done right. Wow.
I’ll say!
“Warren G Harding was a negro!”
– John Mclaughlin
R.E.M. Losing My Religion, in a gregorian chant. ...
J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement →
I read somewhere that some Harvard grads thought they were too good for Rowling. She’s a children’s book author, and they are graduates of a school with a fancy name, after all.
Clearly they deserve a Nobel laureate, or a prince. Such people also deserve a swift kick to the nuts for being so pompous and ungrateful for the privileges they’ve had.
Good speech, though.
I just had a brain MRI. I wonder if all the noises are required for the equipment to work, or if some of it is just sound effects. For something thats supposed to be all magnets and invisible futuristic rays, there is a hell of a lot of buzzing, knocking, and whirring.
