Plazes.com in a sentence:
“I wish it was easier for strangers to find and kill me.”
What are you laughing at, twitter.com?
Monthly Archive May 2007
Many, many years ago, when the internet was as a newborn babe and Saturday Night Live was starting to look like it was in real jeopardy of being canceled due to a couple years of sheer awfulness, I read on a Janeane Garofalo proto-fansite a reference to a vicious behind-the-scenes takedown of the show that […]
Marriage is about compromise, and compromise is about occasionally sitting back and accepting things that you would otherwise never allow. Living single, my wife wouldn’t have an AT-AT in the living room, and it is highly unlikely that the bookcase by her front door would have a year’s worth of comic books piled high on […]
I propose that the next version of Netflix require the user to write a summary of what s/he was doing/thinking the night s/he added each disc to his/her list. Just anything. “Drinking, suddenly remembered watching the Three Stooges on Saturday nights.” “Saw Snakes on a Plane; reminded me of Delta Force; seemed like campy fun […]
A week or so ago, right before Mother’s Day, the missus and I took my mom and dad out to dinner at a local Mexican chain. Getting my folks to go out has gotten increasingly difficult over the years, but the joint was having a fundraiser for the neighborhood Catholic school, and despite their age […]
frustration
aggravation
rage
violence
flight
This morning, I walked into my office the same way I always do, the same way I walked out last night, only to find that the door I walk through every day on the second floor has been walled off.
Just walled off. Last night it was a door. Today it’s a wall. Why? No reason. […]
It is tempting (if ghoulish) to joke that the Lord must have lifted His veil of protection and smote the Reverend Jerry Falwell today for his 4,000th stupid remark. News like this stirs up some complicated feelings. There are thoughtful people in this world with whom we disagree; there are people who are genuinely good, […]
This morning, I typed “Woohoo!” in an e-mail and Outlook’s spellcheck corrected it to “boohoo.”
About once a week for the past few weeks, I’ve been having these Vietnam acid flashbacks where a neuron has suddenly come out of retirement. I don’t know if I’m getting more sleep or way too little, but I will be driving to work or washing my hair and suddenly relive something I haven’t given […]
Nine years ago (!!!) my friends and I went to see the X-Files movie on opening night. As is the case a good 75% of the time, I can remember where I saw the movie, who I was with, and what my life was like that night, but I have no memory of what happened […]
Have the contents of any Taco Bell hot sauce packet ever found their way onto food? The drive-thru transaction invariably grinds to a halt over the issue of sauces– “What kind of sauce do you want? Do you want hot sauce? Do you want mild sauce? You don’t want any sauce? Are you sure?”– and […]
Well, we are nearing the halfway point of my wife’s pregnancy now, and I think I’m just about ready.
Oh, I know. “You can’t ever be ready.” That’s what They say. Let’s be honest, though: how often are They right about anything? Really? Everyone tells you that parenthood is a constant state of fretting, hypochondria, projecting […]