Month: August 2001
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I don’t get it. Aren’t Jane Austen and Charles Dickens books already available at Project Gutenberg for free? Why in the world would anybody then pay Penguin Books for an “ePenguin” e-text version?
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Awww, little Gwynnie learned that fat people are discriminated against. Can I get a round of golf claps, please?
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New Poll: Maybe I’m being too harsh on the good men and women who keep our city running. (Well, mostly running.) Anyway, please tell me what you think of public transportation.
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Hooray! Max is back to regular posting. You should definitely check out his new house. I LOVE that red kitchen!
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Tube Strike Over Comment at Web-Goddess.co.uk! Well, not really. I did, however, receive an angry e-mail about this post, where I commented that “Only the bloody English would strike over teapots.” A small (yet public) retort to this individual: I didn’t say they were only striking over teapots. Did you even read the article I…
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Can I play too? All the cool kids are jumping onto this new meme. I can’t resist. I’m not a gay man, though, so I changed one question a little bit. I have: to start going to the gym more often.I see: the gray and rainy streets of London.I hate: getting up in the mornings.I…
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The good thing is that our ADSL seems to be fixed and has been up continuously for the last couple days. The bad thing is that Snookums and I spent 12 hours straight sitting in front of our computers yesterday (me updating this and playing Sims, him playing a MUD and downloading kernel patches). Thank…
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David Coursey of ZDNet wonders “Should foreign workers get the boot when Americans hurt?” My biggest complaint about the article is that it ignores Americans who are working overseas. He makes it sound like America is the only possible destination for the “best and brightest” workers. Meanwhile here I am in the U.K., watching the…
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Frequent visitors to Meg‘s site know about her daily battles with the woman at the Armenian deli. I used to think it was funny, until something similar started happening to me. My morning ritual used to consist of a hot bacon and egg sandwich from the little sandwich man who comes ’round, until I realized…
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My little brother leaves for college today! Dude, how old does that make me feel? Answer: VERY.