Month: January 2002
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The Snook and I finally saw Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back last night. (It just opened here last week.) I left the film thinking, “That was the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen.” But you know, that’s not even really a criticism, since they acknowledge it all throughout the movie. It’s supposed to be stupid.…
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Reason 513 I’m Glad I’m Not Still in Britain: 120mph wind storms
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Reason 512 I’m Glad I’m Not Still in Britain: winter vomiting “We are not talking about feeling a bit dicky and chucking up in the toilet bowl. I am told that people can vomit straight out for about a yard.”
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Check it out! I have a webcam! That’s me wavin’ at you over there. I know it’s a bit crappy, but I haven’t played around with it very much yet so hopefully they’ll get better. And once we get ADSL – which should happen soon – they’ll be updated on a regular basis! Those of…
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Strange things are afoot at the Circle K. Stay tuned for details…
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How many of the most highly rated theme park rides have you ridden? I’ve been on ten out of the twenty! (It helps that a lot are at Cedar Point.)
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Three-month gym membership: $150Cute blue water bottle: $3New sports bras: $30Stepping out of the gym into the bright blue sunshine after having finished my workout, ran two miles, and lost half a kilogram, and thinking, “I am so proud of myself”: priceless Nearly getting hit by a car because I’m so entranced by the idea…
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Huh. I knew that I was lucky to have lived through two palindromic years (1991 and 2002), but who knew that next month we’d actually see a 12-digit palindromic date? That’s right, at 8:02 p.m. on the 20th of February, it will be 200220022002. (Assuming you use a 24-hour clock and the European method of…
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Remember in Microserfs when the main characters talk about the United States running out of phone numbers? All area codes used to have a 1 or 0 in the middle, but with the proliferation of mobiles, faxes, and ISPs, they’re going to have to bring in new ones. Which kinda sucks, because you won’t be…
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Advice needed.I know some of you have green thumbs. See our little pineapple over there? Mama Snookums bought it for us for Christmas. Unfortunately on the way down to Sydney he was jostled and his little neck (i.e. the part holding up the fruit) broke. We’ve got him tied upright now, but I fear the…