Category: ramblings

I keep trying to find a silver lining in all this, and I guess it’s this: At least now, while I’m bowing to the porcelain god, I don’t need someone else to hold my hair back.

I can’t decide whether that’s old or young. I mean, if I’m going to die of a heart attack at 43, it’s significantly older than if I live to be 150 or so, thanks to the miracles of future science. Gosh, if only I knew just how long I’m going to live. [It was young….

I got new knives! They’re the “Alton Brown Set” of Shun knives from Kershaw (as AAl asked, “are they named that because of the sound they make when they cut?”). The set included a bread knife, the 8″ chef’s knife, and a paring knife. You probably can’t tell from the picture, but the side of…

Tonight as I drove home, it was sleeting and freezing rain, so I decided to take the back roads home instead of the Beltway and 270. Good thing I did, or I would have missed out on these experiences. ‘Course, then I may have also died a fiery death, but who’s to say? First, a…

So, I’d like to learn Japanese. I’d also like to learn Gaelic, and Latin, and take acting lessons and… there’s something else that The Evil Schmoo and I both want to take classes for. I can’t recall what it is now. Anyway, I was looking on Peter Payne’s web page (he’s the guy who also…

A list of jobs I’d like to hold for a couple of months each at some point, just so I can build up a supply of wacky stories with crazy characters: Tech support operator Pizza delivery driver Taxi cab driver Waiting tables Porn shop cashier Any other suggestions?

Just finished watching a fun movie with my wife, and tomorrow, I’m on to enlightening my mind and finishing the website redesign, but for now… Happy New Year, Everyone!