Category: ramblings

Well, it’s not new honestly— it belonged to my wife. But it is in fact shiny, so there’s that. Anyway, the upshot is for all of you who tried to call me in the last week or so, but couldn’t get ahold of me because my damn Treo wouldn’t ring on incoming calls (amidst other…

I really enjoyed her as Callisto on on Xena, but honestly— she scares me. But in a good way.

I find that I often agree with Roger Ebert’s reviews of movies, and again, I agree with him here, in a small essay against the most evil of powered lawn implements: the leaf blower. http://www.suntimes.com/output/eb-feature/cst-edt-ebert14.html As a side note, I have often said that if, at some point, I am to be responsible for a…

I had a humbling conversation this morning with an editor friend, about how when you’re around people more creative than you, you feel energized, like you’re going to suck some of it up just by being around them; whereas when you spend a great deal of time around people duller than you, you’re made to…

I have never seen so many bad Terminator, Total Recall and bodybuilding puns in all my life, and it’s all because of this: Schwarzenegger Wins Davis Is Ousted as California Governor in Recall Election

Don’t try this at home, kids. http://c3po.barnesos.net/homepage/lpl/grapeplasma/

Well, we had hurricane Isabel come through last night, and we’re none the worse for wear. As I understand it, there’s trees down all over the DC area, and power and traffic lights out… but I haven’t seen it yet. I’m still at home all comfy and warm, with power and DSL. Mmmm… You’ll notice…