Archive for April, 2004
Why do I bother reading the news?
These Bush-ass-kissers at Sinclair Broadcasting are pre-empting Nightline tomorrow because Ted Koppel is going to read off the names of the U.S. casualties in Iraq. They think Koppel is trying to make a political point. Koppel is only making a political point in the eyes of [Read More]
Joined HRC
Became a member of Human Rights Campaign today. One small way to channel my anger is a positive direction. [Read More]
Clearly the Secret Service is overfunded
Secret Service Questions Student on Drawings A kid can’t draw the president in effigy without the Secret Service coming. Meanwhile, in good ol’ North Carolina, a gay kid can’t run for student government office and proclaim that he’s [Read More]
Memories
I finally figured out how the heck the memories module works on LJ. I was retarded regarding the subject until a moment ago. Not that I’ve put much of anything there yet, but at least now I know how to in an organized way. [Read More]
Scrabble update
Haven’t improved since last post about Scrabble. Record now is 38-63 (15-25 since 4/7), rating is 542 (got as high as 650; was 597 on 4/7, average is 314 (down from 325 on 4/7). Reading Stefan Fatsis’ Word Freak (about Scrabble tournament players) which I picked [Read More]
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Saw this movie with Jason and Jenn tonight and enjoyed it immensely. Apart from one plot twist that I thought was a cop-out, it was an imaginative, exhilirating ride. I enjoyed Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet as the leads. With the possible exception of The Truman Show, I [Read More]
Failing to find the humor
Yo sent out this link to a bunch of us. You can insert anyone’s name in the URL for the same effect: http://david.hoffman.swellserver.com/news/top_stories/outwithbang.php Having had a few gay friends, and currently in the midst of watching season one of Six Feet Under [Read More]
Geek alert
Kroger will triple coupons even if the coupon says “no doubling”. They also bungled my checkout, so when I went to customer care after, they gave me credit for more than they should have. . So I bought $120 worth of groceries for $58 [Read More]
Microsoft is just too good
I have Word 2003 at work, and I just found the ‘Look Up’ function. Right-click on a word, and you can get, right on your screen, Research results, including complete dictionary definitions, encyclopedia articles, search engine results, and stock quotes. I guess [Read More]
