Archive for December, 2006
davewalkswpedometer
Stats since I started this on September 4, 2006: Average daily miles: 2.89 Total days: 109 Total miles: 315 (almost enough to get from here to…consults Google maps…Gatlinburg, TN) By days of the week Mo: 2.62 Tu: 2.76 We: 2.75 Th: 3.00 Fr: 3.12 Sa: 3.20 Su: 2.75 [Read More]
Oddball
The Oddball segment on Countdown with Keith Olbermann uses as its theme “Sabre Dance” by Aram Khachaturian. Just thought I’d share that. I had been wondering for the longest time who composed that music. If you don’t know what I’m talking [Read More]
Finding a Faith
I’m sorry to anyone who suggested I look into the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster for dismissing the faith out of hand without having done any investigation into its beliefs. That was wholly ignorant and disrespectful. [Read More]
Congratulations! You’ve beaten out Mahmoud Ahmadinejad!
(With apologies to Bill Maher) NEW RULE: When Time Magazine selects its “Person of the Year,” it must choose a singular actual human being. Over 20 years ago, they named a “Machine of the Year,” the personal computer. A couple of years ago, [Read More]
Me and the best part of my 31st year
Me and the best part of my 31st year Originally uploaded by toastie97. I’m spending my birthday night by myself, with the exception of the animals, and try as I might to make the best of it, I’m only so good at such challenges. I did take this picture, though, [Read More]
My Pathology
For the public record (for now): If I set rules for myself, I break them. If I give myself reminders, I ignore them. If I set goals for myself, I procrastinate until there’s no chance to achieve them. Sounds like you don’t love yourself. No shit. What’s [Read More]
Holy crap, Peter Boyle has died
Best known for playing Ray’s dad Frank on Everybody Loves Raymond (one of the very few TV comedies to ever get a consistent audible laugh out of me) and the monster in Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein [Read More]
Pimping my cube
I just realized that the panels in my cube are easily interchangable I have two whiteboard panels that I have to (sigh) get up to write on. So I switched one of them with the non-functioning, utterly useless fabric panel to the right of my monitor. Not that I ever use my [Read More]
Rhetorical questions
Why do most people only care that kids don’t have toys around Christmas? Why do most people only want to feed the hungry around Christmas? Why do most people only socialize with all of their workplace colleagues around Christmas? Why do most people only send cards [Read More]
Electability
Dennis Kucinich’s announcement that he’ll make another run at the nomination had me pondering the question of electability. As mentioned before, the general consensus of those who don’t absolutely love Hillary is that she’s unelectable. I understand [Read More]
