January, 2004

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Sunday, January 4th, 2004

Lots of fun for those of us that miss the Sunday comics “what’s different about these 2 pictures” game.

Picture Pyramid

Sunday, January 4th, 2004

I despise Amazon’s new “search inside the book” feature. Why? Because searching for any keyword now brings hundreds of novels in which that word as mentioned. I don’t care if Change Me into Zeus’s Daughter: A Memoir has the word homebrew in it on page 166. I want a freakin’ book about brewing beer!

Sunday, January 4th, 2004

I’ll hear nothing further about my parenting abilities.

Yahoo! News – Anger Over Australia Crocodile Hunter’s Baby Stunt

Saturday, January 3rd, 2004

I made the mistake of mixing cement with my hands yesterday — which made them dry to the point of being painful. The solution, which I record here for posterity, is to scrub your hands with vinegar — though if you have any nicks and cuts on your fingers, be ready for a little pain.

Friday, January 2nd, 2004

I guess he is a real Tom Sawyer.

Yahoo! News – Rush Guitarist Arrested in Florida

Friday, January 2nd, 2004

I dreamed last night that, in the wake of the revelation that vegetarians can die of Mad Cow disease, scientists discovered that simply smelling infected meat cooking on a barbecue could give you the disease. Shouldn’t have had Beef Wellington last night…

Thursday, January 1st, 2004

Punk’d gets punk’d.

Las Vegas SUN: Linguists Release Banished Words for 2004