Dave Barry — author of Dave Barry Turns 40 — is one of the best sorts of humor writers, one whose content is timeless and based on the human condition.
Monthly Archive for January, 2006
Fools & Horses is Going Places
Posted in culture on Jan 27th, 2006
Fools & Horses has been selected to play at the MCI Center on February 4th, opening for Bon Jovi. Whether or not you like Bon Jovi, this is an amazing opportunity for a handful of Towson-bred guys.
I clip coupons. I pickup the local grocer’s circular most every week. I look for bargains, then couple them with coupons. Sounds like something your parents would do, right? Very uncool?
American Idol Preempts House
Posted in idiots, television on Jan 17th, 2006
The geniuses at Fox have removed House from the air for the multi-week debut of this year’s installment of American Idol. What the hell were they thinking?
It’s eerie when you have one of those “I’m getting too old for this shit” moments. You tell yourself that you aren’t getting old. Your associates smirk when you say it, and you know that you aren’t THAT old. Are you?
Hotmail is “452 Out of memory” … Again.
Posted in technology on Jan 8th, 2006
After attempting to send a brief message to a few MSN subscribers, it appears that Microsoft is having some memory issues on a few of their mail exchangers.
Salesmen That Poach
Posted in idiots on Jan 6th, 2006
I detest salesmen who poach at other vendors conferences. These people are precisely the reason that I don’t put my direct line on my business card.
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl sounds like a snack, not a football series. Someone in marketing ought to be asked about this situation, if not fired for his or her idiocy.
Thumbnail Maps from ClustrMaps
Posted in technology on Jan 1st, 2006
I stumbled upon Creative Hedgehog and noticed a spiffy free geocoding service called ClustrMaps. The service provides an embedded thumbnail-sized map of the world, showing a web site’s visitors.