Rants and musings, without care for substance.
Posted in life in general, plans on May 17th, 2008
I take notes about everything. Sometimes they read like to-do lists and other times it’s just things that I read or heard about that I want to investigate further. Only problem is that I don’t keep a notepad, so I end up with little slips of paper everywhere until I embark on a seasonal cleaning [...]
Posted in healthcare, life in general, plans on Apr 7th, 2008
When I woke up this morning I felt rested and ready to get up, then I looked at my alarm clock.
3:02
Despite feeling just fine — my brain alert — I decided that it was entirely too early to start the day, having been asleep for a few hours. I rolled over and got a sip [...]
Is the screen on your iPod Nano too small to watch movies?
So that’s what popped up on the YouTube home page when I went to search for the actual video I was looking for… now on with it…
A half-dozen of us huddled around an iPhone at the diner last night and watched the following video. [...]
Posted in food, in the news, plans on Jan 3rd, 2008
When you’re craving a plate you just need a plate. It’s that simple.
Not unsurprising to anyone who went to school in Rochester, that desire doesn’t weaken after a few drinks. At 4am on New Year’s Day, a man drove his Cadillac through the brick wall of Nick Tahou’s building downtown. The Democrat & Chronicle has [...]
Posted in food, housing, life in general, plans on Dec 27th, 2007
I had a nice time at home with the family. Went for a bike ride before presents and dinner. It was my first bike ride in years, which made me consider — as I have been lately — getting a bike and getting some exercise thataway. It’s low-impact and I always enjoyed riding as a [...]
A few of us did a holiday potluck today at the office. I brought two crock pots, one with mulled cider and the other filled with half-ounce meatballs and marinara sauce (for subs). Other dishes present included Carnegie salad, cheesy corn, broccoli and rice casserole, a chocolate yule log, green bean casserole, buffalo chicken dip, [...]
Posted in boozing, life in general, plans on Dec 17th, 2007
After a non-stop jam-packed kick-ass weekend — including, but not limited to a holiday party at Evelyn’s Cafe (which I’d like to get back to to eat sometime), seeing (and liking) Scythian at Mick O’Shea’s, eating at the Papermoon Diner for the first (but not the last) time, going to a subwoofer shootout, DJ/MC/attending a [...]
Saturday, anyways.
On Saturday afternoon I’m going to a subwoofer shootout at the IDS-Shoreline shop. It should be an interesting (if not thunderingly loud) display of various sub cabinet designs and pairings with various amps. Think home theatre or car audio, but large enough in size and quantity to fill a stadium rock concert. Turn the [...]
I’ve gotten into the habit of leaving Firefox open for weeks at a time. I like having my tabs available without having to wait. Usually I’ve got Google Reader and Gmail loaded, as well as a few other status screens. I’ve also taken to bitching about the performance problems with the computer. For some reason [...]
Posted in boozing, film, food, life in general, plans on Nov 25th, 2007
I never go shopping.
I am the epitome of exemplary male psyche and behavior when it comes to buying stuff. I have a set list of items to get. I get in, purchase the items I need, then I get out. I don’t linger. I don’t cruise the store for other things that aren’t on the [...]
Posted in life in general, plans on Nov 21st, 2007
Due to circumstances outside of my control, I won’t be able to be with my family this year for Thanksgiving. It’s a really a bummer, especially since both my aunts will be there (one in from Alaska, the other from Canada). They’ll all be hanging out together all day, not too far away but a [...]
Posted in complaints, office, plans on Nov 12th, 2007
It irritates me that I don’t have Veteran’s Day off. Technically it was yesterday, but it is being observed by the federal government today. In my mind today is a day to honor and respect those soldiers who have gone before us. Considering that my company provides solutions and support to a great number of [...]
Posted in life in general, plans on Oct 6th, 2007
I’ve been listening to Fair, a particularly beautiful and uplifting song by Remy Zero that found its way onto the Garden State soundtrack. I remember hearing Shattered just before the credits rolled on Suicide Kings and thinking the same thing. They made some amazing music together. In a way it’s a shame that the members [...]
Posted in boozing, culture, plans, things i'd like to see on Sep 13th, 2007
A close friend and I have always talked about opening a bar. We’ve got a name picked out and everything. I think everyone dreams about running their own place at least once, having conversations that start with the phrase “if I owned the bar…” and ending with some absurdly crazy thing they’d like to have. [...]
I’m done.
It took four weeks of effort and the added pressure of an upcoming social engagement where I’ll be entertaining to get this project completed, but it’s finally done.
There’s still a lot of boxes stacked, but they are in order and I had a good idea of what’s in them. I might venture to [...]