Posts from — October 2004

I just need to get these things off my chest.

• My new candy obsession: Liquorice Altoids. They are not for the faint of heart, and especially not for you poor misguided souls who think that Twizzlers are “licorice”. (um, NO. they are most certainly NOT.)
• I’ve become fascinated lately with two blogs, The Rude Pundit (incredibly foul-mouthed commentary on current events) and GeekSlut (graphic recaps of a hot gay man’s escapades; this one is mostly text but definitely NSFW).
• So one of my new roommates — I think I’ll call him DD here and avoid that messy asterisk — is talking about a post-T’giving road trip to Wisconsin to cut a big Christmas tree. (The only ones available around here are 9-footers, which look sorta small in the corner of the living room and downright puny in the multistory atrium where he wants to put the tree.) On the way there or back, there would be a requisite IKEA stop. w00t. I may go just for the meatballs.
• And speaking of meatballs, I have to chide local-boy Bill Mueller on his three errors the other night. Dude. You could have at least waved Varitek off.
• Drupal 4.5 is out, and I’m veeeeeery tempted to switch to it for this beloved blog. That MAY sort out these weird “all jumbled text and code” issues I’ve been seeing on here lately; but then again, that may have no effect, or even make it worse.
• For all the people who’re searching: I do not know if Jim Edmonds is gay or not. Actually, now that I think about it, I do not CARE if Jim Edmonds is gay or not, just as long as he starts hitting again. (Now, Scott Rolen, OTOH… if he’s gay, I’m interested, streak or slump.)
• Been hitting the weights hard in the gym, and am starting to feel the results. And I love it. I also love when people ask my advice on squats (which continue to be my favorite exercise); I had to scale back my weight on that, but I’m still out-doing most of the guys down there.
• Point for all men who lift weights: WORK YOUR LOWER BODY, at least as hard as you work your upper body. I don’t care whether you’re hoping to attract and/or retain women or men — EVERYBODY loves a nice ass, and NOBODY likes skinny little bird legs.
• Of course, I typed that before going down there today. Couldn’t stay focused, so my form was übersloppy. So I had to cut it short. grrrrr. Friday’ll be better, I promise.
• Oh, and I have a “fitness evaluation” tomorrow afternoon. We’ll see then how much I’ve improved (or not).
• The Guardian has a piece on the Wikipedia phenomenon. It’s quite good, and the Britannica boys come across as rather shrill. haha.
• By the way: yes, anybody can edit Wikipedia.
• My bedroom is GREEN. REALLY, REALLY GREEN. It works very nicely with the mahogany bed, though. And the pumpkin-y orange in the middle room is gorgeous.
• Reed organs are fucking heavy, and one must be very careful when describing them. (Don’t just say “Man, I’m still sore from moving his organ yesterday!” — apparently that can be misconstrued.)
• Spent much of Sunday doing what I’ve decided to call “Dalmatian aerobics”: chasing a spotted dog around and around and around and around. Once I got her cornered, though, she gave up readily.

‘k. done with that for now.

October 26, 2004   Comments Off

Wired News: Trip Down St. Louis’ Rabbit Hole

by Jim

October 25, 2004   Comments Off

Audio post recorded just after Game 7 of the NLCS.

by Jim

October 21, 2004   Comments Off

Ack, I’m sorry.

by Jim

October 7, 2004   Comments Off