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Sheldon

When you get to a fork in the road, take it.

About Me

I like to wear sweater vests to work.*

My Interests

Franco

Movies:

Citizen Kane and Superman II

Television:

Scrubs

Books:

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The Alchemist, The Old Man and the Sea, Where the Wild Things Are, Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, Friday Night Lights, The Great Gatsby.

Heroes:

Takeru Kobayashi & William Shatner

My Blog

The Bats Are In The Belfry

Happy New Year to whomever is reading this.  If you are reading this after January, you really should look at my stuff more frequently.  It really doesn't feel like a new year though.  ...
Posted by Sheldon on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:40:00 PST

Like the Blind Leading the Stupid

So I heard recently that this girl I used to know had gotten back together with her ex.  True or not, it made me start thinking.  Why is it so easy to revert back to old habits when we know ...
Posted by Sheldon on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:56:00 PST

Fallout Boy is the new Green Day (who were once the new Ramones)

Just as pink became the new black, nerdy the new hip, and soy the new cattle/cattle biproduct, so too have the seasons and the world changed. I find myself saying things all too often these days...
Posted by Sheldon on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:38:00 PST

Sad, Sad, Sad

So, I was sitting at the information desk at the library a few days ago and  working away like a good librarian when a young man, probably in his early 20s, asked me where in our collection ...
Posted by Sheldon on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:12:00 PST

...but no, seriously...

Sometimes, believe it or not, I get the impression that nobody takes me seriously (says the man hugging a wooden Indian).  I think I'm having one of those days.
Posted by Sheldon on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:28:00 PST

World Cup News

It seems lately that everyone I know has gotten really into the world cup.  For some strange reason all of my hipster friends who could care less about real sports have come down with a case...
Posted by Sheldon on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:17:00 PST

I Love LA

So, I have recently decided that I'm in love. Beautiful, charming, sultry, and deliciously spicy.  I know, I probably sound like I did when I first described my last girlfriend but...
Posted by Sheldon on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:53:00 PST

Fear

Just this weekend I was talking to my mother and grandmother about how excited I am about my upcoming vacation.  When I informed my grandmother that I was going to south Louisiana for five days s...
Posted by Sheldon on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:29:00 PST

Worthless

I just had a customer tell me I was worthless and that I had no right working in a library because I couldn't tell her if her e-mail had gone through without her logging back on to the computer and op...
Posted by Sheldon on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 02:23:00 PST

I feel like an idiot

I really do feel like an idiot.  I only feel like an idiot most of the time though.  Every now and then there are those few moments of brilliance.
Posted by Sheldon on Tue, 30 May 2006 12:10:00 PST