not on a boat |
On saturday night I dreamed that I was riding on a train. I don't know where I was coming from, but there was a certain feeling that there was no anticipation on my part of reaching my destination. It...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:27:00 GMT |
More human than human |
Since 1991 there has been an annual contest to pit artificial intelligence against [a variation of] the Turing Test, which is essentially to fool humans into thinking that they are in fact talking t...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:45:00 GMT |
the Simon Baker complex |
If you don't know, Simon Baker is an actor with a beautiful smile. Silly subject for a blog, I know, but some of you may know that - aloof fucker though I may appear to be - I have a huge soft spot fo...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:29:00 GMT |
give em something to talk about |
The other day, we had something like 6 quarts of half and half that were about as watery as whole milk. Which is to say pretty damn watery. A lot of customers complained. One, in particular was surpri...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:49:00 GMT |
virtual gas-guzzling cars |
Someday, electric cars are going to have an optional upgrade to make them sound noisy as hell, like their petrol-burning counterparts (incidentally, the option will undoubtedly cost MORE, not less). I...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:23:00 GMT |
no place to go except close |
Back when I went from living alone to rooming up with people already well set in their domestic existences, I used to have tons and tons of, well: stuff. (That was probably, oh... 5 years ago - just t...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:37:00 GMT |
no time for love, doctor jones |
I haven't written a blog in a while, so even though I should be getting to bed, I think I will do this instead. But quickly. It'll be good to do a little writing given my recent dry spell. Even if it'...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:57:00 GMT |
unimpressive |
I can't believe myself. I've been mostly adamantly anti-television for years, and here I'm totally hooked on Heroes. Earlier in the evening I had gone out briefly, and was totally clock-watching the w...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:24:00 GMT |
It's all about the bacon and the sparrows |
I picked up the old Wrens album the other day. It's nowhere near as good as Meadowlands, but considering I'd seen it on Amazon in the past for in upwards of $40, I figured getting it locally for $13 w...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:58:00 GMT |
helicopters with guns and missile launchers |
Or: Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens.When I was a little kid, I used to hum the themesong to Airwolf in my head while I ran around the playground. It would come on periodically in each epis...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:38:00 GMT |
