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Jay

Tomorrow we will have the best ice cream in the world.

About Me


My Interests

Rock and roll, the baseball Cubs, the Homestar Runner is a terrific athelete, comical cartoon shows, costly toy acquisitions.

I'd like to meet:

Hamburglar

Music:

I don't like your band.

Movies:

Shaun of the Dead
The Warriors
Godfather I and II
The Jerk
This is Spinal Tap
Serial Mom
Raising Arizona
Seven
Oldboy
Zodiac
Hot Fuzz
This is England

Television:

TV Carnage
Arrested Development
The Simpsons
Futurama
30 Rock
The Wire
Spaced
The Office (UK & US)
The Young Ones
Home Movies
The Closer
Life
Ninja Warrior

Books:

The Complete Adventures of Curious George

Heroes:

Monkeys
Ninjas
Robots

My Blog

Again with the ear

I had my first post-op appointment with the surgeon yesterday. That basically consisted of the doctor asking me how I was doing, looking in my ear, cleaning some wax out, and telling me to come back i...
Posted by Jay on Thu, 01 May 2008 03:25:00 PST

The latest on my ear.

Last I posted, my ear had sort of "popped," and I didn't have the crazy bionic hearing I had for about five days during recovery week two. I read a lot on various healthcare message boards where peopl...
Posted by Jay on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:32:00 PST

Relapse?

My ear seems to be all clogged up again, and the hearing improvement that I was all excited and freaked out about last week is gone again.Yesterday Alexis and I were having brunch at Wishbone, and I w...
Posted by Jay on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:02:00 PST

Ear update

Not to be too gross about it, but since the surgery my ear has been pretty clogged up with "discharge." I've also had cotton balls stuffed in there since returning from the hospital. Tuesday, tho...
Posted by Jay on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:33:00 PST

Now hear this

Here's what's going on with my ear.In 2001 I was diagnosed with a disorder called otosclerosis, which means that the stapes (or 'stirrup') bones in my ears have become fused with the other bones, and ...
Posted by Jay on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:25:00 PST

Goodbye, sweet Lottie.

Our sweet cat Lottie passed away this morning, January 08, 2008. She was almost 15 years old.Lottie got out of the apartment some time Saturday night or Sunday morning. We're not really sure when she ...
Posted by Jay on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:29:00 PST

Too soon?

    I'm writing a new song called "Minneapolis St. Paul," but it falls apart when it gets to the bridge.
Posted by Jay on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:39:00 PST

Would you like sprinkles on that?

Today at work, I went to the men's room and used one of the two urinals. At the urinal next to me, there was a guy who was eating an ice cream sundae. In the men's room. While he peed. Ice cream sunda...
Posted by Jay on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:44:00 PST

Randoms 3: The Randoming

To compete with the iPhone, I'm going to develop the hPhone. It will be a cellphone with a harmonica built into it. You kids want music on your phones? Blow on this. (hPhone prototype ©2007 J. Castald...
Posted by Jay on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:17:00 PST

Randoms 2: too random

The best jeans have seven belt loops. I have some jeans which have only five belt loops, and they're no good.When people discuss which Black Sabbath song is their number one favorite, I'm positive nob...
Posted by Jay on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:09:00 PST