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Rob

people will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them benjamin franklin said it first.

About Me

i was born a poor black child...

My Interests

re-arranging my furniture so i can pretend that i'm a late-night talk show host who doesn't wear pants.

I'd like to meet:

my evil twin

Music:

clash, shins, smiths, johnny cash, cars, cindercone, dean martin, death cab for cutie, dandy warhols, enid the dowl, george jones, glenn miller, hall & oates, huey lewis, le tigre, little ones, nirvana, ok go, pixies, postal service, promise ring, sinatra, smashing pumpkins, sunny day real estate, weezer, that dog.

Movies:

airplane! naked gun, garden state, office space, swingers, made, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, usual suspects, way of the gun, in good company, little miss sunshine, dude where's my car? fargo, the jerk, ghost world, y tu mama tambien, big lebowski, being john malkovich, adaptation, high fidelity

Television:

two

Books:

i never had much in the way of book learnin and such.

Heroes:

aquaman

My Blog

Celebrity Death Pool

Two days ago, our team "R.I.P. You A New One", was toiling away in 10th place with only 22 pts courtesy of Coretta Scott King. As of this moment, we are tied for 2nd place with 75 pts (8pts out of fi...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 04 May 2006 05:00:00 PST

too much time at coffee bean

i was looking at the names of the various flavors of tea at COFFEE BEAN the other day and it got me wondering...what teas didn't make the cut? here's my list of the top 10 rejected tea flavors.10) mor...
Posted by Rob on Wed, 03 May 2006 11:00:00 PST

the only constant is change

it was saturday at 11:20am. darren and i were headed to THE PANTRY to meet josh for gay brunch (someday, i'll do a blog explaining the origin of gay brunch...but not today).i spotted a parking meter a...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 01 May 2006 01:16:00 PST

my trip the LA autoshow

i'll be the first to tell you that i don't know shit about cars...other than i know how to drive one...a stick-shift nonetheless.  but katrina asked if i'd go to the car show with her so i oblige...
Posted by Rob on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:06:00 PST

a week of 2nd grade

it's been a while since i've written, so let me catch you up to speed...i got the opportunity to sub 4 days in a 2nd grade class.  the class sizes are really small at 20 students.  and i di...
Posted by Rob on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:19:00 PST

"My Testicles Are Swollen"

that was the response i received from a 5th grader when i asked him why he wasn't participating in PE. i should have realized there was a reason he was sitting out...and holding his swollen crotch. b...
Posted by Rob on Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:09:00 PST

my first day of school

mr. matheson...that's what people are calling me these days. why? because i'm now a substitute teacher and have two days of work under my belt. here are some things i have noticed... Monday 11/14/0...
Posted by Rob on Sat, 19 Nov 2005 07:22:00 PST

what's that smell?

there is a unique smell up here on the hillside.  is it the smell of milk from the dairy?  the smell of freshly cut flowers in preparation for this year's rose parade?  no, it's the dea...
Posted by Rob on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:16:00 PST

Kennel Cough and Manners

okay, since i last wrote, i learned of an exciting new condition called "kennel cough."  apparently, it's bronchitis for dogs and no, i'm not the one who caught it.  it was oliver and he so...
Posted by Rob on Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:56:00 PST

Like an idiot...

...i tried signing into myspace from work to make my blogs accessable to those who aren't members.  what i discovered is that i have no idea what my user name or password is.  my laptop sav...
Posted by Rob on Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:56:00 PST