Shane MacGowan and Friends ‘I Put A Spell On You’
I’m thinking this may actually be old since Shane doesn’t seem to have his shiny new chompers.
28 days later
At the beginning of February I set myself several challenges. First was to lose at least 28 pounds. Second was to post more to this blog. Third was to cut out my use of the emoticon and fourth was to write at least 21,000 words. It was an interesting month and some goals I nailed, [...]
If I could say…
If I could talk to my 10 year old self and tell me anything I’d say keep on learning about computers and floss. When you can, start a BBS and talk to more people. Being shy is going to be an anchor you wear forever.
If I could talk to my 13 year old self [...]
Self improvement is masturbation
I’ve been trying to understand the fascination of self-help and self-improvement lately. I’ve read hundreds of books on the subject and none of them have actually helped me. The emotional effect at this point has been exactly the opposite of the desired effect. Once I finish a self-help book the next day I’m often more [...]
Fluoride, Nazis & Control
Wherein I out myself as a part-time loon and armchair conspiracy theorist.
I’m not generally a conspiracy theorist. As a matter of fact I think 99% of them are bunk. I don’t believe the government blew up the World Trade Center with explosives although I’m fairly certain they let it happen on purpose. I don’t believe [...]
Happy Birthday Grammy!
It’s my Grandmother’s 88th birthday today. I saw her yesterday and we had a little celebration. It was the first time she saw me since I got to Chicago. When I go over there today with her cake she will not have remembered seeing me at all. Golden years my ass… It’s things like this [...]
28 Days – A Mulligan
Last year I made a goal of losing 28 pounds in the 28 days of February. I made it to 9 then gave up and went back to the bar and promptly gained it all back. This year though I’m in a perfect position to do several things I’ve been wanting to do but have [...]
Same shit, different town…
So it has come to pass that I’m leaving Los Angeles. Again… One of the side effects of sobering up is that as you change the people around you change as well. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. This time it didn’t. So tomorrow morning I’m going back to Aurora, IL for a few [...]
Pervert at Large
*Contains colorful language commensurate with the tone of the post. If you have delicate sensibilities you should move on.
In October 2008 I went on a 3 day pub crawl with Zane Lamprey and 50 of his biggest alcoholic fans. On the second afternoon we did some beer chugging and absinthe drinking in a park in [...]
Web 2.0 Fight Club
Yesterday I got out of the house to attend George Ruiz’s “Web 2.0 Fight Club” in picturesque Clover Park in Santa Monica. I’ve been trying to attend these since he started them but it was tough when I lived in Long Beach. Now that I’m local I have zero excuses. Besides me it was Lan [...]
How 2009 was actually full of win…
After that post I just made I started to realize that while our new President hasn’t done shit, the country is run by a bunch of profiteering thieves and I still don’t have health insurance, this year wasn’t half bad after-all. It’s really easy to let yourself internalize all the bad shit that’s happening in [...]
365 Days Of Exercise
It’s pretty amazing what you can do in a short period of time if you stick with something. I could do without the spray on tan and douchy hair-do but you gotta give the guy props for the change. And it looks like he dropped most of the weight befre the 6 month mark at [...]
The God business must not be going so well…
This is real. It’s from a church a block or two from my house. Times are tough all over I guess ;-)
Slices: A Woman Screams
We turn the corner.
A woman screams.
She’s Mediterranean. Maybe. Mid-Forties. Long black hair wearing a print dress. It’s black with small pink flowers sprinkled on it. Her back is to us.
And she’s screaming.
We try and take in the scene. We’re coming around the corner to take the down escalator. She’s coming up the other side. [...]