As I was performing a little phalangeal maintenance this afternoon, I started thinking about some of the cautionary tales my mother used to tell us when we were young children in an effort to keep us from developing bad habits. I guess most moms do that, but she told stuff I’ve never heard anywhere else. [...]
Dec 132011
Dec 122011
James Lileks is at it again, and anyone with a sense of humor should be grateful. This is from the The Price Is Right section of his new (beta, actually) ’70s portal. Enjoy. Be careful with any beverages you may currently be enjoying.
Dec 052011
So I just sent The Road back to Netflix today. I might have watched 10% of it. Mostly I’ve walked by it sitting on the entertainment center and thought “I need to send that back” for the past six weeks. You know, I don’t think I’m even going to try any more movies based on [...]
Dec 032011
As much as I love women, which is a lot, I was never any good at dating more than one at once. I can only remember once that I even tried, and it was exhausting. With few exceptions (and most of those were in the immediate aftermath of my broken engagement in 1993), for me, [...]
Diet Mountain Dew. Of course, I refer to the original formula, and I’ve been over it at some length. Raisins, Rice & Rye. I’m pretty apathetic about raisin bran, but this stuff totally rocked. The flakes stayed crispy, and they had a lot of flavor. My gustatory memory for this is stronger than just about [...]
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