The weekend was fun, but, like all weekends, was over too quickly. The Fourth of July can almost always be recounted better through photos, so amble over to the photoblog and look at blurry pictures of sparklers when you get bored with your own blurry pictures of sparklers. My dad and I saw Batman at a matinee Monday. It was pretty good. Cillian Murphy isn’t much of a villian because he’s too pretty, even with…
From Gaping Void, which has one of the best pieces of writing on creativity I’ve ever read. I’m so tired of killing bugs and spiders in this place. I kill no less than three black beetles, a pillbug, and a spider every freaking day here. We don’t live in filth. Why are there creepy crawlies out on the floors and walls all the time? Shouldn’t they fear us enough to at least hide? My copy…
Not to sound like an alarmist, but Sandra Day O’Connor is on her way out, William Rehnquist is going to die or retire this summer, the bench will be staffed by an unchallenged president with a vendetta, freedoms will shrink and crumble, and our empire will turn to soot.
Two things: One: War of the Worlds whooped my ass. I was down on the floor, and it just kept kicking me (and Amber and Phil and Jamie). I don’t care if the reviews say Tom Cruise is bereft of a soul; you already knew that. Just go see this movie on a giant screen and prepare to be terrorized by the spectacle of desperation and fear. And then, at the end, see if you…
[Click here to win a free iPod!!!]Happy birthday to my nephew Casey, who is currently at 4-H camp, probably sweating his skin off.
[In a world where the dead are returning to life, the word ‘trouble’ loses much of its meaning]Well, I’m up early. The ferrets have figured out how to get out of their cage and come wake me up with scratching and digging in the bedroom, just like old times. This apartment has more than a thousand square feet of scratching room for them, and they decide to come scratch beside the bed. And when I…
[There’s one in everyone]Someone actually used the only photo I have on Stock Exchange for one of their own photo projects. You can make out my original in the background of their creation. That’s kinda cool. I’m heading to Saltillo/Savannah again this weekend to run errands and visit. My mom found out she passed her certification test, so she’s officially a legal nurse consultant. That means we have to get on the ball and start…
[Like trading cancer for a bullet in the head]I scribbled the sentence above, which I overheard someone in the office say months ago, in my Far Side desk calendar at work on a random page and came to it yesterday. I had forgotten about it. When I saw it, I couldn’t remember what the guy was talking about when he said it. Pretty morbid stuff, for sure. Things around here are changing. Big changes, too…
[Suture self]I made the trek home for a bit to visit with my pops for Father’s Day and help my sister move into her new house. Well, that was the plan, anyway. I figured I’d spend the day sweaty, fending off yellowjackets and sweat bees as I lugged soggy boxes from the trailer to the truck, and then the truck to the house. But I was pleasantly surprised when she instead whisked me and my…
[Preaching to the choir]The Bush administration’s audacity is astounding. What’s really disheartening is knowing that we’ve screwed ourselves: The smog we’ve created that surrounds us actually helps protect us from harmful radiation that leaks through the earth’s depleted atmosphere (which is caused in part by the pollution), so if we were to reduce pollution levels, it could actually be harmful to us. I’m still serious about the brainpans. It’s the only way.
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