[Better late than never, and other fun cliches]I finally put a hit counter on this damn thing … about two years too late. When I had my own domain, Geocities tracked my hits and told me all sorts of things, like what browsers people used to view the site. You know, in case I cared enough to design based on that browser’s strengths. Which I didn’t. Well, couldn’t. I’m not that good. So I’m back…
[You and I, uneasy, livid]Last night when I got off work, I decided I didn’t feel like going home just yet, so I stopped off at the Flying Saucer for a drink. While I was knocking back a couple of beers for the road, I noticed that Justin Timberlake and Isaac Hayes (Memphis natives, both, though I didn’t realize they were so chummy) were sitting in the corner, sipping from steins, laughing at some sports…
[You suck, Dick]So Besty and Arlene aren’t Deep Throat? And Dick wasn’t a documentary? Aw, crap. Now I have to relearn everything. And, happy birthday to my globetrottin’ grandma.
[Never let them tell you that they’re all the same] RIP Theology-and-geometry.com. I held on to it for as long as I could, but in the end, it was just taking up web space and costing me precious money that I could put toward other things … like car insurance, which I will be purchasing tomorrow after putting it off as long as possible to save up money. Sigh. Chances are the cable and phone…
[More late-night linkage]Look at what Carla Rhodes is up to these days. Apparently she’s living in New York City still trying to make it big. Scroll down and watch her Fuse veejay audition (Quicktime) where the dude asks her and her Keith puppet if they know where Pigeon Forge is. If you’re somewhere you can listen to sound, go here and, keeping your eyes on the right sidebar, scroll down until you see the White…
[Would you like the company or are you sick of me]I found Wiley Wiggins‘s blog by accident. And from there I learned that Richard Linklater will be directing a screen adaptation of Fast Food Nation. See, the internet’s not all bad.
[Eight-year-olds, dude]Let me just say there is nothing better than coming home at midnight and having a plate of leftover rice pilaf and pork chops. Except maybe having rice and pork chops fresh instead of microwaved. Phresh phrom Phil’s (Ph)Kitchen, that is. Comedy Central is playing The Big Lebowski uncut right now, and I am suddenly reminded of how superior this movie is to anything the Coen brothers have done since O Brother Where Art…
[Ashes in my mouth]I’ve learned so much in the past week. Like … + CA style for “glamour” (“glamor”) thumbs its nose at popular American usage as well as AP style. “Glamor” looks flagrantly wrong to me. Ditto for our style on “backyard” (solid in all instances). Yet we don’t make “front yard” solid in any instance. It’s all so random, sort of like life. + “Godwinning” is a term used by ‘netheads to refer…
[Stop, it’s too late]The sting yesterday translated into some lucrative overtime for yours truly. See? We newspaper people only have the public’s interests in mind. Truly! Some jackbag threw rocks into the apartment pools and broke the tiles. We got a letter from the management saying that because of the actions of a few, the masses will suffer, since they won’t get to open the pool for a while. It has to be repaired, then…
[I’ve been tagged!]1. Total number of books I own:Let’s see. Carry the two … multiply by four … take the square root of the product. Yeah, I think I’m going to just guess and say two hundred, since there are 119 in my living room and countless others still packed in a closet somewhere. 2. Last book I bought:I bought several at the same time: A best of Memphis anthology for me, and best of…
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