Today’s News of the Weird–a baby born in China has three arms, one on the right, two on the left. Doctors in Shanghai on Tuesday were considering surgery options for a 2-month-old boy born with an unusually well-formed third arm. Neither of the boy’s two left arms is fully functional and tests have so farContinue reading “On a Baby with Three Arms”
Monthly Archives: May 2006
On the Return of Blade Runner
Last week Warners announced their plans for the upcoming rerelease of the Blade Runner “Director’s Cut” and the release of the “Final Cut,” both theatrically and on DVD. Blade Runner will see the “Director’s Cut” cleaned up and reformated for the DVD format, and then the “Final Cut” will present director Ridley Scott’s true Director’sContinue reading “On the Return of Blade Runner”
On the Cats and their Names
Have you ever been too tired to sleep? Maybe it's just the achiness. Maybe. My grandmother has never been able to tell the cats apart. Woody, Percy, Galahad, they might as well be the same cat as best she can tell. She knows there's more than one cat, though while she's aware that there areContinue reading “On the Cats and their Names”
On Fonts
I found this top ten list of warning signs of being a fontaholic. Let’s run down the list, shall we? 10. You spend more time looking at how the name of the car in front of you is written rather than where you’re going. Can’t say I’ve done this, no. 9. You have 3 orContinue reading “On Fonts”
On Rescinding an Employment Offer
As some may know I’ve been searching these past three months for an assistant manager at the store. It’s been an interesting search–every time I think I’ve got it sown up, something happens and I’m put back at square one. Today, we’re back at square one. I can’t go into details, but I can offerContinue reading “On Rescinding an Employment Offer”
On Economic Indicators
Today the dollar’s slippage against the Euro became crystal clear to me. Why? Because I noticed that the price on Guinness has gone up. First, imported beer. What next? Is this the start of an inflationary trend?
On an Uninformed Rant
Let’s talk The da Vinci Code for a moment. I’m really tired of hearing about it. Movie, book, what have you. No, I haven’t read the book. No, I’m not particularly interested in seeing the film. But it’s been inescapable for the past few months–television specials on the secrets the story reveals, huge freaking displaysContinue reading “On an Uninformed Rant”
On Looking Back Ten Years
Seen many places: THEN : May 1996 NOW : May 2006 1) How old were you? THEN: 22 NOW: 32 2) Where did you work? THEN: Payless ShoeSource, Charlottesville, Virginia NOW: EB Games, Cary, North Carolina 3) Where did you live? THEN: Charlottesville, Virginia NOW: Raleigh, North Carolina 4) How was your hair style? THEN:Continue reading “On Looking Back Ten Years”
More On Talking Cats
Today it was Woody, not Percy, that had to talk, and talk a lot. I’m not sure why he wanted outside so badly. It’s rather hot outside, positively muggy even. There’s talk of thunderstorms, of tornadoes. Woody wanted outside in that? Yet to leave him inside, he’d have kept me awake all night talking. I’veContinue reading “More On Talking Cats”
On Used PlayStation 3 Games
It’s been rumored for a while that Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 3 console won’t be able to play previously played or rented games–that once a user activated a game on his console it wouldn’t work on another. No lending a game to a friend, no taking a game to a friend’s house, no reselling a gameContinue reading “On Used PlayStation 3 Games”