My sleep was somewhat restless last night. I thought I was getting over a cold, not catching a cold. Today I feel worse than I did yesterday. The nasal passages feel phlegmy, the head swims. Cold medicine I won’t touch–it makes me wired, jittery, and vaguely loopy. Fortunately, I scheduled myself for a late shiftContinue reading “On Dreams”
Monthly Archives: February 2005
On Mike Logan
I watched Law and Order: Criminal Intent tonight. Chris Noth–Detective Mike Logan from the first five seasons of the original Law and Order–guest-starred. I don’t usually watch Criminal Intent–Vincent D’Onofrio can be really tough to take. Truthfully, I don’t often watch any of the Law and Order series, though I used to watch every weekContinue reading “On Mike Logan”
On Wanting and Not Having
I went to Best Buy last night, in search of a DVD and a CD both released within the last week. I walked out with two DVDs, neither of which I had gone in to buy. The music CD? They hadn’t heard of it. Life goes on.
On Pooh and Heffalumps
I went to see Pooh’s Heffalump Movie yesterday afternoon. It’s a fun film, nothing earth-shattering. Someone who likes Pooh will like the movie. Someone who doesn’t like Pooh will probably be bored out of their skull. The story focuses mainly on Roo. A mysterious sound awakens the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood one morning,Continue reading “On Pooh and Heffalumps”
On Wookies
Today’s Penny Arcade comic may be one of the funniest takes on Star Wars I’ve ever seen. I can’t imagine Uncle George will be pleased, but who gives a toss what Uncle George thinks? He put fart jokes in The Phantom Menace. It’s only a short hop from there to crude, sexual humor. Enjoy!
On Nuclear Weapons
I heard about the North Korean nukes on the BBC World Service this morning on the way to work. I can’t say I was surprised. I can say I was disappointed. Not in the North Koreans–we knew what they were up to since the mid-90s. I was disappointed in the President for treating the NorthContinue reading “On Nuclear Weapons”
On Jedis and the Loss of Limbs
In honor of today’s release of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II for the PC: What kind of Jedi are you? LJ Username Age Sex MaleFemale Dark Side Growth Potential – 11% Light Side Growth Potential – 79% Master’s Name Error How likely you are to lose a limb – 83% LightsaberContinue reading “On Jedis and the Loss of Limbs”
On Handwriting
I can’t write in cursive. In elementary school cursive was taught in third grade. I skipped over third grade, went straight from second to fourth. In fourth grade, I had to play “catch-up” on cursive. I won’t say that I had great cursive handwriting, but it was good enough, and through junior high school andContinue reading “On Handwriting”
On Running Out of Space
I thought it would never happen. Even Vizzini would say, “Inconceivable!” I ran out of space on the XBox hard drive today. For four years now I’ve told customers that they will never need to worry about saving their games–the XBox has an eight-gig hard drive and games save to it automatically, not to mentionContinue reading “On Running Out of Space”
On Thumping the Head against the Wall
The difference a night of sleep makes. I wanted last night to thump my head against the wall. Either that or break out the red pen and bleed it on a document. I was given a document to review, a training guide to a new program at work. The sales tracking chart the guide explainsContinue reading “On Thumping the Head against the Wall”