At our Christmas party this year, we did a white elephant gift exchange. One of my bosses brought this USB rocket launcher, basically, a nerf dart gun, powered by USB. Still, pretty darn cool. Turns out she got it at thinkgeek.com. I had never heard of the site, but when I checked [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2010’
One Man’s Bizarre Reaction to Fear
I saw on the Daily Show last night that Keith Olbermann from MSNBC said of the new Republican Senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown, that he was “irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, tea-bagging supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees.”
Now, I don’t care that he said it. “News people” on [...]
Who’s that Doggie in the Window?
This has happened to me twice in the last couple of weeks. I’ll stop somewhere on the way home from work, and I’ll get out of the car and see a little tiny dog in the rear window of a parked car, on that little shelf between the top of the rear seat and that [...]
Calandar
At this time of year, I usually write about my pet peeves about calendars, but since I driven this into the ground, I thought I’d give it amiss this year. Some time before or after New Year, I buy a new calendar once they go on half price. I usually got some sort of art. [...]
Club Sabbat, Priceless
For the last few years, my wife, Mary, and I have been going out for New Year’s Eve. Mary and our friend Anasthasia go out dancing once or twice a month at this Goth club, Club Sabbat. I’m not real big on clubs, but every once in a while and on special occasions like Halloween [...]