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• Ok

  I’ll stop now.

• Rome

  When John Lennon was asked why he moved to New York City (from England) in 1971, he famously said, “If I’d lived in Roman times, I’d have lived in Rome.” If it were me, I’d have lived in Corsica.

• Cranberry Sauce

  I like Paul McCartney. I don’t think any single person was more responsible for keeping the Beatles together — and productive — after 1966, a period that was arguably their best; stylistically, artistically, influentially. Before Sgt. Pepper, it was John’s band; afterward, it was Paul’s. That being said, McCartney was also the one that put [...]

• Footnotes

  Ever astute readers of this blog have noticed my recent inclusion, and dependency (sort of), on footnotes. I like footnotes, as you can tell. I use footnotes primarily as parentheticals. I have always written asides, or digressions, from the main point or flow of any given blog entry I was writing, but placing these strictly [...]

• Choice of Coleslaw and/or Potato Salad

  Although I do enjoy french fries (but I would prefer potato wedges), I am always the one to look for the ‘choice of’ in that menu item. Without fail, if coleslaw or potato salad is offered, I’ll usually take it. But not always without consequence, and that is because there are really only two types [...]

• True Marketing

  This is a great bit of marketing on packets of hot cocoa… As much calcium as a glass of milk. (Just add milk.) The only thing that compares, in my feeble mind, is cholesterol-free vegetable oil. You wouldn’t say.

• More Doctors Smoke Camel

  In honor of the looming anti-smoking bill…

• Calling In Sick

  A few years ago I ran a beer-league softball team. We were not that good, and the team no longer exists (but it may regenerate at some point, I guess). We had a few early weekend practices scheduled, and a good friend of mine decided to call-in sick for one of them (I don’t think [...]

• Frog Bog

  I am not sure why, but the San Francisco Chronicle listed what it considered to be the most bizarre video games of all time. The list included… Frog Bog (1982; Intellivision): The first console games were reasonably straight-forward: two tanks shooting each other, two cowboys shooting each other, two spaceships shooting each other. … This [...]

• Handling Your High

  From Fodor’s online guide to Amsterdam… To answer the question, yes, I’m looking forward to this trip.

• Levee Protection

  Me, not drunk, a month after returning from my trip to New Orleans which included a study and tour of the Katrina levees (emphasis added)… Brad Pitt is an idiot. [...] I just don’t think he realizes what it is he is exactly doing. (Pitt is re-building homes in the Lower Ninth Ward, directly beneath [...]

• Workdress Wednesday

  Nearly two months ago, I scribbled an idea on the white-board in my office. Not a virtual one — an actual physical white-board with different colored markers on a tray along with an eraser that never seems to wipe the board clean. It read Workdress Wednesday. I threw in a dot-com just for kicks. In [...]

• Newsom Redux

  I shouldn’t have, but I did. I read this article on TechCrunch hyping the Gavin Newsom announcement, in which it concludes that “the question is whether his opponents will be able to effectively use the same tools [Twitter, Facebook] without ringing hollow.” Really, that is the question? The question is not if Newsom can turn [...]

• Newsom

  San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced his candidacy for governor with a tweet on Twitter, followed by a blog entry on the Huffington Post. You stay classy, Gavin. Disclaimer: I would vote for Newsom if he were the nominee.

• Recruiter Spam

  I do not care for recruiters. (And they’ll never get past my spam filter… never!) I wonder if he wonders if I can pass on a friend’s email that may be interested in a job in a certain industry with unknown duties in an unknown location and an unknown salary. (No one rings a bell.) [...]

• Overthrow

  A keen observation… Conservatives are so incensed by warnings about the threat of right wing radicalism that they’re considering overthrowing the federal government. — Josh Marshall, very late last night. Tea, anyone?

• Buy American

  We should all do what we can to end the violent drug wars in Mexico. The first step is to curb “our insatiable demand for illegal drugs [that] fuels the drug trade,” as professed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and buy American… Image: Printfection

• GOP

  It is only fleeting, but it is a nice feeling… Today’s G.O.P. is, after all, very much a minority party. It retains some limited ability to obstruct the Democrats, but has no ability to make or even significantly shape policy. — Paul Krugman, today. But they will return; like moths to a flame.

• Only Commas

  I have been thinking, although that is not saying much, if it says anything at all. A lot of what I think about is obviously fleeting, thoughts on the weather and traffic, thoughts on what sounds good to eat, thoughts on what my dog may be thinking right now while I’m at work. These thoughts [...]

• One Last Entry

  This Bizarro cartoon from May 2007 is a bit dated now… I guess it is now more likely to request one last tweet. Image: Bizarro.com

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