Man's Law, God's Law, Coleslaw

Month: July, 2005

Heyyy, Now Here’s a Dumb Fad

Brainstorming roundtable: Exec #1: “Those stupid scooters were a HUGE hit! Who could have possibly seen it coming?” Exec #2: “They took an established but dead fad and put a hip, modern, edgy spin on it!” Exec #3: “How could we possibly follow an act like that?” Exec #1: “Okay okay, see if you can [...]

Wow, This Country Is Stupid

Hey, here’s a delightfully vomit-inducing little tidbit: Everybody knows a platinum record has sold a million copies. What I didn’t know was that 10 million records is awarded a “diamond”, which I had never heard of. Very few albums have gone diamond (only five of which have gone double-diamond), and though you’d think the list [...]

The Misadventures of the Early-Bird Brigade

Isn’t there some sort of unspoken law about mowing your lawn before 9AM on a Sunday morning? Hell, it may even be 10AM, but I’m pretty sure most decent neighborhoods adhere to some sort of common courtesy “morning noise rule”, especially on Sundays. Did I just make this up? Things have been pretty quiet on [...]

Indoor Skatepark

“Always remember that any day you can roll is a good day. A skateboarder who can’t ride is a dead man.” -Jim Greco So today my allergies are just going nuts. Tim was over hanging out, but at around 10:30 my head was ready to explode and I just wanted to go to bed. It [...]