For at least the past six months, about one in 20 (though it FEELS far more common) logins to Myspace produces one of the following two profiles under “Cool New People.” I spend about one full second on the main page — just long enough to click “login” — yet these two pictures are obnoxious [...]

On our third Rock Band bass pedal (for the record, none of them have broken under my watch… *cough*), we’re getting desperate for a more permanent solution. Well, this will have to do. At first, our third pedal broke in the center, which we fixed with aptly named “mending plates” and a couple short sheet [...]

Speaking of anti-cell phone Luddites, here’s an interesting tidbit: Chris W, former anti-cell phone Luddite and aspiring hunky fireman now has a cell phone. Oh, and guess who isn’t cool enough to get the new number? Chris, I’ve met your other friends. I may not be your BEST friend…but I’m definitely your coolest friend. And [...]

When cell phone technology was becoming accessible and affordable to Joe Schmoe and not just Johnny Suit, it was the most annoying thing on Earth. Perhaps it was the stigma we attached to the cell phone since, before this time, the only person that could afford them — or had the audacity to consider himself [...]

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So a couple weeks ago I ran into some guys at one of the skate parks near my apartment who have been cool enough to help me get acclimated to skateboarding in Portland. In fact, I didn’t know about the other skatepark about a mile from my place until I met these guys. They’re total [...]

I just remembered this really random memory of 7th grade social studies class. There was a period of a week or so where we were working on state capitals, and you were teamed up with the person seated next to you for extended quizzing sessions. Well, lucky me, the kid seated next to me was [...]