Archive for March, 2008
Who Are These People and Why Does Myspace Want Me to Embrace Them?
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 [...]
So Here’s My Problem, See…
Me and the ex just had another INCREDIBLE religious argument — MY FAVORITE! More heartbreak on top of being talked down to from a moral high horse? Doesn’t get any better! We like to get in touch every once in a while so she can remind me that she still loves me and would love [...]
Your One-Stop Hawaiian Music Resource
Since my spam filter isn’t perfect, I skim my spam queue before emptying it out to catch any stray legit comments. It’s rare, but fortunately the spam I get is just as good.
Hello My name is Chris, and I have been searching the web in regards to Hawaiian Music for what seems like ages now. [...]
Put the Metal to the Pedal
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 metal [...]
Casual Gamer: The Transformation is Complete
It’s been a gradual process, slow enough that it almost flew under the radar, but I think it’s a safe call now: I am a casual gamer.
How Could This Be?
I have considered myself a hardcore gamer for most of my life. I grew up on video games and own entirely too goddamn many of them. [...]
The Not Protest the Hero Show
For the past couple days, I feel a bit like I’ve been in an episode of World’s Scariest Police Chases. Except instead of “scariest” imagine “most painful” and instead of “police chases” think “sore throats.” If there was a show called World’s Most Painful Sore Throats, my episode would only be available on one of [...]
Called Out: Chris W Edition
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 this [...]
In Defense of Texting: A Treatise
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 [...]
Protected: Otto’s Night Out
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Gogol Bordello
My friend Adam is visiting and managed to get tickets to last night’s Gogol Bordello concert. Holy hell those guys put on a great show — all 417 members. It was like an explosion that kept exploding for two full hours. The place was PACKED and they had everybody there bouncing, to the point that [...]
