February 2008
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January 2008
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“Happy birthday, dad!”
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My head is a vicious battle amongst vertigo, Klonopin and caffeine right now.
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Track my flights in real-time!
Richmond to St. Louis - American Airlines Flight 5566, 12:05pm (EST) scheduled departure time
St. Louis to Austin - American Airlines Flight 1563, 2:10pm (CST) scheduled departure time
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YouTube + Digg + Obama = YouBama →
At this point, I should just drop all pretense and admit that I’m going to be making plenty of political posts over the next 10 months or so. I’m also a little peeved because, if my webcam had actually worked with my laptop, I’d be able to contribute a video to the site.
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“The lottery is just a tax on people who are bad at math.”
– Author unknown, but I’m reminded of this quote everytime I go to the convenience store for caffeine and have to stand behind multiple people buying lottery tickets and complaining about how they haven’t been hitting the right numbers “lately.”
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re-blog haters
chloesanchez: I’m starting to get a little annoyed with people who complain about all the re-blogging. It kind of reminds me of the anti-twitter bitching that went around a while back. If you don’t want it on your dashboard, don’t follow that person. If I want to post 54 pictures a day of my big toe and re-blog everything livejamie has ever said without my own commentary, it...
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HubDub creates ‘fantasy league’ for news →
For anyone who didn’t think fantasy football was quite dorky enough…
Ah, irony
This is an actual text message I just received, unedited by me in any way: Y do they let stvpid peopld procreate ?
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A haiku about Sonic
Tater tots divine Drink of cherry vanilla I devour with glee
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I think either Finnegans Wake or Klonopin is making me have weird dreams. Last night I dreamt that I had a jihad declared against me because I somehow made fun of Jeffy from The Family Circus.
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Netflix Plays Hold 'Em: Rounders
Synopsis from Netflix: This bleak drama follows the downward spiral of law student Mike McDermott (Matt Damon), who has a penchant for high-stakes gambling. He befriends and “befoes” the usual suspects: a fellow gambling addict named Worm (Edward Norton) and club owner Teddy KGB (John Malkovich). When Worm and Mike have only five days to come up with $15K, tensions run high....
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Fear and Loathing and Netflix: Where the Buffalo...
Synopsis from Netflix: Deranged gonzo journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Bill Murray) stumbles through a series of wacky adventures (some true, some imagined) from 1968 to 1972 — often with his attorney, Carl Lazlo (Peter Boyle), by his side. Never abandoning his passion for drugs, Wild Turkey and firearms, Thompson attempts to cover the Super Bowl and the 1972 presidential election and even...
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Netflix In New Zealand: Eagle vs. Shark
Synopsis from Netflix: Lily (Loren Horsley) is reserved and awkward. Jarrod (Jemaine Clement) is an introspective oddball completely oblivious to Lily’s affection for him. A celebration mixed with a strange plan to exact revenge on Jarrod’s high school foe brings the two raging misfits together to face their mutual life challenges. Academy Award-nominated director Taika Cohen also...
Reminiscing about a travel nightmare
In exactly one week, I will be making my way back to Austin for the annual LSC TIG Conference. I was there last year for the same conference, and I’m really hoping the travel experience is a little smoother this time. For a quick summary of what I went through last time because of the weather, read this myspace blog entry. It tells the story, but not as well as the random notes I jotted down...
Mental Note: Do Not Print Stuff From The Internet... →
It’s so good to see that the new government we’ve installed is much more people-friendly than the Taliban.
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Super Bowl XLII: The Six Storylines You're Already... →
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Nothing To Do But Netflix: Clambake
Synopsis from Netflix: In the last of Elvis Presley’s three 1967 releases, he’s back in Florida and reunited with his Girl Happy co-star, Shelley Fabares. This time he’s Scott Hayward, a Texas oil heir who trades places with a Miami water-skiing instructor to see whether girls will like him for himself. His target is the pretty, new ski student (Fabares). Bill Bixby plays...
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Netflix On A Holiday: Everything's Gone Green
Synopsis from Netflix: Slacker Ryan (Paulo Costanzo) photographs prizewinners for a magazine about the lottery. The object of his affections, Ming (Steph Song), is dating a con artist named Bryce (JR Bourne), who sees a potential scam in Ryan’s connections to the newly wealthy. Now, Ryan must choose between his love for Ming and the temptation of the perfect scheme. Douglas Coupland, author...
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Netflix Double Feature: Air Guitar Nation
Synopsis from Netflix: If your bedroom has become too small a stage for your air guitar antics, take inspiration from the competitors featured here as they battle their way from the inaugural U.S. Air Guitar Championship all the way to Oulu, Finland, for the world championship. Along the way, filmmaker Alexandra Lipsitz documents the fierce rivalries that develop as would-be rock legends vie for...
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Netflix Shoots You In The Face: La Femme Nikita
Synopsis from Netflix: Internationally acclaimed director Luc Besson delivers the action-packed story of Nikita (Anne Parillaud), a ruthless street junkie whose killer instincts could make her the perfect weapon. Recruited against her will into a secret government organization, Nikita is broken and transformed into a sexy, sophisticated “lethal weapon.” Later remade in the United...
Osi Umenyiora Wants To Poop On You →
Just a little something to think about as you watch the NFC Championship Game this Sunday.