August 2011
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July 2011
2 posts
WatchThe Chupacabra strikes again. Obviously this is the work of a mythical goat-vampire pooping in the wild, and not some neighbor too lazy to walk thirty feet to the doggy waste station.
June 2011
9 posts
Possible Chupacabra Sighting
Residents of Alamo Ranch Apartments Building 16, please be on the lookout for a Chupacabra. I have not seen the beast itself, but I have, on several occasions, been forced to step over animal droppings at the bottom of the steps to our fair building. Living in such close proximity to the dog waste disposal station - 10 yards away - I can draw only two possible explanations as to why I would find...
Comedy Sportz San Antonio →
I was in my first improv show in waaaaaaaaay too long. This time as an audience participant. Hopefully as an improvisor soon.
Dear Facebook, Your Android App Sucks
A few months ago, I wrote about the craptacularness of my Droid.
Since then, I’ve been doing some research, and I keep coming back to the idea that it is the Facebook app causing my Droid to suck. I tried a lot of different ideas to fix the problem. I did a few system resets, and after one of them, I decided not to update the Facebook app.
Bingo! That was it. Somewhere between the...
The Law of LeBeouf
The Shia LaBeouf Law: If you enjoyed a toy, television show or a movie toward the end of the 20th century, a horrible movie version will be made in the 21st Century, and Shia LaBeouf will be required to appear in it.
You don’t believe me? Check out this list:
Dumb And Dumber
Charlie’s Angels
I, Robot
Transformers
Indiana Jones
Wall Street
Soul Man (rumored)
Crazy, huh?
That’s a long list...
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
5 posts
Radiation slows recovery of dead near Japan plant →
Perhaps you should consider changing your headline. It creates a bit of confusion.
I live 1000 miles away; I don't think I'll make it...
I’m very fortunate to have friends in The Arts. Even more fortunately, these friends are actually performing, and frequently. This has left me with an abundance of Facebook invites to a wide variety of plays, art gallery openings, improv showcases and concerts, most of which I am geographically incapable of attending. This gets compounded when several friends are collaborating on a single...
My Droid is Crappy
So my first generation Motorola Droid has been getting progressively worse lately.It’s almost to the point where it is not a functional phone.
The old joke is that the iPhone is a great phone, you just can’t use it as a phone. My Droid makes me wish i had an iPhone.
Leaving an application, it takes 10-45 seconds for the home screen to load. Applications fail on me, constantly....
December 2010
2 posts
WatchI don’t know if you’re a fan of Punk Rock, Gypsy Music or NPR, but If you like all three have I got the perfect video for you.
November 2010
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October 2010
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Everyone should know how to properly report an... →
If you ever run across an error in any software you use, especially on the web, you need to know how to report it. This guide gives you a good basis to use in reporting bugs.
September 2010
2 posts
“The Royals are 25th in average attendance (just under 20,000 per game), the...”
– Sam Mellinger, KC Star
July 2010
1 post
My Office Makeover (A Work in Progress) →
I’m working from home now, so I felt a bit of rearranging was in order. We’re not done yet. I still need a better mouse (I’m actually thinking of the Apple Magic Trackpad), a laptop stand, a hanger of some sort for my headset and a curtain for the East facing window.
Of course, I could always use another, larger, monitor. A proper KVM switch wouldn’t hurt, either.
June 2010
2 posts
Does this make me a jerk?
Weather, work and kiddo have prevented me from cutting my grass for about a week. But the weekend is finally here, and I had plans to mow the grass this evening. However, this afternoon, before I had a chance to do it myself, the neighbor cut my grass for me. Or should I say scalped my grass. He cut it at about 1-1.5 inches (I try to stay around 3-4, it shades itself that way, stays greener,...
May 2010
2 posts
“It seems to me that when you give a manager Jose Guillen and say “Here’s your...”
– Joe Posnanski, on Trey Hillman’s firing
April 2010
10 posts
“I said do you still have that typewriter, Grandpa?”
– Overheard shouted at Wal-Mart. That pretty much sums up how I feel about typewriters, and the people who still might use them.
Royals Starters: 19.2 innings, 2 ER, 0.92 ERA;...
Not to become too much of a Rany Parrot, but it’s worth repeating.
Dayton Moore, fix the team. Please.
“Greinke is exempt from criticism, both because he’s Zack Greinke and because...”
– http://www.ranyontheroyals.com/2010/04/royals-today-opening-day-edition.html
March 2010
9 posts
“Somebody’s stupid here, and I think she thinks it’s me.”
– http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/03/the_writing_style_of_twilight.html
NPR on the Twilight books. I haven’t read them, but I know some people who have.
“Pretty woman, don’t walk on by
Pretty woman, don’t make me cry...”
– Roy Orbison
So I woke up with the song “Pretty Woman” stuck in my head this morning, and I later made the mistake of trying to make sense of the lyrics. That’s something I’ve never done before. I should have remained in the dark on the lyrics.
As I see it, there are two...
I am a programming watcher, not a TV watcher
I got a packet in the mail yesterday, from the Nielsen Ratings people. The packet contained a brochure, a survey a pre-paid envelope and a website where those of us who had decided to join the latter part of the 20th century could log on and complete the same survey, further decreasing the usefulness of the USPS. Oh yeah, it also had a two dollar bribe to convince me that I should complete the...
“Individual interruptions are no more predictable to an office worker than fires...”
– Lifehacker wrote that, in reference to this article on Stepcase Lifehack.
The idea that interruptions are part of my day had never occurred to me. I work in a very streamlined office, so I wear many hats during the day. This means many interruptions. Where I would normally be upset that my workflow...
This will either end horribly, or awesomely. →
That’s right, we just discovered a planet that might be habitable.
Let’s just hope they didn’t see us first.
“Please do not attempt to print this spreadhseet for the purpose of hand-writing...”
– It has become necessary for me to add this disclaimer to a spreadsheet I routinely send to various partners. I had to include that phrase, after I started receiving faxed copies of printed versions of the spreadsheet, with hand-written responses.
This is one of those phenomena that might just make...
You might think your Escalade makes you more... →
I just checked the Missouri Revised Statutes, there is no exception to the traffic ordinances for drivers of Cadillac Escalades. You have to use your turn signals (or your hands, the law is very clear on that) each time you want to change lanes to cut me off.
“ATTENTION!! DO NOT ADD HER!!! IF SOMEBODY CALLED ” SMARTGRRL15”,...”
– Why don’t these Facebook statuses as dire warnings ever come with A) acceptable grammar or B) an attempt at a technical explanation of how it would be possible for someone on “Ur list” to pass along a ‘virus’ to your account.
Also, I’m not sure I want to remain...
February 2010
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January 2010
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