Archive for September, 2009
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30 Sep 2009
"Finalizing my ACL lineup. Mos Def, John Vanderslice, STS9, and The Decemberists all conflict. Hmm."
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29 Sep 2009
Simply amazing, and it's worked for six months without a single flaw. -
29 Sep 2009
Legislation got passed, budget got approved, library is staying open. Hooray for Philly!
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28 Sep 2009
$18 for three
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27 Sep 2009
"I didn't realize Steve Martin was managing the Atlanta Falcons now."
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27 Sep 2009
A hilarious followup to a classic science song.
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27 Sep 2009
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27 Sep 2009Gus’s waiting spot
He spends most of the day leaning on the top of the couch waiting for us to come home.
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26 Sep 2009
"Finished the half-marathon in 2:05, faster than my goal. Brian(!) and M were under 2 hours."
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24 Sep 2009Training schedule
I stuck to my half-marathon training pretty well, especially for the first 5 weeks. I've been slacking recently, especially on the Saturday runs, but I think I'm as ready as I'll ever be.
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24 Sep 2009
"Katie Couric’s annual salary is more than the entire annual budgets of NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered combined."
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24 Sep 2009
I'm beside myself with joy right now. Just imagine how happy I'd be if I actually wrote anything that compiled to machine code. (BTW, "Reverse debugging" is not the process of adding bugs to programs.)
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23 Sep 2009
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23 Sep 2009
"I won a chance to maybe buy a Fenway ALDS ticket!"
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22 Sep 2009
After about 15 of these, I was cracking up at work.
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22 Sep 2009
"Detoxing. No caffeine and no alcohol for the next 10 days."
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21 Sep 2009
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21 Sep 2009
"I'm trying to make a movie list for while I'm wife-less. Please help me! http://bit.ly/1DHJ3o"
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21 Sep 2009
My wife is going to be halfway across the world for essentially all of the month of October. I have a couple of projects that are going to occupy much of my time, but I’m also planning on catching up on a backlog of action movies. I’m looking for suggestions of good action or Sci-Fi movies from the past five years or so. Here’s a list of the ones I came up with off the top of my head that meet the criteria of “oh yeah, she doesn’t want to see that”.
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18 Sep 2009
"Does alcohol cure neck pain? Tonight I'm doing an empirical investigation."
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18 Sep 2009
"@roadmonkey7 Remembering the ideal gas law wouldn't help. Water ice disobeys it!"
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16 Sep 2009
"I have now dedicated actual cash dollars to the kitchen remodeling."
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15 Sep 2009
"When Google suggests something very weird and you're going to post a screenshot, it's almost always just a quote you don't recognize."
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15 Sep 2009
I think last night's game is a good indication of what we're going to see this year: defense that alternates between satisfactory and crummy; and a rusty, unsure quarterback who can step up when in the clutch.
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14 Sep 2009At the game
Me, Brian, and John after the thrilling come-from-behind victory.