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Do it yourself, with shredded foam!
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3.27.2001 |
It appears from looking at my server logs that the venerable University of Houston finally got good internet connections in the dorms. (Well, probably years ago, but I only now have evidence...) In my day, we didn't need broadband connections coming into our rooms... We dialed in with 2400 baud modems, and we liked it! We loved it... |
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3.26.2001 |
Wow, I'm taking a look at the stats, and it looks like there have been quite a few people watching the show. That's pretty cool. For the month to today, Show 5 has been viewed 13 times, Show 3 has been viewed 8 times, Show 2 viewed 10 times, and Shows 4 and 1 around 6 times. And over 230 Megabytes of pure comedy have been sent this month. Hooray. |
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3.23.2001 |
Retalia-tion Destruc-tion Anima-tion Defec-tion Mathemati-tion Infec-tion Gyra-tion |
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3.22.2001 |
New Delhi is
overrun by monkeys. The new Cold War is cool. It looks like Abner Louima is going to get some money. But a condition of the settlement is that he drop his demand for reform in the NYPD. Oh well, I guess that's his decision... |
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3.20.2001 |
I think I may be getting my
tattoo soon. Euler is cool. |
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3.20.2001 |
Good god... David Lynch is making a new movie. Though I normally would consider this a good thing, it appears that the cast includes Billy Ray Cyrus. |
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3.20.2001 |
I've never heard of coin-operated lights at an outdoor tennis court,
but what the heck... $0.50 for 30 minutes of extra tennis in the evening
will be nice tonight. Don't we get daylight savings time next week?
Steve Martin is cool. What kind of Hindu are you? New low. |
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3.19.2001 |
Salon.com is cool. I particularly liked today's article on Bushonics. |
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3.19.2001 |
Monday, Monday... Yesterday, John Phillips of The Mamas And The Papas died of heart failure. My parents had a couple of their CD's, and I always did like their music. |
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3.15.2001 |
Ow ow ow... I thought the light exercise would help my injury, but
it did not. I'm such a wuss. A couple of nights ago, I had a dream that I was at work and received a memo stating that all employees would be required to keep a list of their top ten favorite bands posted under their names on the outside of their cubicles. I don't remember what I picked for mine, but as I walked around the office, I noticed that every single cube's list started with: 1. TMBG 2. ... 3. ... I don't know why, but it was somewhat unsettling. |
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3.14.2001 |
It's a sad state when you're happy about weighing 264 pounds, but it is a new low since I've been weighing myself. I played tennis today. I'm not entirely sure what injury I sustained on Tuesday... I was hoping that it was just a bruise of some sort and maybe some motion would do it some good. It didn't work, unfortunately. The tennis matches went poorly for me, but at least I got in another day's worth. However, there is an extremely sore spot just above my Pyloric Stenosis scar that seems to be worse since the game today. I'm going to lay off until Saturday, but it'll be a nice full day of racquet sports then. |
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3.13.2001 |
Webcam's fixed. I need to sleep now. |
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3.13.2001 |
No racquetball or tennis today as my racquet-swinging arm hurts just
driving my car. One day off isn't going to kill me, but be prepared
for a nice spike on the weight chart. I'm looking forward to it. I'm
playing tomorrow definitely. I have a tendency to talk about music a lot on this site. Usually just Big Smith, but I've mentioned Radiohead and the Steve Kimock Band on here several times as well. I wasn't cool enough to like a lot of bands when I was young. I didn't really get into Jane's Addiction until after they were broken up. (I did catch their little reunion tour, though.) Another band that I was never cool enough to like is Camper Van Beethoven. Though I never really got into them, after that band's demise I did really get into Cracker. Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) from their first self-titled album got a lot of play on the radio station I used to listen to in California. I snatched up that album and used to listen to it often. When their second album Kerosene Hat came out, I purchased it as well. Low and Get Off This got a fair amount of radio play as well. That remains an all-around good album. 1996 brought The Golden Age, and these guys just kept improving. The title track of this album is amazing and the rest of it is great as well. One of my favorites is "How Can I Live Without You" (chorus: How can I live without you... When that means I've gotta get a job.) When I first left Houston for Arkansas, I really didn't know what to expect. I was surprised my second week in town to see that Cracker was playing at a club in Fayetteville. It was a great show at a small club. After a while, I lost my copy of Kerosene Hat. While heading over to grab a new copy, I noticed that they had a new album, 1999's Gentleman's Blues. This CD is firmly in my road trip library, and it usually gets a listen at least once a week. The guys seem truly happy to be recording, and seem to be really enjoy this music, and it shows. On "My Life Is Totally Boring Without You", Lowery sings "So we started a band, owe it all to our fans, went somewhere near the top..." Well, Cracker is back in the studio right now working on a new album for a possible summer release. I'm looking forward to new music from this consistently good band. I'd say that these guys remain one of the most underappreciated bands around today, and the tracks from the new album that they've posted on their website sound like the new album will once again not be a disappointment. |
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3.12.2001 |
Played
Tennis and Racquetball again today. Lost a game of tennis, lost two
games of racquetball, but not nearly as badly as I lost on Sunday.
I've decided to make the weight
chart a normal feature. I'll try to keep it at least as updated
as I keep the rest of the site updated... The cigarettes will make
it onto the chart soon, I hope. The windows machine is having severe
problems, so still no webcam. When I was playing racquetball earlier today, I twisted my knee and I ran into a wall. The knee feels fine, but the entire right side of my body hurts now. I think I'm taking the day off from tennis and racquetball tomorrow. As my father told me, "The wall doesn't give." I also got a good start on my Telephone Advertising Hall of Shame. I know there are more, but I'll get to them soon enough. I own this poster, but I haven't hung it up because I can't ever seem to get around to getting a frame for it. That would be much less funny if it wasn't entirely true. I've had it for three full months now. Busted links fixed. Bedtime. |
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3.09.2001 |
Won both of my games of tennis yesterday. I've apparently dropped around ten pounds or so in the last month. Don't believe me? Check the chart. I hope to add to that chart soon the number of cigarettes I smoke every day. See you all at Big Smith at Chester's in Fayetteville tonight. |
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3.07.2001 |
Well,
I now know two people in Kansas City. (Three, actually...) A good
friend of mine from school in Arkansas just moved up here after tiring
of work for flaky dot-coms in San Francisco. He and his fiancee just
moved in last Saturday. I think the best thing about the whole situation
is that he actually has me on a fairly regular exercise schedule.
We've been playing tennis fairly often, and we'll be switching over
to raquetball soon. God knows I can use the exercise. It's nice to
have someone around so we can keep each other on track. I haven't
won a game yet, but I've given him a run for his money every time.
Guess I need to quit
smoking now. Anyone else who wants to play tennis or raquetball
in the Kansas City area, email
me... Just what the hell is this? Big Smith in Fayetteville this weekend. Two nights at Chester's. See you there. Also, I'll be getting my tickets for the Steve Kimock Band at Chester's in May. Be sure to get your tickets soon. The New Orleans show sold out in a couple hours. In other music news, I just got an email from Jambase, and a band called The New Deal is going to be in Lawrence, KS next tuesday. It sounds interesting, and I'm thinking about going. I am broke, though. I'm listening to some mp3s from their site now. On the pro side, the music sounds decent. On the con side, they're Canadian. We'll see how I'm doing for money. I've been spending too much lately. I'm not entirely sure why, but I've always liked the song 88 Lines About 44 Women by The Nails. |
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3.03.2001 |
There is nothing more odious than telephone commercials. Long distance,
collect service it's all the same. On principle, I have to hate anyone
who lets themselves drop so low as to do a telephone commercial. Chris
Rock hurt. He was a good guy. It was painful to see him pimp himself
out for the promise of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Dennis Miller
hurt worse. I had (and to a lesser extent, still do) a lot of respect
for that man. He seemed intelligent. His talk show is the only one
I've seen that can get into a conversation about the existence and
nature of God with guests. It pained me to no end to see him doing
commercials for 1-900-Collect or whoever he endorsed. But what just
happened has crushed my soul. I just received a call from a good friend. I thank this friend for having the guts to call me and prepare me for what I was about to endure. I haven't seen the commercial yet, but apparently, my idol Mr. T is doing commercials for 1-800 COLLECT. I've been saying I'm going to do it for a while, but I haven't yet. I think it's time for the Telephone Advertisement Hall of Shame. Please email me with your stories of disappointment in your stars who have sunk to the level of doing Telephone commercials. I shall compile the stories and put them up here whenever I get around to it. I now refer to Gimp Gimpson's Guide to Web Page Design Rule #321: Don't update your web page when you're drunk. I'm going out now to drown my sorrows in Scotch and a band that apparently plays a lot of Dave Matthews Band covers. Have a good night, y'all. |
