April 2008
25 posts
back again
hey kids. i shot up to pittsburgh for a few days for some family stuff, but im back now in overcast (but much warmer than when i left) oregon. on the plane ride up, i sat next to this really nice dude name alex who gave me a ton of good music. the in-flight movie was the golden compass, which i did acually want to see, but alex and his wife were so cool i felt talking to them would be more fun....
courses my university should have offered
The Free Pizza Is Really Not Worth Going To The Hall Program. Really. Oregon Weather Theory: No, Its Not The Apocalypse, Its Just Sunny And Rainy at The Same Time. Way-More-Casual-Than-Ultimate Frisbee I Know It Seems Like She Might Be Into You, But Really She Just Wants You To Come To Her Campus Crusade Event Interpersonal Relationships: Resisting the Urge To Poop In The Stands Of The Extreme...
novelty bars
zacharyr: aleck: while talking with my buddy grant last night, he mentioned i should come with him to this bar he likes alot because they have skeeball. i dont know if the ‘novelty bar’ ratio is higher in portland (ahem ground kontrol) or not, but it seems to me that it is. with that in mind i think i should start one. any ideas for a hip novelty bar? A better space bar than The Space Room. A...
novelty bars
while talking with my buddy grant last night, he mentioned i should come with him to this bar he likes alot because they have skeeball. i dont know if the ‘novelty bar’ ratio is higher in portland (ahem ground kontrol) or not, but it seems to me that it is. with that in mind i think i should start one. any ideas for a hip novelty bar?
hanna-barbera
i just realized that hanna-barbera had like 8 different cartoons with the exact same plot - groovy group of teens solve mysteries with aid of dog with speech impediment/anthropomorphic dune buggy/cowardly bucktoothed shark/ghost from the revolutionary war. and they would have got away with too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids.
the following is a list of presents, nay, ‘demands’ that my buddy henry received from his little brother for his upcoming birthday. personally, number 5 is my favorite. macaroni picture frame completely new wardrobe for summer an ottoman (not the uncomfortable piece of furniture, the turk) an apron that says “licensed to grill”…or some other hilarious piece of novelty...
“The ill-timed promotion was launched amid high wholesale crab legs prices. The...”
– wiki article on red lobster. ive recently become really interested in/confused by the existence of the executive chefs at all the mid-range ‘casual dining’ restaurant (kinda like being interested in the guy who reviews movies for maxim), and stumbled upon this bit about how an endless...
http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1752702 →
check it out. i made collegehumor’s illustrious 105%
im back!
so im back from lovely san francisco. the weather was great, lindsays prospective school was cool, i saw my old buddy dave stanley (those biochem grad students sure do know how to rage it), ate great food, and saw paul mooney at a stop light. all in all, the trip was a success.
leaving
so after work today, im off to san francisco with lindsay so she can go check out a grad school (san fran art institute). im stoppin by the store on the way home to grab a few road trip essentials (see: dr pepper, verona cookies, and goldfish. and yes, i am a child) and we hit the library last night to stock up on a few books on cd for the drive (brave new world and the vampire lestat. i narrowly...
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oh sweet jesus…
ben bernanke
my brother saw ben bernanke in a whole foods having an argument about cottage cheese. let me back up. one evening, my brother strolled into his local d.c. whole foods as, being white, one does. while passing the dairy section and perusing what i can only describe as an almost imaginary amount of soft cheeses, he hears an argument between two older folks begin a short distance away. now as is...
I Have A Theory →
here is the debut of an idea i had a little while ago. check it out. the explanation on the page is a little better than what i could give here, but if you have a theory of your own regarding some weird phenomena or how you suspect the world may really work, email it to HaveATheory@gmail.com
“you so hot global warming is jealous of you”
– a google search (and one of many things i wish i could say in real life) that led someone to my friend winona’s fashion blog. see what other random searches upped her page hits here.
dfa 1979 - romantic rights (marczech makuziak...
Everything is fine, nothing is broken.: "Adjacent... →
henry, leisurely environmentalist, sheds some light on how people who really care about the environment live. serenity now!
Oh mighty new york tumblr world please help
lindsayj: so i’m headed last minute to New york tomorrow morning to check out school of visual arts who has graciously allowed me less than a month to decide if i want to go there. this being my first trip to the city and this going against my nature to want to plan way in advance, though ridiculously excited, i actually have no idea what i’m doing.. since most of the tumblr world is located in...
Gmail: Custom Time →
rickyv: One of my favorite annual traditions is waking up on April 1st and poking around the web to see what websites with senses of humor have come up with. this is pretty good
