Category Archives: nothing special

…remember, the one who sends you all the emails, whom you then have to reply to with “Check Snopes before sending me this stuff,” and who still sends them to you anyway? She might like this story from Cracked.com,  “Five … Continue reading →

A  flash drive disguised as a tampon.

I am restless, at least when I am not zombified.*  I keep thinking I should change the name of the blog.  Broadway songs and their lyrics offer a lot of options, for both blog titles and subtitles: “All That Jazz” … Continue reading →

Dear Ken Burns, Astroturf was named after the Astrodome.  It was NOT invented for the Astrodome. It was renamed after it was installed in the Astrodome Its first installation was at a school in Providence, Rhode Island. Get it right. … Continue reading →

Football combines the two worst aspects of American life.  It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.  George Will. I do not agree with Will on many things — even football — but even when I disagree with him I love … Continue reading →

I am on new medicines for fibromyalgia.  One of which, Lyrica, is turning me into a zombie until about three o’clock each afternoon.  This is inconvenient beyond belief. My face is puffy. I am not drooling (yet), but I look … Continue reading →

Adam Lambert was on Jimmy Kimmel Live, singing “Never Close Our Eyes.”  The Resident Shrink and I were listening, and we agreed… We hated the mid-’80s the first time around, and neither of us sees any reason whatsoever to revisit … Continue reading →

I have finished online traffic school.  And although I said otherwise on their mandatory course evaluation survey (they have my completion certificate on their servers and I’m paranoid), I really would not recommend these people to anyone. Their website was … Continue reading →

So I have not posted yet today.  I may not really post anything substantive tomorrow, either.  (Even though a Facebook friend posted link to a really cool article about, I think, causality from arstechnica.  I think I understand it, but … Continue reading →

I am doing traffic school online this week for a ticket I earned in October. Shasta County sent me a list of approved online providers, and one caught my eye: MCLE4lawyers.  From their website: Time is scarce for everyone, especially … Continue reading →

Post under construction. (For those who may have seen it before it disappeared, it has been taken down to be incorporated into a longer, more incoherent rant about the subject matter of frivolous lawsuits.  Hopefully.  If I can’t get it … Continue reading →

Those of you familiar with the Boston\Cambridge area have seen the “smoot” markings on the Harvard Bridge, painted  on originally in October, 1958.*  The unit of measure was a Lambda Chi pledge, one Oliver R. Smoot (5′ 7″), who went … Continue reading →

I mentioned Demotivational posters in my last post.* I looked once again at Despair Inc.’s website — the maker of the very best in uninspirational office decor — and was reminded of how much I love their work. My favorite … Continue reading →

The Pentagon is a serious place.  That fact  makes this prank even more hysterical.  What I like best about this story is not just the prank — which is epic — but the description of the guys who were part … Continue reading →

For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,  I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I … Continue reading →