Posts from ‘November, 2009’

Just Shy Of A Year 3

It turns out I probably won’t hit my goal of a missed connection every day. Holidays and the like have thrown a stick in my spokes. However I did manage to swoon once while visiting my parents for Thanksgiving. A Big Boy uniform isn’t quite a cocktail dress, but this is the first time I’ll [...]

How Geeks Measure The World

Wired has a kinda sorta somewhat okay list of fanciful units to measure unordinary things. The list is mostly boring, and covers your Twitter-based (milliscobles) and your Futurama-coined (megaFonzies). My personal favorite is “mustache density”, but I’m not a fan of the offered unit. Any mustache measurer worth his salt has to know that Tom [...]

Just Shy Of A Year 2

Here’s the next installation in my Just Shy Of A Year project. I’m continuing to try to be as shy as possible in public, and then regret it a lot later. It’s going well. Being afraid of people is one of my strong suits. These first couple have been pretty tongue-in-cheek; I know it may [...]

Important Ron Artest Development!

Ron Artest went on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Wearing just his boxers. Things are getting serious.

Duress Phrase

I like to get all my tips on how to safely navigate this dangerous world from internet comics.
Just for the record everyone I know, if under duress I will let you know by saying the radically unlikely phrase “Pick me up a copy of Twilight.”

Oh and I promise my hard-hitting in-depth review of Twilight: New [...]