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Looking For Quacks In The Pavement

Author: Karel Kerezman

  • Listing to port, or starboard?

    I don’t have enough for an entry, but I have enough for some bullet points…

    • The new Garbage album, “Bleed Like Me,” is quite good. The new Kotoko album, “Glass no Kaze,” is better overall than her first album, “Hane,” but features fewer actual standout tracks.
    • I may never “get” military sci-fi. I’ve tried, mind you, and will probably try again before I give up completely.
    • When you try to go to a pub for lunch and one out of the first three to arrive has forgotten their ID, it’s an annoyance. When, later, it turns out that two of the five have forgotten, well, that’s a sign that the gathering needs to take place elsewhere.
    • The kids are out of school, now. I expect Wendi to go absolutely bonkers in a few short days.
    • I’ve seen a bit of the new Doctor Who series, now, and it’s not too shabby. On a related note, I liked the first season of The 4400 better than the new season so far.
    • I have a rubber-duck-themed shower curtain now. May the gods have mercy on my soul.
    • I’m very, very glad that I get paid tomorrow… and my resolve to closely track my transactions is considerably stronger now than it was a couple of weeks ago.

  • Proof (Mathematical) That Girls Are Evil

    Here I was, wondering what under the goddesses’ bright blue heavens I was going to write about today, when my son came to the rescue by sending me the following link in an email. So, enjoy, won’t you?

    (Thanks, Spud!)

    Proof That Girls Are Evil

  • Never a dull moment.

    Have you ever noticed that no matter how far you’ve come, how well things may be going, there’s always something that has to complicate things, or make them unpleasant? I admit I’m understating the issue somewhat… usually there are several somethings competing for the chance to bring you down, throw a wrench into the works, or what-have-you. Apparently, life is just a series of crises; usually the interval between them is either brief or nonexistent.

    The absolute worst part is when you realize that there’s probably nothing at all you can do that’ll actually make things genuinely better.

    But, what the hell. Life is all about keeping at it even when things look dire, right? At least, it’s gotten me this far…

  • Saturday: The good, the bad, and the smelly.

    Good: Dawn arrived in town! Yay!

    Bad: Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade interfering with transit downtown to meet Dawn.

    Good: Breadsticks dipped in alfredo sauce at Pizza Schmizza.

    Bad: Lousy service at same.

    Smelly: Urine-soaked bus interior on the way out to Molly’s for birthday BBQ.

    Bad: Forgetting about lack of allergy meds until arrival.

    Good: Molly’s cooking.

    Also Good: Hanging out with cool people at the BBQ.

    Bad: Having unsolicited amateur chiropractic work done, resulting in hours of back pain.

    Good: Howl’s Moving Castle.

    Also Good: Dinner at Kells afterward.

    And now, even more Good: Going to bed at the end of a long and interesting day…

  • Birthdays galore…

    Psssst. Don’t make a big fuss about it, but today is somebody’s birthday…

    No, wait, I take that back. Go right ahead and make a fuss about it. Heh. (Love you, dear heart!)

    And tomorrow? Tomorrow is not only another day, but another birthday…

  • Creepy and wrong!

    (Found via ‘collision detection’): Now, you wouldn’t think that an American Marketing Association survey page would be the place to find truly disturbing visuals, but… well, just go see for yourself.

    No, really. Disturbing. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

    AMA Compensation Survey

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