January 2009

Totally on a date with @drinkerthinker while @beep is away.

Overjoyed that I no longer have to keep this under my hat: Thin Lizzy comes to Rock Band next week! rockband.com/forums/showthrea…

As much as I enjoy the companionship of a good pet, there's something very sad about the concept of domesticated animals.

Completed the MTV Networks Business Conduct Training and Certification. I am now "in it to win it—ethically."

This final, extended episode of Extras follows the series template, but with less success than usual. The uncomfortable laughs are there, but they’re fewer and further between, and the tone in general is downright maudlin. None of the celebrity cameos is particularly funny, and Clive Owen’s is decidedly unfunny. Add an unhealthy dose of misplaced didacticism and you’ve got a disappointing finale to an otherwise outstanding show.

Does Cambridge even have storm drains? Precipitation turns this place into Venice.

This job makes me feel dumb pretty regularly. Always reminding myself of Kasparov's advice for growth: "Lose as often as you can take it."

1. Bought drinking glass. 2. Bought grape juice. 3. Considered cutting down on my swearing. I bet you can guess 4.

There's too much to know, too much to do. Satisfaction doesn't exist. It's awful. It's wonderful.

Less than 1/3 of Guitar Hero: Metallica is Metallica songs recorded before 1990. Like ordering regular and getting decaf.

For all the things Netflix does right, it still thinks "Foreign" is a genre, and "Anime" supersedes "Animation".

Following @cogaoke and suggesting you do the same.

My first public statement under the Obama administration is this: The PB&J sandwich is the natural enemy of the unwaxed handlebar moustache.

Waking from a nightmare that lasted eight years.

Massachusetts, I know you want me to know what you're all about and everything, but you really might be overdoing it with the snow.

Day two of 3ds Max training. Shrek fan fiction is imminent.

Hadn't checked my site stats in awhile and was startled to find heavy traffic. Apparently Virtual Stan's fourth anniversary is a big to-do.

Drinking a milkshake purely to send a simple message to the frigid weather: "I will eat you."

Thanks all for the JavaScript suggestions. One of these should do what I need.

Looking for some quick and dirty plug-and-play JavaScript to simply swap out the contents of a div. Suggestions?

Overheard: "If you're gonna kill someone, kill 'em in Europe. That's what my dad always said."

Tried to buy a $10 item from ikea.com, was e-mailed the shipping cost a day later ($19) and told to call with my credit card #. Speechless.

I initially thought all the issues were readable online, which would have been awesome. Turns out it’s just the first few. Still pretty cool.

Should I be ashamed that I know Bank of America's "cover" of "One" better than the original U2 version? I'm not. youtube.com/watch?v=wmIObmv2t…

The first thing I did when I got my Xbox up and running was to download a remake of an NES game.

Snow, a crowded market, and a kitchen still missing some important standards have rendered this grocery excursion a shameful harvest indeed.

It turns out the doggone girl is actually mine.

Wondering, as I often do, just who Microsoft thinks it's talking to. research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/r…

It always warms my heart to see that one or more people are connected to my shared iTunes library.

If hearing Louis Armstrong say "heebie jeebies" doesn't make you smile, you're probably not a human being.

Found a doozy of a breakup letter: "The fact that I wasted 2 years of my life in your dark rotting shadow horrifies me beyond description."

If you want to be sure you love someone, move far away from them.

You people have stood in my way long enough. My ears reunite with Chuck Mangione today. last.fm/music/Chuck+Mangione/…

A demonstration of Liz Danzico's jaw-dropping parallel parking skillz. Does this trump Stan's feat from a couple of months ago? You decide.

In my first apartment with a remote front door buzzer that actually works, the button is about six feet away from the door it unlocks.

Eavesdropping on the reminiscences of two guys whose best days are behind them.

Put my underwear on backwards today, apparently. FYI.

Sleeping on a hardwood floor is mandatory for those wishing to master the art of weight distribution.

Eateries with slow service should be able to subscribe to a satellite radio station that never plays songs about waiting.

Overheard (@drinkerthinker): "Did they vampire someone's balls?"

Thanks all for the Twitter Windows client suggestions. Twhirl and Tweetdeck seem to be the favorites, so I'll try them both.

Looking for a Twitter client for Windows that approximates what Twitterrific and Growl do on my Mac. Suggestions?

Oh, right, I don't like Baby Ruth. Sorry, teeth.

Heard a sound while getting in my car that briefly made me think a small child had taken refuge in it. I was expecting Newt from Aliens.

Giving @beep and @drinkerthinker their home back, still astonished at their generosity.

Dozens of chirping birds suddenly fall silent, and start up again 10 seconds later. Maybe the person they were talking about walked by.

Makin' a house a home.

Dreamt I was at a Mudhoney show and they played all covers, including a bunch of semi-obscure NWOBHM stuff. It was fucking awesome.

Relieved to find that my new apartment building's management made good on its promise to clean up the obscene mess left by my predecessors.

Taking a moment to appreciate the very specific kind of experience offered by a soda can.

It's a new year and a Friday. Let's spread some joy. Tell me about the best day/week/month/year of your life.

Reno is charismatic and Portman is precocious, but The Professional is just silly.

I got the keys to my new apartment today. I didn't expect the place to be immaculate, but fucking come on.

I got the keys to my new apartment today. I didn't expect the place to be immaculate, but fucking come on.

Standing in my filthy new apartment. Since I can't stab the last tenant, maybe I'll use the ample DNA she left behind and stab her clone.

Going through drunken voicemail and text messages from peeps who were up later than me (read: past 11:30). Happy New Year!