Category: stuff
Apr 21
Overheard: 45 year old male
“You know my wife: ‘Y’all did it, and I’m gonna prove ya did it!’”
Mar 27
What the heck, people?
I’ve long been puzzled by some of the vinyl people put on their cars, but sometimes I really have no idea what was going through someone’s head when they had something designed, or worse, found something already created that seemed to be just what they needed:
Mar 17
Quotable: John August
“Before you write your story, write the whole thing from the villain’s point of view, because the villain views himself as the hero in the story.”
Feb 26
Follow up: Donegal Danny
Some time ago I opined that the folk song Donegal Danny contained an erroneous lyric, e.g., “the cries of drowning men.” At the time I snarkily mentioned that the only sound thatI thought drowning men would make was, “glub.” Well, it turns out that I am right. There is an excellent article at Slate called ‘Drowning …
Feb 08
Krampus comes back from college for Christmas
“Ma, I’m home!” “I’m in the kitchen, Krampus! Come give your mom a hug.” “Maaaaa!” “You know the rules, Krampus–no hugs, no dinner.” Krampus lumbered into the kitchen, dumped his bags on the floor, and limply hugged his mother. “Hey, ma, I brought a friend home from college. This is Nick. Nick, this is my ma, …
Jan 26
That’s a spicy email
CUSTOMER: I need some more space on my system because I’m trying to send some attachments and it says they are too big. ME: How big are the attachments? CUSTOMER: They are eight ME: Eight… CUSTOMER: Eight…BTUs ME: …(stifling laughter) CUSTOMER: Wait–eight MBs ME: Oh, OK. I increased the customer’s mailbox size so that she …
Jan 21
A happy kind of pain
A few years ago while I was mourning over a recent death I went out to see my friend and mentor, The Bob. As we kicked around the farm doing random chores we took cover from the frigid January rain inside one of his many out-buildings. Very seriously he said, “I wish I could hurt …
Dec 20
5 Years
As of the 5th of this month I have now been blogging for five years. It’s way longer than I expected. I started this thing after my TV went out and I was no longer able to play Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, and boredom really does breed creativity (I’m even thinking of throttling the house’s Netflix and …
Dec 02
hemiasinate
v., HEM-ee-ASS-uh-NATE, to do something poorly or shoddily as a result of a lack of care or effort. I created this word to replace another word. You probably know the word I mean. The etymology of hemiasinate is meant to be a literal translation of that word, from the root words hemi, meaning half, and asinus, from the Latin …
