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A final word on the flood

My basement is dry. The parking lot at work is open. The roadways are clear. But not everything is back to normal. I didn’t get to take photos the other day on the drive along Horseneck Road, one of the more frequently flooded stretches in the area, but the scene was pretty depressing. Just about [...]

TV these days…

Doesn’t TV just suck? No, I don’t mean that it’s not entertaining. I’ve got way too many shows I’m following at this point to not find it entertaining. But do you remember the days when a season began in the fall and went through to spring when re-runs would begin? And you got to watch [...]

Tab clearance 2007-04-20

I have other things to post about, but man do I need to clear some tabs first.

Fortunately, the Woman doesn’t read defective yeti, otherwise she’d have a new term to describe my most annoying trait: e-social.
Things I really want: This foosball table (thanks to kottke) and these glasses.
King of the Cul-de-Sac - holy crap, who [...]

Flood waters

Yesterday I had to park across the street from work because the Passaic River had blocked off our parking lot. A few hours later, those who had made it in gathered up everything and headed home as the river advanced further and further up the street. Of course, I didn’t bring my camera to capture [...]

And much fun was had by all

A big time congratulations to my friends Joe and Nicole on their nuptials this weekend. They are such an adorable couple, and we had an awesome time at the celebration - thanks for including us in both the official and unofficial festivities. I think we can safely assume that my score of 95 points for [...]

A war of concession

This afternoon I was mopping up some of the excess water in the basement to keep things dry. An hour later I had the wet/dry vac working again to try to keep up the pace. Not much later I had abandoned the back portion, safe in the knowledge that nothing worthwhile could get wet. Eventually, [...]

Monkey kicks ball, fun ensues

It’s amazing how much fun and frustration can come from a game that involves a single click of the mouse button. In spite of my failure to answer Jonson’s challenge, at least I can turn around and mock the rest of you as you spend your Friday night’s try to break my personal record of [...]

indexed

Have I mentioned indexed before? No? Clever site, and the best use of index cards since that presentation on the Civil War you had to do in 4th grade. Seriously, who can remember all of those battles? Jessica Hagy uses simple Venn diagrams, charts, and graphs to represent the interaction between the various elements of [...]

So It Goes

One summer back in high school I decided to go on a reading rampage. It was my last free summer - before I would start working regular jobs that would limit my days of just lazing about. That summer I immersed myself in the worlds of Shakespeare, Orwell, Kipling, Huxley, and others. But one book [...]

Tab clearance 2007-04-11

I have over 30 tabs open right now - I really need to be doing this at least once per week.

A very clever website for Miranda July’s book, No one belongs here more than you. Trust me, just go through the whole thing - it doesn’t take long.
This is one of the most wonderfully sublime [...]