[this years most anticlimactic news story of the year]() i put my contacts in this morning and couldn't see. everything was fuzzy and randomly coming in to focus. Something must be wrong! i popped them out and noticed i had four contacts in my…
i think the water heater was too heavy. threw my back out something fierce. in other news, we borrowed a steam cleaner thing from amy's aunt. it shoots out 1000 degree stream of steam that is supposed to ""blast away dirt and gunk."" in reality, it…
[this has to be the worst written news story of the year.]() i had to read this story three times before i figured out what the point was. i'm still not sure. apparently the guy who tipped off the u.s. army as to hussein's sons whereabouts had been…
so the girl and i go up to some depressed neighborhood about once a month to play cards (liverpool rummy) with her great aunt. usually we order pizza from this local dive near there. it's good stuff, not exactly classic stlouis style, but something…
[commercial rants, brought to you by nissan]() i like angry talk. i would rather drive sharpened chopsticks through my ears than hear ""it's not delivery, it's digiorno"". this guy is riding the subway and sees a girl with a pizza. this is…
it's been awhile - went off to ohio for a bit to attend my grandmother's funeral, see the folks, the siblings, the vaguely related, the old friends who are still there, various gas station attendants, one particularly attentive highway patrolman,…
she came home with a squirmy, big eyed package of fur and yips. ferris, the worlds most frightened dog. amy pulled this pup out of a box in front of a walmart a couple years ago. since then she's been living at her grandmothers, but now is skoochin…
[giant preschoolers in wrestling match]()
[success is less about having data and more about what you do with it.]() as mickey d's finds out. i never eat at the place, but i'm thoroughly fascinated by it's business practices. it has this odd illuminati sheen that speaks of the jungle in…
there's a cop outside with a dog. he was trying to drive out the wrong way when i came in. he didn't smile. in other news, much to amy's suppressed joy, i found that there is a place that sells snow cones in kirkwood. i prefer that thick…
ach, anyway - where was i... avoiding amy's plea for fireworks. i have a fanatical, but entirely financial, aversion to the things. buying things just to blow them up seems odd to me. i think this is my first 4 july in stl. last year i believe i…
this site now comes in a tasty crunchy green edition. panic one and all. problem with working at home 1: you can't go home. if something comes up, you're still there. if something breaks - you're not in traffic. it's 10 o'clock, do you know…
added my amazon wishlist over there. no pressure! i've just been trolling through various blogs and finding other's wishlists. i think it's a great way to find ""leads"" for books that i need to pursue. i've added at least twenty in the last couple…
pet prairie dogs suspected in us monkeypox outbreak. yeah, that explains a lot. (there used to be a link in this post, but it broke.)
[well, yeah.]() not much else you can say about that. it's alright, ma, i'm only bleeding.
turn loose now, relax. let a good, pleasant feeling come all across your body. let every muscle and every nerve grow so loose and so limp and so relaxed. arms limp now, just like a rag doll. that's good. now, send a pleasant wave of relaxation…
[a magazine]() that i stumbled upon. the aesthetic is shockingly good.
i have a decent job. it pays the bills and i don't have to get dressed or show up anywhere at any particular time. that pretty much sums up the meaning of the phrase 'good job.' however, lately, i'm starting to think that i need to dip my hands…
even when she sleeps, her forehead twitches and knots telling me clearly that it still hurts. the only thing that changes is the location and the intensity. i can't see through the skin and bone, but can imagine with startling clarity the pulsing…
ok, i forgot about this site even existing. it suddenly occured to me that i hadn't written anything in quite awhile. which is probably for the best as nothing exciting has happened either. it's mostly the duldrums of work and the excruciating labor…