From the category archives:

People Are Funny

All Aboard the SS Miscellany

01.29.2004

I’m feeling a bit random today, and luckily the random absurdity has been piling up. I saw the sign pictured above during a recent visit to UNC Hospitals. I thought it was a bit zen for a traditional western medicine establishment. (Actually, I first noticed “Remember 3C” and thought, “There must be a ‘Remember 2B,’” [...]

Read the full article →

Meatwad

01.08.2004

One of the problems with exposing myself to reality TV is that I also expose myself to TV commericials, and I will buy anything anyone tells me to. As a result, I found myself on Wednesday driving about 20 minutes round trip to pick up a Hardee’s Low Carb Thickburger. “How did they make a [...]

Read the full article →

Rude Oaf, the Red-Nosed Wino

12.30.2003

okay, I might have arranged this just a little You know how you’ll go for a month with nothing going on, and then three good bands all play on the same night? It’s the same thing with end-of-the-year parties. We need to spread them out a bit more, people. I’m going to have my holiday [...]

Read the full article →

The Loneliness of the Karaoke DJ

12.23.2003

Gotta keep the crowd happy. Gotta get ‘em up on their feet. I am a professional entertainer. I am a professional entertainer. I am a professional entertainer. And all this equipment ain’t gonna pay for itself. What the hell is wrong with these people? I have never seen a crowd that didn’t react to “Who [...]

Read the full article →

Peevish

12.22.2003

I don’t think I need to say anything clever here to establish that lots of little things tick me off, do I? Good. Here’s one that really frosts my oatmeal, or whatever. People don’t pay attention. Several months ago, after my car had been hit-and-ran from, I was spending a lot of time on the [...]

Read the full article →

Zen and Powerlessness

12.18.2003

Phil Marsupialtuxedo has a blog now, which is nice, since he had started to blogjack other people’s via their comments, and something was going to have to be done about it. In a previous entry he mentioned he would be writing his one-year reminiscences of the big ice storm that shut down the Triangle, most [...]

Read the full article →

I Guess I’m Just a Perfectionist Workaholic Who Doesn’t Know the Meaning of the Word “Can’t”

12.17.2003

maybe I should have worn the plain blouse I was feeling normal enough today to go out for more unguents and elixirs of the cough-suppression variety, although I’m sure I looked pretty rough, judging by the number of people who let me have an aisle to myself in Harris Teeter. However it didn’t deter one [...]

Read the full article →

Ol' Buttermilk Pie

11.28.2003

experts predict busy Thanksgiving for the finger thing I’m aware that readers of this blog may see me as a prick bastard incisive social commentator. Looking back over my recent posts, I’ve called people dorks, dipshits and morons. If you’ve come to the conclusion that I am cold and cynical, I offer this. There. Now [...]

Read the full article →

I May Be A Jerk, But I'm A Clean Jerk

11.26.2003

is this too much to ask for? I’m in danger of straying deeper than ever into bad stand-up territory here, but what is it with women and soap? First of all, don’t get me wrong; I love being in women’s bathrooms, whether it’s at a party, or at a friend’s house for dinner, or just [...]

Read the full article →

We Are Now Ready to Begin Commencing the Pre-Boarding Procedure

11.24.2003

there is something oddly compelling about this picture There’s a TV show called “Airport” on the Discovery Wings Channel (a.k.a. the World War II Airplane Channel – not to be confused with the plain ol’ Discovery Channel, the Discovery Times Channel, the Discovery Mountain-Biking-and-Faux-Finishing Channel, the Discovery Animals-Doing-It Channel or the Hitler Channel). The show [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →