Monthly Archives: February 2009

Freeze frame of Alex Albrecht

Gotta love the pause button! This is Alex Albrecht on Revision3′s show Digg Nation. Howie and I love watching Kevin Rose and him cut up as they go through the top stories from Digg.com every week. Tonight, Howie paused the episode and when we looked back at the TV, we both cracked up! Sorry Alex…We [...]

My current desktop

What’s on my laptop lately. Posted via Pixelpipe.

My fake album: St. John’s Episcopal Church, a Trifling Investment of Fact

Here is your task: Find your fake band and album. Attention musicians, designers and underemployed friends with basic Photoshop or quasi-Photoshop skills. 1 – Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band. 2 – Click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 The last four or five words of the very last quote of [...]

Thoughts of a homeless man

I read something interesting on the best of Craig’s List today. Since much most of the content is, as the euphemism goes, intended for mature audiences, I thought I’d just re-post the listing here. Besides, it probably won’t be up on their site forever, and this way it can be read for years to come. [...]

No flushy! Nooo flushy!

This sign was posted above the toilet paper dispenser in a bathroom at a medical specialty group’s office. This is a well-heeled group practice in a wealthy suburb of Columbus. I can understand the need to inform women not to flush paper towels or sanitary pads down the toilet. After all, some women just don’t [...]

The lure of The Waltons

Not too long ago, Howie and I were watching an episode of The Waltons on DVD. This one was  season 4′s “The Loss”.  Family friend Olivia Hill, recently widowed, comes to stay with the Walton family for a while. Olivia was a newlywed, her wedding the subject of season 3′s “The Chivaree”. She is understandably [...]

I am a snapdragon

I am a Snapdragon “Mischief is your middle name, but your first is Friend. You are quite the prankster that loves to make other people laugh.” What Flower are You?