2008

Aug

Well, my first day of being a “professional” blogger has been a complete failure. Maybe...

Totally selling out by putting ads and Amazon affiliate links on my blog. It was nice being...

Camps is juicing. I’m considering getting off the couch to get a beer.

Almost punched a lady in Fairway. I mean, I didn’t. But I really wanted to for a minute. She...

New tiny car antenna actually works.

Creedence on the radio, lasagna in the oven, beer in my hand. These are some of my favorite...

photo.jpg: Jackpot!

3hrs in to the season and Arsenal are top of the table! Only 9 more months to go!

Will do my best to run over any of these yahoos next time I drive down Van Brunt street:...

My brain has pretty much now switched to football mode.

If you want to know what’s wrong with America, just read Yelp reviews.

New car antenna arrived. There’s no way this thing is going to work.

Listening to Dr. Dre.

Home alone. Had to go over to IKEA again to pick up some ordered hinges. Ate 2 50-cent hotdogs....

Woman in the Gap: “Is it possible to open up a fitting room?” Me: “I don’t...

“…making it the UK’s leading flirting service on the mobile and fixed line...

I don’t really think about my “productivity” level. Because I’m not a...

I was all set to become a big fan of Mad Men, and then the remaining season one episodes I was...

Came across little league softball on the TV. Every player on the field was wearing a face mask....

This remote control needs new batteries. They’re in a drawer under the TV. Kind of a deal...

“It’s not that big of a deal,” she said. “It’s just a...”
— Detractors Grudgingly Find...

Going to watch Cubs vs. Cards from Wrigley. Drink a Coors instead of a Budweiser, it’s OK...

Carttronics.com WFT: “Carttronics® provides innovative...

Look, there are 2 possibilities: I’m crazy, or 75% of LinkedIn recommendations are bullshit....

Didn’t know we got an English language Russian news channel. It’s suspiciously...

I ate a bunch of dumplings last night, and then I fell asleep on the couch. Dream big, kids.

IDEA: Send all the “journalists” who want to talk about tire pressure gauges to Beijing...

From the pictures on NYTimes.com, Olympic opening ceremonies look like a cross between Xanadu and...

I just bought a shorter replacement antenna for my car, anticipating that the dudes at the garage...

I’ve seen talking on the cell phone in the bathroom before. But this guy, he went hands free...

Summer Olympics should be track and field, distance running, swimming, diving, and gymnastics....

Lookout, this sandwich has asparagus on it.

Taking It Easy Can Be Easy on the Planet.

I’ve been eating like a trucker lately. A drunk trucker. And I’ve got the tight pants to...

Because of the wine, I really could have used those sunglasses this morning.

Considering putting a “Just FYI, ambient music doesn’t have any SINGING in it”...

“Thing is: if the amount of time you devote to lite...”
— Making Time to Make: The Job...

You know, now that I already bought a car, all the other dealerships in town that we’re slow...

I’ve been really into rice pudding lately.

Did anybody make a greasemonkey script yet that will make Delicious look like it used to?

Watching the Brooklyn Cyclones get creamed.

Bogue Chitto, MS

One-Tank Trips - Interactive Graphic -...

At the end of Long Island, watching it rain Biblically.

Google Maps to Garmin GPS successful.

Think I’m going to fall just short of 500 responses to my craigslist ad. I only need 8 or 10...

Jul

Apparently I can send locations from Google Maps to the GPS I bought. If it actually works, it will...

Was there something wrong with the old del.icio.us?

Just tried a 3G iPhone. 3G is about as snappy as EDGE. I’m holding out for 10 or 20G.

I’ve never understood why restaurants use the word “homemade.” It’s only...

It’s like a Seinfeld episode in here.

Not particularly reassuring to think I’m in any way demographically similar to these people.

Hanging out in Grand Central dining hall. Best poboy in NYC no longer available.

I’m an Orbitz Priority Access Member. This apparently entitles me to jack squat.

Watching a little pre-season Stuttgart vs. Arsenal.

You ever read that DFW short story with the focus group? This is weirder.

Firefox, I think it’s over.

I think I’m picking up my car.

Screening respondents.

Almost 300 responses to my craigslist ad.

Corp Twitter accounts are like those skeezy girls in bars who give you cigarettes and pretend to...

Pretty sure the receptionist at the car dealer directs me to the wrong voicemail every time I call....

3rd post. So far, not flagged and deleted.

Battling the Craigslist “community” on what category an ad goes in. Did THEY all go to...

The weather here let’s you know you’re not someplace else. Severe thunderstorm warning,...

Shearwater, 1929

Sweet Christ Jesus I’m glad I don’t work at an agency anymore.

Nothing lets me know I don’t like the things I liked when I was 10 years old so much as the...

Apparently Seymour, my car salesman, found my car. Except he didn’t really know what kind of...

I like it when “the media” talks about “the media.” Makes me want to go into...

Watching an Arsenal pre-season friendly against a Hungarian team I can’t pronounce.

Does Contacts run like a dog since you updated your iPhone?

HEY! DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE COFFEE? YOU SHOULD DRINK IT! A...

Things I'm Not Generally Interested In

Social networking. Your pants, and how tightly you can get the cuffs to wrap around your goddamn...

Hey, it’s the Henry Street block party! They are absolutely BLARING awful house/oldies mixes...

I agreed to buy a car from a guy named Seymour in Bay Ridge if he can find the specs I want.

Going to look at cars.

If you were compiling a list of business types that are terrible at using the Internet, car dealers...

If you turned down the production on The Bends just a hair, it would be pretty damn top class.

All this fancy iPhone updating, and I still can’t listen to a new podcast I heard about...

As the economy teeters on the brink, I consider buying a new car.

Does anyone get up in the morning and think: “Yes, conference calls!”

Maybe the reason I think “social software” is dumb is because I hate people?

You know, if Budweiser had tried any great innovations like the vented wide mouth, that rinky-dink...

Maybe my rent will decrease.

Someone went a little nuts today and hit up Union and Henry streets with some upscale graffitti. The...

My foot basically doesn’t hurt at all anymore. Made barely any progress for almost 3 weeks,...

Even though I only have a 2G iPhone, this Coors Light still tastes pretty good.

I have to choose either Outlook contacts/calendar, or my Mac contacts/calendar? I can’t have...

Harpswell, Maine

Harpswell, Maine

Harpswell, Maine

Harpswell, Maine

Harpswell, Maine

Harpswell, Maine

Harpswell, Maine

Harpswell, Maine

Harpswell, Maine

Harpswell, Maine

Harpswell, Maine

Harpswell, Maine

Harpswell, Maine: Boats in, tide out.

Harpswell, Maine: I really like this place.

Just said something to me in a bunch of different languages, but no way any of those were Latin.

Now “Verifying.” I don’t know. Oh, wait! It’s like confirmation!

Now it’s “Restoring.” I think that’s what confession was for.

My iPhone is “Preparing,” like we used to do in December in grade school, waiting for...

Home alone until tomorrow night. Making it through via Coors Light and chicken.

Gay Thug Dating

Just saw a banner ad for “Gay Thug Dating.” What, precisely, are you trying to tell me,...

Sometimes it seems like my life is just reloading web pages.

My watch stopped telling me what time it is, rendering it quite a bit less useful than it was...

Looks like if you want to read the Bible or figure out how to leave a tip, the iPhone software...

Watch out, Iran has Photoshop: http://bit.ly/iran-has-photoshop

My foot has turned the corner, it’s starting to get better. I think this is related to the 18...

Well, I lost my first Soccermanager.com game today, and my star winger has been “slightly...

Places

Harpswell, ME: July, 2008Boston, MA: May, 2008St. Louis, MO: May, 2008New Orleans, LA: April,...

Fernando Tatis plays for the Mets now. He’s the only player in MLB history to hit two grand...

I’m sitting in one of my old kitchen chairs. Across the street at the Chinese takeout place.

“I noticed your site which I think is very nice and I was wondering if you could be interested...

Welcome to NYC. Humidity and bad attitudes.

It’s foggy this morning.

Ate a steak. Getting ready to leave the cool seaside for the sweaty, smelly city.

Going to the beach.

Listening to some birds.

Happy birthday America. You’re really good at some things and suck at others. I know how it...

It’s cool and quiet here.

Sitting on a deck watching the tide go out. Nicer than Brooklyn.

On my way to Maine.

I look up at the TV and apparently there’s outdoor bowling now.

Working on a 22”x34” OmniGraffle file isn’t as easy on a 15” screen as it is...

The girl who sits next to Regis has been hitting the biceps curls pretty hard. Couple dozen sets of...

Working from home today in honor of my busted foot. Appropriately, it kind of feels a few percentage...

Pro: My foot doesn’t hurt as much. Con: I’m not supposed to drink beer.

I’m proving to be very good at learning the easy parts of easy songs on my guitar.

Cab to work, cab home. It’s like I’m rich. Crippled and rich.

Either the drugs started working, or this iced coffee was made with holy water.

Hour and a half after taking, no clear evidence these drugs do anything.

Looking at flow charts while waiting for drugs to work.

My foot should be pretty well irradiated by now.

Tea Lounge: Epicenter of Cobble Hill stroller culture?

Doctor waiting room.

Jun

“Following” over 168,000 people? You’ve just been awarded the deluxe BLOCK...

LOBBY: Gigantic lobby button at NYU.