So at that party yesterday, a guy went around and offered people these little toy turtles. I stuck my hand out and got snubbed. Snubbed! By the fucking turtle waiter! I was shocked. On my way out, Cathie and I talk about the turtles. When I tell her my story, she spots the guy and motions him over. By the…
I got up this morning at around 7:30 AM. I had in mind a list of errands to run, stores to visit… I was going to get a wedding gift for Phil and Charity, and made it a point to check their registered gifts online. I show up at Target sometime after 8 AM, and proceed to go through all…
Earlier tonight, rasta made an appearance on twelvestone. He’s one of the early members/moderators of WH, and one hell of a writer to boot. Before I found his site, the idea of blogs and online journals struck me as vanity pieces. And true, they are that to some extent. But when I came across his entries, I realized how much…
As it gets warmer, I’m going to try to take more pictures. Promise.
I made a CD of some random songs I’ve got, with the intention that I’d listen to them while I sat on my porch. In my mind, the night is warm and quiet, my radio is pressed against the screen window and the cold beer feels good against my hand. So far, it’s been too cold or wet to really…
So, lazy bones that I am, I wanted to order food this evening. I’ve been trying to not eat as much crap during the work day, and I’ve been sticking to just soup for lunch so far this week. Being good about not eating candy or snacking on things. But when I get home, I tend to want to order…
So it’s come up at work that we’ve got a ton of "brochureware" sites to do. Most likely, it’ll be me and Ben, making some fancy schmancy, snazzy looking Flash sites for a variety of concerts for all of our radio stations. One of the main ones that’s coming up would be Summer Jam, sponsored by Hot 97. There was…
Woohoo! So I’m meeting with Kenneth, the executive director of The Poetry Center of Chicago, to talk about possible volunteer opportunities. We’re getting together next Tuesday, and I’m excited about what might come from that meeting. Woot!
At lunch, a bunch of us noticed that the bowl of Hershey’s kisses had depleted almost to nothing. When we had our big webmaster meeting, last February, everyone got a ton of food as a "welcome" gift. Ever since, our office has been flooded with candy, kisses, and general not-good-for-you snacks. In a sudden search to find more candy, Justin…
I glanced at my site traffic yesterday (and it’s not like I’m getting TONS of hits here), but holy crapola! I got more hits on April Fool’s Day, on that one day than I got in all of last month. Ooh, wait. I guess in terms of a daily average, that’s true. As of March 2003, I was getting roughly…
So I got a call back from Laura. We talked a lot about the Poetry Center, and I didn’t gather anything from our conversation that she was interested in anything beyond our shared, common interest. Ah well, silly for me to suppose there was anything there. But I’m happy I called. This is not to say, of course, that I’m…
I’ve been working downtown since last October. Each day, I cross the Chicago River and walk across a bridge that shakes whenever a train goes by. Even now, after months of doing this, I still get a little nervous when the ground starts to shake. Based on the seams in the walkway, I’ve known that the street doubles as a…
Stumbled across Microsoft’s XBox Live site today. Holy crap, this had me laughing out loud all afternoon! Yes yes, I’m feeding the corporate giant by promoting it. But this is so good… hahahaha!
You never know what you might find, if you keep an eye out. I caught this as I was climbing the stairs to the train platform yesterday morning. Pretty tucked away, and incredibly easy to overlook. Smart bird.
Jackie Chiles weighs in with his opinion of Portnoy’s blog.