Back in Indy, hanging with the family. My cousin Jenny, her husband Dan, their son Andrew and my aunt Becky are all in town visiting. I met up with everyone at the restaurant, and we had a good reunion/meal. Andrew was already up way past his bedtime (he’s normally 2 hours ahead of Indiana time), so it was an early…
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about smoking. A lot of my friends (who are ex-smokers) all seem to be saying/feeling the same. Hell, a few days ago I was walking home drunk and almost broke down and bought some cigars, just so I could smoke something. Justin’s been craving cigarettes, and my friend Juliet told me today that she…
Check out this interview with Chuck Palahniuk (thanks to RobotDeathSquad for the link). For those who may not know, Chuck Palahniuk is probably best known for his novel Fight Club. But as good as that novel is, he’s got other books that I love as much (if not more). His novels Survivor and Choke rank up there in my mind….
Ever since I first started working from home, I’ve been a patron of the local neighborhood coffee spot. There are several around here… but the closest one to me is Gallery Cafe. I’ve been getting coffee here for a good while, primarily on the weekends. But since the work-at-home phase, I’ve been going here almost twice daily: once in the…
This is for anyone in the Brooklyn area: my friends Christine and Kent were planning to participate in the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn, NY. However, something happened with the airline they were flying (read: they got screwed), and their airfare costs suddenly tripled what they were expecting to pay. It sounds quite nasty, and the only way they can…
Today, we had meeting back in the office, downtown. Keep in mind that up until now, all I’ve seen of the place has been the pictures Phil sent of the construction progress, two months back. Barring that, we’ve all seen nothing of our new office area since we moved out. Got to see a ton of folks again, who I…
And when you’re done with the first one – try giving the second one a go.
Thanks to mowgli88 for this link. I haven’t gotten very far, but it seems really well-made. I can’t wait to solve it (hint: click the two little gray things, above the yellow arrow). Reminiscent of sites like Safeplaces, Grow, Treasure Box and TCB Museum.
Got an email about the new poets.org website earlier tonight. Check out all the fancy new features – tons of new stuff to explore here.
Thanks to Ecce Signum, I found out about Spore, the newest game from Will Wright (creator of Sim City and The Sims). The premise of the game sounds incredible – at the game’s start, your job is to slowly evolve tiny micro-organisms. Over the course of the game, you go from primordial ooze to interstellar overlord. I highly encourage you…
I took today off (one of the comp days I accrued, from the past few weeks). For lunch, I went over to Hot Doug’s again with Justin, Chris and Leslie. I should have taken a picture today, but it didn’t feel very playful or spontaneous, and would have been forced. Still, I don’t see Leslie all that often, and wanted…
05/23/2005
Had I consumed one more drink, or there been one more friend around… I likely would have put this guy on. Your guess is as good as mine. At the Damen/North/Milwaukee trisection, I slipped into the local minimart and inquired about cigars. Lately, I’ve been talking a LOT about smoking, and tonight Justin mentioned having had a lot of cigars…