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Poker
After work, Chris and Justin and I swung by Piece for some pizza (no karaoke this time). After we got done, we kicked around the idea of playing some poker, and headed over to Chris’ house to see if we could round up a few folks. This, I thought, was worth noting. On the kitchen…
Guess How Much?
Over some time, Matt has been dumping all his spare change into the same pot. Today, he brought (read: lugged) it all in to the office. It was so heavy, he ended up having to use two pillowcases, and set them inside one of those portable beer cooler things. Too heavy to lift, he had…
Out with the Old
Returning to Writing
Dug through my poems today, and looked over my rather shoddy tracking system for submissions. I’m still unsure about the poems I sent to Many Mountains Moving and the Antioch Review. And this shit has been out there since April of this year. I sent off an inquiry email to those two places, hoping I’d…
10 x 10
This is a great utilization of Flash, providing us a snapshot of the world. I first saw this a few weeks back on the FWA site, but was reminded of it tonight thanks to a post by The_Spectre. This project was also made by the same folks who made Wordcount.
FYI
There are two different types of UPS mailboxes you can purchase: personal and business. They differ only in size and in the number of names you can associate with them. Personal UPS mailboxes are approximately $25/month (although you get something like 15 months if you buy a year upfront); business UPS mailboxes are approciatemyl $35/month…
= != ==
One equal sign means you’re assigning a value.Two equal signs mean you’re testing for equivalency. Gaaaaaaaaaah. I know this. I’ve been burned BADLY by this in the past. And I just lost 30 minutes thismorning, mucking around with my code only to realize I used = when I should have used ==. Stupid stupid stupid…
On the way to work
The Elegant Universe
Caught the first episode of The Elegant Universe tonight. I was talking with Juliet on IM at the time, and got sucked in to the show (I don’t watch much TV, but NOVA ranks high up on my list). Wow. Also realized just now that I had mentioned this documentary over a year ago. It’s…
Right When Juliet And I Were Talking About This
From: MattTo: FelixSubject: Dec 26, 2004 Hey Hoss. Just so you know, there’s a place in Cowtown called Taco Ninja. It’s in the bar Cafe Bourbon Street. Z
Assassinate Your Hunger
Remember my entry a few days ago about Kung-Fu Ramen? And how the only thing that could top it would be something along the lines of Ninja Tacos? Well guess fucking what? HO. LEE. CRAP. Thanks to the inestimable Juliet, who provided the very thing that surpasses Kung-Fu Ramen! And to top things off? As…
An Old Mystery Re-emerges
Saw this on the way in to work, on the corner of Wells and Wacker. The messed up thing about this note? I saw a prior version earlier this year, in February. Today’s note traces back to February 3, 2004. And yesterday’s river freezing traces back to February 2, 2004. When I saw this note…
Self-Portrait, circa 6:00 AM
What am I even doing here? I need to find some coffee and fast.
*yawn*
Woke up around 5:49 AM. For some fucking reason. And now… it’s like an hour later, and I haven’t been able to get back to sleep. And I’ve been surfing around forums that are dead as can be. I’m not sure what to do with the rest of my morning here. But the one thing…