Archive for January, 2006

Double posting is a way of life, First Dibs on the…

Double Posting is a way of Life…When you’re writing from a cell phone so deal, baby!  Twice the rich, nutty flavor, half the uhm….err….half the tomfoolery?  Just kidding! I’d never skimp on the Tom-Foolery or the Jack-Assery around here.  It wouldn’t be dignified!  The post I made from my phone was 17Kb which might be [...]

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Dude, where’s my car? Plus other news…

So after my triumphant triumph (Here-here for reptitive redundancy!) of the washing machine (the one for clothes, not the one for dishes), I thought I was the hot shit…i put the MF in front of my name and erethang…but lo, I was soon to be punished by the gods for my hubris; the brakes and [...]

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Dude, where’s my car? Plus other news…

So after my triumphant triumph (Here-here for reptitive redundancy!) of the washing machine (the one for clothes, not the one for dishes), I thought I was the hot shit…i put the MF in front of my name and erethang…but lo, I was soon to be punished by the gods for my hubris; the brakes and [...]

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The great task is finished. IT LIVES!!!

We did it!  The washing machine, after many hours of fret and toil, sweat and tears, finally lives and breathes and runs and hums and does all the things and an machine of its size and compexity should do.  Putting the machine together was an interesting task, especially since we were kind of at a [...]

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“We’re pot-committed now…no looking back…”

Those were the words of Super Joe as he reassured me that tonight’s work on the washing machine wont end as fruitlessly as last nights (it involved a big black rubber mallet, a pulley and lots of swear words).  Am I nervous?  Of course not.  I’m a MAN.  Whats to be nervous about?  What could [...]

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Maybe one day…

         I’ll be Mr. Fixit.  Last night Super Joe came over and we deconstructed our broken washing machine.  If I had been thinking fast, I would have taken pictures but I still can tonite.  I mean, its not as if we put the thing back together again!  I learned a lot actually, Joe being very [...]

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Freed from the silly constraints…

Oh, pick one! Logic, reason, decency, good taste, sanity…the list could go on. All are good choices. But I’d say that work…no…’FUCKING WORK’ is what I’m free of today. I just finished my project and have sat myself down at the local purveyor of hispano-american foodstuffs for a congratulatory margherita. I [...]

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GRINDIN’

Okay, so it’s 11:14pm on a Thursday night, I just got home from another 15 hour day at work (project is due out on Friday the 13th and there’s a full moon….good thing I dont believe in that crap.) and I’m eating some Kim Chee and eggs I just cooked up.  The Kim Chee?  Mai [...]

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