I had occasion today to realize something about people. They are dumb. Say your job was to stand out in the street, with a sign that says “Ask me about X!” where X is some great thing. And in addition to holding this sign, you also need to answer all inquiries about X, because if [...]
Archive for July, 2005
July 25, 2005
To be or not to be. — Shakespeare To do is to be. — Nietzsche To be is to do. — Sartre Do be do be do. — Sinatra Sometimes, the simple things are the best.
July 24, 2005
Backstory: I’m a big believer in self-improvement. Or just plain masochistic, depending on what day and who you ask. A few weeks ago, I decided that I curse an awful lot and it was time to cut back. So I started NoSwearWeek, which means 7 days without uttering a word not fit to be printed [...]
July 18, 2005
I did a bag count in my apartment today, and I’ve got several. I’ve got an internal frame pack from REI, had that one four or five years now. It’s a solid piece of equipment, never caused me any grief except that some freakin’ chipmonks chewed through a zipper to steal my lunch (I hear [...]
July 6, 2005
These details are clearly related in my world: I lose sight of the big picture I start to care more about the short-term. Problems develop The mystery is, what order are those things happening in? On a more lighthearted note, I hopped on the tennis bandwagon today. Well, it’s not a bandwagon yet, but now [...]
July 5, 2005
There’s a man that sits in the back, not always the last row, but back far enough that he speaks in an elevated tone when he has something to say. We arrive at the same time always, but I never see how he gets in. He takes a seat (not the same one twice, sometimes [...]