Entries from February 2002
Squirrel intruder
Seeing a squirrel indoors provokes an intense cognitive-dissonance moment. Squirrels are supposed to be outside critters. I just realized that today.
There had been a scratching noise in the attic-apparently some kind of critter had gotten in there somehow, and couldn’t get out. I went up to see, but it immediately became quiet as soon as [...]
Dating in NYC
Apparenty, dating in New York is weirder than I ever imagined. Men from Manhattan cross into Brooklyn to find cool, arty chicks. Women from Manhattan cross into Brooklyn to find cool, arty guys.
ALL LOOK SAME
ALL LOOK SAME. Politically incorrect ‘n’ fun. I scored 11.
Eldritch phytoplankton
Today’s googlewhack: eldritch phytoplankton. Score: 6,169,600,000.
360 northbound
Rode 360 northbound today, solo. Beautiful warm day. Hard to believe the winter Olympics are going on. Saw plenty of riders out on the road, stopped by Nelo’s shop, where there was a rep from Nimble showing off some impossibly lightweight wheels with carbon rims. He had one unlaced rim and invited me to sit [...]
This made me laugh a
This made me laugh a lot (Flash required).
jackanape jigger
Ok, now I’m just being silly. The googlewhack du jour: jackanape jigger. Score: 7,073,100. I actually thought it would score lower, but this suggests a variant of the game: alliterative googlewhacks.
What’s incredible is that prolegomena delicatessen actually returns 13 hits. I mean, seriously!
otolaryngology hellion
Yet another googlewhack: otolaryngology hellion. Score: 6,321,000,000.
Ablative pashmina
Another googlewhack: ablative pashmina. Score: 1,547,600,000
Googlewhacking
Googlewhacking is a new game where you try to find a pair of ordinary words that appear together on only one web page, as revealed through a Google search. This is a little like trying to find an actor with a Bacon Number of 5.
Your score is the number of hits for each word individually, [...]
