Entries from October 2002
Paper Tiger
Although I have little interest in Tiger Woods and less in the sport of golf, there was an interesting story surrounding him in the paper today.
Apparently he is being called upon by civil-rights campaigners to take a stand regarding the policy at Augusta National that only men can be members. The policy strikes me as [...]
Parsing problem
Spotted a banner at a resale shop today that read “Formerly Good Samaritan Thrift.”
The bad samaritans are more fun anyhow.
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Gwen and I saw Standing in the Shadows of Motown last night, a documentary about 14 session musicians in Detroit known as the Funk Brothers. The story goes that these 14 guys, in some combination or another, were the sound behind every hit vocalist that came out of Motown for about 12 years.
The movie was [...]
Switch
In the beginning were the Switch ads from Apple. Quirky music in the background and a regular person just describing why they switched from Windows to Macs, with a lot of jump cuts to stress certain points.
Then came the parodies. Will Farrell made an especially funny one that was played at a Macworld conference.
Then came [...]
Seasons change
Every year for some years now, a group of my friends has gathered for a weekend at a cabin on the Pedernales river (perversely pronounced Per-duh-Na-liss if you’re not from around here), and this year’s outing was this past weekend, where we celebrated Jenny’s big 4-0. Not much to report, since the weekend is all [...]
Synthetic fun
A couple nights ago, Gwen was given an invitation to some sort of party at La Zona Rosa. The invitation promised it would be a showcase for new art, fashion, and film. “Could be fun,” she figured, so she accepted and invited me along. We agreed to ride our bikes and meet there.
It turns out [...]
One down, two to go
Well, thanks to the intervention of a kind soul who will remain nameless, I have scored a pirate copy of Office 2001, allowing me to run Office X after all. Now I just need to get my hard drive fixed and deal with that address-book problem.
Upgrade woes
What a disaster.
I upgraded to MacOS X version 10.2 yesterday. This may turn out to be more aggravating than the upgrade from 9.0 to 10.1. Why? Some specifics:
Address book: Although it was fairly primitive in 10.1, I started using the address book and depended on it. Much to my amazement, not only does the address [...]
Shinjumen
Another whacky fad from Japan. Inserting pearls in the penis. This article had a lot of fun with the topic
Shukan Taishu notes that while many ordinary women in their 20s tend to clam up when it comes to pearl implants, older women are more inclined to shell out a bit for the added sensation, meaning [...]
Don’t give them ideas
From the Onion: RIAA Sues Radio Stations for Giving Away Free Music. Yes, it’s a joke…for now.
