Pumpkin Seeds: 3/22/2004
1. 3-day weekends that become 4-day weekends due to nasty viruses suck. 2. Crazy Wilson is my new [South] American Idol. 3. I don’t remember the circus being such a musical production. Other than the lions and horses (booooooorrrrrrring!), though, it was a pretty exciting show. Especially the daredevilly stuff. 4. Ringmaster Kevin Venardos quite
A sense of naked helplessness
I rarely give a conscious thought to the possibility of being caught up in a terrorist attack, fully accepting the likelihood that NYC remains a target and at some point in the future, another attack will come. Other than crawling under a rock or moving to North Dakota, there’s really no other option and, to
Dear wannabe Warren Buffets: If you’re considering buying MSO stock thinking you’re going to make a bundle when it swings back up, here’s what I wrote to someone else that thinks the same thing. It’s definitely a gamble but unless you’re playing with tens of thousands of dollars, I don’t think it’s going to be
It’s the ego talking
So I’m trying to finish this new piece [have I mentioned Acentos is tonight?] that came out of nowhere a little over a week ago and I go to open it up in Word a few minutes ago and I notice another file cryptically named “post,” last modified on 5/14/2003. Curious, I open it and
Cattell’s 16 Factor Test Results Warmth |||||||||||||||||||||||| 74% Intellect |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 82% Emotional Stability ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Aggressiveness |||||||||||||||||||||||| 74% Liveliness ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Dutifulness ||||||||||||||| 42% Social Assertiveness ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Artistic Interests |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 82% Paranoia ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Abstractness |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 90% Introversion ||||||||||||||| 46% Anxiety |||||||||||| 38% Openmindedness ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Independence ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Perfectionism ||||||||||||||| 50% Tension |||||||||
Pumpkin Seeds: 3/8/2004
1. I just noticed my redesign pretty much killed the “angry pumkpin” tag. Other than in the title bar, it doesn’t even appear anywhere. Hmmm… 2. Watched Deep Blue Sea Saturday night while working on the web site. Twice, actually, as TNT showed it back-to-back. Silly movie but it’s got the Best Death Scene Ever
RIP: Pedro Pietri
Woke up this morning / feeling excellent! / Picked up the telephone / dialed the number / Of my equal opportunity / employer to inform him / I will not be in / to work today! / Are you feeling sick? / the Boss asked me, / “No Sir” I replied, / I am feeling
Stark lines in the sand
A recent discussion in Morris Stegosaurus’ journal and a conversation last night about the poetry scene got me thinking about change and evolution and what influences both. I haven’t been to Bar 13 in the longest and have been waiting for the next UPPERCASE to come around as a reason to go. UPPERCASE always represented
Box of Dozens
One of the more interesting memes I’ve come across, swiped from theklute’s LiveJournal: So, say you were meeting a new person – blind date, new friend, who knows. And you wanted them to have some idea of what kind of person you are, and who you are. But you can’t actually tell them in so
Pumpkin Seeds: 3/1/2004
1. If I had gone for the Lord of the Rings sweep (that I’d hoped for but didn’t expect) and not taken a gamble on a couple of other longshot upsets, I’d have done better than 67% with my picks last night. Considering I hadn’t seen the vast majority of the nominees, though, it wasn’t