"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in "Greenie II", Adventures, biking, Party, Utter Silliness on Feb 22nd, 2011
Massive big fun at ChrisGo’s Urban Cyclocross race. My only goal had been to get completely filthy. I pretty much completely ate it in the practice lap, and then collected splashback for the next four laps, so by the time it was all over, I made crunching noises when I moved. Fortunately, those jeans I […]
Posted in Costumes and disguises, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Fashion, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness on Feb 8th, 2011
One of my nerdtastical quirks is that whenever I make or acquire some new clothes, I like to try them on with a bunch of my existing wardrobe to see how well they integrate. Over the course of several years, I have worked toward a wardrobe wherein the majority of components are interchangeable. I am […]
Posted in Distractions, Utter Silliness, videos, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Feb 5th, 2011
Mistake: listening to Prince while reviewing concrete contracting documents. Phrases like “coordinate with other trades as required for any penetrations, embedded items, or sequence of work issues” and “reinforcing steel to be furnished by Concrete Contractor,” suddenly become fraught with nasty, dirty double entendre.
Posted in dumb things I have done, nostalgia, Utter Silliness on Jan 7th, 2011
I’m given to understand that pica, the compulsion to eat non-food items, is fairly common in children. Sometimes it is a symptom of a dietary deficiency, but sometimes it falls into a very broad category I like to call, “little kids are inscrutable little weirdos.” I should know. I was an enthusiastic little weirdo myself […]
Posted in nostalgia, Utter Silliness on Jan 6th, 2011
I distinctly remember the point in my life at which I became aware of the concept of “free time.” It was in the first grade. I’d taken to school with a typical childish exuberance. You got to be amongst other kids, eat as much paste as you could snaffle unnoticed, and learn stuff. Somehow, the […]
Posted in Gratuitous Cussing, Lists, Utter Silliness, Words I Like on Dec 27th, 2010
Words which are not at all rude but can sound that way if spoken in the right tone: buzzard crust ramrod gizzard fusty crock bustard golden custard plugging sun on the beach Words and Phrases which are very rude, but also make no earthly sense cock-smoker Cockswoggler cock-gobbler scrote-weasel turd-bailer fuck-bucket assbasket Gratutious silly words […]
Posted in biking, Distractions, Fashion, meta, Utter Silliness, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Dec 16th, 2010
I was reading the erstwhile blog of Rob Coombes, musician and former astrophysicist, most well known as the keyboard player in Supergrass. He’s an amusing man, and I wish he’d return to his blog – it is a lot of fun. Anyway, what got me going today was another abandoned blog, of which he’d been […]
Posted in bike commuting, Distractions, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on Dec 13th, 2010
I did such a huge double-take on my way to work this morning that it actually involved flipping a Huey and going back for a second look. I passed a house that I’ve probably ridden past fifty times. It’s a pretty basic early 20th Century foursquare, with a rough-cut native limestone first floor and a […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on Nov 25th, 2010
Last Saturday, I got invited to an exorcism at a liquor store. Well, the exorcism wasn’t at the liquor store; I was at the liquor store when the invitation was extended to me. The exorcism, supposedly, was to take place in this new church in an old warehouse in the West Bottoms. It is a […]
Posted in Distractions, Utter Silliness on Sep 5th, 2010
About a month ago, a couple of different friends of mine recommended that I should check out Antonia Cornwell’s blog, “Whoopee, Yet Another Blooming Blog” or “Whoopee,” for short. Boy, oh boy, am I glad I did, and I’ll expand on that theme another time (I’ve got to head for work in about 10 minutes) […]