Wednesday, August 29, 2001
Did I ever tell you about the time I insulted Bruce Campbell? No? Well, it’s a pretty good story, I think.
Mr. Campbell’s appearing at Olsson’s books and records, right? I pick up a copy of his book and get a number. I wait around for about an hour, maybe two hours, and finally, my [...]
There’s a story here, and it starts, “Hey, did I ever tell you about the time I insulted Bruce Campbell?” Yes, the one and only Bruce Campbell. Star of the Evil Dead Trilogy, and the television series Brisco County Junior. Also, one very down to earth and very interesting guy.
And I insulted him.
It [...]
I’d like to say thank you to all the people that asked if I was okay. (All *cough* two of you. Heh.) Yes, I’m okay. And yes, I’m sure. Thank you for checking up on me. It’s hard, but not impossible for me to deal with. All I need is time. I’ll be better in [...]
Saturday, August 18, 2001
Sometimes, all it takes is two instant messenger profiles.
Sometimes, all it takes is a few seconds, and then there’s a flash of comprehension as words coalesce themselves into understanding. One moment, you’re reading structures of letters to form words, using your knowledge of grammar to form sentences. The first five years of your educational [...]
Thursday, August 16, 2001
”Hey Jason.” ”Hey Fil, our DSL provider called, they’re wondering why you’re broadcasting the Code Red virus.” ”Well. . . Crap.”
*sigh* Running a website isn’t all glory, money, fame and chicks. Sometimes, you gotta patch. And patch again. And then patch one more time, and then clean it. Then burn the hard drive so that nothing [...]
Monday, 13 August, 2001 10:34 PMOkay, so a funny thing happened on the way to the weblog. You can’t even begin to imagine what it’s like to have thirty-five megabytes a second being directed to your IP address. I imagine a watermelon being pushed through a pinhole.
But, enough about the denial of service attack! [...]
Sunday, 5 August, 2001 9:13 AM
Ah yes. The large lapse.
This happens from time to time. Usually it’s the work of a deadline at work, or a vacation. In this case, it’s laziness and a predilection to write in the other journals. I have several. A large, spiral hardbound notebook, which contains nightly journal entries. A [...]