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Monthly Archives: January 2005

Really?

Just for the record:
Pokemon cause cancer.
A quick google search for the words “pokemon” and “cancer” return a surprising number of results. A few of the articles even mention “Pokemon Master” genes.
I have two questions: What was going through the researcher’s head when they named it the, “POK Erythroid Myeloid ONtogenic factor?”
The [...]

Even worse.

The candies I mentioned aren’t even candies. I took a picture of the “candies” on a whim, and now I find that the picture is even more satisfying than previously envisioned.
The boxes contain “Milk Chocolate Flavored Shapes.”
There is plenty to say, but at the moment, I’m speechless.

Offhand.

Inauguration Day falls under the category, “Things that happen only once every four years.” Much like my Cadbury Creme Egg ingestion, and eating at McDonald’s. Although now I can say with a fair amount of accuracy that I have probably gone through the Clinton and Bush administration without choosing to eat at the [...]

Gun, jumped.

I’m in line at the drugstore. Not my favorite activity, and not one that I had planned. When I walked in, there was no line. I decided that I could find a box of aluminum foil and be back out in the brisk winter air. In the two minutes that it [...]

Shouldn’t be this hard

I’ve finally decided that I want to retire the current rice cooker. Years of faithful service and abuse have finally taken their toll on my most beloved of appliances. This is the device that kept me fed throughout a majority of my college career. Now, the non stick coating is coming off [...]

What you need, man?

I just spent an inordinate amount of time watching two webpages update with news regarding the MacWorld keynote speech. All the rumor pages this time were remarkably accurate. To recap: MacMini, the tiny “headless” computer that retails for $499 and comes without a keyboard, mouse, or monitor. New versions of the [...]

Paradigm Shift

You never realize how much of a homeowner you are until you are riding in a car with your friends, having a conversation about oh, World of WarCraft–when suddenly, you shout, “Oh hey! Is that a new kitchen store?”
And you really are interested.
I spent the entire day Sunday with the Condo. [...]