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Monthly Archives: April 2005

It’s a Start

Ah, the Loonatics.
An eleven year old boy just struck a blow against extreme marketing and convinced Warner Bros. to rethink their new character designs for Buzz Bunny and crew. Amazingly, he managed to do this with an online petition .
You think Warner Bros. would have an eleven year old on staff to [...]

Truly Awesome

I know what you’re thinking.
You’re thinking, “You know, I really wish that someone would take the characters from Les Miserables and put them in a 2D fighting game a la Street Fighter.”
Your wish has been granted.
The Les Miserables 2D fighting game.
Play as Cosette, Tenardier, Valjean, Javert, Eponine and others. Enjorlas [...]

Miso baka yaroo!

Would you call a place, “Ketchup Famished?”
“Mustard Ravenous?”
Perhaps, “Relish Voracious.”
So, why name a restaurant, “Miso Hungry?”
I’m guessing that it’s a Japanese place. When most people think of miso they think of the light broth with scallions and tofu. (I originally had, “Mulligatawny Ravenous” up there, but then I remembered [...]

Playground, you know?

The parking lot cum playground wasn’t the only place we’d play. On the off days, (we’d switch with other grades) we’d play in Spreckel’s park, the public park across the street.
Sometimes, we’d play with Uncle Larry and Aunt Mimi. Uncle Larry would pitch wiffle balls to us, and we’d swing wild [...]

Lunch in the city

When I had Jury Duty I brought the Neo with me. Jotted down a few things that I found interesting about the city. (I probably sold about half a dozen of the devices to interested onlookers, too.) This bit was written during one of our three hour lunches.
I walk around the city [...]

_ _ _ _ T Y

I think, perhaps, the funniest part of jury duty was when we were bored and I suggested that we play “Hangman.”
Well, at least, it was funny to me.

Dismissed!

Well, our case was thrown out of court.
Turns out some new evidence turned up that did something legal or illegal or something in lawyerese.
So I got to meet some long time Washingtonians and listen to stories about the good old days. When milk came in glass bottles, when your parents, your friend’s parents, and [...]