December 2003

Recap

31 December 2003

If I was a sports franchise, 2003 would be recorded as a “rebuilding” year. It wasn’t terrible, and some aspects of it were even good, but in the final analysis I spent too much of the year treading water and reacting to stress. My professional life was fraught with conflict, with personal attacks against me [...]

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Get outta town!

30 December 2003

Work. Work. Work. Work. Work. You know, I think I need some time off, really off, without even phone calls. The weird thing is that I still have eleven days of vacation time coming, with a “use it or lose it” clause that kicks in Feb. 1, 2004. Of course a situation at work will [...]

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Not Top 40 material

29 December 2003

Thanks to this post, I’ve been getting a lot of search hits for “electric sex lamp.” It’s a sign — I should form a band by that name. Of course, I also got a hit for “lovecraft + itunes,” so maybe I need to think this through. Unfortunately, I’ll have to figure out why some [...]

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Struttin’

28 December 2003

Today was the 2003 King Mango Strut, Miami’s strangest parade. As usual, it was irreverent, low-brow, lower-budget, goofy, and enormous fun. A fair amount of the humor was local, as was most of the really wicked satire, but that’s okay, it’s unlikely that NBC is going to start covering the Strut anytime soon. This year’s [...]

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Since 1793

27 December 2003

There are things to say, but they won’t be said today. Instead, let me offer those of you with broadband connections this delightful film. It’s an enormous file, but astoundingly good, if a bit disturbing. (It is also “not safe for work,” or NSFW, as the kids say.) Allow me to present Rare Exports. (Yes, [...]

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Christmas 2003, Miami

26 December 2003

Santa’s vultures over downtown, Christmas Eve Unripe bananas A Christmas morning badminton game “Ceramic village assaulted by gigantic cat” Handmade ornament from 35 years ago, still in use Share/Bookmark

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Frosty

24 December 2003

Okay, it’s rough, I know I mispronounce some words, and I have a cold so I’m not at the top of my game. Now that I have my excuses out of the way, in the spirit of the season Matt cares so little about, I give you my reading of “Yule,” an essay from Things [...]

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Speaking of/by the Devil

24 December 2003

Okay, I’m game. Ezrael, Jen, you want to hear me do spoken word, I’ll happily oblige. I have to warn you, though, the last time I did this Xkot said I sound like Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. (If you’d like to hear the inaugural audio file, go right ahead.) So, what should [...]

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A warning

23 December 2003

Should I ever snap and go on a killing spree, the first people on my list will be spammers, particularly those who send messages with subjects like “Stop emails like this one.” There will be no mercy, and I will finally be able to answer the question, “Will a Bluetooth wireless mouse work if it [...]

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Back in business

22 December 2003

As of a few minutes before 11:00 AM today, the comments are back in business. (And jst in case any of the techs who were visiting come back, thank you for your efforts. My beef is with the management, not with you.) So, to keep me from being miserable and lonely, comment, damn it! We [...]

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