Archive for October, 2003

The Pain

Wednesday, October 29th, 2003

I had the theme song to the 80s sitcom Alice stuck in my head for about 5 days, until this morning, when I woke up with Stevie Wonder’s “You are the sunshine of my life” on endless loop. Ever since coming across the words “Family Feud” a little earlier, I’ve had the theme song to […]

Faire Well

Thursday, October 23rd, 2003

It’s with some sadness that I report the Northern California Renaissance Faire will not return. It’s over. Citing low attendance and losses since 1991 in excess of $900K, the Renaissance Entertainment Corporation has pulled the plug on Northern Faire.

Other Faires the REC operates in Southern Califrornia, Chicago, and New York will continue, and have remained […]

Name That Tune

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003

A challenge for the boys in the room. If you can identify all three of the following TV-show themes, you will win… well, nothing, except the right to beat your chest and call yourself the HAIRIEST MAN IN THE ROOM.

All files are small MP3s. Enjoy:

Mystery Theme #1

Mystery Theme #2

Mystery Theme #3

If you must have a […]

Elliott Smith

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003

I’m very saddened by the news of Elliott Smith today. It really makes me angry when people kill themselves. I suppose it makes me as angry as if someone else had walked up and killed them, in this case stabbed him in the heart. But with a whole bunch of other complicated feelings about self-infliction, […]

Perspective

Wednesday, October 15th, 2003

AIM session from this morning:

me: I had an epiphany last night
MarcMoirez: There’s a cream for that you know

I’d been thinking about politics, the polarization of America, the incessant din of shrill argument on the airwaves, in the papers, online, even behind closed doors much of the time. Schwarzenegger is our Governor. The Constitution is under […]

Das Footoor

Tuesday, October 7th, 2003

As some of you have noticed, the comments are seriously fucking not working. Their degree of anti-workage is asymptotically approaching infinity.

I have, in fact, tried my best to fix it. The breakage occurred when I switched hosts a few months back, and is undoubtedly related to file permissions. Despite my best chmod 777s, problems persist. […]

Argue, Argue, Argue

Friday, October 3rd, 2003

It’s been a hectic couple of days for online livin’

It’s amazing how rapidly things spiral out of control when you don’t have any offline relationship with someone. Perfectly well-meaning, like-minded individuals can wind up lifelong enemies after mere moments of tapping at distant keyboards.

It’s upsetting to me. Especially when I’m loaded up with coffee.

Blessed […]

VOTE

Wednesday, October 1st, 2003

Find your polling place and vote in the damn election.

That is all.