The funniest part about growing up in Manhattan is that many things people outside deeply urban areas experience, I find exotic. As people coming to the big city enjoy rides in elevators, because they seem exotic if you don’t ride … Continue reading
Our printer has decided after 5 years of service it is taking a rest… permanently. Therefore, as any good american, we are throwing it away. Fixing this thing is far too scary of a proposition, only because the company who … Continue reading
Following up on my entry about my “peanut-butter that talked my knife into cutting me,”:http://www.upthetree.com/wp-uploads/030915_cut_off.html (One of my most commented entries ever!) I found an article in the New York Times about why “inanimate objects attack.”:http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/21/magazine/21ONLANGUAGE.html _I would say more, … Continue reading
I am a sweet person. That is, I love sweet foods. They call out to from shop windows, whispering their quiet descent to my, somewhat resolute, self-control I Love Sweets. My mother and father were not sweets people. Rarely, would … Continue reading
Convinced that the *pirates as weather men* thing was funny (and I’m brilliant), I have spent a little more time… improving the point. I’m not going to move on with my life until someone out there laughs at my joke. _(I’ll … Continue reading
bq. Shiver me timbers! Thars’ a storm a’ brewin’! (If only pirates were weather men)
When I was younger, 8 or 9, I used to think that mayonnaise had some sort of preserving feature. I thought people smeared that disgusting white stuff all over their sandwiches, because it protected the bread from getting soggy from … Continue reading
Have you ever almost cut off your index finger with a serrated knife, while trying to cut stale bread, to make yourself a mid-afternoon peanut butter and jelly sandwich, with peanut butter you just found from 3 months ago? _ow._
It’s eerie how much today was like that day. It was bright, beautiful and cool; just like today. I struggled out of bed into my living room and turned on some morning news program as was my custom at the time. … Continue reading
I’m a media junky. I love to horde CD-Rs and burn my life onto plastic. Back-ups, custom audio mixes, projects, drafts, masters, you name it I burn it onto cd. Unfortunately, most of my cds look like I have terrible penmanship … Continue reading
