Anytime someone at work says "step one" (generally in an attempt to describe some process), someone inevitably will respond "cut a hole in the box". If this does not make sense, I can only say two things:
So I'm watching Million Dollar Password tonight, hosted by Regis Philbin. During the second round there was a rather effeminent sounding man (by the name of David Hodorowski) playing with celebrity contestant Tony Hawk. The first password was "worst" (which this man had definitely been during the previous round). This …
I was reading up on the state of the Writer's Guild of America strike a couple of days ago and came across this article about The forgotten writers strike of '06 by Daniel J. Blau. In this article, Blau recounts the efforts of the WGA to grow their ranks by …
A female friend recently overheard the following paraphrased conversation in a women's restroom at a restaurant:
Little Girl: "What does that sign say?"
Mother: "It is to tell the people who work here that they must wash their hands before they can go back to work."
Little Girl: "Oh. What …
Some time ago I was having dinner with my family at a buffet-style restaurant in Ogden, Utah. While looking over the dessert selection, I noticed (thanks to ambient back lighting) that the "Lemon Bars" sign had some writing on the back. I removed the sign, turned it over, and read …
Last December I was surfing the web and came across an article about some ice sheet and global warming and such. Here is a screen capture of the article (a higher resolution PNG can be viewed by clicking on the image; the original story is from msnbc.com:
What I …
I was taking out the garbage the other day when I looked down and saw something that grabbed my attention:
Sorry for how blurry it is ... the completely illegible line under BAGS is the French or Spanish translation.
In any case, I saw that and thought why would anyone possibly …
I previously posted an observation about Nicole Kidman looking a little Wraith-like at the 2006 Oscars. The Wraith, for the uninitiated, are an alien species featured in Stargate Atlantis on the Sci Fi Channel.
I finally (over a year later) have gotten around to finding some pictures. It's probably just …
The 2006 Torino Winter Olympics were brought to you by Ricola ...
... and Gateway Computers ...
Note: Yes, this is really really old now. I only today found a piece of video from the opening ceremonies that had the relevant clips. I'm finally getting around to it just to finish a post …
I was up late doing some work from home with Comedy Central playing in the background. The movie Office Space was about to begin, but first they felt the need to air the following disclaimer:
Immediately after that disclaimer faded from the screen, the following appeared:
Now, I realize what …