Monday, December 11, 2006
compartimiento molesto
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Pretty Fun Game, Educational Too
Oh yeah, I guess you want me to tell you where it is! Click here.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Thwarted Attempts at Female Friendship
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Laughing out loud by oneself
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Frustrating Fruit Follies
Peaches are my favorite fruit. Which made the discovery that they are seasonal quite unpalatable (pun intended). Around these parts you can only buy peaches in the store between May and October. I haven't seen them in any store any other time. If the planet we live on is a sphere (it is) and consists of two hemispheres (it does), one of which has its warm season when the other has its cold season, then we should be able to import peaches from wherever they grow around the world! We can put a man on the moon (12 men, actually) but we can't have peaches year-round?! What's wrong with the world?
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Vocabulary Lesson #3
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Tired of Credit Card Applications?
Monday, October 09, 2006
Weird/Interesting Dream
I have some pretty strange dreams once in a while. I think I may start documenting them for my own amusement. Once in a while I have a dream that seems like it could be the plot of a movie. Except that I always wake up before the movie's conclusion, so I never know what happened. Can I get a refund?
So anyway, the other night I dreamt that I had to defend my neighborhood from a roving band of ravenous alligators and my only weapon was a can of mace. For some reason I could only use mace, I couldn't use a baseball bat or, I don't know... a gun?! And I had to make sure that I maced the gators right in the eye, otherwise they wouldn't be affected. So I had to get real close to the gator before I could mace it! Sounds safe to me. I guess this is what makes dreams so weird. And of course, I woke up before I found out what happened. Maybe it's better that way because I probably was going to end up losing a hand. Chomp.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Monday, October 02, 2006
Panera Bread, get in my belly!
The reason I bring this up is that I have been making several business trips to Cedar Rapids, Iowa over the past few months. There is a Panera Bread within walking distance of my hotel, so I have been making several trips there during the week for dinner. It's definitely making me want to make a pitch for Panera Bread to expand to Austin. Who do I need to talk to to make it happen? Somebody let me know.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Vocabulary Lesson #2
snügens (interjection) [snoo-genz] - an expression of frustration. The u-umlaut is critical. It is highly recommended to use snügens with an exclamation point. Example of use: "Snügens! I left my [highly valuable object necessary for my survival]
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Biked 35 Miles Today
This morning I rode with 3 friends from church along some of Austin's suburban scenic roads. The route consisted of the northern part of Loop 360 down to Bee Caves Rd, then out to Route 71 and back. The whole route is about 35 miles. It's a very scenic route with a lot of hills, so it's definitely a workout. I'm still sore even as I write this. My hope is to be able to do some kind of biking most weekends and try to improve on my distance and hill-climbing ability. We'll see how it goes, as I don't have a great history when it comes to achieving exercise goals. Wish me luck.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Proof that Texas has hills
Starting from the road, there may be about 25 feet before the hill descends. The plan is to build the house along the slope of the hill so that a walk-out basement/lower level is possible. For those that don't know, basements in Texas are rare because underneath the thin layer of topsoil is an unyielding mass of limestone. Making a basement-sized hole in the limestone is cost-prohibitive. As such I've never seen a basement in any Texas home, unless the house is built on the slope of a hill.
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Confessions of a Wikipedia addict
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Recurring Dream
So this makes me wonder: What do people who were bad students in high school dream about? Turning in assignments on time??
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
What is a snood?
When I was in college I used to make up words. Usually these words filled a gap in my vocabulary. I would think, "Hey I need a 1-2 syllable word that describes this situation." One of the words I made up was "snood." Yes, I know technically it was already a word, but I didn't find that out until later. And it was before the game came out. So I'll still take credit for it, thank you.
Snood is an extremely versatile word and can be used in several contexts.
(1) As a semi-insulting term to describe one who is either annoying you, is acting in a manner contradictory to how you think they should act, or has changed his plans with you at the last minute.
"You snood!" "C'mon, don't be a snood!"
(2) As a means of prefacing a statement that may be obvious or a question to which the answer may be obvious. "I don't mean to be a snood, but ___ ." It's a way of saying, "Yes, despite the obviousness of the statement or question, I'm going to say/ask it anyway!"
(3) Alternate forms of snood include:
"snoodery" - the state or practice of being a snood. When someone stumbles across a group of snoods he could exclaim, "What's all this snoodery?"
"snooding out" - just a minor variation to describe the last-minute changing of plans. "So you're snooding out on me?"
Hopefully that was enough to convey the subtle nuances of "snood." You won't really start to get it until you use it in conversation. So go ahead and try it and report back to me.