When I was five years old, during the first time that bell-bottoms were in fashion, I decided to play on my parents' typewriter. They had an electric typewriter of good quality, but I don't recall what sort. (I do recall that it was blue and white.) I don't know why they had it, because I don't think my mother ever used it, and my dad couldn't type ( Read more... )

swimtech and I were talking yesterday about an interesting skill I've developed in recent years ( Read more... )

It has become clear to me that Europeans must prefer baths to showers. No person who showers on a regular basis would have designed any of the four hotel showers I´ve used here. First, what is with the showerheads all being pointed straight down? I have to stand on the drain to get any water on me ( Read more... )

Why is it that for the first three days after I get my hair highlighted I look like a zebra, but after a wash or two it suddenly blends in?

Are aliens sneaking into my room and stirring my hair follicles?

Apparently FOX has just re-upped Dollhouse and canceled Terminator:SCC, despite the fact that T:SCC got slightly better ratings.

The reason? Oh, I loved this one.
"This is a bet on Joss Whedon," declared Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly, as he explained to reporters yesterday that the network's decision to give the struggling "Dollhouse" a ( Read more... )

I was on the train this weekend and as usual, spent some time eavesdropping on my fellow passengers. For about 30 minutes I was listening to a trio (two guys and a girl) of 20-somethings talk. I was generally impressed with them. Winning comment, from one of the boys: "Yeah, those club girls are nice to look at I guess, but it gets old real fast. I ( Read more... )

I saw a bumper sticker today that read:

"You don't have to believe everything you think."

I can't decide if it's a Christian bumper sticker, or an atheist one.

Yeah, it's probably Zen Buddhist. Does anyone know for sure?