I saw a bumper sticker the other day that said, in big block letters, "HESCMNBK," and then in smaller letters below it, "We have his word on it." I was hoping it was some kind of local RI politician's sticker, seeing as it's the worst example of a buy-me-a-goddamn-vowel name I've ever seen (even worse than Kent Hrbek and the like) and I wrote the ( Read more... )

So it should be known that, just like every year, I've entered a March Madness pool. Two of them, in fact. Last year I came in second place in my pool -- this year, I don't think I could have done worse if I'd tried ( Read more... )

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A STUFFED THE CHEAT

Interesting night last night. On the whole, should be chalked up as a win, I think, although I've never seen my friends be such total lame-asses. (SIX people doing work on a Saturday night? WTF, mate?) But on the whole good things outweighed bad and dammit, I'm gonna claim that night as my own.

I haven't been able to handle crowds recently. If I'm in a room with more than about 20 people in it, I immediately start trying to get out. Tonight I left Laini's art opening after about ten minutes because I couldn't deal with the mass of people milling about. Even larger-but-still-intimate social gatherings (let's say nine people in an ( Read more... )

And this is some fucked up repugnant shit...