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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

9:10PM - How was Oklahoma City, Oklahoma?

Not so much. I didn't get a chance to do much exciting although I did pick up cowboy boots. The Museum of Our National Western Heritage or whatever it was called was only open while I was working so I didn't see that. And the gun range that rented guns had the pistol range closed for a class. Although, as a consolation prize, while I was browsing the guns (I was in the .45 caliber aisle, btw) I did get chatted up by a very Dukes of Hazard looking guy (which didn't scare me because after all I did have a southern accent at one time) but who also seemed rather on the drunk side (which did scare me). He was waiting to pass the accuracy test in the range so he could get a concealed carry license. He said things like "You know, a .45acp is fine for the range, but it's too big for a carry. But it's got that nice kick like that a .40 doesn't have, ya know?" to which I just nodded nervously. Then he complained about how strict the gun laws were in Oklahoma and I considered telling him to shut up because I was from Mass. But then again, it didn't sound like it was any easier to get a concealed carry license than it is in Mass. Yeah, that's my story. Contrary to popular belief, Oklahoma is not completely flat. If it were, I would have had a view of something. Instead, it was a bunch of very mild rolling hills everywhere, meaning I never got to see more than 100 feet of strip mall in any direction. And it all did seem like one big strip mall. In summary, I like my cowboy boots. I like putting them on and playing drums.

Current mood: post-subjunctive

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Wednesday, September 14, 2005

9:22PM - I AM BAD-ASS

I just shaved my head with a straight razor. That's how bad-ass I am.

Well, most of it. I couldn't get the stuff in back.

I'm still bad-ass, though.

Current mood: bad-ass

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Friday, August 12, 2005

Saturday, March 19, 2005

12:39AM

This was the most surprising think I saw all week: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_102.html

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Wednesday, March 2, 2005

10:34PM

Wow! And vegitarian too.

Geez, I guess that wasn't all!

Current mood: Still surprised

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10:31PM

Wow! Casey Kasem is a Druse and his real name is Kamal Amin Kasem.

That is all.

Current mood: surprised

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Tuesday, February 22, 2005

9:55PM - Lost tribe..

[21:14] <<

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[21:14] <<<matt's sekret aim identity>>>: Mitt Romney is considering a presidential run...
[21:14] <<<matt's sekret aim identity>>>: Be afraid
[21:15] <<<christian's sekret aim identity>>>: He'll never win, he's a mormon.
[21:15] <<<christian's sekret aim identity>>>: That's like a jew running.

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Thursday, January 20, 2005

11:39PM

This article in Slate has this to say:

When you watched Invasion of the Body Snatchers, were you rooting for the pods? Then this is your car.

I bring you the Toyota PM concept car, and my future icon until I get bored of it.

http://www.toyota.com/vehicles/future/pm.html

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Monday, January 3, 2005

11:55PM - jiggermast! jiggermast! jiggermast!

Never before has google's define feature brought me so much joy: http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Ajigger

2. break; ruin; destroy; spoil: e.g. Don't touch or you'll jigger it for good!

Current mood: amused

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Monday, December 20, 2004

9:20PM

[21:16] christian: google query "define: cromulent" has nothing
[21:16] christian: but goole query "cromulent" returns 36,900 hits

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Monday, November 29, 2004

1:41AM

I missed football hooligan brunch this morning to get a Turkish breakfast with C, which was yummy. Sliced tomatoes, black olives, hard-boiled egg, feta and another kind of cheese, honey comb (not the cereal), yummy bread, plus I got coffee.

Tomorrow is my first day of work. Eek! I should get some sleep soon, but first I will finish this glass of wine. Nothing makes a good impression like a hangover. Especially a Sunday night hangover!

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Monday, November 22, 2004

Monday, November 8, 2004

1:15AM

Watched Heathers with my lady friend. It was very. I don't think I had seen that movie since high school, although I admit that in high school I taped it off PPV and watched it pretty much every single day after school for several weeks, if not an entire month. So, I was a bit hesitant to watch it as an adult.

To be honest, I thought it was actually still pretty good. Some of the acting was painful, but then I thought that when I was 16, too. Still, I'm not sure what made me think of it back then the way I did. Wait, I do know. It was because I had a massive crush on Winona Ryder. No, I don't understand it either. I mean, she's not that cute in the movie. But I guess she was one of the first to get the waif-like pseudo-goth thing going back then. Still, there's no explaining teenage crushes. None.

In summary, eskimo.

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Wednesday, November 3, 2004

1:08AM

And the winner by a landslide is... we have no idea!

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Thursday, October 28, 2004

12:54AM

Red sox win the series for the first time since 1918.

Yassir Arafat is gravely ill and may not even live through the night.

Tomorrow looks like it may be the happiest day in Brookline in a long, long while.

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Monday, October 25, 2004

10:21PM - No more pushups

Push-ups. We all hate 'em. Now, thanks to space age technology, we don't have to do them anymore. Home automation never looked so good:

http://www.kopropo.co.jp/Movie/KHR1Demo2.wmv

And you can't beat the price!

http://www.sozbots.com/robo-one/buyone.html

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Thursday, October 21, 2004

1:26AM

brilliant

No, I'm not going to mention the game. I am listening to the police scanner and I have a message to Boston's youth:

Hey, you kids, on top of the store two four! Get down! We won! OK? We won!

And stop setting fires, or God is going to take away our fire privileges! It's happened before, you know!

Current mood: sick

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Saturday, October 16, 2004

3:52PM

I read this whole article and didn't realize why I recognized the name until the end.

Much as I may agree with her sentiments on this issue, she's still a jerk.

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