previous: June 2004

idea of the day 2004.06.30

the only thing i can think of to explain wearing a wife beater undershirt is that you must have gotten confused and thought intimidating your neighbors was the primary purpose of the undershirt rather than its true purpose of containing man scent and preventing those nasty underarm stains.

idea of the day 2004.06.29

the last time i ate vietnamese food i accidentally rubbed my finger acorss my eye after handling some jalapeno peppers. if you thought that would hurt worse than hell, you would have been right.

idea of the day 2004.06.28

at some point in life i became convinced it was virtuous to save plastic cool whip and butter containers instead of throwing them out – this weekend i got over that and pitched ‘em (in to the recycle bin of course…)

idea of the day 2004.06.25

turns out the 98% lesbian crowd is as much entertainment as the indigo girls in concert.

idea of the day 2004.06.24

“i don’t mind people building empires as long as its us” – the chief architect in my technology space.

idea of the day 2004.06.23

yesterday was the thirty-fifth anniversary of the last time the cuyahoga river caught fire. yeah, it happened more than once. isn’t cleveland a glorious place to live.

idea of the day 2004.06.22

bill maher did one of the most candid, funny interviews i’ve ever heard – i was so glad to discover that cnn published the full transcript of the larry king interview so i could enjoy it over and over again.

idea of the day 2004.06.21

my son slept in with me til 9:30; i got two home made cards and gifts; i found a $20 bill at the grocery store; the sun was shining and the sky was blue – not a bad first father’s day for me.

the crystal city 2004.06.18
author: orson scott card

i’d nearly forgotten how much fun it was to read for pleasure and i’m saying that after reading a fairly mediocre story. whats worse is that orson borrows so much of the plot from his religion and it seems to me that if your going to spin a yarn around an existing story it should be better than the original. from the author: once he had been so formidable that he was surrounded by enemies. now even his enemies had lost interest in him. what clearer sign of failure could you find than that.

idea of the day

natalie and i are willing to consume all the carbs that the atkin’s fanatics are passing by.

nickel and dimed 2004.06.17
author: barbara ehrenreich

this experiment makes any bad day i have at the office seem like a good day in comparison. from the author: the “working poor”, as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. they neglect their own children so that the children of others will be cared for; they live in substandard housing so that other homes will be shiny and perfect; they endure privation so that inflation will be low and stock prices high. to be a member of the working poor is to be an anonymous donor, a nameless benefactor, to everyone else.

idea of the day

gesturing left before making a right turn should be sufficient cause for your driver’s license to be revoked.

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