there is a portion of my music collection that is much easier to enjoy in the privacy of headphones rather than out in the open on speakers…

i love the hubris in the claim of certain products to be caustic to the things we hate yet gentle and mild to the things we love.

i don’t use the tv guide to plan what watch but rather to figure out what it was i just got done watching.

it may not be entirely true but certainly a large factor in why i own steve maquire’s “writing solid code” is because the teaser on the cover “microsoft’s techniques for developing bug free c programs” tickles me.

i fear we will be needing a new home soon just to make room for all the cardboard we have accumulated from amazon and other online retailers.

thank god for ipod when npr goes to begging for funds.

the first few months our kid was eating i was amazed at how much cleaner he ate than other kids i’d seen. however, i might have rushed to judgement and not considered that all the food getting in to his mouth came off our hands. now that he’s self feeding he’s just as sloppy as your kid.

how is it possible that the chicago cubs’ bench coach is named dick pole?

as much as i hated the movie cold mountain i somehow found myself referring to it twice today at work – and neither time was i commenting about renée zellweger’s unusual appearance.

when i watch real men work on fixing up my house, i think i should do this next time – actually i never really think that.

i’m pretty sure i’ll die early as a result of fighting for things beyond my influence.

if you saw how much dirt piles up on our hardwood floors you would never think of owning carpet.