in honor of tonights state of the union – i’ll quote someone else:

representative charles rangel, a democrat from new york, who is black, when asked on public television about the president:

“well, i really think that he shatters the myth of
white supremacy once and for all.”

i imagine my nerd rating is pretty high in contrast to the population at large but luckily my friends keep me pretty well insulated from that fact.

clownley finally established a web presence and within a week posted the superhero quiz. i would have shared my results too but supergirl was much higher in “which superhero are you” than i’m ready to admit. (i knew i should have answered that thong question less honestly).

and at the mention of tracking my capital one credit card applications, the captain unleashed some smack and now we’re squaring off in the 2006 unsolicited credit card challenge… before you start saying “how gay”, know that the loser will have to figure out how to craft all their credit card applications in to this for the winner.

having recently moved in to a new house and started a new job my wife is greatly lamenting having married a straight man who can’t help her pick out paint colors or outfits…

there had been a draught right after the new year but they deprive me no more – thus begins the 2006 capital one credit card application mail spam count: 1.

a recent npr story about an expedition to the north pole really had me pining to be on the trip until one of the scientists answered the question “how do you keep your face warm?” with “you keep blowing your nose and wiping it on your face until it creates a hard shell of insulation”…

i found out today that the only thing thats changed in fm radio since i listened to it as a kid (twenty som years ago) is that beatle songs are played by cover bands instead of the actual beatles.

how fucking 1984 are these guys?

google resists u.s. subpoena of search data

i’ve recently begun playing email chess using algebraic notation and even though i think i may be losing my current game – i still feel somehow smarter than i was before.

i’ve experienced the challenges of poverty and wealth and i much prefer the problems associated with having wealth.

-caw

as much as i’d like to pull for tony dungy – i will always bet against choke manning in any nfl playoff game in the future…

given the size and capacity of hard drives in comparison to the bulk of glossy magazines, as this generation combs through their parents estate i think they will consider their parents (ok, their fathers) to be much more lecherous than any prior.

i’ve been considering an isight for some time, but now that its embedded in the new macbook anyone want to bet on how i’ll go about getting it?