December 2008
5 posts
Wii-diculous
Yesterday I had my first experience with the Nintendo Wii. It was very fun, and by very fun I mean it was wiierd, wiionderful and wiilicious. Much to the credit of WiiHaveaProblem.com I have been made well aware of the safety issues surrounding this controversial video game system. For this reason, I made sure to put on the “Wii Jacket” immediately in order to prevent projectile controllers in...
The Joys of Writing a Blog
It has now been over three months since I first started writing this blog. It has been a good run. I don’t really have a formal post today, but would like to mention some random things that have occured recently, some related to the blog and some not at all related to anything.
1) Following my post on the “Functional Foods,” the blog began getting spammed. How do you spam a blog you may ask? ...
Functional Foods
There are some foods that are just too darn practical to be eaten - these are known in the most dignified nooks of the world as the functional foods. One of the best known functional foods is the pizza crust. Meet Crusty the Pizza Crust, without whom pizza would lose its status as a finger food. Despite being edible, many people do not eat Crusty. There are many reasons for this - a sudden...
Musical Fingerprints
Every once in a while when I am driving I experience a radio station merge. When this happens, the usual classic rock continues playing, but is infused with some additional sound ranging from rap to Bill O’reilly. Sometimes it works (rap). Sometimes it doesn’t (o’reilly). I have often heard that Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album is a perfect noise-over for the movie, Wizard of Oz. This...
Does Cheating Death Cheat Witnessing Bystanders?
On the drive home, I witnessed a miracle. A suicidal squirrel ran across the street, under a speeding VW Bug, and into the Bug’s right rear moving tire. It bounced off the tire, landed beneath the car as the car zoomed over it and then ran up a tree, as if it planned that course of action the whole time. The garden gnome looked unimpressed by the stunt. I was relieved, but at the same time...