Steve Wozniak who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs was the first person in my iPhone queue. Wozniak arrived at the Apple store at Valley Fair Mall in San Jose at 4 a.m. [source] He must have a lot of free time. Wikipedia >…
Date Archives June 2007
Going Nowhere Slowly
As I was about to leave work on Thursday, my boss approached me. "I need a favor." "What's up?" "I need you to wait in line for me for the iPhone tomorrow. Have you been to the Apple Store at Valley Fair?" You mean, the…
Casual Duress
Murdering your retarded seven-year-old son is heinous, yes, but it's not the Holocaust. The outrage on the Internet is a bit excessive. Dare I say that murdering a child isn't even as heinous as raping one. In other (lighter) news:
Pelvic Thrust
This is so distracting. [Evan Almighty's] business was strongest in the South and Mid-West, average in the West Coast and Mountain regions, and softest in the East and Canada. [source] Canada? Not down with God. From A.O. Scott's review of Nancy Drew: In time Ned…
Hey, at least that Clippers center is still alive, eh?
So where I work a new high class little "food court" opened up next door. They've got everything from a smoothie bar to stir fry and burritos. But here's the thing – everyone who works there is eastern European. Have you ever seen a Russian…
Our Lord and Saviour
Rumor: Anthony Michael Hall is The Riddler. Please please please let this be true.
Light myself a smoke beneath the dark Atlantic sky
There's got to be a doctoral thesis in sorting out why flickr kids are so goddamn chipper vs. the entire raging puerile commentary that fills the rest of the web. Howard-san The word of the year is: Surfeit. Beyond the Break Maui Fever Living…
Pound and Pint
Taste less, great feeling! • Fatherless Day for Shane and Stephanie Mr. McMahon was known as an avid weight-trainer, as evidenced by the April 2006 cover and feature inside Muscle & Fitness magazine. Now Shane and Stephanie must provide a very different strength for their…
Crime Sea Investigation
"They were about to flip and blow the whistle on us." "It usually turns out to be a fisherman," said Oswell, adding there have been cases when anglers take out their frustrations on dolphins and other mammals that eat their catch. [source] "You motherfuckers!" "Gordon!…