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Happy birthday to me

Paraphrasing Tom Lehrer, “It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age he had been dead for one year.”

In Humor on 31 August 2005 with Comments Off

Five things I’ve come to accept about going to the beach

The hair on my head is no longer an effective sun block.
Sand will get onto everything and into everywhere. Yes, even there.
Playing in knee-deep surf with my young children who can’t yet swim is only fun for the first five minutes.
Sand crabs are kind of cute as far as crustaceans are concerned.
I will never score [...]

In Humor on 7 August 2005 with 1 comment

Five fictional 43things.com knock-offs

43signals.com
43flavors.com
catch-43.com
43blackbirds-baked-in-a-pie.com
43pleasures.com

(Note: this entry is itself a knock-off of Merlin’s List of Five Things, which is the funniest damn thing you’ll read today.)

In Humor on 22 June 2005 with Comments Off

LAN trouble

What’s that you say? The network seems slow? No, I don’t need no stinking sniffer to find the problem. Just give me some blinking lights and a psychological profile of every user and I’ll find your problem.

In Humor, Work on 6 June 2005 with Comments Off

El Mariachi

A couple of years ago, the public areas of the building I work in were renovated. In addition to the modern furniture and updated decor, they brought music (probably Muzak) to the lobby and elevators. At first, the music was a distraction but it soon faded into the background and the subconscience. That is, until [...]

In Humor, Music, Work on 4 May 2005 with 1 comment