February 2012
2 posts
A W.B. Realization
You’re probably not friends if you have to debate whether every delayed response or short contact with someone is legitimate or just an exercise of passive-aggressive emotional abuse.
November 2011
2 posts
NYTimes Takes on 'Frienemy'
From the NYTimes rather swallow piece on the relations between the various Republican candidates for President.
“And yet, some frenemies — a cross between a friend and an enemy — do remain.”
We're All So Emotionally Healthy...
If we all worked together, I would totally pull what House did to Wilson at the end of ‘Confession.’
September 2011
2 posts
Why Obama Wants SCOTUS To Knock The Individual...
Politico offers of its simple logic-derived reasons for Obama to send up its healthcare reform bill.
There are the typical reasons you’d expect: (1) with a second less likely, better to have a pro-health reform Justice Dept. defend it (but really, its seems every Repub. just going to repeal the whole thing, so this seems a bit silly); (2) give better predictability to the major players who...
A Small Update
Hmm…
Things swirling around the mind.
I saw hot, raw drive today, and it shook me in a good way.
Is Zach Braff’s pixie dream girl to blame for the surprising swallowness of ‘The New Girl’. Really? A almost thirty-something not knowing ‘motor boat’, please… But, admittedly, I still want that faulty fantasy—so, at least, I’m being marketed...
August 2011
4 posts
Cleaning My Email for the First Time in Years
It’s interesting what rearranging your email in descending order can teach someone about themselves.
Tonight’s random discovery: Keith has over 6,000 non-archived emails that, besides probably one-thousand, I have no working memory of what they are.
So, for me, I apparently went on a gmail cleanse through 2007. What about my undergraduate records? No idea.
But lessons to be...
The Millennials' Lament
I am Tyler Durden Zach Braff.
The Secret Garden…State
[Originally published Sept. 2004, WashPub Vol 1]
Garden State exhibits the acting, directing, and writing skills of Scrubs star Zach Braff. His movie has found both critical success and a steadily growing fan base of angst-ridden teenagers and their 20-something counterparts. How did a movie ostensibly designed to prove New Jersey is not just a series sprawling suburbs lying outside the...
July 2011
6 posts
“Kirsten’s always busting balls, do she ever just try licking them?”
– Wilfred (U.S. version), FX Network
What Google+ Will Never Tell You...
Social Media Broken Down By Personal Connection
Facebook: Has become the Big Mac of personal connection: it’s more who you don’t let in, than who you do. It means everything, and nothing at once. Google, and Linkedin and Twitter before, have seized on this.
Google+: The dark, tall, and sexy person of your dreams at the bar who buys you a drink. At that moment you go, ‘Am...
Is Keith a Poor Man's Yuppie?
Here I am drinking Republic Darjeeling (the self-professed ‘Champagne of Teas’), while listening to Harlem Shakes and Arcade Fire.
Location: The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Reason: A craving to see some beauty of display; free AC.
“Whatever you do, do not mention that you work at an art gallery.”
– Matt’s advice on asking Coach’s permission to marry Julie (FNL).
Progress Slowly Arrives to Louisiana →
Might not seem like a big deal, but note the last two paragraphs:
So now, in the case of Doe v. Jindal brought about by the Center for Constitutional Rights and nine anonymous plaintiffs, justice has been served. The “anti-nature” crimes will be changed next month from felony to misdemeanor status, meaning that first offenders paying for anything other than vaginal intercourse face...
June 2011
14 posts
Some Good Pieces on Growing the U.S. Economy and...
Bringing out my wonky side, here are some pieces from the New America Foundation’s Economic Growth Program Page.
I’m not qualified to tell you if the prescriptions are correct, but at least there are people asking the right question.
Kagan's Bad WASH Debate Opening to AZ Free...
Today the Supreme Court knocked down Arizona’s attempt to provide a voluntary public financing option to candidates for state political office. Both on policy and constitutional law, I’m with the minority.
Admittedly, I see the other side abstract and practical argument. In the abstract, do we want government to begin picking and choosing funding rates for people who run for...
Chars & Ams Are...
Awesome.
Not not just because they put up with me.
See you in 7 days!
Great Lakes Hilarity (1998 Edition): Lake...
For a brief moment in 1998, Lake Champlain became the nation’s sixth Great Lake. Specifically, Lake Champlain was a great lake from March 6-May 1, 1998.
Now this might be surprising, as Lake Champlain is a mere 10 percent the size of Lake Ontario.
But, thanks to Senator Leahy, who added an amendment defining the Great Lakes as including Lake Champlain to the the National Sea Grant...
An Illustrative Example of Fantastic Success
So, after weeks of pussyfooting, I get to have a date with a beautiful, blonde, Canadian with a set career pace, good taste in music, and—at least—interest in having tea with me.
Result? After looking forward to this all day, my nap turns into a sleep; the result: I awake to three texts of increasingly dire pixelated-tones.
On the plus side, I didn’t actually mess up the...
A Litre of Beer
1 litre of beer = alright.
1 litre of newfoundland, craft beer = excellent.
1 litre of newfoundland, craft beer at 1 - 2pm for departmental BBQ on Monday = sublime.
What you do after drinking 1 litre of said beer at BBQ = questionable.
Sincerely,
Self
P.S. Again, don’t laugh when your supervisor informs you the department head was hit by a car while biking home. And, for serious,...
“Then you race back to the office, get a briefing in the car about some bill,...”
– Bloom, Adam, Why Anthony Weiner Wanted to Get Caught, Nerve (June 15, 2011) (explaining a day in the life of Anthony Weiner), available at www.nerve.com/love-sex/anthony-weiner-wanted-to-get-caught.
Yogurt Monster & Wuhan Xinhengyue Industry
Office Fantasy #2.031
So, two weeks ago—when I first opened my office freezer—I noticed an obscene amount of super-sized yogurt containers.
Super-sized meaning multi-quart—shit maybe even—a gallon sized container of decaying yogurt holders. And these containers were naked; no brand to brag. Rather, these were off-brand, Chinese, disposable yogurt containers ordered...
Oh HSE Canada
A health and safety inspector, along with two assistants, came in and asked me if I felt “healthy and safe” in my office.
I considered giving an emotional health update, but instead pointed to the outlet that smokes periodically.
But, while they did this, I stared longingly at the perfect location for a office-sized window.
A Palahniukian Guide to Finding Love
Looking good is not part of the big plan. My plan is to look like untapped potential. The look I’m going for is natural. Real. The look I’m after is, raw material. Not desperate and needy, but ripe with potential. Not hungry. Sure, I want to look like I’m worth the effort. Washed but not ironed. Clean but not polished. Confident but humble.
Honest is how I want to...
Offdays
Even great people, teams or organizations can have complete and utter breakdowns. We have our code for days like this: Game 3, 2011 Stanley Cup.
A J&K Conversation
A heavily embellished mash of stories.
‘So, I really like this person but then I told him it was alright to see other people.’
‘What! Why?’
‘Oh, I don’t know…I was crying on the park-bench at the time.’
‘Oh Jesus. Why were you crying?’
‘Well, I was just being indecisive…I just don’t see how our lives are going to...
May 2011
1 post
Line of the Day
“Okay, I’ll let you go get motivated, and by that i mean watch porn then take a nap.”
April 2011
2 posts
Joys of Believer, NCAA, and Existential Stutters
As another finals season creeps towards, I’ve taken to the usual comforts: becoming a serial eater of unhealthy foods (last week’s Ramon’s has given way to this week’s Easy-Mac); walking around the block (but with a new MP3 player); and, finally, increased desire for social outings (Cleveland Orchestra, Art Museum, a film festival, and soon vegetarian North Indian cooking...
March 2011
1 post
A K&A Conversation
[K mopes about his own flaws and other silliness]
A: Yeah, it’s hard to date someone if you’re not happy with where you are in life.
K: anyway, I shall stop being a debby doner (read: failed attempt to type ‘downer’) at least to you! give a call when ure back in the area.
A: haha. is a doner kind of like a boner?
K: you’re fantastic.
January 2011
2 posts
"Float On" MODEST MOUSE Hello? Pandora? Do the... →
December 2010
1 post
“Past fears have faded in daylight
Past sins have melted in tears; —
One Love...”
– Various sources
November 2010
2 posts
October 2010
1 post
Why Not Share Hilarious, Awkward Stories with the...
Inspired by others’, interestingly enough all-women, posts of their OKCupid experience, I hereby announce I will a) rehash past experiences and b) chronicle my escapades on the shit site.
The upcoming entry: what led me to start, and the first OKCupid encounter with Presley.
September 2010
2 posts
1 tag
August 2010
3 posts
Back from Charlottesvile, Sick of Canada
Another quick trip to Charlottesville. It’s interesting charting the frequency of visits to C-Ville with the years out of undergrad. Now on the cusp of 27, I have been out for over four years.
Two changes. First, practical: the South lawn project (at least) looks complete. Second, officially every current member of the WASH considers me so old that communicating has become nearly...
July 2010
2 posts
Shockingly Hilarious →
The Cardigans = never-ending pleasure. Thank you, snobby music fan; your Kamuro-like exploits twist my mind.
June 2010
2 posts
Tumblr celebrities and other thoughts...
I’m not sure I like getting 10-12 updates a day from tumblr celebrities. But I appreciate their willingness to answer my mindspring questions and be substitute friends.
Sometimes I simply hate my levels of immaturity. (Buddy-apologizes)
I miss Bobby Byrd, and wonder what he thought the next 50 years would bring in 1959 (the year he was elected to Congress). A irrational sign-post: ...
irksome thought...
why can’t we keep those we want out of our heads?
March 2010
1 post
