For years, I’ve avoided getting an MP3 player. What on earth for? I said. I’m at home most of the time; have a radio and CD player in the car; don’t have any need for one; why spend money on a useless gadget?
Well, I ran across a 2GB player the other day for $40. What […]
I did something this morning that I’ve never done before in my life, something I consider to be both morally reprehensible and socially irresponsible: I went shopping at 5 a.m. at one of the stores that opens at such ungodly hours to suck in frenzied post-Thanksgiving shoppers searching for a good deal, enticing them to […]
I’m watching “Transformers” and laughing madly, though I don’t think I’m laughing in the places the director intended the audience to laugh. This is hilarious. First off (pay ATTENTION, film world!!!), THERE IS NO NOISE IN SPACE!!! You cannot have a sound wave without an atmosphere!! Get a clue!!
Then there’s the whole conservation of mass […]
Yesterday, I turned 55. That’s pretty cool. It also qualifies me for the senior citizen discount at IHOP, if nowhere else. Considering I was in the air all day and had close connections (many, many planes), I mostly forgot about it.
A friend picked me up at the airport and didn’t mention it. I called Grandma […]