Posts Tagged ‘humor’
An imaginary conversation with the Angry Cyclist
A scene from the road, in my head ANGRY CYCLIST: Hey, shithead, use a turn signal! SHITHEAD WHO CAN’T USE A TURN SIGNAL: What? Why? AC: Because I nearly crashed into you. When you don’t use a turn signal the guy behind you, believe it or not, thinks you’re not turning. And when that guy…
Read MoreMiscellany
Losing my mind I’m going to go ahead and conclude that I am not wired properly to handle a gradual book roll-out. A week ago I was completely convinced Immortal wasn’t going to debut as scheduled, which is a terrifying thought for someone who’s already gone through that once. Now I’m completely preoccupied with the…
Read MoreWiFi WTF
Accessing the Internet in 100 easy steps On Friday morning, as I was preparing for my bike ride to the office, wife Deb informed me that the Internet was down. This was not an unusual occurrence. Our configuration was as follows: Using a Mac laptop, I reach the internet via WiFi, talking to the Airport…
Read MoreStaytourism
A tourist in my home town Have you ever gone on vacation somewhere and said to yourself, “wow, if I lived here, I could go to [tourist spot] all the time”? Speaking as someone who grew up in the Boston area, worked downtown for two years–Duck Tour buses used to go by our office window…
Read MoreIf you knew sushi…
In which our intrepid blogger joins the 21st century So I had sushi last night for dinner. I know what you’re thinking; you’re thinking this is a post that I wrote in 2005 and it disappeared down a wormhole, only to surface now, years after it has lost all relevance. But no: I’ve been ducking…
Read MoreI frighten small children
Beware Uncle Gene I frighten small children. It’s not something I necessarily mean to do, more like an instinctive thing that I can’t appear to control. I came to this understanding over the weekend as sister Terri and bro-in-law Rob arrived in town (from Seattle or thereabouts) with two small children, Libby and Phoebe. They are…
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