i have spent the better part of the last two days emptying my house of everything i own and doing one of three things with it: moving it into storage piling it up to give away or sell throwing away piling it up to take to new zealand with me pile number four is by […]
quiet here without my dog
i notice it most when i get up to make coffee or use the bathroom. this would be the time when trogdor would see i was getting up, get up from his napspot, stretch and run to the stairs and wait to see where i was going, tail wagging. every time i get up and […]
the boy is gone (road trip to NY)
my boy is gone. this weekend i and two friends drove the eleven hours from indianapolis, indiana to syracuse, new york in order to hand off trogdor to his new family. obviously this is a bittersweet trip for me. i love my dog. love him. he and i have such a bond and it is […]
beautiful human tricks: Olga Pikhienko
wow: Technorati Tags: acrobat, balance, cirquedesole, Olga Pikhienko
9/11 commentary
Technorati Tags: 911, bushisaterrorist, commentary, Keith Olberman, memorial, msnbc, september11, terror
moving to new zealand status update
i just got of the phone with the new zealand embassy in washington dc, and they have informed me that they will issue my visa as soon as i fax them copies of round-trip plane tix. HORRAY! everything is starting to fall into place. Technorati Tags: moving, newzealand, travel, traveling, visa, visit
know your primate: aye-aye
yay! i love these ugly lil guys Technorati Tags: ayeaye, monkey, primate, ugly, uglymonkey
engrish at its best
today at boingboing there is some engrish stuff being thrown about. and one of the comments has a link to what has got to be the single best example of engrish there is, besides the fact the picture itself is is at least three jokes in one. here i link to the boingboing article, and […]
a nice sunday
i am sitting in my downstairs living room, re-reading harry potter and the chamber of secrets, listening to the dead texan, drinking a tanqueray & tonic, and eating tricuits with pepperjack cheese. later i will be grilling pork chops and eating broccoli.this is nice, yes yes. Technorati Tags: fun, home, life, sunday, tanqueray
i was there, kid
Yeah, I’m losing my edge.I’m losing my edge.The kids are coming up from behind.I’m losing my edge.I’m losing my edge to the kids from France and from London.But I was there. I was there in 1968.I was there at the first Cannes show in Cologne.I’m losing my edge.I’m losing my edge to the kids whose […]
tough decisions
Technorati Tags: funny, humor, myspace, satire, tom
The Confusing Country
Strangely, it tends to be the second class of animals (the Odd) that are more dangerous. The creature that kills the most people each year is the common Wombat. It is nearly as ridiculous as its name, and spends its life digging holes in the ground, in which it hides. During the night it comes […]
chickens without heads
recently i have been a busy chris. i have been stressed, tired, but also enjoying myself and my friends and family, too. today i finished my visa application form, the last form i need to complete & submit in order to enter new zealand in my quest to move there. these things take, supposedly, five-to-ten […]
anecdote
i got challenged to arm wrestling last night, at a bar, in front of a big group of friends, by a guy who was, i think, trying to impress the ladies. i think he thought it’d be funny to pick on the little guy. he gave up and left after i beat him the third […]