Sunday, January 30, 2005

A computer by any other name

Last weekend when I was in Atlanta, my friends Will and Sara bought a shiny new eMac. Earlier today, Marty asked them how they liked it and what they named it. (According to Sara, it's Hesperia.)

Since most of my friends and readers on this here site range from simple geeks (like myself) to hyper-super-uber geeks who even think the first two Star Wars prequels were good movies (that'd be Morgan), I'm posing the question: Have you named your computer(s)? If yes, what is the name and what kind of computer is it?

For the record, neither my G3 iBook nor my new G5 iMac has a name. I'm open to suggestions from anyone except Deborah. She'll just suggest something stupid because she's a communist tree-hugger hippie who hates Macs.

• Posted by Brian at 7:55 PM
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• Category: Friends/Family

Saturday, January 22, 2005

Magnets for all!

Because of my earlier post about the Support Our Troops magnets, I received a gushing e-mail from Betty R., who runs aboutmagnets.com.

Seems Betty was impressed enough by that one post to add a link to my site to her list of dozens of other sites dedicated to hawking those things: "I think you have a fantastic site, and would look for your interest in networking our websites together more closely for mutual benefit." If I link back, which I have above, she will "modify your listing to premium status shortly."

Wow, all that just because I wrote a couple paragraphs on my theory that people buy these things to be trendy rather than out of actual heartfelt support for the troops.

Now it's off to Atlanta for Will and Sara's "Aw crap, we just realized we live in the south" party.

• Posted by Brian at 12:24 PM
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Thursday, January 20, 2005

Weird Rugby Wannabe Guy

Playing basketball in 40 degree weather is a fantastic way to try to catch a cold. I wasn't content with contracting a mere case of the sniffles tonight either; I went for the big N (pneumonia) and ditched the sweatshirt in favor of my Norm t-shirt. I had no choice... the sleeves were interfering with my silky smooth J. Or maybe I had a hard time shooting because I lost the ability to feel my hands after the first game. Hard to tell.

However, the real treat tonight was Weird Rugby Wannabe Guy (WRWG). Because the gaggle of rugby players (or do they comprise a swarm?) practicing near us wouldn't let him play, WRWG spent the whole time running up and down the sideline with the action, but obviously not participating in the game. He also spent some time yelling at us from across the courts.

"Hey, dude! Are you the guy from TV?" Because none of us have ever been on TV, and because there's no way WRWG could make out any of our faces from afar, we didn't think he was talking to us and paid no attention. This seemed to annoy WRWG. I'm still not sure which one of us he picked out as the television superstar, especially considering all of our rugged good looks.

Once he got our attention, WRWG yelled something about mouse (or monkey?) peanuts buffalo turds. At this point we all decided that not looking in the direction of the obviously not right WRWG was in our best interests.

But seriously, how fucked up do you have to be if a bunch of rugby guys decide you're too insane to play with them?

• Posted by Brian at 11:51 PM
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Friday, January 14, 2005

Escape velocity

It's no secret that I'm not going to become a spokesman for Hilton Head Island any time soon. This area is mostly populated with people who have a lot more money than brains.

Earlier this week I received a one-way ticket out of town when Nando Media in Raleigh offered me a job. (Yeah... when I took last Friday off, I was interviewing up there.) Today I turned them down.

All my bitching about Hilton Head aside, I have a secure job here that I like with people I really enjoy hanging out with. Despite being in a cool city and meeting some great people at Nando, the offer just wasn't enough to uproot me.

Plus, I didn't want to deal with moving Deborah's goddamn big-ass kiln.

• Posted by Brian at 10:14 PM
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Sunday, January 9, 2005

Support our troops

What exactly is the point of all those "Support Our Troops" magnets plastered on cars all over the place? Since everyone in this country (except for, of course, John Kerry and Michael Moore) does support the troops, aren't they redundant?

Perhaps the bearers of these magnets are simply more supportive, and thus more patriotic, than those of us who have not invested $3.99 in an automobile accessory proclaiming our unflinching dedication to the war troops. Maybe those of us without magnets are supposed to feel guilty over our unblemished bumpers. Or maybe people are afraid that when they drive down the street, people notice their lack of a magnet and think "Hey, that guy doesn't have a magnet! I guess he doesn't support the troops."

What would the neighbors think if you are the only person in your cul-de-sac without a magnet? Tsk, tsk, freedom hater.

This is the magnet that people should be buying.

• Posted by Brian at 11:17 PM
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• Category: Politics