Archives for: May 2005

Stroke

May 28th, 2005
Neisy is gone to D.C. for three months. The lines at the airport were tremendous, but her dad somehow got her into the 1st class little shortcut line just by sheer force of his will, and she got to her plane on time. I tried to offer gummy bears to the… more »

The vacuum scares the kitty.

May 25th, 2005
There's something really exciting about cleaning most of your apartment at 1:30 in the morning, then realizing that not only do you have a week's worth of Einstein and Star Trek T-shirts, you have a week's worth of clean Einstein and Star Trek T-shirts.… more »

The baffled king composing

May 22nd, 2005
My dreams seem to build on one another. Several weeks ago, I had a dream where I was at what appeared to be a Target in a strip mall and looked through several designs for T-shirts sporting Gundam Wing characters and phrases. I decided I really liked o… more »

Sho'nuff

May 19th, 2005
Revenge of the Sith is awesome. Awesome. And a midnight showing somehow makes it even better. more »

Got a lightsabre I can borrow?

May 18th, 2005
Last week was hectic for many wonderful reasons. The Brodt-Hubbard union was a beautiful event, though it could have done with a good half-hour long homily and some more kneeling. I guess those crazy Protestants just don't know what they are missing.… more »

Lemuria

May 12th, 2005
The week continues. Today at work, at the beginning of a memo I wrote to document changes in a script I wrote to watch mail logs, I included the following: Now Terpsichore, my muse, inspire, And fill the logs with mail desired! Yes, I invoked the muse.… more »

In the garage

May 9th, 2005
Lots of stuff to do this week: finals, be an usher, tutor my brother, get my hairscut, and only a week's worth of time in which to do it. Mom wasn't nearly as Mothers' Day Drunk as she generally is. We had a pleasant family dinner, made fun of each ot… more »

Lily juice

May 6th, 2005
For Cinco de Mayo we celebrated the historic Battle of Puebla by gulping down heroic amounts of Mexican beer and tequila. Viva! Yesterday's "golf ball sized" bubble ended up being almost exactly Twinkie sized and shaped bubble in my back passenger tire… more »

Vulcanized goiter

May 4th, 2005
Feeling pressed for time already with finals approaching, and 3 people I need to see tonight, I get a call from the security folks at Hertz:Me: This is William Dude-man: This is (some guy) with Hertz security at the Data Center. We just got a report fr… more »

Warble

May 2nd, 2005
Weekend wasn't very eventful. Wonderful, but not eventful. Had but one more dinner to celebrate the birthday. Kristpn and Leila made chicken fettucini alfredo and cleaned the house. It was wonderful. The sauce was made from scratch, and was oh-so-de… more »