Category Archives: randomness

Eureka! I’m on iTunes! 1

The podcast has made history by being included in the infamous iTunes Music Store podcast directory. Hurray! If I didn’t feel like crap I’d probably celebrate with another show. Ok, it’s not that exciting but still.

Scientists Discover Tenth Planet 4

NASA-Funded Scientists Discover Tenth Planet and yet it doesn’t seem to be a very popular news story. Pretty interesting to me, I’ve always enjoyed looking up at the stars. When I was much younger we had a telescope powerful enough to see distant stars and planets.

Congrats Lance! 2

Lance Armstrong won his final Tour de France, retiring from the sport after winning 7 straight. Wow. This guy is amazing. I remember watching him in the 1992 Olympics with all the hype and he wasn’t able to bring it home. Coming back after having cancer and winning 7 straight Tour’s? Wow.

Shnap-turtle for me! 3

OB (Owlboy) comes through for the win! Check out the fabulous logo he drew just for me after I asked him why he hadn’t drawn any damn turtles yet. Thanks buddy! Great work!

Erm… P-Mate 1

Why? I don’t know mate. But I’m guessing women should “keep it handy at all times”:http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/pmate-016659.php. Hahaha!

Random Word: swivet Comments Off

Random Word: “swivet”:http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=swivet
bq. Main Entry: swiv?et
Pronunciation: ’swi-v&t
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
: a state of extreme agitation
Ironically the “Merrian-Webster”:http://www.m-w.com/ “word of the day”:http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mwwodarch.pl?Mar.10 happens to describe my state of mind recently.

Random Word: quagmire 2

Random Word: “quagmire”:http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=quagmire
bq. Main Entry: quag?mire
Pronunciation: ‘kwag-”mIr, ‘kw‰g-
Function: noun
1 : soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot
2 : a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position : “PREDICAMENT”:http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=predicament
Haven’t heard this word in a long time but it was used today in an elevator conversation so I thought I’d share.

Scare Your Telemarketer Comments Off

Are you sick and tired of having to deal with telemarketers? Ready to have some fun with them instead of just hanging up?
10 fun comebacks for your telemarketer lists ways to have a little fun with those annoying you most. It’s best to have caller id when performing these tricks otherwise your mother [...]

Please, Let There Be Life 1

If there is one “cool” thing that I’d like to see happen while I inhabit Earth would be to find life on another planet. I’ll not talking about the silly looking space Martians that have big oval eyes and points sticking out of their heads. I’m talking about finding organic life which may [...]

Microsoft Wants Google… 1

Figures. Microsoft can’t create jack on their own. Thanks to Mike over at “Webspiffy”:http://www.webspiffy.com, I’ve learned of a “new reason to hate Microsoft”:http://webspiffy.com/archives/2003/11/google_merger/ even more.
If Microsoft did buy “Google”:http://www.google.com/ I’d have to force myself to stop using the web’s best search engine. I just can’t be apart of this “take over the [...]