And the winner is…

April 28th, 2007 | 0 Comments | Tech Stuff |

Our ten-thousandth spam comment rolled in today, “buy bontril.”
Jonathan over at snook.ca writes recently about “the death of comments.” The discussions that make blogging compelling are getting routinely trashed, and more and more sites are cutting off comments altogether, making it a one-way dialog — at best.
Commercial automated spam is, as he puts [...]

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As If You Might Need Another Reason…

April 22nd, 2007 | 0 Comments | Politics |

..to think these people are fools, check this out. I for one have difficulty imaging circumstances under which I’d say, “don’t touch me,” to Cheryl Crow.

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10,000 Manics: An Office Pool

April 20th, 2007 | 0 Comments | Tech Stuff |

Spam spam spam spam
Spam spam spam spam
You know the song. As this site approaches its first anniversary, we’re also approaching another milestone: 10,000 pieces of blog spam.
Mercifully, the spam filter has caught all but a few, otherwise I’d be spending the entire ten minutes of free time I get every week deleting them. As [...]

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Flooding

April 15th, 2007 | 0 Comments | Home |

This sucks.
Flooding

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Watching the Watchers

April 14th, 2007 | 1 Comment | Politics |

I was actually surprised to learn that Katie Couric was a right-wing flack when she took over the CBS News. Maybe I hadn’t been paying any attention to the Today Show (I never have time for TV in the morning), but it never occurred to me that cute little Katie could be the kind of [...]

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Brooklyn Symphony

April 12th, 2007 | 0 Comments | Music |

Come on down to St. Anne’s Church on Montague St. this Sunday at 3 to hear the Brooklyn Symphony. It’s not often now that I’ve gotten to be a “certain age” when I find a new piece that makes me say, “where’s this been?” But we’ve got one on Sunday, the Glauzunov 4th Symphony. It’s [...]

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Happy Easter

April 8th, 2007 | 0 Comments | Art |

I wear this tie every year to Easter morning gigs.
Easter Egg Tie

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Screaming Tree

April 6th, 2007 | 0 Comments | Uncategorized |

I saw this in South Mountain Reservation this morning. Sorry for the crappy cellphone photo — I really need to start remembering to bring my regular camera with me.
Scary Tree

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For My Next Trick…

April 5th, 2007 | 0 Comments | Politics |

Everybody is loving this photo. Now watch while I drink a glass of water!
Ventriloquist and Dummy

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Real Estate Bubble?

April 4th, 2007 | 0 Comments | Politics |

Using advanced statistical methods plus a copy of “Roller Coaster Tycoon,” this video will make you glad you bought real estate early — or wish you had.

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Just In Time For The Holidays

April 1st, 2007 | 0 Comments | Music |

Don’t be distracted from the things that are important to your life by something as silly as the “Chocolate Jesus.” Be distracted by this instead.

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Find Something Geekier

April 1st, 2007 | 0 Comments | Tech Stuff |

Go on, I dare you.

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