A Cold Affront Moving In- December 13, 2007 Sometimes when I'm talking to other people, I forget that I actually have to listen to what they're saying. Often, with less-than-ideal results. For me. Just for instance: "The forecast calls for heavy taunting throughout the afternoon, with a one hundred percent chance of embarrassment overnight and into morning." Today around noon, a few of us at work were sitting at the office lunch table talking about the blizzard heading our way tonight. One of the guys down the hall arrived late, and...http://www.wherethehellwasi.com/categories/awkward-conversations/a_cold_affront_moving_in.... Troubles with TiVos- December 11, 2007 My TiVo has been causing me anxiety lately. And not the usual kind of anxiety, which mostly follows from me being a complete idiot. That I'm used to. (For the record, the 'usual' kind of TiVo anxiety usually involves weather reports slipped into the commercial breaks by the local news boobs. Once or twice a week I'll be up late, watching something on the hard drive and neglect to zap through the ads. More often than not, I wind up hearing something like: 'Look out, Boston! Big storm on the...http://www.wherethehellwasi.com/categories/tv-movies-games-o-my/troubles_with_tivos.html The Shaves and Shave-Nots- December 1, 2007 I've been dealing with a bit of a personal grooming issue lately. This is in addition to the usual male grooming issues, of course -- keeping the chest hair combed, flossing between the toes, Q-tipping the armpits, all the regular 'guy stuff' we do. And that takes plenty long enough every morning. Especially when you have chest hair as wild and unruly as mine. "Some people use little bits of toilet paper to clean up after shaving; by the time I'm done I need two cheek tourniquets and a plasma.http://www.wherethehellwasi.com/categories/grooming-gaffes/the_shaves_and_shavenots.html |