I finally succumbed to the new computer fever. I have not been able to make the shell thing work; in fact, it's only made the fever wors...

So for much of the 90 days I was doing P90X, I was looking forward to going back to heavy lifting: bench presses and squats. But I find that...

So I've had Winamp forever, just because I thought it was cool to have a program I could pick the skin for, but I've never really go...

Wow, what a pain. I have no idea how people get this stuff to work. First, bbLean killed my system. There's a plugin called bbSysMon tha...

Writers meeting last night. It was a lot of fun, although I drank a bit too much port. In an attempt to cure or at least vitiate my new comp...

I have this thing I do with the big toe on my right foot. I apparently lift it when I'm walking so that it presses against the top of th...

Okay, first off, this is pretty awesome. Now that that's out of the way, I was skiimming my friend Matt's blog yesterday and start...

My writers group is having a cookout Saturday. Instead of the normal readings, we're going to have a contest: the challenge is to write ...

Well, after 4 1/2 years, I went out and got my hair cut. Since it was kind of an event, I decided to splurge a little. I went to this place ...

There are two blogs I read every day. One is Lileks , which I've mentioned before. The other is Arthur De Vany's . I discovered him ...

I'm deep in the throes of new computer fever right now. I think I've managed to fight it off for now; I have too many other things t...

Finally saw "Revenge of the Sith." Funny thing: I didn't hate either "The Phantom Menace" or "Attack of the Clo...

You know, when I first got the idea of doing a blog, I thought it would be a neat no-pressure thing. Just post and go; anything and everythi...

Well, there are actually lots of big paradoxes, but this is one that's on my mind lately. You know how people are always saying that one...

I was out for drinks last night with a couple of buddies who got me feeling guilty that I hadn't posted here in so long, so I'll sta...

Okay, so tomorrow, two weeks later, same difference. I bought a collection of Betty Boop cartoons, 23 of 'em. I'm a fan of old film,...

It was an interesting weekend. They opened a new Best Buy on my route to work. I like Best Buy. They have good prices, a decent selection, a...

I'm sitting here on pins and needles waiting for a rejection from an anthology. Normally I wouldn't, except my friend Matt, who subm...

Well, I've finished the first week of my workout program. 12 weeks to go. And since I've had almost total focus on that lately, blog...

So I'm watching Ambush Makeover , and the Style Agent is talking to a woman about her hair. The woman was sunbathing, and Style Agent Gi...