Kind of busy day, so I’ll compile one long lazy post: (1) Scripps spelling bee: The winner spelled "serrefine", a noun describing small forceps. The five-time player (but never champion) Samir Patel got utzed on "clevis", and came in 34th. I managed to only watch some it on TIVO. The best moment was during one of the bio-clips when one … Read More
Google Snooping
If you ever use Google maps, you may have noticed an interesting new feature: Google Streetview. Most online maps nowadays (including Google) now have satellite images which can be superimposed over the map. Streetview goes one step further — click on the map, and you get a picture of what the street looks like from street-level, facing any direction. Obviously, … Read More
You May Be Getting Less Spam (For A While, Anyway)
Why? One of the world’s top spammers has been arrested, "and federal authorities said computer users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail." Good.
Auspicious Circumlocution Or A Loquacious Lexicon? You Be The Omnipotent Yeoman
The American Heritage Dictionary has just come out with a list of "100 Words That All High School Graduate — And Their Parents — Should Know". I think I know most of these words, but some of them — well, if I were to ever use those words, or even know them, I’d end up in the Nerd Hall of … Read More
I Stand Corrected
My Mom just learned that you "home in" on something, not — as she always believed — "hone in" on something. She’s been saying it wrong all these years. So have I. P.S. At least I knew it was a "dog-eat-dog world", not a "doggie dog world". UPDATE: If you look at the post directly above this one, you’ll see … Read More
The Long Weekend & Charles Nelson Reilly
Well, obviously no blogging for a few days there. I had pretty productive weekend. Managed to clean the pool and fill it — almost ready for use! Did some major yardwork. A couple of Full Monty rehearsals. Played an $11-entry-fee online poker tournament and walked away with $2,450.00. Couldn’t get my new kitchen faucet installed. I tried — I’m just … Read More
Full Monty: The Cast
Just announced: JERRY LUKOWSKI: Neil Shepherd NATHAN LUKOWSKI: 1) W.J. Jessup for first and third weekend performances and 2) Jake Markley for second and fourth weekend performances PAM LUKOWSKI/BALLROOM DANCER/MOURNER: Tamara Fisher TEDDY SLAUGHTER/BALLROOM DANCER/OTHER MAN/MOURNER: Edwin Wilson DAVE BUKATINSKY: Eric Dowdy GEORGIE BUKATINSKY: Emily Mark HAROLD NICHOLS: Scott Stevens VICKI NICHOLS: Heather Maggs MALCOLM MACGREGOR: Gray Smith ETHAN GIRARD: … Read More
Cute Overload
Not a lot of time or inclination to do another installment of "1980’s Videos Explained", so instead, I’ll simply show a video of a cat with baby bunnies…. Frankly, I think it is a disaster waiting to happen….
I’m Not Sure What To Make Of This…
…but it’s funny as hell.
Full Monty: The Callbacks [UPDATED]
Well, let me make a correction to yesterday’s post. I said (several times) that there were five guys who made up the set of unemployed steelworkers who decide to strip. I was wrong. It’s six. That said, I went to callbacks this evening with a lot of trepidation. Since it was the last day of regular auditions, callbacks didn’t start … Read More
Full Monty: The Audition [UPDATED]
Check for updates below… Well, for those who have been following my sorry excuse for a life, tonight was my audition night for the Little Theatre of Winston-Salem/Community Theatre of Greensboro production of the musical "The Full Monty", based on the movie of the same name. When I first saw this show in New York on Broadway (and I went … Read More
You Might Want To Rethink That Logo, Guys
Flickoff.org is a Canadian grassroots organization sanctioned by the Ontario government. Its mission is to get North Americans to turn off the lights, thus reducing the amount of fossil fuels we burn. That’s all well and good, but I think their logo is going to cause confusion: