A while ago, I was asked if I believed in ghosts. To illustrate, I told a story. Many years ago, I lived with my good friend Dave. Roxy, his girlfriend at the time, was into mysticism and hauntings … Read more

Overheard in Washington square park:

“I love Obama.”

“Cringe.”

“What? Obama can sink a three!”

“Whatevs.”

Overheard in the east village: “I’ll tell you one thing, this is a lot more fun than playing with my hemorrhoids.”

I haven’t been spending as much time writing as I’d like. Lots I want to craft, and that doesn’t happen if I don’t do it.

What percent cacao do people want in their chocolate bars? Real answers only. 🍫

New Brother’s Grimm character: Rumpled Stiltskin. If you guess his name, he looses the bet and not only do you get to keep your baby, he has to iron it’s clothes.

The Cat’s Cradle Ensemble’s monthly residency continues at the Player’s Theatre! Come on out if you’re in NYC. March 29th, get your tickets.

I improvised a yogurt curry chicken last night. Came out pretty good!

I added blog recommendations to the bottom of my site’s sidebar. Reviving the blogroll.

I grew up in New Jersey, but I was today days old when I saw the town of Sea Girt in print. Only having heard it, I would have sworn it was spelled similar to singer Bob Seeger, with a “t” at the end.

Kindness will make you do things that’s bad for business but great for customers that will eventually make it great for your business again.

And…

That second principle though, coolness, is much harder to quantify…It’s about pushing back against visual trends and product trends and common patterns. But I think it’s about how a team is structured and avoiding the easy way out of problems.

From Robin Rendle design blog.

I’m cat sitting my old cat Rocco starting today for 10 days in Jersey. Will be fun. The snacks will flow like water.

I had an enchanted evening last night. Who knew staring at chips could be so spellbinding.

I saw the 30th anniversary Kaiju Big Battel show last night. Where else can you see a cross between a bear and a hamburger body slam a mutant lobster?

Fandom levels

• 0 You don’t care.
• 1 You’re into some of it, maybe tag along if others are going.
• 2 You like it. You own some stuff.
• 3 You love it. You own a lot of stuff. You talk about it to other people.
• 4 It is your favorite. You own it all.
• 5 It is your identity. It is all you talk about.

I would drive hours sight unseen to hear a band called, “Floppy Peter and the Mush.”

I’m pleading with the universe, for the love of of Christ, someone create a game called, “Funkboarder Jet-Thousand”

They may seem smart, but underneath it all computers are really dumb. You think your dog is dumb? Your computer wouldn’t know the first thing about licking its balls.

My family has no idea what any of my job titles mean. To them:

• Computer programmer = smelly wizard
• Software engineer = fake engineer
• Web developer = spider

A fascinating history of the espionage act through the lens of leaking in general and Julian Assange specifically.

I’m 5’9” and weigh 120lbs soaking wet. Dry, I’m 5’2”.

The only thing we have to fear is FDR; his bites give you polio.

Any Technology Indistinguishable From Magic is Hiding Something is a wonderfully written take on the corporate capture of the internet, by Jason Velasquez. After reading, spend a little time clicking around his site. It’s compelling and personal and old web weird.

God help me, I’m reading old journals. On May 9th 2020, I wrote:

I had a dream where I was in the back seat of a car driven by Andrew Cuomo. He kept farting and blaming other people.

Prophetic.

I watched half of the Red Hot Cheetos movie the other night. It is not good, but I was entertained, but I shut it off. Make of that what you will. 🍿