Richard Dansky's Blog, page 71
June 15, 2009
Anybody in the RTP area need a bedframe?
We have two steel bedframes - looks like a twin and a king - that need to migrate out of the garage. $20 OBO will get either one. I figured I'd post here before going all Craigslist.
Note to self:
Getting too old for tug-of-war at company picnic.
Remember this for next year.
Remember this for next year.
June 12, 2009
Spotted on the road tonight...
A 1983 Chevrolet Caprice Classic, lovingly restored and painted metallic orange, jacked up and given spinner rims and a vanity plate.
When I was a kid, we had one of those. It was brown. No rims, no lift, no bling. Furthermore, it was brown.
The psychic disconnect, it is strong.
When I was a kid, we had one of those. It was brown. No rims, no lift, no bling. Furthermore, it was brown.
The psychic disconnect, it is strong.
June 11, 2009
Sometimes you read the right book
A couple of years back, when I went to Shanghai for Splinter Cell: Double Agent, I traveled with a rather large pile of books. They were mostly mystery novels, selected because they were disposable; books I'd gotten cheaply at the Wake County Library Sale and that I wouldn't mind leaving behind once they'd been read. There's a hotel in Paris that's got an entire library of James Lee Burke and Lawrence Block out of that.
Erick Wujcik, my Obi-Wan on this particular sojourn, noticed the books when h
Erick Wujcik, my Obi-Wan on this particular sojourn, noticed the books when h
June 9, 2009
Cell Phone Dilemna
This month's Wired has an article on rampant illegal cell phone use in American prisons.
Our new office has a shiny coating on the windows for blocking UV that, coincidentally, completely hoses cell phone reception.
Does anyone else sense a solution?
Our new office has a shiny coating on the windows for blocking UV that, coincidentally, completely hoses cell phone reception.
Does anyone else sense a solution?
June 7, 2009
When grilling buffalo bratwurst...
....it is very important not to look away from the grill for even a moment. Otherwise, all the smoke will escape from inside the brat.
June 6, 2009
Cinematic thought
Between Watchmen, Wolverine, and now Up, we are living in the great age of the cinematic opening montage.
Also: Squirrel!
Also: Squirrel!
June 3, 2009
Starting the day with a Coke Zero...
...is like going to the bullpen in the second inning.
Not Quite Sure Where This One Came From
I've been pecking off and on this week at a story called "The Mad Eyes of the Heron King". The tone, best as I can describe it, rests somewhere equidistant from Clark Ashton Smith and The Office.
I have no idea where it came from. But so far, it's working, and really, that's all I can ask for.
I have no idea where it came from. But so far, it's working, and really, that's all I can ask for.
