If the CTA sells line naming rights to corporations, I'll scream. I shudder to think what it would look like:Brown Line -- sponsored by UPS?Purple Line -- sponsored by Royal Caribbean Cruises?Green Line -- sponsored by the EPA? Red Line -- sponsored by Red M&Ms?Orange Line -- sponsored by Tropicana?Or maybe they would change the
In the past, when couples broke up, CDs and LPs were split with a minimum of grief. In the digital age, how does this work? Will the Supreme Court go after my old boyfriends for file sharing violations? Do I have that to look forward to? Do have to worry about DRM if a guy
I created a tag cloud from all the KM feeds I pull into Bloglines and placed it in the right side-bar. TagCloud is the nifty little beta service that makes it happen! In their own words: TagCloud is an automated Folksonomy tool. Essentially, TagCloud searches any number of RSS feeds you specify, extracts keywords from
Fantastic weekend, folks! Very, very hard on my weight watchers effort, but v. good for my palette. We of the white table cloths went to Boka for our monthly outing, and I couldn't have been happier with the choice. Instead of striking out on our own, we opted for the tasting menu of four courses
Me: "How are you feeling?" P.K. Dick: "I'm fine." Me: "Are you sure?" P.K. Dick: "Is that sarcasm?" Everyone: "Hahahahaha." P.K. Dick: "Ha. Ha." B. to Me: "It must be intelligent. It only took a minute to figure you out." Me: "Yeah, yeah." B.: "Are you alive?" P.K. Dick: "What is the state of being
"Huh. So, I wonder why Hilary's blog requires a user name and password in this movie. That's not really blog-like.""After every other improbable thing in this film, that's what you're worried about? Typical of you.""Well, I gave up hope about the plot pretty early. I wanted the blog piece to ring true at least. Too
I mentioned to our library staff today that it would be wonderful if they would turn some of our books face out and put up staff and co-worker recommendations à la Barnes & Noble or Borders. I, for one, would like to know if my co-workers found certain books valuable. It might also give our
I have a GE Eterna series Spacemaker microwave that has failed me, and I suspect, a lot of other people. My power has gone out a few times over the past weekend because of thunderstorms in the area, and each and every time I have to reset the date and time on the danged microwave
She: "Ooooh, that looks so nice against your pink skin!"Me: "Lady, I have a sunburn."She: "Well, stay sunburned. You will get so many complements on that necklace."Me: "..."She: "Did you want the earrings, too?"Me: "...how could I say no?"
He: "Hey did you fix that?"Me: "Fix what?"He: "The monitor...it was blue."Me: "No, someone from the hotel must've. I don't fix computers recreationally anymore."He: "Why not?"Me: "It stopped being fun after I'd solved the really big problems."He: "C'mon...confess! You did fix it!"Me: "I may have checked a cable..."He: "A-hah!"Me: "But that didn't work."He: "Oh."Me: "Let's
