Archive for November, 2007

Money well spent

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

I just spent eight dollars on a pen. It’s a really nice pen, but should I really be spending eight dollars on a writing implement? On the other hand, I do save money by only buying the generic brand of pasta at the supermarket so maybe I deserve to treat myself a bit.

Yeah, I’m shallow. But at least I admit it.

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Someone has finally developed an e-reading device I’m actually excited about - the Amazon KindleKindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device. You can download full-length books for 10 bucks onto this thing and read them on a screen using technology that minimizes eyestrain. Better yet, there are no monthly fees associated with this device and you can even access wikipedia from it.

So what’s stopping me from ordering mine right now? The fact that it spent about three years in development and looks like it was never seen by a designer during that time. If this is meant to be a replacement for books, you’ve got to at least make it pretty. Come on now, I know you can do it. Hire the guys that made the iPod or something.

Wishing I could count sheep even though I don’t see the point in it

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

It’s 2:43 in the morning here and once again, I seem to find myself unable to sleep. I blame you for this. And you. And especially you. That’s right, you know who you are. Why won’t you just let me sleep? What did I ever do to you man?

Hulk mildly disgruntled

Monday, November 19th, 2007

You know what makes me really angry? When the gum you’re chewing loses its flavor after twenty seconds. That vexes me greatly.

You know what else makes me really angry? Global warming.

Wisdom from the Far East

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

My fortune according to a fortune cookie I had today:

You can’t have everything… where would you put it all?

Sounds wise at first, but if I had everything, wouldn’t that include the world’s biggest container? That’s where I’d put it.

Just don’t think about it

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

I’m listening to the radio right now and they keep mentioning that the Great American Smoke Out, a day where smokers give up smoking for a day, is coming up soon. I wish they’d stop; every time they mention it, I want to go to the store and buy a pack of Camel Lights. I quit already people - stop bugging me or I’ll start up again, I swear.

It is not required to verbally express the following

Friday, November 9th, 2007

How come whenever people say “needless to say,” the next thing that comes out of their mouths is whatever they just said was needless to say? The following sentence is the only use of that phrase I feel is justified: “Needless to say, I am an idiot.”

I will be performing this without the aid of camera tricks

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Magicians always have hot assistants dancing around in skimpy outfits. If I was ever a magician, my assistants would be a bunch of hideous-looking dudes with no motor skills whatsoever. That would be entertaining as hell. Plus, if I ever messed up the “saw a person in half” trick and accidentally sawed one of them in half for real, it wouldn’t be a huge loss; the world seems to have a never ending supply of us ugly dudes.

All you need is love

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Location: The L train from Manhattan to Brooklyn

Some random guy to his friends: “Dude, you ever hear a Chinese guy say ‘I love you’? It sounds like this: ‘Ching chong wang dang dang.’ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

Apparently love is a funny thing.