abunchofrandom. joshua conner's weblog.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/us/politics/05parties.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

P.S. Come to our party tonight!

No, not Dr. House, the Stephen Colbert's favorite doctor who plays by his own rules.

Our apartment, finally. Here. Clever descriptions included for your enjoyment.

1) If you want to order a really mean shot for someone's power hour, I recommend the WMD: 1/2 shot Wild Turkey 101 (but 80 is okay, I guess), 1/2 shot Maker's Mark, and 1/2 shot Dewar's White Label, lined up in 3 side-by-side shot glasses, 3 Kings-style. "Why do you recommend this?" you ask? 1) It will mass destruct your ass; and 2) I fucking invented it. For the record.

2) I just painted my room orange. Like, Home Depot Orange, except a little redder and warmer. Every bit as intense though, especially in the early morning when the sun is directly hitting it. You should come by and check it out. Just in case orange suddenly gets trendy (and Lord knows it's fucking due to) you heard it here first. I will post pictures as soon as I borrow a digital camera from someone because iPhone photos don't do it justice.

I bought a Wii! It was kind of weird, I was in Wal-Mart - where I never go unless nothing else is open - to buy some New Skin because I cut myself pretty badly bartending tonight, and I thought to myself, "heck, why not go see if they have any Wii's."

So I did, and they did; 3, the other two of which also sold while I was waiting in line to pay for mine. I haven't even taken it out of the box yet because I have to work really early tomorrow morning, but what a fine end of an otherwise pretty ho-hum day.

That is all.

Radio Lab Season 3 - coming to a radio or iPod near you, May 2007.

It's like This American Life, but for science, people! The "Musical Language" episode is particularly worth a listen.

sometimes behave so strangely, sometimes behave so strangely, sometimes behave so strangely

You can watch the first episode of the brand-spanking-new This American Life TV show here.

Anyone want to come see Ira Glass 12/1 with me in Scottsdale?

It's a 2000 Subaru Outback. Don't worry, I took those yellow stickers off.

Also there's a ( survey inside! )

I'm sick and tired of people not getting the joke when I run down to grab a snack around 3pm "so Robert Goulet won't mess with my stuff."

I make less than $11,000/year. My estimated family contribution according to the US Department of Education - and I'm old enough to be considered an independent student now, so no parents' incomes factor in to this - is $1,624.

Proper capitalizers do it with

the first words of sentences; the pronoun "I"; proper nouns; family relationships (when used as proper names); the names of God, specific deities, religious figures and holy books; titles preceding names; directions (when not used as compass directions); the days of the week, months of the year and holidays; the names of countries, nationalities, and specific languages; the first word in a sentence that is a direct quote; the major words in the titles of books, articles and songs (but not short prepositions or the articles "the," "a," or "an," if they are not the first word of the title); members of national, political, racial, social, civic and athletic groups; periods and events (but not century numbers); trademarks; and words and abbreviations of specific names (but not names of things that came from specific things but are now general types).

Any takers?

http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/01/guest_blogging_.html

I only watch five TV shows anymore: 24, Battlestar Galactica, 30 Rock, Studio 60 and Top Chef. If you care about food at all, go find torrents and watch the old episodes. It's everything reality TV should be (except Padma, who really is a fine host but just doesn't really know food enough) and very little that it shouldn't. And Bourdain is spot-on in his assessments.

In heaven,
Some little blades of grass
Stood before God.
"What did you do?"
Then all save one of the little blades
Began eagerly to relate
The merits of their lives.
This one stayed a small way behind,
Ashamed.
Presently, God said,
"And what did you do?"

The little blade answered, "Oh my Lord,
Memory is bitter to me,
For, if I did good deeds,
I know not of them."
Then God, in all His splendor,
Arose from His throne.
"Oh, best little blade of grass!" He said.

(via Ask Metafilter)

This makes me want to re-read The Red Badge of Courage.

Why doesn't anyone talk to anyone on AIM anymore? Is it just me?