Surely there must be a way to access an Olympic-size swimming pool without paying unreasonable gym fees. I don't want to do cardio, I don't want to lift weights; I just want to swim laps. I haven't been able to swim in over a year,…
Date Archives June 2006
The Bench
An affectionate but poor variation on The Dugout. **OnlineHost** King David wants to directly connect. **OnlineHost** Bad Ass MFFL cancels request; no connection was made. **OnlineHost** King David wants to directly connect. King David: Come on, Mark! Connect! **OnlineHost** Bad Ass MFFL cancels request; no…
Kwyjibo on the loose
Curious like me as to why June's movie slate has been unusually uneventful? Major films are commonly released "day-and-date," meaning they get a simultaneous worldwide rollout. Studios greenlight [tentpole] movies with an eye on the overseas windfall they promise. "The World Cup has a great…
The Bench
An affectionate but poor variation on The Dugout. Hail Payton: And that's why we don't feed the dog people food! FullBlownWade: Haha. wHiTeHotStUnTa: YOOOOOOOOOO wads poppin niggaz? exited about tonite? FullBlownWade: Dude, Jason, cut that shit out already! You're 30 years old! You have kids!…
We Looked Like Giants
On Saturday, I attended the 2006 thesis exhibition of Stanford University's MFA program in documentary film and video, of which my father's cousin's daughter Kathy is a graduating student. One film explored the plight of the bluefin tuna. Another was a portrait of a companion…
One thumb on the pulse of the nation, one thumb in your girlfriend's ass
I don't mean to turn Adam Riff into a Yahoo! Pulse watchdog site. It's just such a fascinating spin on Family Feud.
The Bench
An affectionate but poor variation on The Dugout. Notch Johnson: Dirk, you need to rid your head of Hasselhoff and sing this to yourself instead. **OnlineHost** Notch Johnson wants to send file. **OnlineHost** DirkaDirkaDirka received file. DirkaDirkaDirka: Aaron Carter? Notch Johnson: You scoff, but did…
Forever Young
The trailer sucks you right back in.
Entropy and Irony
I received this fortune cookie fortune at dinner tonight: Each day begins in darkness; don't overvalue the light. Reads more like a Joy Division lyric than a fortune, but I suppose it's fitting. Despite never having met either of them before, my father's cousin and…
The Bench
An affectionate but poor variation on The Dugout. FullBlownWade: Well, well, well… Look who it is! Ist das nicht ein LOSER? Ya das ist ein LOSER! **OnlineHost** FullBlownWade has fallen down. Terry Godfather: Gee, Dirk, what are we gonna do tonight? DirkaDirkaDirka: The same thing…