Archive for the ‘Randomocity’ Category

Top Chef Poetry.

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

This is almost a haiku, and I think it is a beautiful poem.

I think I’ve really learned
a little bit about what
really matters to me.

~ Preeti Mistry, eliminated from Top Chef Season 6, Episode 3

Goodluck Jonathan

Monday, June 15th, 2009

I was just reading about Nigeria.  Turns out the vice-president is named Goodluck Jonathan.  I like that.

End of message.

Stranger than Fiction.

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

I just read this story about a Holocaust survivor who lived next to a former SS Camp Guard at Leisure World in Arizona.   That would make an unbelievable movie or book.

Ad Astra Per Aspera

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Perhaps we are looking at the death of big corpora…

Monday, December 18th, 2006

Perhaps we are looking at the death of big corporate media. The democratization of information, the big promise of the information age is looking to undermine the power of mass consumption and the monopoly on communication. Should be fun.

“There’s no accounting for taste.”

Monday, December 11th, 2006

I’ve been thinking about this phrase all day and I’m not sure why.
“There’s no accounting for taste.”
I keep picturing guys with suspenders, wire-rimmed spectacles and green visors rubbing their temples while resting their elbows on their desks.

I think I am becoming Dwight Shrute.

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

I think I am becoming Dwight Shrute.

Teen Wolf Hair

Monday, November 27th, 2006

I have been wearing a watch cap (beanie) which has given me, as Susi calls it, “Teen Wolf hair”.

Snake vs. Alligator

Friday, November 24th, 2006

Wow.

World’s Worst Job.

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

I just saw a podcast from National Geographic about the World’s Worst
Job.
It is Sewer Diver in Mexico City.
I almost threw up. Really.