Archive for December, 2003

They’ll take my almanac from my cold dead hands.

Monday, December 29th, 2003

I had almost forgotten my Christmas tradition of picking up the latest almanac, and now I have a good reason to cruise down to my local independent bookseller. I read almanacs voraciously as a kid, but I never made any suspicious annotations. I suppose I'd need several different colored highlighters for ...

We can put it on milk cartons or something.

Sunday, December 28th, 2003

I've lost my perspicacity and my perspective. If found, please call or e-mail.

Can we go ahead and doff we now our gay apparel?

Saturday, December 27th, 2003

All my teasing and taunting about doing absolutely nothing for Christmas bought me a load of karmic retribution in the form of being tricked into going to Charleston with Jeff for the holiday and actually doing things. I actually didn't do much -- I ended up parked at Joyce's condo, which ...

Or you can call me Slick.

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2003

Let the news ring forth across this land: AdmSkot47 is dead. My new AOL screenname is DrScottJennings. Please update your lists. Unless I don't want to hear from you. If you're curious about the field in which I hold my doctorate, the answer is, "style."

Why is it so hard to remember my Zoloft?

Friday, December 19th, 2003

As I was wandering through the Wal-Mart Supercenter after lunch today killing time and buying sweatpants and Sharpies, I found myself thinking about exactly how fragile my ego is, and how much care and feeding it requires. Am I really the type who needs as much validation as I ask ...

I still want to be a part of it, though.

Thursday, December 18th, 2003

Greg and I made it back to Raleigh late last night, making pretty good time, considering that we stopped for two meals and a reckless driving charge. (I feel partially responsible for the reckless driving charge, since I should have warned Greg about Emporia.) Harold Night was fantastic, everything that ...

You know, New York’s not such a bad place.

Tuesday, December 16th, 2003

This was Brainos's first visit to New York, so he wanted to see the sights. It was time for a walking tour. Greg and I started our Half-Assed Yet Whirlwind Walking Tour of Manhattan at the Fifth Avenue station of the N/R line. This allowed me to gesture grandly and remark, ...

Good afternoon, New York.

Monday, December 15th, 2003

Brainos and I made it to New York late last night with a very small number of incidents, highlighted by Greg pulling himself over to get lectured by the Washington Park Police. Let it be known: the best way to get back to I-95 North is to not stop in ...

Here’s a shock, I hated a movie.

Sunday, December 14th, 2003

On an Internet message board I frequent, many people seemed to enjoy the film Love Actually. Since I happen to be a sucker for a good romantic comedy, I went in willingly. After the film, this is what I posted to the Internet message board I frequent: I've been avoiding this ...

What about revolving doors, indeed.

Sunday, December 14th, 2003

My boy Brian Huskey is the mind behind Monster (in a wheelchair), which I offer to you here. Simply delightful.