Nick: “Can I place this order online?”
Verizon: “Yes, you can.
N: “Is there any fee associated with doing this?”
V: “I’m not sure…they may have charges that we don’t?”
N: “Aren’t ‘they’ Verizon, too? You are all one company, correct?”
V: “The online orders division has its own procedures and policies.”
N: “That’s totally ridiculous.”
I hate it […]

All along the Eastern Shore,
put your circuits in the sea
This is what the world is for:
making electricity
“Electric Feel” by MGMT

Last night marked my first ever trip to the urban landscape of Franklin, PA for a fireworks watching excursion. Usually we go to Clarion’s river hill for this, but there was just no way (save for teleportation) that I was going to be able to go to work and make it home in time […]

Disney and Pixar have an unbelievable hit on their hands with WALL-E. This fact is absolutely certain and was relatively easy to see even before the film had been released. However, after seeing it on opening day this past Friday, I can resolutely declare that it was one of the best films I’ve […]

Kate, Dusty and I have started a brand new blog on the topic of the technological singularity. It’s just getting off the ground now, but I hope it can very quickly become a real time capsule of this dawning of a new era. Or whatever it turns out to be.
The Singularity […]

I know it’s been forever since I’ve written anything, but it’s also been a long time since I’ve had anything to write about.
However, in the past month I’ve:

For the first time in my life, I’ve become one of the “regulars” in a restaurant. Kate took me out for sushi last night - a “you fly, I buy” idea - and once we were seated, our familiar waitress said “You are not wearing your glasses tonight. I recognized her, but I […]

…you wake up, turn your head to the side and realize that things are going to somehow, someway be alright. This morning was one of those.

Could you imagine?
Someone secretly living in your closet…for a year!
How did this man, in Japan - a space cramped country, have a closet that he never opened for over a year?! This is going to be the plot of the next Japanese movie to come here, I guarantee it.

I hate 12 hour fasting for blood tests. At this point, I’m too hungry to feel hungry and this apple is mostly making me nauseous. Oh, health!