‘Vengence is Mine, and I Will Repay’ Says The Tagged

April 28th, 2008

If karma exists, Shawn Powers — my esteemed coworker and kindred spirit in all things goofy — is currently bound and laying on an anthill, slathered in honey.
What earned him this fate of fates? He tagged me in this pseudo-chain-letter, obligating me to not only come up with six unimportant things about myself to [...]

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Sophie from Shinola…Fin?

April 22nd, 2008

She awoke with a start.
She brushed the sleep from her eyes and looked around the bedroom. Everything seemed to be in perfect order.
She heard an odd noise coming from outside the room. She couldn’t quite explain it.
Rising from her bed, she stepped into the hall, nightgown flowing. She walked towards the door, and reached tentatively [...]

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CC-BY-Manson?

April 10th, 2008

There are a lot of things I associate with Creative Commons. Lawrence Lessig. Free Culture. Making the world a better place. Don’t forget to send that donation you pledged.
One thing I don’t associate with the Commons, however, is Charles Manson. To be honest, I don’t really do a lot of thinking about Charles Manson, so [...]

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The Most Perfect Picture in the World

April 7th, 2008

What could I possibly say that could add to the innate perfection of this image? Its amazing conciseness simply defies comment.

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Sophie from Shinola, Part XIII

April 3rd, 2008

Note: This is the thirteenth part of a multiple-blog, multiple-chapter, multiple-author, multiple-personality exercise amongst a group of similarly-insane individuals spawned from Nathan’s Polybloggimous blog. The basic premise is that we’re writing a story, Sophie From Shinola, and each of us takes a turn writing a chapter. However, we each must change a major element [...]

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Why is your blog pinky-purple?

April 1st, 2008

Because I support Purple for Pentium PRO, sponsored by BeOS Journal, of course!

Now, get over there and see what all the fuss is about!
Yes, now!
Update: It’s now returned to it’s normal state. See the screenshot below for the purple-y goodness you missed.

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