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Messenger

2008-09-03T23:49:00-04:00

Is it bad to harbour a message that is murky and leaves a gloomy residue on your consciousness? In some shadowy corner of my mind I am aware of something I shouldn't be, but of course it is impossible to... (147 words)

Too Gold to be True

2008-08-09T04:49:00-04:00

Red line is spot gold price. Blue line is my blackjack bankroll over the last few weeks (shoes on x axis). Although I invest in both, I never have a cause to compare the two (why would I?), so I... (66 words)

Movies to Watch Before you Die

2008-05-14T21:31:00-04:00

I have seen the following 68 movies of this list of 1,001 movies to watch before you die: 123. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 146. Dumbo (1941) 390. Lolita (1962) 437. The Sound of Music (1965) 473. The Jungle Book... (371 words)

I Would be a Trick Dealer

2008-05-01T00:31:00-04:00

So let's say that tomorrow I am suddenly told that I am surplus to labour requirements at work and will soon be laid off. Or the site just can't afford to stay open any longer, due to higher operating costs,... (768 words)

Gut Instinct

2008-04-01T01:35:00-04:00

I need to talk to you for a second. Over here, by the California pomegranate stand, we won't be bothered here. Listen, I'm concerned that the Large Hadron Collider is going to swallow up Europe and create a general feeling... (181 words)

Bursts of Happiness

2008-03-17T17:11:00-04:00

I was outbid on eBay last night at the last moment on an auction for a positive emotional response to an abstract experience. I was highest bidder for several hours to acquire this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and passed most of it... (206 words)

Nostalgia

2008-03-02T13:34:00-04:00

Some nostalgia today caused me to document some life events with Google Maps: Places I've Lived School's I Attended (18 words)

Lot Code

2008-02-15T19:41:00-04:00

poll: i just opened one of those mr noodels thing and the instructions say to empty the flavour packet into the noodels and add hot water boiling water but... there's no flavour packet... but the... (87 words)

Tenses Curve

2007-12-10T03:38:39-04:00

The dreams, they're becoming more frequent, the ones about purity, of internal cleansing, of reaching higher levels of everything. This morning, I re-entered the scene during post-production of a Mastercard commercial. Not promoting the use of credit, but resisting it.... (335 words)

Least Amount of Effort

2007-12-09T01:33:00-04:00

My new theory of dreaming will change pretty much everything, except of course the bedsheets which will still need to be done by hand. This new theory came to me rather suddenly, but ironically not while I was sleeping, like... (499 words)

Screeching to Halt

2007-12-08T23:50:00-04:00

It's late, and all I have are my thoughts and this stack of poker chips to shuffle until my hand hurts. Somebody crashed their vehicle into the local Harvey's last night, my place of daily grocery shopping about 200 meters... (161 words)

Sheared in Half

2007-10-07T00:56:00-04:00

You probably have about a year left, my organs tell me, despite my brain insisting that I have at least 30 left to go. I got this awkward and frustrating news in an email from my body right before breakfast... (252 words)

Boredom

2007-10-07T00:25:00-04:00

Fortunately boredom is not something I've ever experienced to any terrible extent. I could use another ten or so hours in every day, in fact, to accomplish all the things I want to get accomplished. There are languages to learn... (221 words)

Escape Velocity

2007-09-26T19:44:00-04:00

Oh how I wish I could slip the surly bonds of Earth! If not slip, then at least threaten to temporarily break free. You know, from the oppressive shackles of gravity and these ceaseless laps around the sun. The escape... (500 words)

Natural Talent

2007-08-23T00:45:00-04:00

My constant attempts to demote myself at work are nothing fundamentally new, but just the most recent of several manifestations of a certain issue, what a behavioural psychologist would call the "acting out" of my guilt. You know, for being... (352 words)