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Without further ado, the four most prolific things in New York City are: 1. Cockroaches 2. Rats 3. People ... 4. Water towers Didn't see that coming, did you? I noticed this while eating my 3pm orange today. I took a picture from the roof of the building I

I learned something new today. Resistentialism: a jocular theory in which inanimate objects display hostile desires towards human beings. Read more about it here.

Things to do in 2008 - revisited: [-] Rubik's cube in under sixty seconds * down to 78 seconds [x] Amateur Technician Class license [] Balloon project * no recent progress [x] Climb Mt. Rainier [] Climb Mt. McKinley * May [] Climb Half Dome * June [] Learn to do a back flip * post-McKinley

I don't know where I originally heard "the silence is deafening," but I do very much understand it. When I was in Adirondack Park, each night when I retired I could only hear a deafening ringing in my ears. Static almost. There was absolutely no noise

So, there I was, riding the train home from work this evening, minding my own business when we stop at Union Square and a guy gets on, sits down beside me, and pulls out a Zune. What did I ever do to him? After I got the urge to vomit

My MacBook Air just left Shanghai. Expedited shipping apparently means five days. Uggh.

Company parties have themes like live music, free food, cool venues, etc., but one theme that pervades them all is free alcohol. And at The Knitting Factory this evening they had amazing Scotch. Amazing Scotch. And I had an empty stomach. And they had no food. It takes a surprising

A list of the five worst web sites seemed like the next logical step, after listing the five best web sites. I won't be linking to these sites, because when judgement day comes, I don't want to be guilty of having facilitated someone in going to

A friend got me thinking about the five web sites that I like the best ... or most depend on ... which is largely the same thing. 1.google.com 2.wikipedia.org 3.imdb.com 4.xkcd.com 5.fark.com This list has it all. Search, email, news and other