Category Archives: me!me!me!

bang!

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 July 09 by Anton

On the night of the Fourth, I said truthfully to my One True Ex, “Well, I contributed to the celebratory ruckus—” (A look of alarm began to cross her face, as intended.) “—by standing outside and sneezing.”

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know thyself

Posted on Thursday, 2002 July 04 by Anton

A spam today bore the title “ARE YOU A RESPONSIBLE PARENT????” Got me there: No, I’m not. Wanna make something of it?

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this entry makes less sense than it originally did

Posted on Sunday, 2002 June 30 by Anton

Jim Henley says, amid flattery: Unqualified Offerings wishes that Sherwood would condescend to narrow his text columns, but then, Unqualified Offerings wishes a lot of bloggers would condescend to narrow their text columns. Handy tip: you can narrow Sherwood’s text … Continue reading →

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33 1/3 turns of phrase

Posted on Saturday, 2002 June 22 by Anton

I was prompted by a post to alt.peeves to seek confirmation of my brilliant originality by websearching for phrases that I had jotted down as clever. In light of this research, the name of my band will be “A Wellmeaning … Continue reading →

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satisficing

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 June 12 by Anton

Got paid yesterday. Was tempted to buy a quarter-gigabyte memory card, but resisted, reminding myself that only once have I put a serious strain on my box’s existing memory: in running an experimental search program without any intelligent memory-management at … Continue reading →

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the job thing

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 June 05 by Anton

Had a job interview today at a lawfirm which does consumer class actions in anti-trust — a field which I find ethically dodgy. I’d like to get out of law entirely, and work in a business with real customers and … Continue reading →

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no foolin’

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 June 04 by Anton

I awoke today from – or perhaps ‘through’ fits better – a dream that Diana and/or Paul Hsieh (neither of whom I know from the neighborhood raccoons, but whose blogs I read yesterday) had replaced my bedroom window with their … Continue reading →

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