i finally finished watching Word Wars: Tiles and Tribulations on the Scrabble Circuit. it’s an utterly fascinating train wreck of a documentary. it’s quite cleverly done with all sorts of little anagrams and word definitions thrown in through-out. i really enjoyed it, even more than Stephen Fatsis’ book Word Freak. i enjoyed it so much [...]

so say you were an average supergenius, like, say, me, and you were planning a little road trip to go see your all time favorite besterberg singer ever. say on this journey that you might want to take a few photographic images to remind you of the good times you will have likely forgotten in [...]

from the always great bookslut comes a link to the Guardian’s Poetry Mood Matcher. pretty damn accurate i’d say, considering it served me up Emily Bronte’s “Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee” saying “You’re experiencing a bit of an existential crisis, aren’t you? Here’s a poem to help you through your long dark night of [...]

“lord of the rings is cool, dawson’s creek is nerdy,” the TTHM.
“so you’re kind of a nerd, right?” a bowler at the tournament yesterday.
“why don’t you fucking marry her?” nine-months pregnant sister #3 to her husband after he complimented my new dye job.
“i bet it’s all my tips that paid for the hair do,” another [...]

there is a special spot in the hell for the people who sign up to bowl a 9 a.m. shift during the Sloppy Joe Bowling Tournament, only to not show up. i got my ass out of bed at 7 a.m. for the those fuckers. but, at least, now i can take a nap before [...]

in honor of my favorite toy ever which i just got offa eBay (thanks thomas), today is “Fisher Price Printer’s Kit Day.”

despite the snowing, i came into work. there wasn’t a lot of snow, not enough snow worthy of not coming in, when i left for work. and since i didn’t want to be known as the slackery wonderwuss, i came in. i’m beginning to wonder why. . . the office is like a ghost town [...]

all wendy wants for her birthday is people to sponser her in the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk. which is totally honorable, don’t you think? and really who can’t throw $5 towards saving the breasts. we all love breasts.

i keep crossing across the living room to peek out the patio door. i’m waiting for it to start snowing. we’re supposed to have a great gob of snow falling here in the not too distant future. i’m hoping for gobs and gobs of snow, so i can work from home claiming “bad roads” were [...]

guess what darling ones? guess what!
for those of you who have yet to discover the glory that is the gospel according to st. paul westerberg, you will soon have your chance! Besterbuerg: The Best of Paul Westerberg is gonna be released sometime in May. are you so excited you could die? i knew you would [...]

for those playing along at home, today is officially “Listen to Soul Asylum’s ‘Hang Time’ Day”. yesterday was, in case you forgot, “Winston Smith is our Favorite Person of the Day day.” tomorrow is still open.

clearly my horoscope is jiving with my pleasant mood of late. to wit:
Still ready, willing and able to tell everyone exactly how you feel? Good — especially since you’ll be feeling just fine. Optimism, happiness and pleasant memories are all yours. Smile! You’ve earned this moment in time.
also my shoulder hurts not as much [...]

i just learned that today is my absolute favorite dead president’s birthday! yes, today is the birthday of James Madison. oh, how i loved this man.
from the the writer’s almanac:
It’s the birthday of the fourth president of the United States, James Madison, born in Port Conway, Virginia (1751). He did more than almost any [...]

1. bubblicious island squeeze bubble gun
2. making a playlist with all 15 versions of “Can’t Hardly Wait” and listening to it over and over
i think that’s all. at least for now. last night in the shower, i hurt the hell out my right shoulder. i was dancing around doing something, which is entirely too embarrassing [...]

and suddenly the weight was lifted from my shoulders and the blindfold taken from my eyes and there was light, glorious light.
so i don’t know what in the hell has happened. perhaps there’s been a cosmic shift in the universe. maybe some planet is in the proper house in my chart. maybe it’s the Ides [...]