Archive for September, 2005

We love Katamari

Thursday, September 22nd, 2005

The new Katamari game is out. It was supposed to come out in October, but yesterday an excited K rang up my office to tell me that EB games had just called and said that my copy was in, and I should come pick it up. In my disbelief, I bid her call […]

Are we helping?

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

K has a post on her blog about local, recent experiences with hurricane Katrina evacuees. The current NC shelter is located in Cary, just a few minutes from her office. She comes home every day, checks the answering machine for a call from any of the volunteer services she’s called repeatedly, and then […]

The most boring five ever.

Saturday, September 17th, 2005

Who is your mobile phone provider, and how many minutes are in your plan?
Sun.com, and I have no idea.

What program do you primarily use for instant messaging?
IRC. It’s what we use at work. I also use AIM on occasion.

Who do you send and receive text messages from most?
People I work with, like L […]

Red Hat Magazine

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

So, I have an article in this month’s Red Hat Magazine. It’s the second one I’ve written, and the first one of any length.
It took approximately forever to write ’cause, duh, I had no idea what to say.
But, anyway, there it is.

five.

Sunday, September 11th, 2005

What was the first song you remember hearing and enjoying on the radio?
I used to make mix tapes off the radio starting when I got my first “boom box.” It was black with teal and pink piping, and matched the hideous flower-and-sea-foam-green decor in the room my mother decorated for me. I used […]

New Orleans, of the present

Thursday, September 8th, 2005

If this account is in any way true, it speaks of neglect and maliciousness that I can hardly fathom.

Just as dusk set in, a Gretna Sheriff showed up, jumped out of his patrol vehicle, aimed his gun at our faces, screaming, “Get off the fucking freeway”. A helicopter arrived and used the wind […]

Finally. The New Orleans post.

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

No, not THAT New Orleans post. This one’s about the New Orleans that WAS. In June. When I was there for a week.
I know, I know. I was beginning to think I’d never get around to it either. But after recent events I sort of wanted to take a pass […]

Five.

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

What sport do you most enjoy watching on television (or tolerate most)?
I can tolerate most any sport except for golf, baseball, or football. I love watching the Olympics, especially the soccer, swimming, gymnastics, archery, or any of the winter sports.

If you could be really, really good at one sport (we’re talking world elite here), […]

Fucking creepy.

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

Nearly 80 percent of New Orleans lies below sea level—more than eight feet below in places—so the water poured in. A liquid brown wall washed over the brick ranch homes of Gentilly, over the clapboard houses of the Ninth Ward, over the white-columned porches of the Garden District, until it raced through the bars and […]