The Chronicles of Charlie: The Assassin Who’s Not Very Good At His Job
Dan | August 30, 2007
My roommate was down at Papa Toby’s Revolution Cafe yesterday, and he ordered a cup of decaf.
“We don’t have decaf,” said the counter guy. That’s pretty funny. My roommate allowed as to how he probably deserved that.
Second bit - I’m now addicted to Devin Davis’s Lonely People of the World Unite! Fantastic album, and I [...]
Dan | August 27, 2007
1) I started a new job today
2) I’m starting classes tomorrow
3) It’s not doing laundry that I hate. It’s putting the stuff away.
Dan | August 21, 2007
And go read this essay by Jonathan Raban, on the city of Seattle. I’ve been there a couple of times, and to my inexperienced eye, he captures the place perfectly.
Dan | August 20, 2007
Has it really been two weeks since I wrote here? Jeez, I’m turning the word “blog” into a joke, aren’t I? Anyway, it’s been an eventful couple of weeks - you can look over at the flickr link on the right for the details on the camping trip I took with my brother, and you [...]
Dan | August 8, 2007
So, Stardust opens this weekend, and if you are a Neil Gaiman fan (and if you’re not, why the hell aren’t you?), it’s probably going to be a good idea to see the movie. Why?
Well, if it opens well this weekend, they might make more movies out of Gaiman novels, instead of more junk like [...]
Dan | August 6, 2007
I went up to the blood bank today to donate, apherisis-style. Sadly, I was denied, because I spent a few weeks in Bolivia earlier this year. The reason is deeper than that; if I’d only gone to La Paz (the capital) I’d be ok, but since I spent some time in rural areas, I was [...]
Dan | August 1, 2007
Well, I checked out Facebook today, and…I gotta say, it’s much more powerful and interesting than any of the other proto-social networking tools out there. It’s kind of like Flickr meets the old Friendster, but adding in some newsgrouping capabilities.
Or something like that. Lots of writing and work in my life right now, so this [...]
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