sometimes, you just wanna fall in love.

my productivity is shot to hell when i'm surrounded by people i know — unless they're all working for me.

Did I accidentally grow up?

i've riden no roller coaster superior to the Ride Of Steel (outside DC).

#summer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_-_Ride_of_Steel

my love
can be bought
with bandwidth.

mixing rum with stimulants, and organizing my Burt Bacharach collection.

no, your Saturday night can NOT top mine.

#drinking with iTunes

i'll start sipping when i can no longer type [square brackets].

as you get your drink on, you know that moment where alcohol feels like the greatest thing on Earth, and you pour another?

yeah.

cheers!

what brings out your inner child more than a beer belch?

...especially if there are sandwiches.


[better out of context]

every day is made better when a mystery is solved.

you know you're about to have a really bad day when your superior orders you to proceed "counting on divine assistance".

the rising sun mocks me for still being awake.

you tally who's fucking who with no protection in "Boardwalk Empire", and you start to understand how social evolution might favor monogamy.

planning a trip to the beach is always a good idea.

why are there so many musicians named Steve?

you can do a lot worse than listening to T Bone Burnett, as the night promises rain.

for anyone who's keeping score:

there are no This Mortal Coil songs, worth hearing, which can be identically tagged.

i spent my weekend tagging 68 songs from This Mortal Coil, one by one.

now i know there's at least that much order in the universe.

#relax

there's some danger that i am falling in love with Sam, the sidekick character in "Foyle's War".

yeah, i'm that easy.

when you simultaneously display fanatical bigotry and self inflicted ignorance, it's hard to know which drives my reflex to punch your face.

V is for Vashti Bunyan and Virginia Astley.

SITE: to continue reading this page please share it.

ME: fuck off. forever. [blocks web site]

(via http://ping.fm/beyrR)

W is for Wire and The White Stripes.

listening to English girly groups from the '60s.

"It’s hard to think of a technology that more deserves to die than SMS.”

- John Gruber http://ping.fm/qu4sy

X is for X-Ray Spex and XTC.

the problem with being both energized of mind and innately lazy: you quickly outsmart every new trick you employ to encourage productivity.

always surprised to discover something that didn't annoy me.

isn't it just like Terry Gross to get you crying for a man you never met?

how did i end up living in an age where a serious journalist could legitimately utter the phrase "sophisticated underwear bomb"?

Y is for Yelle and Yabby You.

"I never worry when I get lost. I just change where I want to go."

- @Lynsm7

"It's not a slippery slope. I can stop whenever I want."

- @EmilyBrianna

i knew i was middle aged when i found my state sufficiently altered by drugs that are completely legal.

the day i derive no joy from the mixing of stimulants and depressants is the day you know i'm dying.

now, bring me dark rum and espresso!

clearly right wing Republicans have read the Nazi playbook, re: only tell big lies.

the one thing i hate more than a liar is a stupid liar.

a friendship that can't withstand one generous spray of piss is no friendship all.

if you haven't pissed everyone off, you clearly lack commitment. grow a pair.

how is it that i can still marvel at the capacity of people organized in groups to complicate what would simple for an individual?

overheard:

Watching the far right has about the same entertainment value as a cock fight.

- Mykl i am

if you're unaware which oppressed ethnic groups are angry, and internet savvy, it'll be obvious when you read their entry in Wikipedia.

present tense:

"Do you remember when your Phone app was a box with a wheel that you cranked with your finger to transmit sparks?"

future tense:

"Like, do you remember when you had to keep poking your computer to get it to do anything at all?!"