Tuesday, September 28, 2004

shake shake shake

OK, so I guess that there was some shaking going on up in central California.


"I had stuff everywhere... lamps and pictures and stuff on the floor," said Willa Sell, 77, who lives on a ranch in Parkfield. "I was happy when it was over. It was a real shaker."

A series of aftershocks quickly rattled the area, one with a preliminary 5.0 magnitude four minutes after the main earthquake and three others 4.1 or above. More than 9,000 people from Santa Ana to Sacramento reported feeling the temblor.

Parkfield, population 37, is known as the earthquake capital of California. Located on the San Andreas fault, the town has been shaken by six similar, magnitude 6.0 earthquakes on the San Andreas fault with apparent regularity since 1857– one approximately every 22 years.


Dude. Who the fuck willingly lives on an active fault? That's 37 crazy ass people.

mow this, asshole

OK, so it's no secret that I occasionally read Dear Abby. It's also no secret that there are a lot of assholes in the world.

Like Ned.


Dear Abby: My husband, "Ned," and I have been having the same argument for years. I care for our kids and handle all the housework. The only chore I refuse to do is mow the lawn.

Every spring, I buy flowers, plants, trees and herbs to plant around our large yard. I plant them, mark where they are, do the watering and weeding, and show Ned where I've planted them. Without fail, in the middle of summer when my plants are flourishing, my husband will mow them over. [full story]


Now, I can't imagine how guys like that think. I mean, this is a woman he supposedly loves... how can he so heartlessly do that shit? She plants all that shit for a reason, and he dismisses it. Hell, he not only dismisses it, he kills it. Hello, don't you know that this hurts her feelings? I guess he doesn't care.

See? Asshole.

But hey. Not everybody mentioned in Dear Abby is an asshole. Do you remember Lowell?

aw

A year ago today, I was lucky enough to meet this girl in person. It's been all fun and happiness since.

So, if you get a chance, go tell her that I said "Thanks."

Love you, babe.

Monday, September 27, 2004

never gets old

Dude. Calvin and Hobbes. That shit ruled.

So I was over at Transbuddha, and I read that somebody compiled a Top 25 of ol' C&H. Not exactly my top 25, but that just goes to show, there were so so soooooo many good C&H strips, that we'll never agree on even 25 of 'em.

My fave of the top 25? This one. Painfully simple, yet fucking hilarious. Something we can all relate to. And hey, it's even ghost-themed. More ghosts!

more on names

Are we sick of me talking about names yet? Hey, it could be worse. I could talk about, oh, I dunno... shit? Farting? Like, have you ever been in the bathroom at work, and there's someone in the stall next to you, and all you hear is some serious grunting and groaning, and by the time you hear the splash, the guy is panting like he'd just run a marathon? I swear, I lose my own shit mojo when that happens...

Oh, wait. Names.

OK, so I've always known that "Michael" has been a common name... but I didn't realize that it's been the most common male name since the 1960's. Would you like to check and see how common your name is, all the way back to the 1900's? Check out this Name Popularity thing-y that I found over at Funkalicious. Seriously, it's pretty interesting. I mean, like, Helga fell off the charts in the 1910. Muriel lasted until the 60's. Joelle started up in the 60's, peaked in the 80's, then dropped.

OK, so I'm easily amused...

Sunday, September 26, 2004

boo

Mac was talking about ghosts. Michele was talking about the trailer for the new movie White Noise (see the trailer here). Halloween must be getting close.

Well, all this talk about ghosts again had me perusing Ghost Study again, looking at all the pictures. Some of them are downright not-ghost-looking, but I swear some of them are pretty freakin creepy. Take a look. Oh, and for those who are in the SoCal area, and are thinking of going to the Queen Mary Haunted House thing-y, check this webcam capture out. Still wanna go?

On a side note, dya think it'd be a cop-out if I just grabbed a white sheet, cut holes in it for eyes, and dressed as a ghost this Halloween? I'm looking for a simple costume. Heh.

geezus, 200?

OK, so I usually don't blog on the weekends, but I'm up right now, and there's nothing else to do, except for this damned meme I found over at Minerva's Nox's (who found it from Christine, who, in turn, got it from Realization).

The bold things represent shit that I've done.

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