The Game Plan
Keeping Mum
The Simpsons Movie
I still have Sunshine as well. I think I need to watch all this stuff this weekend.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Netflix #10
Haiku Grandmaster #24
It’s been a week and Dusty was the only one who wrote a haiku (besides me) for the pictures. Not that she’s getting this honor by default. No no my friends. Her Gregorian Chat Haiku cracked me up and I spent a good part of my day at work, singing in that style.
Congrats Dusty!!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
In Which Ryan Gets A Ram To The Groin
Remember a while back I blogged about a commercial for Stride gum being filmed at my job location? Well, you can see the commercial here.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Haiku Smackdown #58
IT’S BACK!!!
Yes, folks. To celebrate my birth month, I am bringing back the Haiku Smackdown!
Enjoy!!!
Da Rules:
One person (that’s me)
will post pictures on the blog.
Done on a Thursday.
People will write ‘kus
and put them in the comments.
Limitless haikus.
Remember that one
person will get chosen as
Haiku Grandmaster.
That person will get
the title for exactly
one month (give or take).
Unread Books
What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you’ve read, italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish, underline the ones you read for school, and bracket the books you own but haven’t read yet* and strike out the books you didn’t care for.
*Yeah, I’m changing that. I would never buy a book that I haven’t read. It’s a waste of money. Also, almost all of the books on the list would be underlined since I read most of them in school. I was an English Lit major, after all.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
How To Drive In Los Angeles
1. You must first learn to pronounce the city name. It is L. A.
2. The morning rush hour is from 5:00 a.m. to noon. The evening rush hour is from noon to 7:00 p.m. Friday’s rush hour starts on Thursday morning.
3. The minimum acceptable speed on most freeways is 85 mph. On the 105 or 110, your speed is expected to match the highway number. Anything less is considered ‘Wussy.’
4. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. L.A. has its own version of traffic rules. For example, cars/trucks with the loudest muffler go first at a 4-way stop, while the trucks with the biggest tires go second. However, in Malibu , SUV-driving, cell phone-talking moms ALWAYS have the right of way.
5. If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear ended, cussed out, and possibly shot.
6. Never honk at anyone. Ever. Seriously. It’s another offense that can get you shot.
7. Road construction is permanent and continuous in all of L.A. and Orange counties. Detour barrels are moved around for your entertainment pleasure during the middle of the night to make the next day’s driving a bit more exciting.
8. Watch carefully for road hazards such as drunks, skunks, dogs, cats, barrels, cones, celebs, rubber-neckers, shredded tires, cell-phoners, deer and other road kill, and the coyotes feeding on any of these items.
9. Map Quest does not work here — none of the roads are where they say they are or go where they say they do and all the freeway off and on ramps are moved each night.
10. If someone actually has their turn signal on, wave them to the shoulder immediately to let them know it has been ‘accidentally activated’.
11. If you are in the left lane and only driving 70 in a 55- 65 mph zone, you are considered a road hazard and will be ‘flipped off’ accordingly. if you return the flip, you’ll be shot.
12. Do not try to estimate travel time — just leave Monday afternoon for Tuesday appointments, by noon Thursday for Friday and right after church on Sunday for anything on Monday morning.
13. And finally ‘Why is the L. A. Freeway called the ‘405′? Because no matter where you are going, it takes 4 or 5 hours to get there!
Empty, Highway, Ignored
Each week, Bone will post three (or more) random words at the 3 Word Wednesday site. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write something using all of those words. It can be a few lines, a story, a poem, anything. This is a writing exercise. It doesn’t have to be perfect. The idea is to let your mind wander and write what it will. I’ll also attempt to write something using the same three words.
Cactus and dried brush.
Seen on the empty highway.
Ignored by the cars.
Monday, April 28, 2008
In Which I Talk About Things
This weather in SoCal is killing me. First it’s chilly (and by chilly, I mean it’s in the 60s), then 2 days later it’s in the 80s. Don’t get me wrong. I love the SoCal weather over the weather in, oh, I don’t know, Canada, but damn. It’s April. It shouldn’t be in the high 80s in April.
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
In Which I Don’t Talk About American Gladiators
John, Liz and I went to a taping of American Gladiators yesterday evening/night. Due to a a confidentiality clause everyone signed, I’m not allowed to tell you the outcome of anything we saw. I’m pretty sure I’m not allowed to tell you what we sat through a taping for. However, I do believe I can tell you about the taping process.
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Friday, April 25, 2008
In Which Fate Conspires Against Nathan And I
Dammit! Nathan and I would’ve been so totally perfect for this!