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Tuesday, 28 Mar 2006

Dinner & stuff

Had dinner with Chip and Fran at this charming little restaurant in the Greenwich Village called the Elephant & Castle. If you click on their link you can read about the name history, pretty interesting. The NY version has been around for 20+ years. Great food. Their grilled calamari were awesome.

On the way back I got derailed several times. I had to go into Strand Bookstore, on Broadway and 12th, one of the largest bookstores in the world. So may books, on every possible subject. I could spend hours browsing around their used, rare and out of print books sections. I also went into the Virgin Megastore on Union Square for a while.

Took the Lex Av. 6 subway back home.

Tue

Charles forwarded this funny email today, check it out. My favorites are "Ignoranus", "Bozone", and "Foreploy"

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Subject: Mensa Invitational

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

Here are this year's {2005} winners:

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

4. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

12. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

13. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

14. Glibido: All talk and no action.

15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of! a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating

Monday, 27 Mar 2006

Monday evening

Judit sent me her St Croix pics, so I posted a few more:

St Croix Trip - Part II



Sunday, 26 Mar 2006

NASCAR 06 - Atlanta Motor Speedway

I was so backlogged with pics to post, here are the pics from the Golden Corral Race. Click on my pic in full gear to view them. I am done with posting pics for now.


Sun evening

Had (late) lunch at Outback, my Sunday usual, as I read the NYTimes.

Been txting with Suki, I might go to the UK later in Spring for a long weekend, we'll see, it's still premature.

The weather is fairly pleasant, in the mid 50's. Can't wait for Spring.

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