December 2008
42 posts
homer: its okay dear, the compass on the dashboard is pointing east.
marge: that ‘e’ doesnt refer to the direction! its your fuel gage and its on empty.
premium
so last night i filled my gas tank. at 1.65 a gallon i was pumped that this would be my cheapest fillup in quite some time. the 89 octane was the middle pump handle so i mindlessly grabbed the one next to it. i thought it was 87 octane. moments later the sale price was rising higher than i thought it should. i looked down and i was pumping premium 93 octane at .30 cents higher a gallon than the...
weirdest part of my job
i just saw a random guy in the hall at work and i noticed his cool laceless chuck taylors. as i passed him he said: “hey sam. how you doin?” surprised i responded: “whoa! oh. hi. good. thanks. you? good. okay then. take it easy. cool. ummm. duuuhhh.”
i didnt recognize him because, as a massage therapist i meet most people when they are undressed and sans clothing. later...
Portland is....
malty:
maltman:
Portland is America’s greenest city (2008 Popular Science)
Portland is ranked #1 in SustainLane’s 2008 US City rankings of sustainability
Portland has the highest per-capita concentration of hybrid vehicles.
Portland has highest per-capita concentration of LEED-certified projects and third most overall (2008 Business Facilities)
Car sharing (as in Zipcar) started in...
Pay It Backwards: An Act Of Coffee Kindness →
amandarae:
soupsoup:
kaytee:
peterwknox:fareastmeetswildwest:cakeface
I love this.
tis the season!
directions to onion town →
Pish Posh!
amandarae:
portlandsammyo:
the origin of david beckham’s wife’s name:
back in the day, British passengers travelling to India [under British rule at the time] by sea would require accomodations with limited exposure to the piercing rays of the sun … accomodations on the portside of the ship on the way to India, on the starboard side of the ship upon return to England.
These accomodations...
posh
yesterday i had an ineresting conversation with a super intellectual gentleman who seemed to know everything about everything. seriously. of the fifty or so minutes of listening, the highlight was the origin of david beckham’s wife’s name:
back in the day when the british would travel to india [under british rule at the time] by sea they would require accomodations that limited their...
Year In Ideas 2008 →
clever a through z… and this is only a! an airbag for an old people.
...like the cold if you were dead
last night after some live jazz and fine wine in great barrington, carrie and i drove home through the windy back roads of alford and west stockbridge among the frozen solid hills and the darkness of the deep blue sky. speeding clouds and a full full moon casting light upon the trees that reflected light and rainbow prism light rings indicating the frigid temperatures. we got home and grabbed...
garden state
three years ago, just after moving to the berkshires, i was introduced to the garden state soundtrack. just like every other twenty/thirty-something on earth i loved it. various peeps told me that the movie was equally good. in fact, my dear friend commented upon visiting my richmond avenue apartment for the first time that my bedroom reminded her of garden state. she laughed. i didnt get the...
“You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew...”
– Andrew, Garden State (via kylebingman
how are you?
two emails today signed off with this: how are you? i dont have any idea how to reply to that.
Wallace — National Geographic →
living without internet at home now, i actually read an entire article on this guy in the national geographic. ordinarily i would have read the first few sentences, become distracted and then googled the subject and then read the synopsis on wikipedia.
this guy, not darwin, truly discovered the evolution of species. all because he was poor and lacked formal education did he have to work harder...
chlorine therapy
in 2000, living in newport rhode island, i remember talking to a friend on a cold winter evening who had to cut the conversation short to head to the ymca and swim some laps. in that moment, swimming laps suddenly really appealed to me. the next few days i went to a few bathing suit/surf shops [newport is full of them—beach town] and picked out a modest but not-too-weird red speedo. and i...
Local Currencies Make A Comeback in Recession |... →
holy moly my local economy.
fred-wilson:
Inní mér syngur vitleysingur -...
“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no...”
– Samuel Johnson (via whatcriscilikes) (via radarchive)
Hey, Sammy, did you really say that?! ;)
(via amandarae)
i did, in fact, say this. i am a fountain of profound wisdom and deep deep thoughts. wink wink.
one month: no internets
december first is my offical one-month-without-internet-at-home anniversary. and after this mornings hike up the snowy mountainside [in my back-friggin-yard!!!] i took some time to admire the view and breathe in the chilled and fresh air and thought: this is a reasonable substitue for my lack of high-speed connection. the only downside is that deer-hunting season began this morning. lots of shots...
