January
2004
January 3
• News: I return from the San Diego
vacation, bonus Jinxie photo, the Crocodile Hunter almost uses his kid
for chum, year end fun from Google, Dictionary.com top words of the
year, annual listing of banned words, News of the Wierd year end wrap
up.
• Essay: The San Diego vacation
trip write up, part one.
January
5
• News: Getting back into the
routine at home, football and the crappy Sugar Bowl, more imaginary
security worries canceling flights, biggest snake ever, Detroit is the
new fattest city in America, RotK gigantic box office.
• Essay: Part Two of the San Diego
Xmas vacation discussion, with numerous photos and discussion.
January
6
• News: Hot bi-curious high school
girls prompt the desire to return to the days of homework, amusing screw
up URL with a computer game, deadly vagina bomb in London?
• Essay: Recent reader mails about
Crocodile Hunter and Darwinism, "How to write" answers, blogs
improving over time.
January 8
• News: Me gets quoted in a
computer magazine, biggest snake ever gets a penis-like measurement
reality check with photos to prove it.
• Essay: Return of the King again
with discussion of the five endings.
January
9
• News: Malaya's imac hunger, RotK
again with reader comments, Bush heading to Mars and hiding the true
costs, Faberge eggs on sale.
• Essay: Old blogs forgetfulness,
article archives, and other random things.
January
10
• News: New imac, Dusty lap issues,
US forces give up pretending to look for WMDs in Iraq, Mad Cow and the
ongoing USDA coverup.
• Essay: New Year's Resolutions,
exercise, and past history.
January
12
• News: Catching up on old
articles, NFL playoff discussion, ridiculous penis enlargement patch
spam photos.
• Essay: New article, your
childhood friend's weird parents.
January
13
• News: New imac and Diablo II and
naming computers.
• Essay: Reader, mail on their
weird childhood friends, ridiculous Bush quote quiz, with numerous
examples.
January
15
• News: Sore from exercise,
depressing story about what the troops are stuck eating in Iraq,
amusingly suicidal child molester.
• Essay: Reader mails on mac
naming, direction writing and gender differences, amusingly awful D2
site mail.
January
16
• News: Our new D2 chars continue
to advance, worst teenager left home alone story ever.
• Essay: Move On's Bush in 60
Seconds contest winners announced with amusing comedic speeches and
resulting hate mail.
January
17
• News: Football email comments and
weekend predictions, more embarassing Bush administration anti-science
policies, nutty anti-gay crusader busted for... attempted boy
pedophilia.
• Essay: Ebert talks about virtual
reality and the fascinating Uncanny Valley concept, with applications to
other movies.
January
19
• News: Weekend fun, old articles
updated, first chapter rewrite finished at last and early writing
memories, Mike Rowe Soft story begins.
• Essay: Football predictions
recap, "could/couldn't care less" discussion, do women give
more exact directions than men revisited.
January
20
• News: New SD fire and back patio
photo pages online, angry and enjoyable flame about the serial killer
article, don't have a baby in Romania.
• Essay: SD Fire page online, with
a sample.
January
22
• News: Mom and stepdad coming to
visit, Churchill's parrot lives on, more on Mike Rowe Soft controversy,
the amusingly-insane Nedra Picklering and her anti-Democrat jihad, SF
Gate editorial tries her style and fails, funniest inadvertent Bush
speech CNN headline ever.
• Essay: Kitty photos, combat
style. Jinx hunts the electronic mouse, and is just generally too
cute for words. Which is why there are photos.
January
23
• News: Mom arrives early but with
no pressure, the kitties live in fear of house guests, Christian inmates
get better treatment, or, just another reason to stay the hell out of
prison.
• Essay: Health insurance
discussion, with advocacy for singler payer.
January
24
• News: Internet test to discover
"your inner rat." McD's for a month almost proves fatal, the
hardcore Mormons in Utah/Arizona get in the news again for more
outrageous behavior.
• Essay: The super-comfy, Superfoam
mattress addition discussed, with photos.
January
26
• News: Site donations request,
supercool dragon in a jar, woman discovers she's got weapons in
mid-flight.
• Essay: SF city tour with parents,
Mt. Diablo tour and photos, Macy's and silly products and prices,
general dislike of cities.
January
27
• News: Car maintenance plans go
awry, Mydoom makes its presence felt in my inbox, break dancers visit
the pope.
• Essay: Mtv's Cribs discussed and
debated and insulted, with a special bonus poseur boots discussion.
January
29
• News: Oscar nominations are out,
Mydoom becomes the fastest spreader ever, entirely due to user
ignorance, the ridiculous "we never said 'imminent'" debate
continues.
• Essay: Home improvement, curtains
and windows and leakage, and the new garbage disposal.
January
30
• News: Miss Backpacker contest in
Oz, Nazi poisons continue to kill people, more horrendous Mad Cow news,
another unsatisfying article on the freaky dragon in a bottle.
• Essay: Garbage disposal follow up
blog, ridiculously cheap candy canes and using them to improve cheap
vodka.
January
31
• News: Ebert on the number of
small films chosen for awards this year, German Internet Cannibal gets
8.5 years for manslaughter, Mydoom fuckery continues.
• Essay: Superbowl preview, past
game discussion, the three I've attended, Blade II review/discussion.
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