A few days ago I decided it was finally time to clean out my old, dirty, yellow CD case I received from my friend Scott W. back in the 8th grade. (I can’t recall how I got the case, but it’s possible that it was under dubious circumstances. I probably still owe Scott a lot [...]
Archive for June, 2009
A farewell to the compact disc
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I’m baaack!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Regular posts begin again on Monday. Sorry for the long dry spell. But there’s some good stuff coming that I think you’ll like.
Eat Mor Chikn
Posted in Uncategorized on June 24, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I just finished reading Fast Food Nation. And somewhere amid descriptions of maimed slaughterhouse workers, greedy fast food tycoons, and disease-riddled beef my stomach started to churn.
What have I been eating all these years? What I thought was ground beef was apparently laced with pesticides, antibiotics, E. coli, dead cows that had been fed to [...]
My real rebuttal
Posted in Uncategorized on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was tempted beyond that which I was able to bear.
The great electronics war
Posted in Uncategorized on June 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Today there was a battle in the Hess household.
The topic: Apple’s new iPhone 3G S
Just when you thought nothing could be more awesome than the last iPhone, here it is.
Isaac’s arguments went something like this:
1) It’s awesome. You just don’t understand how awesome it is. Now that I know it exists, any awesomeness that previous [...]
The briefest of delays
Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Dear faithful readers,
(And yes, there are faithful readers. My tracker says I still get about 5 unique visitors to this blog per day, and that’s even when I’m posting stupid poems or nothing. I don’t know who you are, but you deserve some kind of medal, or a candy bar. Whichever is less expensive.)
You may [...]
Automatic Lights
Posted in Uncategorized on June 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I came to the office on a Saturday,
came to work, and not to be mocked
by loneliness.
But every time I walk into a room,
the building greets me by turning on
automatic lights.
These lights, with all their good intentions,
Are the surest piece of evidence that
I am alone.
They seem to scream as they turn on:
“No one else has been [...]