A Cry for Help

The Bil Blogs family has a new edition: my friend Pete has set up a blog documenting his adventures in (de)construction. Despite multiple invites, I haven’t actually been down to his place (it’s in Wyoming, ‘ferchrissake!), so I’m excited to watch the progress on the web.
This may remind you of the UL’s venture into house blogging, which has withered worse [...]

(Hey, what do you know, it’s been a month since I posted. Yikes)
I have some big news that everyone’s been dying to hear: I bought my first Apple computer today!
Yesterday saw the introduction of the Intel based Mac Mini, which I’ve been waiting for the past few months. I am very excited.
Now we’ll see how [...]

So while we have a little lull in the PATRIOT Act, I’ve decided now is a good time to take out some potentially subversive books from the library. Up first, because I’ve really been enjoying the show on Cartoon Network, is the Boondocks Treasury. Having never lived in a city where the paper included Aaron [...]

I planned on not watching tonight’s State of the Union. I’ve determined that it’s bad for my health to watch the president speak (since it’s usually less than enlightening). Yahoo News tells me, though, that we may be hearing some sense on the energy front tonight, which almost makes me want to watch. I’m sure [...]

Fun: Going out to a restaurant with friends, getting a cool little private “room”, having good food and lots of laughs.
Fun: Heading to Providence for some drinks, good beer, more friends, more laughs.
Not so fun: Coming back to your car parked on Fountain Street and finding the window smashed to pieces. Bunch of savages in [...]

So it’s 2006 (Happy New Year, by the way!), and if you’re interested in some stock picks I suggest you buy Apple Computer now. This pick is roughly as credible as one that might show up in your email, so I make no guarantees. Here’s my reasoning, though:
I’ve never owned a Mac, but in the [...]

So I’m out shopping, just like every December 24th, and it wasn’t that bad. The worst part is the traffic in the parking lots. I was almost sure that fist fights were about to break out in the Toys R Us lot. The best part is seeing the look on people’s faces when they get [...]

So I just rediscovered my Flickr account, which I apparently uploaded one picture to in September 2004 and then never used again (meanwhile Flickr’s just been blowin’ up, all web2.0 stylee). Anyway, this isn’t about Flickr. If anything, it’s about how nice it is that Google’s Picasa will make you a nice little web gallery [...]

So as you can probably imagine, I am very popular and lead an incredibly exciting life. That’s part of the reason I don’t blog much (the other part, in case you were wondering, is because I am busy waging war on X-mas). Part of this exciting existance is the occasional party invite, one of which [...]

I’ve been fairly despondant over the devestation of New Orleans, specifically as someone who’s spent much of the last few years living there and generally as an American appalled at the emergency response. I’ve been plagued by unsettling dreams all week.
Clearly you don’t need another reminder that your monetary contributions can make a significant difference [...]

This picture, which is all over the place for the past couple days, is actually the street I lived on during my last year in New Orleans. Orange circle to be exact. The middle of the picture is a wide, park-like median that runs down to Lake Pontchartrain. It’s a very nice area when not [...]

Ultra Laser just called to check in from Baton Rouge, where he and 60,000 others are without power. He was looking for news about New Orleans, since he has only a crappy radio and second hand stories from people in his hotel. He’s heard that his suburban neighborhood could be uninhabitable for a good while. [...]