A Cry for Help

Well, apparently Mitch Hedberg died last night/early this morning. Maybe that’s why i woke up at 4am. It sucks, i just saw him like 2 weeks ago, he was great. They’re (by they’re i’m saying the posters here) saying it was a heroine overdose - which doesn’t surprise me, he was pretty [...]

taking into consideration some of the comments i’ve received about LikeMindedBloggers©, i set about trying to solve the issue of obtrusiveness. rather than explain to you the days of torture in trying to design a cross-browser, platform independent solution - i will just show you what i came up with:

note: this puck is non-functional, if [...]

This rain is so nice
If only for this reason:
It’s not snow. Spring’s here!

ok, so you notice that box to the right there with some links to other blogs in it? thats the product of likemindedbloggers.com. Its in beta right now (and until all the bugs are worked out)…bil is graciously beta testing it here for me.
i’m going to give you a quick explanation of it, if [...]

[ed. note: make sure you read the next post, LikeMindedBloggers.com: the best idea ever -Bil]
Brought to you by the creator of remote control spy planes, numerous get-rich-quick schemes and enjoyable acoustic music. Honestly. How many more times will Bil.com readers be tortured by a try-and-fail-Ultra Laser-experiment? The phrase “like-minded bloggers” is an oxymoron, anyway.
Actually, [...]

I spent a good bit discussing the Terri Schiavo media circus yesterday, and I just wrote an email to a RI listserv, so I’ll mostly reproduce that here, if anyone is interested. This is by no means comprehensive (or cohesive, for that matter!).
First off, let me be very clear about my sympathy for Terri’s parents. [...]

I don’t know how much this counts, legally, but with the interweb as my witness, if ever my brain turns to spinal fluid and I have no hope of recovery, my choice would be to refuse medical treatment and life-sustaining measures. Mom, dad, Em, I know it would be extremely hard, but please, don’t let [...]

My hard drive is more corrupt than the Cianci administration. Just thought you might be interested. And watch out if you’ve got a hard drive bigger than 137GB with a Highpoint controller and XP SP2.

Could this possibly be true?
Over the next few days, the Bravo show Queer Eye For the Straight Guy will be in town to tape an upcoming episode involving six Red Sox players: Kevin Millar, Jason Varitek, Bill Mueller, Johnny Damon, Tim Wakefield and Mirabelli
I’ve never seen the show, but you can bet I’ll watch [...]

I don’t know why, but this post from last August has garnered a few comments in the past couple weeks. School projects? Lemur Awareness Month?
One person is can’t believe my fictional lemurs almost went extinct, another wants to “picit” for lemur rights, and apparently they have the interweb in Madagascar, because this weeks comment came [...]

If you get the paper, you may have been greeted this morning by a story (and a sticker!) about the new phone in system from the RI Department of Transportation. You can dial 5-1-1 from your cell phone (or an archaic contraption known as a “land-line”) and talk to a computer that will, allegedly, tell [...]