Going to a NCAA Division III school I was never exposed to a high-powered collegiate sports program. I've also never been very crazy about Halloween (bring on the hate mail). So when the opportunity to visit Dom, now a football graduate assistant at Syracuse, coincided with a chance to avoid being lambasted (again) for not dressing in costume, I jumped on it. The camera stayed dormant most the of time, but here are a few pics.
Special guest appearance by Matty Klein doppelganger.
Everyone develops reputations, often unknown to their bearer. I have recently become quite worried that very insignificant habits of mine are attracting enough attention to alter the consensus view of my character. The worry is totally unfounded but present nevertheless.
An example: I've noticed recently that in e-mails I am averse to incorporating multiple arguments within paragraph structures, instead opting to break them out into independent lists. A simple
Terribly sorry, but I'm going to have to cast you out from heaven. You did try to usurp My supreme and most divine authority and I need to set an example for the other seraphim. No hard feelings.
Peace.
becomes
I am going to have to proceed as follows:
1. Cast you out from heaven
2. Let you fall from grace
Reasons for this course of action include:
1. Punitive: attempted usurping of My authority, which is a) supreme and b) most divine
2. Preventative: setting an example amongst the other seraphim to avoid future rebellions
This trait has me scared of being talked about behind my back. Possible derogatory nicknames hypothetically being bandied about include The Enumerator or The Notorious 1.2.3.
MANY of the phone companies that own the wires connecting people to the internet are gearing up to block free phone calls that use voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology.
The online edition of IEEE Spectrum, the house journal of the US Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, says phone companies in France, Germany, Egypt and Saudi Arabia have announced they will block VoIP calls on their networks.
Congratulations, you've earned yourself a haiku:
"Dumb pipes": an apt phrase
Originally prescient
Sector now fights self
Wouldn't an easier solution on the part of these Telecos be to just bundle their own VOIP services with the data they already provide? Wouldn't that be competitive instead of anti-competitive?
My old roommate and I used to keep a jar for spare change on our counter. When it finally overflowed he took it in to Commerce Bank, converted it to cash, and returned with $120 of hard liquor.
Miracles like this will no longer be possible if Bank of America's new "Keep the Change™" program catches on, and that is why when I run for office it will be on a strict "spare change imprudence" opposition platform.
Wedding season 2005 ended with a bang as Catherine and Tom celebrated their union before loved ones and Clydesdales. A Friday afternoon ceremony resulted in two nights of festivities, and even some time for four square.
I've gone to the International Pickle Day festival for three straight years now. It's become, for reasons rational and random, a tradition of my time here in NYC. Part of the appeal is being confronted with the oddball and quirky zeal which any niche business seems to require as a prerequisite to proprietorship. Said one such animated brine-slinger when asked about a competitor:
Forget them. They import all their pickles from Canada. I'm the last original store on the Lower East Side. I'm the last original store. My store's been here for a hundred years, and they moved in and they stole my client list.
[he pauses, half-smiles a resigned smile]
But you know, it's always been like that. Even back then it was cutthroat. Pickling is a cutthroat business.
Gleaned from a 