Archive for December, 2005

Going to the movies isn’t worth it anymore

Friday, December 30th, 2005

The usual gang (myself, John, Sara and Rachel) went and saw Syriana the other night. It wasn’t a bad film, though it did feel a little drawn out and, as some reviews have pointed out, convoluted. The story didn’t focus on any one person but rather jumped from character to character without really developing any [...]

Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

Peter Gibbons: You see Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care.
Bob Porter: Don’t… don’t care?
Peter Gibbons: It’s a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don’t see another dime, so where’s the motivation? And here’s another thing, [...]

Festivus Yes! Bagels No!

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

Frank Costanza: Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way.
Cosmo Kramer: What happened to the doll?
Frank Costanza: It was destroyed. But out [...]

Happy Birthday to us!

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

Far be it from me to hog the limelight on my birthday, so when you’re showering me with gifts and drinks don’t forget to give some love to the other December 13th babies in the world: Amy Lee (of Evanescence fame, also born in 1981), Jamie Foxx, American McGee (you guys remember the game Alice [...]

I had no idea Kansas was so backwards-thinking

Friday, December 9th, 2005

First they decide to preach Intelligent Design in public schools, and now this: a high school student in Kansas City was suspended for speaking Spanish outside of the classroom. He was reported as replying (in Spanish) to a friends’ request to borrow a dollar. Wtf? Seriously Kansas, get it together. I always knew Texas was [...]