Archive for June, 2006

A Whale’s Vagina

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Ron:: “It’s a fact. It’s the greatest city in the history of mankind. Discovered by the Germans in 1904. They named it San Diago which of course in German means a whale’s vagina.”
Veronica:: “N– no, there’s no way that’s correct.”
Ron:: “I’m sorry. I was trying to impress you.”
Veronica:: “Oh.”
Ron:: “I don’t know what it means. [...]

Sunday Brunch, Vegan Style

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

Living in Southern California, the trend seems to be towards healthy eating and living. In place of a Burger King or Panera, every stret corner has either a Starbucks or a vegetarian-friendly restaurant. (I’m ignoring the overwhelming number of Mexican taco shops and sushi restaurants as I’m told those are required when living 30 miles [...]

Another reason why GM = the devil

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Smithsonian Kills the Electric Car
After revoking and destroying their EV1s, General Motors gave a handful of them to museums as historical pieces. Now, the only fully intact EV1 on display has been removed from view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., to make room for a robotic VW Touareg designed [...]

A hobo no more

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

I know I’ve been whinny for the last week or so due to the whole job hunting thing, but that’s all over now. I started working on Monday at… well, for the sake of not putting my entire life online I won’t say the name of the company. I will say that if I’m hired [...]

The life of a bum

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

Despite what she kept saying, Rachel was the first of us to get a job. Sara also started working on Monday. John and I both went in for an interview at the same insurance company and he got the job (at a damn nice pay too). Me? I got nothing. The insurance company gave me [...]