I’ve been experimenting with a new chess opening that I call The Goatse Opening. Pictured above is the Goatse Opening (white) in play against the the classic Caro-Kann defense (black). Now, I’ll admit that the Goatse hasn’t had all it’s kinks worked out yet… In fact, a more anal-retentive person would be quick to point [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2007’
Some thoughts on denim
This afternoon, on the yoyoing.com/news forum, Kiya posted this entry about yo-yoers and denim. Here is my reply. Speaking of denim, I have aquired a bit of selvage scrap that I’ll be experimenting with. Tonight, at our weekly crafting group, I’m going to try to make some wallets. While working with denim can be difficult [...]
Uncomfort Zone
This pic is from an apartment in Portland. It’s some sort of climate control. I love that the only options are “LO” & “HI” without any indication of what it’s parameters of low or high comfort are (ie- hot or cool). Why even create a potentiometer for this sort of thing? I mean, who wouldn’t [...]
Hawthorne Fish House, Portland OR
Previously, I had mentioned that I had created a Yelp account, and now I’ve finally gotten around to writing my first review. It’s for the Hawthorne Fish House in Portland. They had catfish AND deep fried cheese curds! Catfish AND curds!!! Southern AND Midwestern! Do you know how hard either of those are to find [...]
Carlos Menstealia
I never have liked Carlos Mencia, but not because I thought he was stealing material.A local comic once quipped “Saying Carlos Mencia and Dave Chapelle are similar is like saying the KKK and NAACP are the similar since they both deal with issues of race.”I can’t remember the dudes name though (and I’m sure I [...]
