Good Grief!

I still say iPod, schmiPod. Set aside the cult of Apple and check out this comparison between the iPod mini and Creative’s Nomad Muvo2. Some highlights:

Storage: both are 4 GB mp3 players
Weight: Muvo2 = 3.2 oz, iPod mini = 3.6 oz
Size: the MuVo is smaller. Compare my picture to […]

He is on vacation this week, so it’s a good time to implement my ingenious plan for putting Good Grief! headlines onto the company intranet. Unfortunately, Slippery GI, our database administrator and my partner in crime, has left the company. Curses!
We have a new database administrator, but he is a cautious […]

Good thing I turned down that invitation to blog at the Democratic National Convention. Otherwise, I would have missed the perfect concert–right here in Philly! Salegy. How did I get this far in life without knowing about salegy? From the Afropop Worldwide website:
Salegy is the best-known and most widely exported dance […]

Last night at tutor training, we learned an acronym to describe the process for writing essays. Writing is POWER: Plan, Organize, Write first draft, Edit, Rewrite.
This acronym is pretty good, but it doesn’t apply to the new world order of weblogs. Planning and organizing? That’s for SUCKAHS!

Select sophomoric topic
Use good title*
Cut […]

A quick follow-up to last week’s exposé of Lancaster County’s shocking and pornographic Cats production. Just in from the Lancaster New Era is another letter to the editor:

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To celebrate today’s release of the Old 97’s new album, Drag It Up, this week’s mix is a compilation of the band’s older material.
From Wreck Your Life:

Victoria
Bel Air
Doreen
From Too Far To Care:

Timebomb
Streets of Where I’m From
Barrier Reef
Four Leaf Clover
From Fight Songs:

Murder or a Heart Attack
Valentine
From Satellite Rides:

Up the Devil’s Pay
Designs on You
Some of my […]

The August issue of Wired magazine poses an interesting question: Would Moby Dick be better if Melville had used a word processor?
There were three answers from people in the biz. Lynne Truss didn’t make any sense, so she doesn’t count (ok, I’m still pissed about the Eats, Shoots, & Leaves quiz). Says Sam […]

Oh my stars and garters! Is this the work of Al Queda? Did I spell Al Queda correctly? Without the all-knowing Google, I am helpless. Helpless!

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It is 8:54 PM, and Lititz is in for the night. Hence, the Friday evening post. What? You’ve never heard of Lititz? I’m sure I’ll write about it someday, but right now, all you need to know is that Lititz is a small town in conservative Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (home […]