Apple's worm? 1984

Is it smart or creepy that he always wears same outfit for his announcements

The Uniform

I sometimes feel like mac and its uniform become more like the antagonist in their commercial of 1984 with the inference to communisim/domination of the PC. Or is that simply a “problem” of no matter how cool you are when you are small when you get bigger you become more like a mega company, etc.

1984

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Posted by Rain on Aug 09, 2007

Bear Necessities

Bear Necessities

Just what are the bear necessities? Based on a recent trip to the store where a 20ish guy in front of me showed me the way it is.

Think 2 4 6

2 packs of MandMs

A 4 pack of Toilet Paper

And

A 6 pack of beer.

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Posted by Rain on Aug 07, 2007

Komfi Annan

It’s true: my wife has a thing for pillows. I don’t know why. I stopped asking the question some time ago. I firmly believe that there is no answer. However, I do find myself proportionally more imaginative as the rows of pillows unremittingly creep along the once-open landscape of our bed.

It occurs to me that she’s created a United Nations of Pillows. There are pillows from everywhere: China, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and occasionally, one from the U.S. delegation shows up (but he never stays long). They have meetings, create charters, sign declarations, and regularly reprimand the dust ruffle: it was made in Syria. It’s a strange little group, the U.N.P. There seems to be a leader, a large, square, cushy pillow with ruffled edges named Komfi. He has a guards around him at all times, you know, those elongated, cylindrical neck pillows.

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Posted by Acie on Jul 28, 2007

8 legs and counting

Had a spider crawl onto my keyboard and then promptly disappear under the keys. I turned it upside down and banged him out – it was bizzaro thinking of a world under the keys where the spider might set up a dictatorship as the spider king of keyboard land – and ultimately move keys around such that I no longer could type but would secretly send communist messages in my email.
could happen.

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Posted by Rain on Jul 20, 2007

where's the rewind button?

a verbal mulligan

Inspired by Rain’s recent admission that he likes to wake up in the morning, have a tee-tiny cup of french rosemary tea, then ease back into pj’s and warmzies, what’s say we start a list of Things You Should Never Tell Your Guy Friends:

  1. “That is totally my favorite Kevin Costner movie.”
  2. “I love those William-Sonoma candles.”
  3. “Man, HGTV was good last night!”
  4. “I find it easiest to iron my sheets on the bed”
  5. “I failed my ED test today at the doc”
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Posted by Acie on Jul 17, 2007