Tag Archives: me

Catching fandom

The World Series has made me, at least temporarily, into a baseball fan. Thanks to the generosity of my friend and employer, we got to experience game 4 last night 4 rows from the field. It wasn’t my first World Series game, but it was Kristan’s, and her excitement (and Jason’s, and that […]

Seppuku 2.0

Sprout Commerce has figured out how to commit suicide in the Web 2.0 ecosystem.
Immediately after Pete Cashmore’s glowing review in April I began using MyPickList to manage my wishlists, rather than using the “buy” tag in del.icio.us as I had before (and limiting myself to items that have records on Amazon.com is so Web 1.0).
Imagine […]

Juror 842

Last week I spent Monday through Wednesday performing my civic duty as a juror in a civil trial. A few observations follow, skip down the most entertaining one.

At least two of the dullest crayons in our box barely had the cognitive capacity to determine where on the block the courthouse is. If I’m […]

She said yes.

I’m pretty sure that everyone who cares has already been told in person, so now it’s time to blog the proposal.
The girl
Kristan and I have been together for quite a while. We courted cautiously at first, but once we got past being shy moved quickly and have lived together for 4 years now. […]

Otis lives

Will has released episode 4 on Calico Monkey, and the character I voice has debuted. This is also the first time Will’s incorporated some 3D, pushing the webcomic envelope even further.

MBTI

Several MBTI tests have rated me an INTp, although I’ve never taken the official Myers Briggs. Over time, I’ve moved from extreme Introverted to only mildly Introverted, but the other measures have been stable.

2004 Presidential candidates

This is a fun one.
My SelectSmart.com matches:

Candidate
Party
Match

Cobb, David
Green Party
60%

Nader, Ralph
Independent
60%

Badnarik, Michael
Libertarian
58%

Kerry, Senator John, MA
Democrat
57%

Brown, Walt
Socialist Party
51%)

Bush, President George W.
Republican
27%

Peroutka, Michael
Constitution Party
19%

But Kerry gets the vote I’m casting against Bush, since we don’t have ranked voting in Missouri.