Author Archives: mindless

I travelled to New York to watch the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on IMAX 3-D with Seth42 last night. Unlike Martian687’s experience, few theater-goers were dressed in Potter-verse costumes. Mostly it was 20-something … Continue reading →

After about a decade of high school, college, and pick-up sports, my cleats finally gave way last Thursday. Amazingly, both the left and right gave out in the same pick-up soccer game (though maybe one was torn first making me … Continue reading →

Bush commuted Libby’s jail sentence today; apparently lying to and obstructing the FBI in a national security investigation is only worthy of a fine. As much as this is great news for Scooter, how much does it suck to be … Continue reading →

So, yesterday, I was going through my pre-softball game ritual of watching the daily ABC Family Gilmore Girls re-run up until the first commercial break (games start at 5:30). Rory and Lorelai were conforming to their show-lasting theme of Lorelai … Continue reading →

Regarding state restrictions on strip clubs, Angelina Spencer (head of an organization of strip clubs) said “Look, everyone wants to say only perverts and geeks patronize those clubs.” Hey! Since when are geeks lumped with perverts when it comes to … Continue reading →

With the 2007 state legislative session winding down, I just wanted to note what an amazing half-year it has been for gay marriage/civil union/domestic partnership rights. Progress was made in five states and now same-sex couples can form some sort … Continue reading →

The Food Stamp Challenge: Progressive elected officials are going on food stamps for one week. That’s the equivalent of $3/day; Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s solution was plenty of Ramen. NPR stories here and here. Kudos for Oregon Governon Ted Kulongoski for … Continue reading →

The last Gilmore Girls ever was on Tuesday. Even thought they were still negotiating contracts when they wrote the episode, it’s clear that they knew it had a high probability of being the last adventure in Stars Hollow. Other than … Continue reading →

Saturday, I celebrated being done with Generals by taking the train to NYC and seeing friends. Chicklet and I headed over to Queens and toured the hands-on NYC Hall of Science (where my BoA card got us in for free). … Continue reading →

American down (I think I passed); methodology to go. It’s on Thursday. Celebration dinner on NYC on Saturday (email invites out soon).