Monthly Archive for June, 2007

Web Bits: Nirvana Baby ‘All Growns Up’

Baby Nirvana

Remember when Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album was released? Do you realize that was over 15 years ago? And that the baby on the cover is now a teenager? Yeah, you’re that old.

Pool PartyTwo woman were arrested in Seminole County, Fla., for performing oral sex on each other while nude inside a women’s bathroom at a public pool. A third woman was photographing the event according to local6.com.

A pregnant woman walked in on the act with her children and was restrained from leaving the restroom. She was told not to call the police. They eventually were able to leave.

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We Score A Three-Bedroom House

The hunt is over.

Tiffany and I plan to move in together at the end of July and have been searching for an apartment for the last month or so without much luck.

We wanted a townhouse to avoid the greater amount of neighbor noise that comes from having someone living above or below you, but were finding that all of the nicer ones weren’t available.

We were looking in Victorian Village, German Village and Upper Arlington and via an ad in Craigslist of all places (see “Craigslist User Reports Me As Abuser“), found a house available for rent in Upper Arlington between Lane Ave. and Fishinger Rd.

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Craigslist User Reports Me As Abuser

Well kids, I’ve bee reported.

Someone has blown the whistle on my “That’s my girlfriends, asshole!” posts, filing an abuse claim with Craigslist, Yahoo! and Network Solutions.

Craigslist was contacted because I was re-posting their content, Yahoo! because I used their e-mail service to set up the fake “Gary” account I used to respond to the Craigslist ads, and Network Solutions because that’s who hosts this blog/Web site.

Apparently the “Bob W” who reported me via e-mail only had a problem with the two photos I had posted that were in the original Craigslist ads.

I wasn’t trying to personally insult anyone. When people reply to me, 75% of the time I get their full name because they respond from their personal e-mail accounts and not through Craigslist. I don’t post those names or anything else that could identify the poster of an ad to a common reader. The two photos I had posted were an afterthought.

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Comfest: Khat-tales, Boxers & Breasts

ComfestThe problem with Comfest, an annual community festival in Columbus, is that there are just not enough beer tents and port-o-lets to accommodate the crowd that attends.

After a 20-minute wait to fill your 32-ounce plastic Comfest cup, you can sit on your blanket in the grass for about a half-hour before you get the urge to tinkle. So you get in line to use the restroom, which takes another 20 minutes. By the time you use the restroom, your beer is empty because you drank it faster than normally while you were bored stiff waiting in the bathroom line. So now, you have to get back in the beer line.

And so on. And so on.

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Last Breakfast With Bob Evans

Bob EvansYesterday afternoon was one of those days where everything lines up perfectly, the clouds part, and the birds sing. One of those cosmic instances where everything seems perfect.

Yesterday afternoon was one of those days where Tiffany and I were craving the exact same thing for lunch.

We eat lunch together nearly every day because our offices are so close. And though normally the lunch decision is never a large complication, normally only requiring a couple volley’s of restaurant names and subsequent rejections, when the food source is perfectly aced, it’s nice. It almost feels a little special. Almost as if someone else influenced it.

Tiffany picked me up at 12:15 p.m. and we headed straight to Bob Evans, which is only a 5-minute drive. We were seated right away and decided on our orders fairly quickly.

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‘The Office’ To Become Video Game

The Office

A video game based on NBC’s “The Office” will soon be under development according to a press release on MumboJumbo.com.

MumboJumbo will team with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group to create and publish the game which will be available online and across small platforms such as the PSP and the Nintendo DS.

“Developing a game … that combines the quirky characters and humor of the show with a proven, addictive game mechanic we think will be welcomed by fans and casual game players alike,” said Bill Kispert, vice president and general manager, Interactive, Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group.

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