Alien Insomniac on Life after WWIII

Friday, July 22, 2005

Interesting Encounter

I was out on the Hike and Bike trail today and I am almost 100% sure I ran into a woman who I had sent a "wink" to on Match.com and who responded as not interested. There seemed to be a brief split second of recognition. I am out there every week so we'll probably cross paths more than this once. Sign in to see full entry.

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Now That's Cool!

I don't know whether this means I'm famous or what, but my site comes up as the #1 Google search under "Schpiel." Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 21, 2005

The Parable of the Long Handled Spoons

A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, "Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like." The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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LOOK, SHOW ME A 90-YEAR OLD 400-POUND MAN...

...And I'll Listen To Whatever Else You Have To Say Obesity: An Overblown Epidemic by W. Wayt Gibbs - Scientific American, June 2005 I am still working my way through the article, but I have decided that that is the question I want answered before I will believe that my longevity will be harmed by... Sign in to see full entry.

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Scotty, I need those engines!

James Montgomery Doohan 1920-2005 My favorite line: "I was drivin' star ships when yer grreat-grrandfather was in diapers." from Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 6.4 Relics Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2005

I ATE TOO MUCH LETTUCE. I'M GONNA GAIN WEIGHT!!!

The plate was piled pretty high, but I'm not worried about gaining weight. The dietitian told me that I would explode before I actually gained weight from lettuce and other green vegetables. Today I consumed 4 servings of fruits and 6 servings of vegetables. the prescription calls for five. Part of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Ethnological Engineering

Some folks in San Bernadino County, CA are proposing adding Ebonics to the curricula. Ebonics is a dialect of American English spoken by a certain portion of the African-American community. This is not the first form of the sub-tongue that has existed. In the 1970s it was called Jive, and you had to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 18, 2005

The Physician vs. The Chiropractor: WWF SMACKDOWN MATCH

Their degrees are MD and DC. They're both doctors. But then so is anyone with a PhD, JD, ThD, DD, ScD, DPM, OD, DO, and so forth. The MD, takes it one step further. He also goes by the label "physician," but he will usually tell people he is "a doctor." Our culture has conditioned us to refer to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Why I am looking for a relationship

A friend asked me about this and I didn't have time to answer her. She's right. I had become quite comfortable being single. My last relationship was with a woman who has a pretty messed up past. She's (I am using the present tense because seriously, I doubt she has changed at all) a control freak,... Sign in to see full entry.

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IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN

I thought I'd read it all. This happened to my friend Doug this weekend. Looks like she said "Credit or Debit" using the same 1.3 synapses that it takes to ask someone "paper or plastic." Sign in to see full entry.

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