rocket to nowhere

last one I swear?

sh — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:19:20 +0000

If you buy me a box of these, I will write you ten letters (one for each pencil).

Please click on the image to visit an online store which has only 8 (wonderful) products.

redesign!

sh — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:00:30 +0000

Today, instead of editing a short piece about pencils and their optimal dullness (and another about lunchtime OCD), I decided to update and sort of redesign this here blog thing here. Productive, no? I have updated the blog’s theme; this one now supports widgets! I have also made it so that now, instead of one header image, there are 21. You will receive a different image every time you visit (until, ostensibly, you’ve visited 22 times). Also, if you visit this site on a mobile device, you will see a site optimized for mobile devices! My goodness! Any and all feedback will be greatly appreciated!

Maybe, at some point, I will also update and redesign the content I put here.

To keep you from hitting the refresh button 21 times (because I know you’re itching to do so?), here are scaled down versions of all the possible header images.

pencils!

sh — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:00:02 +0000

Since my oddly illustrated post about insects and pencils, my friend Kristy and I have been talking (well, digitally; mostly via the Facebook) about pencil obsession, which is something other people (not me, not Kristy) have. I initially pointed her to Mark Frauenfelder’s review of the new, pre-production Palomino Blackwing on boingboing, as well as some other pencil-obsessed sites. Earlier today, Kristy pointed me here, FTW:

PENCIL TIP SCULPTURE BY AN ARTIST NAMED DALTON GHETTI!!!

please read the image in this post from bottom to top

sh — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:02:29 +0000

This is already several days old, which on the internet is months or something. However, I highly recommend reading it out loud to someone who would appreciate it. Then, go out and buy the first four seasons of Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job! on DVD.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-28

sh — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:59:00 +0000

Dear Mr. Larsson: Was giving the proper name of every single piece of Ikea furniture really all that necessary? Lack, Malm, Sørenstångleson? #
@bilald Please excuse my pedanticism, but "non-plussed" means "confused." I'm sure you are also that. in reply to bilald #
No one will ever write a song called "Nitro Burning Funny Cars." #fb #

oh wait, this post needs a title

sh — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:41:36 +0000

There is currently a small insect on its back, wriggling helplessly on my desk.

I have given it something to grab onto, and it is now right-side up.

For some reason or another, I have started using wood pencils again.

I had been using Pentel “Quicker Clicker” mechanical pencils for more than 10 years.

Mechanical pencils never quite attain an “optimal dullness.”

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-21

sh — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:59:00 +0000

@marginalcomment I am both proud and ashamed to have contributed, however minutely, to its unfortunate, but not untimely, demise. Yes, RIP. in reply to marginalcomment #
Spent the day reorganizing the garage-bar, the dining room, and my office. Yes, garage-bar. #thanksfrank #fb #
I was going to ask for some late night help moving a piece of furniture, but instead I've thrown a tarp over it and am hoping for the best! #
@bilald Epic indeed. I wish I could say I can't remember the last time I was so disgusted by our fair country, but, well, the last 9 years. in reply to bilald #
Is Rush in my music library because my wife put it there? I love her, but seriously, who listens to that shit? #fb #
Listening to "Das Rheingold," eating breakfast tacos, and drinking Sumatran coffee. #fb #
@Colter_Burkey Should oughtta, huh? How was math and the first day of "college"? in reply to Colter_Burkey #
@cornelln It only auto-clears if you tell it to, but if you do and it still appears at all, well, that does seem kind of silly. in reply to cornelln #
Smoking a cigar and drinking bourbon in one's own garage-bar alone is quite depressing, because one is alone . . . in a bar. #
Hooray for the front porch, where traffic (both wheel and foot) gives the illusion of not-aloneness! #
@cornelln As requested: http://yfrog.com/gisv7fj http://yfrog.com/6eshcj in reply to cornelln #
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mc-3mXrNaE&feature=player_embedded #
@cornelln My friend Frank built it for his house in Ft. Collins. Then he moved to an apt. in Denver, et voila, into our garage! in reply to cornelln #
Dear Mr. Weschler, I have hallucinated trees. And the squashed plum I passed earlier looked like a giant, legless beetle, flattened. #fb #
Sarah doesn't speak for me either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0mp99eEaic&feature=player_embedded #fb #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-14

sh — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:59:00 +0000

Some hangovers are kind of sweet because they were so totally worth it. #congratsJess amp;Frank! #
That could have taken an hour. Why did it take 4? #
Back to work for real today. But what does that mean, exactly, to the unemployed? #fb #
@dmg541 Hells yeah. in reply to dmg541 #
Proud owner of a new Subaru Outback. #fb #
Is the head of the Russian union of ice cream sellers the most powerful person in that country right now? #
@cornelln NO. in reply to cornelln #
@cornelln There is a HUGE difference between "every day" and "everyday." in reply to cornelln #
I've nearly cut Facebook out of my diet, and now, when I want to look at pictures, it won't load them? #RidiculousModernAnnoyances #

Pictures from Maui

sh — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:29:34 +0000

J and I spent the last two weeks on Maui. We went for Jen’s cousin’s wedding (which was a lovely affair), and also for our honeymoon. We had a fantastic time! We rented a cottage in the jungle on the north shore, used that as our base of operations, and explored the island from there. Here is a sampling of pictures from our trip. Each picture is also a link to a slide show of all the photos we put up on Flickr (about 1/3 of the total pictures taken).

We saw a rainbow every day (this was by far the best one):

We watched John & Becky get married:

We hiked two miles to a 400 ft. waterfall:

We went to a gray sand beach:

We fell in love (with the island and with each other all over again):

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-24

sh — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:59:00 +0000

@ohoneybird I just bought the Tumbleweed Tiny House book. So beautiful! in reply to ohoneybird #
Whole Foods just put an "extra" shot of espresso in my 12 oz. americano, thus making the total 4? Wish me luck. #fb #