Do you remember?

It was 2000-2001 and everyone I knew had a IM account. I had AOL, MS and Yahoo all at the same time. I'd had a special browser that allowed you to access all three at the same time.

I remember when it was an insult to your sweetheart to have more than one IM window open and be talking to other people.

Now its Sunday, and I can't find anyone on. I'm never on anymore. I no longer waste entire afternoons typing inane things to my friends and sharing files that are worthless. I'm sure all the above really pleases my employer, but I have to think that its kinda like the Rubic's cube or any other fad, Its days are numbered. Sure, it has morphed into text messaging on phones but to be honest typing out messages to friends in neighboring towns is kinda pointless when cell phone minutes are free.

Holy fizznissle

Ok some of you aren't going to get this and other will piss themselves.

go choose a URL, copy the full http:///www.???? .....and then got to


http://www.gizoogle.com/

and type in your favorite URL.

I like this one so far:

http://sites.gizoogle.com/?url=http://www.breastcancer.org/dia_detec_exam_idx.html

Death to Hunter by Suicide

Why did I like this man. Was it because of his association with Counter Culture? Was it is status as a drop out who was still being paid? I don't know.

I do know that Fear, Junky et al. are some of my favorite books and that style is more important that syntax.

Go well Mr. Thompson.

Songs in my head

I woke up with two really flaky songs in my head and one cool one.

First, there is "lay you hands on me" by the Thompson Twins (UGG)

Second, I've got the "Mexican Hat Dance" in my head. I don't know why but I wish it would go away.

and for some reason I keep mixing that into "American Girl" by Tom Petty

If this is forecast to the type of day, that I'll be having - I'm in deep shit.

YEAH - JEFF GORDON

Hold up, in Hotel CA

Saturday night (ok Sunday morning) and I'm in my room and killing time. Its rained all weekend and most of the week, but that doesn't stop my oponents from requesting access to things that are dangerous when wet. Climbing on scaffolding, playing on the roof, etc.

T-bone is in London. She left yesterday and called this afternoon to say that she had arrive safely and was being treated well. I miss her more now that the ocean separates us. I hope to be back in NYC by friday but will be forced to cancel my surgery in order to make my move work for sure.

dime a dozen

I know this concept is not original, but I kinda thought it was funny to imagine what spam and other crap Scrub would have in his Hotmail (provided the NSA didnt' filter it for him).

OUR SCHEDULE

Because everyone who reads this is either a close friend or random stranger. The time has come to lay it all out. We are moving to San Fransisco!

I will leave for another business trip on 2.6.05 and I will get to see Teresa in SF over Valentines weekend. We plan to scout for apartments over that time before I return for work and she goes to London from 2.18 to 5.1.05.

Sometime between 3.15 and 5.15, we will pack up and move. I still have a surgery scheduled for 3.4.05 but will not be back in NYC until 2.25 (or so - not sure).

In the mean time, we are going to try to get rid of as much stuff here that we can (limit the expense of the move). We've been seeing lots of movies (Sideways and The Aviator, this week) and I can't stress enough how GREAT the Iron and Wine CD is. PLEASE PLEASE CHECK IT OUT.

NAZI'S WEAR BOSS

ok, ok, I've been told this a number of times but I think its finally come own to the wire. Someone commented that they love my Hugo Boss suit and I chimed in with my little trinkette of information about the NAZIs.

HUGO WAS A WAR PROFITER AND HE HELPED THE NAZI'S.

GASP - What's that you say. Boss worked with the Nazi's - you bet ya.

I have to say, as much as I dispise the Nazi's and what they did, Albert Speer and the SS had nice looking uniforms. If you can remove anything from its historic context (and most people can't), then you must be able to recognize a positive inside a negative.

Albert Speer, Hitlers architect, was put in charge of designing most of the State Buildings of the third riche. He spent his later years, after he got out of going to prison, lamenting his time and some of his earlier decisions. I have to ask myself (and you) that what the political climate is in this country, completely disgusts me, but i'd have a hard time being shot for having built any of the buildings I've worked on.

Speer, like Boss were very talented and although not always the best solution, their designs were something to marvel.

Whatever! Don't kill millions of people and don't loose the war and the world will find you differently.



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The question.....

I think I speak for most people in wondering where DOUG DOUG was when all of this went down and how he knew which bus to get on.