Mixing Water and Electricity
Thanks to Bill Walker I’ve discovered some new toys for my desktop. It’s cool to be a snowman, but I’m merely a monochromatic guy — this USB snowman is a bleedin’ quad-chromatic (to borrow a line from Roger Daltrey). I wonder if it’s an FAA-approved electronic device?
Silver Anniversary
Hockey can frequently be a game of bounces. When they go your way, the hockey gods are in your favor, and you feel lucky. Other days, the puck couldn’t find the opponent’s net even if it was tied to the back twine and reeled in. Last Saturday I took all matter of literary license with [...]
A Guy Who Knows a Guy
Many years ago, one of my company’s executive came to New York and, with less than 48 hours notice, asked for a pair of tickets for the musical “Rent” which had been playing (and insanely popular) for less than six months. I know this guy, who knows a guy, who, you know, knows a guy, [...]