Sorry, I just needed to call someone a “bato” today, and my older brother is not readily available. It is, believe it or not, a term of endearment from me to him.
Anyway, a very happy Halloween to all. This is probably one of my favorite holidays throughout the year. Screw Thanksgiving—too much food and family. [...]
Even if I haven’t been updating, I have been reading. I’ve managed to put away three books since my last post—not a great feat by any stretch of the imagination, but I feel I’m doing decently for a semi-busy yet ultra-lazy person who claims to love words.
The three books I’ve managed to read are The [...]
Because I need to clean up my apartment; don’t look at me that way, I hadn’t yet seen this week’s episodes of Ugly Betty or Pushing Daisies.
Anyway, web ads annoy me in general, but the ones that are really getting on my nerves are the Marriott Residence Inn commercials—you know the ones I’m talking about. [...]
The alternative title could have been: “Let me guess: It’s your birthday.”
A very happy 33rd birthday to my big brother A, who is probably the best big brother anyone could ever have. I’d like to take this moment to reminisce on some classic Big Brother A-WordNerd memories (and to apologize for a few):
Breaking Dad’s camera [...]
I definitely, most certainly, without a doubt, utterly despise a particular group of physical scientists “concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter”. They’ve impressed upon me that they’re just a bunch of self-entitled, good-for-nothing, self-centered whiners who somehow think the world revolves around them, and that I am suddenly their secretary simply because [...]
More than a week since my last post; IP reminded me that I needed to get back to the blog last week, after my big project at work was over (mostly, at least), but I still had to assist a co-worker with another project (which is now over, too). It’s true that I need [...]
