Why do people insist on going through revolving doors two at a time? Just now, on my way in, a lady decided to cram into the opposite chamber with her friend,...
Another revolving door double-up! Two in one afternoon. Sheesh. -- Posted by Erik Swedlund to HipSmart at 8/1/2002 4:26:18 PM Powered by Blogger Pro...
Who likes kites?/Let's go fly a kite. Is it just me, or are word origins about the most imprecise thing to nail down? Damn you, Derrida. -- Posted by Erik...
Let's replace the shallow Blog Hot or Not with this cool new meme in our "How am I thinking about blogs today?" lexicon. I had to think for a little while to...
So, the Cubs aren't doing quite so dismally as I represented (which isn't to say they aren't dismal). I've been making an error in my calculation of the Cubs...
Sales Clerk: This bat was made for Slaughter. Costello: Haven't you got one that was made for baseball? --"Who's on First?" routine, Abbott & Costello --...
Ernie is running a weblog gameshow. We've seen this all before. In fact, we've seen these contestants all before: they're veterens of earlier webloggameshows....
What base text will produce the most sexily authoritarian Spoonerism? I nominate "popcorn." -- Posted by Erik Swedlund to HipSmart at 8/13/2002 2:40:58 PM...
About a year and a half ago, I purchased an issue of the zine, Beer Frame: The Journal of Inconspicuous Consumption, on the recommendation of a friend. I...
Why do people bite at Brad's goadings ? It wasn't even a particularly good one, too. He did a lot better than this railing-at-mistreatment-of-fish back in...
So, Brad has been eliminated from BBAS . Disappointing, but hardly surprising. What is surprising, however, is this nifty feature of the Yahoo! Groups poll in...
Aww, shucks. Anyway, Jeff has plenty more entertaining designs than I. HipSmart never changes (though I gotta chop off some dead wood soon). -- Posted by Erik...
As if Edison wasn't annoying enough, now we learn that he invented "hello": Alexander Graham Bell suggested "ahoy!" as the standard telephone greeting, but it...
Who Likes Kites? is ramming down your throat with their latest single, Hopscotch is Fun! The bouncy teens have mixed up a batch of serious skank-core, and...
While this is a perfectly enjoyable and amusing movie, the main driving force of the plot seems to be that Josh Lucas is hot. The women I saw this movie with...
Unfortunately, the scented candle Liz got for free for arranging the candle sale at her building didn't smell like the label said--in fact, it had no odor at...
Friday, 30 August 2002, 9:00pm Underground Lounge $? Add to your Y! Calendar -- Posted by Erik Swedlund to music.hipsmart.com at 8/29/2002 9:16:20 AM Powered...
I'm just bursting with office pride. 1 My building may make it into the record books. I'm just glad it's on a Saturday, so there won't be a bunch of kids,...
Feeling grumpy and harried. Feel like cheering self up with help of some friends. Don't feel like expending any effort to get off my ass and contact my...
Dammit! I was all set to talk about the Joey Ramone album that I just got, and how much I love his version of "What a Wonderful World," and how that song has...
I wanted to spread my delight at the name of this store on Ashland in Chicago that I can see from the el on my morning commute, but it seems others are already...
R. is posting again. Which is a relief, because without regular doses of her baring introspection or rock-girl vignettes , I lose interest in trying to put...
The LA Times weighs in on big media co-opting the blog format (several months later, natch). Can this be an ironic twist, if every article about blogs vs....
Another annoying revolving door double-up today, this one by two members of an annoyingly loud group of tourists. At the security check, one lady exclaimed...
BBAS has ended, and sweet Ken has won, which marks the first Erniegame where my favorite came out on top. Now I'll just have to get past my indie street-cred...
TSONN will be playing in Iowa and Minnesota over this weekend (September 21, 22). I wholeheartedly recommend NOT going to these shows, because they mean Nick...
I didn't see this film in its theatrical release, but Liz and I had a hunch we would like it, so we bought the DVD. We were right. Right now, I can hear the...
It has begun again. What with the rapid temperature drop here in Chicago, the building's heating system was turned on yesterday. I can now look forward to...
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