A somewhat controversial idea to consider: The world would be exactly the same as it is now if there had never been a Scooby-Doo show, except people wouldn’t think to do the “Rut-Roh” voice. I would tentatively suggest that the hypothetical world with no Scooby-Doo would be a better one then the world [...]
Amazon is following Google’s lead, scanning printed catalogs and integrating them throughout the website.
It’s a totally backwards idea of course, though it makes sense in the end.
The search-engine for scanned text is pretty neat - I’ll give them that. In a reasonable world though, someone who could put together a printed catalog, would be [...]
The night’s cloud cover is lit up by the city’s light pollution. It’s a greyed-out something, washed out by the rain - a tone that your eye would only be able to catch if there were another color held up against it. I’m leaning towards orangish, but I’m not really confident about that. [...]
Ingrid, lighting a cigarette, tells me, “I’m going to quit.”
“You are?”
“Yes.”
“When did you decide?”
“I’ve been thinking about it for awhile.”
“I didn’t know that. . .”
“Yeah. It’ll be in a month at the latest.”
“So soon? What are you going to do?”
“Well, I need to prepare myself, mentally and physically, first.”
“Okay. But what are [...]
Letter found near a park:
7/4/94
Dear Forrest,
You’re probably still in Georgia but here’s your letter just like I promised. Finally. So how was your vacation? Did you bring me back anything? Just kidding! So how’s everything in Kent? How was your Fourth of July? Mine wasn’t shit. I [...]
They’ve decided they don’t like the silly politics that others play at, they prefer straight talk. So it comes as a surprise when they realize they’re in the midst of one of the silly games they’ve rejected. They interrupt the game for a frank discussion, deciphering the situation in complicated inwardly spiraling conversation. [...]
Dale is in his 60s, a retiree. He hangs out in coffee shops and plays chess. Sometimes when he doesn’t have an opponent, he talks to me. He’s always fishing for some piece of information, but his questions are too vague for me to figure out what his angle is.
Dale asks me [...]
Saturday was just about perfect.
I accompanied Ingrid to a meeting of the Puget Sound Stereo Camera Club (at the Federal Way Senior Center?). We were immersed for three hours in a dark world of 3D slide shows, polarized glasses, and heated discussions about Nimslo and Stereo-Realist equipment. A couple showed some fine 3D [...]
Picking up a burger at Dick’s. I tap on the window, hello, to a familiar face. She was one of my manager’s when I worked here too many years ago to count (seven), she’s doing something with the cash register right in front of me. I warrant a brief glance, somehow confident [...]
I’m going to take the top off my PC and wiggle my soundcard. Then maybe I’ll blow on it. I’ve actually never taken apart my PC before, so I’m excited.
I guess the fact that my PC wouldn’t make any sounds should have clued me in to the fact that my sound wasn’t working, [...]