February 25, 2005
Isn't It...?
Irony:
The Costume Designers Guild honored the designer behind Apple's iPod television commercials Saturday at its seventh annual awards ceremony.
That is ironic, right? The stupid song has made me so paranoid about misusing the term that I'm afraid to call anything ironic these days.
"Only fellow costume designers could appreciate how difficult a job that was," Rade said.
Good for her. Not so sure about Sex And The City winning for TV costuming, though. Some of Carrie's outfits were a bit too designer-trailer-slut for my tastes.
February 22, 2005
No Solicitors
You know that no visitors are coming in today when the manager treats everyone in the office to stinky tofu stew for lunch. Yeah, the smell can linger a bit. Now, far from me to complain about free food, but for my (Slightly) Hot Colon Stew I was expecting more porcine shit-tube for my (non)buck. Veggies are probably healthier anyway, cheap filler aside. The boss owed us one anyway. It's amazing how much work can pile up when you go away for a week for CNY, especially considering that none of your clients are getting time off. Now we just need the factory people to get with it and catch up on their end so I can start actually trimming The Stack.
February 19, 2005
Ballsy
I can't decide if these guys are brilliant or insane. They're getting away with it so far, though, so why not.
"Take the time to reassess your security right now. Do everything you can do to keep those firearms as safe as possible," said Marti McKee, spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Since December, thieves have made off with more than 120 weapons -- including valuable antiques, rifles and handguns -- from stores in Livermore, Fremont, Corte Madera, Merced and Turlock.
Robbing gun stores? Talk about hard targets. This doesn't help the Bay Area shake its effete image, either. I bet Texas gun stores don't get robbed.
February 09, 2005
新年快樂
This (Chinese) New Year's greeting goes out to Dick Wang, born in the Year of the Cock. I'm sure there's one out there. Here's to you, bro.
February 05, 2005
Foodies
Only in Berkeley would the Berkeley Bowl expansion project be considered bad for the neighborhood.
Berkeley Bowl is so treasured by some customers that shopping there is for them "like a religious experience,'' Massih said, and people have been known to bring out-of-town visitors for sightseeing visits.
I guess some people just can't handle too much produce. Well, that and the traffic.
On the other hand, I guess Americans can never have too much beef. And bacon. And cheese. With a side of fries and a large soda. If you go with Hardee's version of that all-American meal, that would come out to about 2000 calories, with the Hardee Monster Thickburger accounting for 1420 of that (including 107g of fat). Yeah, that's what happens when you ingest 2/3-pound of beef, four slices of bacon, and three slices of cheese. Even the bun is buttered. Hey, whatever works.
"The Monster Thickburger helped Hardee's achieve strong same-store sales of positive 5.8 percent,” says Puzder [the CEO].