Ben Folds Show #23!

“Congratulations! You have been selected to attend an exclusive Meet and Greet with Ben Folds on May 29.”

Sooo, since April of last year, I’ve seen Ben in Springfield, Kansas City, St. Peter, Duluth, Vienna, Carey, Nashville, Louisville, Detroit, Chicago, Green Bay, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kirksville, Kansas City (#2), Knoxville, Asheville, Durham, Charleston, Atlanta, Omaha, Manhattan, and Fayetteville.  Another Kansas City show on Saturday will make 24, and the October 31st show in Minneapolis will make 25, but I’m sure I’ll see him a few times in between this weekend and Halloween.


Soy ≠ Milk

To the dipshit employee at Star Bucks on Main St. in Kansas City that made my grande iced vanialla/raspberry soy latte today – soy != milk.


A couple updates

Google reader kicks ass.  I just wish someone would have told me about it sooner. I’m crunching work units like a mofo.


The Stuff of Thought

Alright, so I’m only 20 pages into it, but “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature” by Steven Pinker is great.  I better read a bit more before I talk it up too much. Here’s two words I ran into today that I thought meant something else: Droll, adj:  Amusingly odd


Tag Line

So I’m thinking about changing my tag line – Frankapalooza, it harkens back to a simpler time.


Filthy bakery employees

What the hell is up with bakery employees stuffing the tissue they use to grab your donut into the bag with your donut? Isn’t that tissue to protect my donut from their filthy hands? What would one of them think if they were at Subway, and after the “Sandwich Artist” made their sandwich they proceded


A more active lifestyle

So we’ve been spending a lot more time with Roy and Brian’s new dog Tagan (sp?) lately.  We’re both ready to rush out and buy a border collie today, but we’re tying to be practical, do our research, and evaluate our habits to see if we can really handle another addition to the family.  As


Rock this bitch

04/02/08 – Springfield, MO (MSU) We hadn’t been to a Ben Folds concert before so we didn’t know what to expect.  Our seats were 30-40 rows back just a bit stage left.  This was the absolute loudest sound I’ve ever experienced.  I closed my eyes and it literally felt as if I was swimming in


Bitlocker

It’s a little early to start the holiday countdown, so how this instead:  xcopy c:\boot d:\boot /h /e  It is a directory xcopy c:\bootmgr d:\bootmgr /h it is a file Mark partition as active


Windows Home Server

Stop thinking about buying it, and do it now.