On The Precipice of Mediocrity, Teetering
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008 In the Car As I went out to get my weekly comic book haul (surprisingly light!) this afternoon, I was at a red light. From my rear-view mirror, I caught the driver behind me eating corn on the cob. And not a KFC cob on a stick, this was a full two-handed job. Dude... I know some people like to eat in the car, but if the activity takes two hands, a spinning motion, and quite possibly something that will block your view... just pull over. Labels: random thought posted by Holz | 3:51 PM | Rant & Rave, Bitches! (0)Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Hacking Your Comcast Remote Recently, my Comcast remote's DVR controls started acting wonky. One of my buttons that previously rewound my DVR 15 seconds now was rewinding 5 minutes. That didn't really help (until I found my Page Up skipped forward five minutes). Anyway, I wanted to figure out if there was some way to make my own 2-minutes skip (the 5 minute skip is fairly useless). A quick Google search provided this helpful "hack" into my Comcast remote control: Simply awesome. Labels: random thought posted by Holz | 7:59 PM | Rant & Rave, Bitches! (2)Tuesday, July 08, 2008 Cleaning out my Closet I'm approaching my 1,000th blog entry, and I wanted to get rid of any old Drafts I had out there so they wouldn't flow into my actual count. Turns out I had a lot of one-off links I wanted to save from over2 years ago that I wanted to comment on, but I just never did. However, there was one drafts that seemed as if I was preparing to actually go into detail on, but just let it fall flat. Here it is:
What the hell was I going for here? It's not the body that's throwing me - that's still true, especially now that I've become so lazy in updating - it's that title... When the hell was I eating catfish? And if I was having coffee with it, does that mean it was for breakfast? I mean, this was over two years ago - February '06 - but I can't even imagine having the urge to eat catfish, let alone having a revelation over it. Just very weird. I will say, it does suck, I'm no longer at 999 blog entries anymore, now down to 982... got a while to go to get back t0 1,000... Labels: blogging about blogging, random thought posted by Holz | 9:38 AM | Rant & Rave, Bitches! (2)Thursday, June 12, 2008 Bad Form So Night Nurse has been on me for not blogging... truth be told, I feel pretty crappy about it. It's not for lack of big things going on, it's more a combo of work, Angel DVDs, my new mafia addiction (thanks alot, Stan), playing with the puppy, and general malaise when it comes to typing. That being said, quick thoughts:
Labels: comics, excuses, life, matrimony, movies, random thought, review posted by Holz | 2:32 PM | Rant & Rave, Bitches! (11)Monday, May 12, 2008 Other Awesomeness BTW, can I just say how much ass Battlestar Galactica is kicking this season? Just frakking amazing stuff... Labels: random thought posted by Holz | 11:46 AM | Rant & Rave, Bitches! (3)Saturday, April 26, 2008 I'm Getting Too Old For This Shirt Kris and I are out shopping and I'm wearing my favorite T-shirt, The Goonies one, with Chunk 85 on the back. I get alot of positive comments on it when we go out. However today, a teenage checkout girl looked at it, and asked "What's a Goonie?" I've never felt older in my life. Labels: random thought posted by Holz | 5:44 PM | Rant & Rave, Bitches! (7)Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Vigil I'm standing inside the memorial to JFK right now. I'm simply amazed at how much being here is affecting me. A man who was cut down more than 15 years before I was even born, and I can almost feel a physical weight on my shoulders as I pace around the obsidian block in the center of floating pillars. Just walking here from my hotel, I became overcome. Don't want to get all melodramatic, but I actually teared up as I approached, both seeking out the location with an almost sixth sense, as well as trying to almost avoid it with a seventh. But I'm here... And I don't want to forget this feeling its feeding into me. Sadness, mixed with anger mixed with fear mixed with hope. Its a strange sensation, and for someone who likes to joke that he's DeadInside... Ultimately reassuring. Never forget this. ...5 minutes later and I'm sitting on a hill, 10 yds away from where the second shot hit. The only way I know is a man selling Zapruder films behind me. I both hate him and thank him at the same time. The only mention of the importance of the place is a small plaque that mentions the area has historic significance, but nothing else. A spray painted X is in the middle lane, slightly to the right. I'm preparing to go stand on the spot, if for one second, but have yet to do it. I had been nearly sprinting to get here, with each step, actually getting short of breath. Now that I'm her, I just feel tired. I want to lay down. I wish my mom was here. She'd know exactly how I'm feeling. I wish Kristine was here, in an almost selfish way, this is an experience I think could bring us closer. wish everyone I knew was here... its so strange being here, surrounded by my fellow tourists. I know I'm not the first person to have the thoughts. I won't be the last. I'm not a religious man, I'm not spiritual at all, but in this moment, I c an feel... maybe not his presence, but his ghost, his mark he left on his generation, and those that followed. Labels: random thought posted by Holz | 4:17 PM | Rant & Rave, Bitches! (0)Monday, March 10, 2008 Overheard in Dallas For those who don't know, I'm in Dallas this week for some more training. I'm sure I'll have some things to say about the visit afterwards (including the super-fun huge what I can only guess was a lightning strike on my hotel at 3am), but I had to get this down, an exchange I overheard between some of the people I'm supposed to be helping: 1: "What's [so-and-so's] extension" 2: "I think it's the last four of his phone number." 1: "Oh, okay." These are the people I'm here to help. Labels: random thought, travel, work posted by Holz | 12:33 PM | Rant & Rave, Bitches! (2)Monday, January 14, 2008 Not Dead. Just busy. Stay tuned for a quick recap on just what fun I had around X-Mas, a 2007 Year In Review (yes, this is the year I saw a UFO), my usual boring ass Movie list (in which I'm gonna struggle to come up with a top 10... as I may have only seen a dozen or so), why I'm supporting Obama and not Edwards anymore, and maybe my thoughts on the writer's strike. Until then, enjoy a picture of Kristen "Veronica Mars" Bell dressed up like Slave Leia from the new movie Fanboys coming out this year.  Labels: pics, random thought posted by Holz | 4:48 PM | Rant & Rave, Bitches! (8)Tuesday, December 04, 2007 Narc What exactly is our responsibility when we see fellow drivers smoking marijuana while on the road? I've had to ask myself this a few times recently. I'm not what one would consider a straight-edge, and I'm a supporter of the legalization, but I still have a problem with this. The first time I faced this, I was on 101 - the main highway out here - and the car in front of me was clearly smoking pot. The way I first realized it? I'm going 65 MPH, and I can still smell it. Ever minute or so, I see the smoke puff out the window, and get a big whiff of the smell... very clearly not a cigarette. The second time, the car was actually behind me on a back road, in slow moving traffic. The car behind me was filled with 3 high school kids who had clearly just got out of class. While we are moving forward slowly, because of a stop sign, they are clearly passing a pipe around in a circle, with the driver getting just as many hits. I was so tempted to slam on my brakes and make him rear-end me. And it wasn't the worry of injury that stopped me, it was the worry these punks didn't even have insurance. So what is expected of us as fellow drivers on the road? If we see a car swerving on the road, don't we have the right/responsibility to call 911 and report drunk drivers, for the safety of others? If so, does that reach to seeing someone drink alcohol while on the road, but without swerving? And again, if so, does that transfer to seeing a drive pull out a bowl and hit it while his hands are on the wheel? If we do nothing, and subsequently they get in a car accident, killing themselves or someone else, can we live with a clear conscience? BTW, the defense that "pot doesn't impair driving", or the ludicrous belief of "I drive better high" are not adequate answers. While pot has been shown to impair less than alcohol, it's still adversely affecting the driving... Labels: random thought posted by Holz | 9:21 AM | Rant & Rave, Bitches! (5)Friday, September 14, 2007 It's Official
Labels: diet, music, random thought, softball posted by Holz | 4:35 PM | Rant & Rave, Bitches! (0)Thursday, August 23, 2007 Urinal Blackberries (Not a Cake Topping) I'm not sure if I'm one to really judge others in regards to bathroom habits. When I sit down on the can, I always bring reading material, or whip out my iPhone for a couple minutes of surfing while I... evacuate. But today I was standing at the urinal, and while I know it's an unspoken rule not to notice the guy next to you, I couldn't help but see that while he was getting the job done, he was reading his Blackberry. Am I the only one who just finds this 10 kinds of wrong? I mean, how dedicated do you have to be to your work that you can't take 45 seconds away from your e-mail inbox to enjoy a nice trip to the bathroom? And I don't know about you, there's just something wrong when both your hands are busy during that time. ...eta: on a whim, I just had to google the phrase "urinal blackberries", and I returned with no results. Yeah, I don't know why that interests me... Labels: random thought posted by Holz | 3:28 PM | Rant & Rave, Bitches! (2) |
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"Let a man get away with fuckin' you once, you stay bent over so's he can fuck you again whenever he damn well pleases. An' if one man can do it? Another will too. An' another, an' another still. So's being fucked, that's yer life. 'Til who you were, you ain't. 'Cause all you are is an asshole." 100 Bullets #42 | |||||
