… and I am Somebody male. in my thirties. recovering alcoholic. live in minneapolis. work in progress. gay. serenity please.

Archive for April, 2005

Another biggie is on the fritz

04.18.2005 · Posted in Technology

What’s up with the ‘net these days? The other day the MS Office website was on the fritz, and now Blogger! Granted, Blogger tends to have a bit of a reputation for this stuff, but it’s owned by Google – presumably, one of the most reliable websites in the nether … so what’s up with ...

… of mosquitos and rainbows

04.14.2005 · Posted in Home / Minneapolis

The date:Monday, April 11, 2005 The time: 8:00 pm The place: My office The incident: The first mosquito of the season – ack!!!! The date: Sunday, April 10, 2005 The time: Mid-afternoon The place: Grant St, driving westbound between LaSalle and Marquette Ave’s The incident: The first rainbow of the season! Check out the gallery ...

Republican state senator publicly comes out

04.14.2005 · Posted in In the news

I don’t understand these folks. Republican gay guy who’s FOR the ban on same sex marriage – WTF is that all about?! Paul Koering is publicly outing himself after pictures of himself in a gay bar have surfaced online – apparently people are trying to force him out of the closet. A tactic I’m not ...

Manic Mondays

04.11.2005 · Posted in Entertainment, Technology

Had a rather manic day – meaning I haven’t had breakfast yet. Instead of bitching about it, I’m just going to recap some interesting things I’ve been exposed to today: This little bugger is a wireless webcam. It’ll stream video, snap pictures on a timer and email them to you, or just act as your ...

Ouch

04.10.2005 · Posted in In the news

I paid $32.01 to fill up my VW Jetta today. I’m not talking a big-honk’n Hummer or Suburban. I’m talking a regular every gay boy on the planet drives one VW JETTA! I only put about 12.5 gallons in the thing! Maybe my next car should be a hybrid? The Prius is cool, but a ...

Free iBook my ass!

04.10.2005 · Posted in Misc

Ok, so a while back I put up a link and image in my sidebar advertising a free ibook. It was some scheme I ran across on somebody else’s blog and I said I would try it out and report back on my findings. Well … here’s what I found: NOTHING The gist of it ...

Blogger recover feature

04.08.2005 · Posted in Misc

To my friends in the nether using Blogger for their posting habbits, you know how frustrating it is to take the time composing a post, only to hit submit and get an error – now your post is gone. A couple of days ago, Blogger announced a “recover” feature that auto-saves your entry as you ...