Archive for March, 2003

Five phrases I very rarely use

Thursday, March 27th, 2003
  1. my nigga
  2. bodacious rack
  3. tequila poppers
  4. fully monetized
  5. mental floss

Five karmic burdens I’ll be burning off for years

Monday, March 24th, 2003
  1. I used to underbid other web developers by saying “The Requirements Process? Fuck that! They’re trying to soak you!” (1997)
  2. I used to forward things I thought were funny to lots of people via email (1994)
  3. I voted for Nader/LaDuke (2000)
  4. I used to be a telemarketer (1984)
  5. I used to “snake” on (mean) people’s hamburgers at McDonald’s (1985)

Five shitty bands that play the lounge in that hotel near your airport

Saturday, March 15th, 2003
  1. Paolo Frechetti’s Original “Zodiac”
  2. Gravitage
  3. Fünk Mechanicz!
  4. “New Zodiac,” featuring Rob Volaré and Martin “Mook” Beelman
  5. The Feelin’ Fines

Five donations that, frankly, the food bank has had just about enough of

Thursday, March 13th, 2003
  1. O’Hurlington’s Beet Majesty in Unrendered Goo: 12-oz. Can
  2. Generic-brand 12-Bean Ranchero Puffs with Cornsilk Dip’n Sauce: FunPak™ of 5
  3. Mysterious Lady Friend’s Pork Torquelinas in Brine: 14-oz. can (with attached Brinevelope)
  4. “No Fucking Way is This Flan!” (aka N.F.W.I.T.F.®): 12 4-oz. pellets
  5. Shiftless José’s Organic Taco-style Shell Product with Embarcadero Cheezey Drizzlin’s: 15-piece “¡Bueno Suerte!” case

Five terrible names for local retail stores

Thursday, March 13th, 2003
  1. Pricey McMarkup’s House of Suspicious Deals
  2. Hot Fence Electronics Village
  3. Kostly Kornerz
  4. Chez Ripoffski: A Retailerié
  5. Misleadington’s Big Box

Five good names to call people when you forget their real name

Wednesday, March 12th, 2003
  1. Champ
  2. Chief
  3. Big Shot
  4. Fruity
  5. Tex

Five things and what they should cost

Wednesday, March 12th, 2003
  1. Six pack of domestic beer: $3.00
  2. 2-bedroom house: $25,000
  3. Handgun: $20,000 and up
  4. Handjob: $5.00
  5. Admission to First-run Movie: $2.00

Five things to do when you should be looking for a job

Wednesday, March 12th, 2003
  1. Drink coffee
  2. Work on Ray Milland impersonation
  3. Read advice columns, scoff
  4. Water the aloe plant
  5. Make lists of five things

Five things I owe to Michael N., Andrew H., and all the other kind folks who school me when I break my stupid style sheets

Tuesday, March 11th, 2003
  1. Large gift ham in tasteful wicker basket
  2. Romantic boatride with Pavarotti (plus one other tenor to be named)
  3. Their weight in comfortable athletic shoes from Target™
  4. Semi-nude lap dance from former Senator Bob Dole, optional night of closed-mouth kissing
  5. Big old box of “Oriental”-flavored Top Ramen™

Five songs to which, in previous lives, I have, inexplicably, slow-danced with a girl

Thursday, March 6th, 2003
  1. “Hold on Loosely,” by .38 Special
  2. “Stairway to Heaven,” by Led Zeppelin
  3. “Spirit of Radio,” by Rush
  4. “Sister Christian,” by Night Ranger
  5. “Don’t Stop Believin’,” by Journey

Five songs that always make me do that weird, strutting, Mick Jagger chicken dance

Thursday, March 6th, 2003
  1. “June’s Foreign Spell,” by Spoon
  2. “Snowsuit Sound,” by Sloan
  3. “Come On, Come On,” by Cheap Trick
  4. “Car Radio,” by Spoon
  5. “Rocks Off,” by the Rolling Stones

Five TV themes for which I often create an impromptu interpretive dance

Thursday, March 6th, 2003
  1. Law & Order
  2. The Sopranos
  3. Six Feet Under
  4. The West Wing
  5. Newshour