Only today did I bother to wonder what Mad Libs was supposed to mean. Clever. How are elementary-school kids supposed to get that?

Oddity: Did a minor computer install today downtown in a mid-level floor of a mid-level office building. Next door to the anonymous office: the Venezuelan consulate.

I am impressed by the subject lines spammers are using these days. Much more likely to get me to dig it out of my junk folder than the usual “�x�W�̦⪺�����Pop�Z.” Some recent fave subject lines that “got me” to look: “You left your jacket” “Ya know what I heard” “aida” “One last question” “dog Null”…

Sorry for the long absence — during the switchover, I failed to realize this account was still registered at a now defunct email address. Resetting the password didn’t do a hell of a lot of good, as it got sent to said defunct addy. Now I’m back. Unfortunately, I have now forgotten all the interesting…

Towed from in front of my house this morning: a red Corvette. Where’d it come from? Unknown. Meanwhile, if you want to see more of my prose, here’s today’s redux on the VeriSign legal sitch.

I’m not upset that I wasted the weekend playing Civilization III. I’m upset that I did so badly.

The artiest picture of me ever taken is on page 16 of the current (July 2003) issue of Business 2.0. I wrote three stories for this issue of the mag — two of them are cover stories (at least on the newsstand flap)… check it out!

So my troublesome DSL modem finally died. After two service calls, I’m told a replacement will arrive in about 6 days. Groan. First question from the tech rep when I told him I had a solid orange light: “Um, are you color blind?” Great…

Best show on TV right now… alas, only one more episode to go.

I’ve trashed the old Javascript archives in favor of the old school HTML archives. I also moved them down to the bottom of the page. Because who cares what I said last year? (Or yesterday, for that matter.)

Mmmmmmm. Beetles.

Are you the guy who stole my credit card number? I’m sorry you didn’t get much more that a hotel room you booked online and some flowers ordered… both cancelled now, alas. It’s been fun moving all my auto-billing arrangements to the new card, and an eye-opening experience otherwise. Who spends $250 on flowers? Idiot.

I’ve discovered rice tortilla chips at BevMo — quite tasty. Still exploring, and have yet to get to Trader Joe’s for their rice chip (thanks, Gretchen). But I’m sure you’re interested in my peccadilloes, so I’ll keep you updated ;)

Now that I have received and re-experienced Munchos, I’m on to a new snack obsession, and that’s rice crackers. They have them as part of the snack mix on United Airlines — little triangular crackers that are way crispier than wheat or corn crackers. I have tried the Asian snack mixes but those don’t get…

Applicant must be able to sit 50 to 75 percent of the time.

Ever wonder about the next generation of panhandling sites? I did too…

I am now One Of Those People. The people with the shrieking baby in the back of the plane. Why don’t those people shut up that baby? Why did they bring the baby on the plane? What is wrong with those people? When you are One Of Those People, you suddenly learn the answers to…

I am now One Of Those People. The people with the shrieking baby in the back of the plane. Why don’t those people shut up that baby? Why did they bring the baby on the plane? What is wrong with those people? When you are One Of Those People, you suddenly learn the answers to…

What’s better than 3 hours at SFO? 3 hours at SFO with a baby! Pray the return flight is not so plagued with error (that is, my wife’s inability to misread a 4:15 departure as a 4:35 departure). P.S. If you don’t check in 30 minutes before takeoff they won’t let you on the plane…

“Hi, I’m calling from the Time-Life Lie-bary…” One telemarketer needs some training…