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September 08, 2005

• a dose of normalcy: Every time I check the news, it infuriates me. I mean, it's pretty plainly obvious that the Bush administration...

  Posted by Dennis at 10:31 AM | Comments (0)

July 12, 2005

• Tombol Malik, R.I.P.: A good man and a good friend was murdered last week. I met Tombol several years ago in Chicago....

  Posted by Nesta at 08:14 PM | Comments (30)

May 13, 2005

• uprooted: My dad has apparently become quite the gardener all of a sudden. The flower above is a "Henry Fonda"...

  Posted by Dennis at 04:38 PM | Comments (0)

February 16, 2005

• free at last: Freedom from 7+ years of indentured servitude looks like this slip of yellow paper and costs $103, not counting...

  Posted by Dennis at 05:42 PM | Comments (0)

February 15, 2005

• two years: At about 2am tonight, it will have been two years. I am newly reminded because of this link....

  Posted by Dennis at 10:27 PM | Comments (0)

October 04, 2004

• my kind of town: It was very nice to be back in Chicago. I did not buy a single record, mostly because I had...

  Posted by Dennis at 10:21 PM | Comments (0)

August 31, 2004

• on New Year's resolutions: So I finally accomplished part of my New Year's resolutions, as mentioned in this post. I successfully defended my thesis...

  Posted by Dennis at 01:51 AM | Comments (0)

May 13, 2004

• battle for my parking spot: I'm getting old. Damn. It's been four days since my last soccer game and I'm still sore. Granted, it was...

  Posted by Dennis at 05:19 PM | Comments (1)

May 02, 2004

• derby and other things: The picture to the left is what I woke up to this morning. The damage in my apartment was...

  Posted by Dennis at 11:39 PM | Comments (2)

November 10, 2003

• the streak has ended: Or, as an alternative title, "My Dignity for a Fifth of Scotch." I ended my long running streak of having...

  Posted by Dennis at 11:09 AM | Comments (9)

October 21, 2003

• hometown blues: This article from The Onion is set in my hometown. It has nothing to do with my hometown, but it's...

  Posted by Dennis at 08:05 PM | Comments (0)

October 17, 2003

• samurai ascension: This is my third ascension in Nethack. It's getting a little easier. Granted, this time it was with a...

  Posted by Dennis at 11:47 AM | Comments (2)

October 13, 2003

• gooooaaal!: I finally got my first goal of the season. The ball got passed up to Brad on the right wing,...

  Posted by Dennis at 10:44 AM | Comments (0)

October 10, 2003

• business plans: I just finished two days of seminars about "Technology Entrepreneurship" at the Jones School at Rice. It was organized by...

  Posted by Dennis at 05:29 PM | Comments (0)

September 11, 2003

• radio silence: I'm probably going to initiate radio silence until I get my thesis done. (Not that I've been terribly communicative with...

  Posted by Dennis at 11:11 AM | Comments (1)

August 08, 2003

• then silk blues: I took this photo with my digital camera at the house we rented for Howie's wedding. No tripod; this...

  Posted by Dennis at 10:17 PM | Comments (3)

July 06, 2003

• weekend insomniac edition: Shit, I shouldn't have had that Coca-Cola. Anyway, lots of stuff to report on in the last week or so....

  Posted by Dennis at 03:16 AM | Comments (0)

June 25, 2003

• crippled: Woo. Soccer is really pushing me to the limits of my body. I'm currently playing in a co-ed rec league,...

  Posted by Dennis at 12:38 PM | Comments (0)

May 30, 2003

• the beautiful game: In my quest to get back into shape, I've taken up soccer again. That running thing just didn't pan out....

  Posted by Dennis at 12:14 PM | Comments (0)

May 07, 2003

• cubic and cat urine: The party went really well. We had some technical difficulties (the crossfader inside decided to start to bleed, and...

  Posted by Dennis at 09:10 PM | Comments (0)

March 25, 2003

• beer run plus: Beer-Bike turned into beer-run this year, as rain made the track too wet to ride bikes safely. The GSA men's...

  Posted by Dennis at 11:00 AM | Comments (0)

March 10, 2003

• relative achievement: So my brother (younger by a bit more than a year) just finished a colectomy the other day. Yes, he...

  Posted by Dennis at 05:41 PM | Comments (0)

February 20, 2003

• bad poetry: Mark Pilgrim has created an online magnetic poetry generator. Here's my effort:...

  Posted by Dennis at 02:39 AM | Comments (0)

February 13, 2003

• a long time coming: Yesterday was a first for me. It was the first day that I intentionally left my Zippo lighter at home....

  Posted by Dennis at 11:57 PM | Comments (0)

February 02, 2003

• dreamers lost: Earlier today, the space shuttle Columbia broke up over Texas. Obviously, this is tragic, especially being so soon after the...

  Posted by Dennis at 12:00 AM

January 22, 2003

• link up, yo: An assemblage of links for your entertainment, education, and edification. A remix of Doujah Raze's "Irish Cream" from H-Peh from...

  Posted by Dennis at 02:48 PM

January 09, 2003

• almost crushed: So about the accident. A couple of days ago, coming back from lunch, my friend and I were in an...

  Posted by Dennis at 07:57 PM

January 07, 2003

• better days: I just experienced my first major car accident today. I'm ok, the driver is ok, and I think the driver...

  Posted by Dennis at 06:32 PM

January 05, 2003

• my new crush: Move over, Elizabeth... Merrilees is my new crush. Easiest way to win my affection is to cook me a meal......

  Posted by Dennis at 02:01 PM

January 03, 2003

• revolutions per minute: I suppose I never mentioned it, but I'm officially part of the Phonographerz Crew now. Baby Cee and Cozmos asked...

  Posted by Dennis at 12:25 AM

January 01, 2003

• a new year: It's a new year, and so far it's off to a flying start. I rung in the new year behind...

  Posted by Dennis at 09:05 PM

December 12, 2002

• counting blessings: Looking over the last few entries, I'm beginning to realize that sometimes I can be really negative. It's probably because...

  Posted by Dennis at 09:08 PM

November 28, 2002

• t-day: Have a good Thanksgiving, everyone. It's cold up here in Illinois. As much as I never thought I'd say it,...

  Posted by Dennis at 01:17 AM

November 11, 2002

• getting old: I went to a house party the other day (with a bag of records, but that's besides the point) and...

  Posted by Dennis at 06:07 PM

November 05, 2002

• make your voice heard pt. 2: Texas (or maybe it's just Houston, I'm not sure) has a new eSlate voting deal. It was reasonably simple to...

  Posted by Dennis at 11:21 AM

October 31, 2002

• a good day: I had a friend over for dinner. We're in the beginning stages of starting a little dining club. I think...

  Posted by Dennis at 10:28 PM

October 28, 2002

• five long years: I finally beat that damn game. For the first time, I have taken a character to demigoddess-hood. I can finally...

  Posted by Dennis at 07:18 PM