31 August 2005
Cleveland no longer poorest city!!
In just one year, Cleveland went from the poorest city in the U.S. to the 12th poorest (in a tie with the now-beleaguered New Orleans). City officials quoted in this article actually seem a little disappointed not to be at the top of that list any more.
I don't know. Maybe I'm confusing disbelief with disappointment.
At least Red Meat is hilarious today.
30 August 2005
The Onion frees its archives
Just last week I was referring to this article in conversation and lamenting that I might never get to read it again. O happy day.
Swedish Design
First, Jimmy Page reincarnated. Now this. Screw the French; I think I'm a Swedophile now.
29 August 2005
28 August 2005
game over, man, game over
it's a trailer for doom the movie. disclaimer: ignant.
but: it looks like they're actually sticking some kind of extended first person sequence into the middle of the movie somewhere. footage resembles the game to a shocking extent.
maybe when they do zork the movie there can be a judiciously placed screenful of text somewhere. like those other movies. you know.
also: how long (in years) until The Rock makes a bid for legitimacy by switching over to his real name (i don't know, carlos rockfarb or something). do you think he'll do the mellencamp transition thing, where first it's 'englebert "the rock" malmsteen' and then the full cutover?
RIP AND TEAR!
27 August 2005
Et tu, WFMU?
No respect. No respect, I tell ya. Although he does display a good amount of C-town knowledge.
26 August 2005
25 August 2005
24 August 2005
I've got some killer turtle pics
I'm sure you guys have heard of Hello, the new hip/chat/picture sharing thing. But, C'mon... turtle pics? for ADVERTISING?! What's next? Why not just show Hitler using Instant Messager.
I'm concerned...
... that all the protective gear kids wear today is going to have some unexpected consequences -- like dangerously elevating internal temperatures, slow roasting people's spleens by the time they're thirty.
PS Please note colorful tabs.
23 August 2005
Ah, Canton: beacon of the midwest.
Things not going so well at the school. Hahahaha: "...face mounting tensions...".
...and a klown
do-do doody-doody-doo dodooodo
do-do doody-doody-doo dodooodo
DO dododo do, DO dododo do
doodydoodydoodydoody do, doody-do-dooooooo...
2, 3, 4 and
do-do doody-doody-doo dodooodo
do-do doody-doody-doo dodooodo
DO dododo do, DO dododo do
doodydoodydoodydoody do, doody-do-dooooooo...
22 August 2005
Poll: enable word verification?
Drew deepened the mutually-assured-destruction safety net we have going here by making me an administrator when i asked about word verification. rather than just enable it directly, though, i figured i'd ask if anyone has any objections or preferences on this subject, as it will affect your comment-posting experience. silence is interpreted as an "aye".
for reference: word verification would require you to type a "wavy" word (e.g., "Viagra") prior to posting comments on an article. this supposedly makes the automated posting of goddamned bullshit by dirty dogfucking bastards less of an issue.
21 August 2005
19 August 2005
Is there a 'top ten best' list to match this one?
When you get to #1 and wonder why it's on the list, make sure you've really taken the whole thing in.
Getting acclimated
I'm looking for help overcoming my polite midwestern upbringing so I can fit in better here. This site is inspiring, but I'm not sure how to go about integrating its koan-like teachings into my life. Any suggestions for books, other web sites, etc., that teach New York attitudes and conversation skills to the immigrant?
18 August 2005
The Montauk Book Of The Dead
Found this on that HiddenMysteries site. I can't get enough of that place.
The hot dog roll-up
"...if you have kind of medical problem DO NOT FUCKING EAT THIS THING, YOU WILL DIE!. If you are a normal heathy person, do not eat more than 1 of these a year, they are more or less like crack because they are so good, so you need to be careful."
Bonus points for decoding the message written in mustard ink.
17 August 2005
Suggested anchorbutt improvements
If you have improvements you'd like to see made to this site, please post them as comments under this post. I'm hereby volunteering dewey to make the changes, since I can't :)
(I thought of doing this offline like any sane, reasonable, non-pushy person, but this way everybody can join in.)
My ideas:
1) Don't use the 'Link:' feature when posting, because my RSS reader (thunderbird) doesn't give me an easy way to follow that link.
2) Alternatively, implement the first suggestion on this page, so that the link is always visible. - DONE
3) Fix up the css so that it's possible to tell if the post title is a link. Right now, the title looks the same whether it's clickable or not. - DONE
4) Give me whatever permissions are required for me to be able to do these things, and I'll just go about willy-nilly doing them :) - DONE (thanks!)
Craftsmanship patterns
All y'all ex-Noteworthy-types (and the few of you still beating the horse...) should check out Dave Hoover's Patterns of Software Craftsmanship: From Apprentice to Journeyman. It's a book-in-progress about how to be a great software craftsman (apprentice/journeyman/master), but to my mind it's more of a general-purpose "how to do the work you love and love the work you do."
(Dave's a fellow ThoughtWorker, and on a project with me at the moment, so support this book!)
The Onion today
I don't usually read The Onion, because while the headlines are funny, the stories are usually so-so. This example is no exception, but it made me chuckle, so I thought I'd pass it along.
Country Music and the Confederate Secret Service
A clever mix of historical coincidence and poor writing. Bravo! (via Reason)
16 August 2005
i am oedipus
i discovered recently that handling contact lenses after handling minced habanero peppers leads to a pain of such focus that it likens to euphoria.
this has been documented in a few places on the net. i like this guy who recommends periodically dipping your hands in a bowl of bleach while working with chilies to avoid such effects. wish i had read that one before.
i recommend a different approach than all of these guys: GO DO THIS. how many ways can you experience something deeply, horribly painful; something uniquely terrible, such that you are convinced that you will have to seek medical attention immediately or go blind, and yet not suffer lasting physical damage? be assured, gingerly poking yourself in the eye, trying to catch yourself by surprise while throwing sand in your face, etc, are not equivalent.
mince some chilies, handle them. wash hands thoroughly, thinking yourself clever. two hours later, remove contact lenses. burns? yes. feel it, fight to keep your eyes open, scream if you have to. now, wash your hands some more, go to sleep if you like, and then put them back in. if you have another pair, throw the originals out, it doesn't matter. hurts for much longer. yes, YES.... nnnyyyyaargh
if you don't have contacts, you could just try touching your eye a little. though i'll go out on a limb and say that if you do that, you are kind of fucked up.
Another fine product from the folks at Clybucca
Canned goat smegma - the perfect complement to those sheep testicles Irv was ogling at the fair.
15 August 2005
Slippery slope
What's next? Suggest appropriately inappropriate edifices for other disasters in the comments.
I heard...
... that Trump had his own blog and got excited. Then I found out it was just some bankrupt real estate schmuck from NY.
14 August 2005
12 August 2005
Metrosexual? Aliens reading your thoughts?
Finally, a _stylish_ way to keep the aliens from reading your mind!
Where was this when I was in college
I had to dumpster dive when I needed furniture.
FedEx furniture
11 August 2005
10 August 2005
09 August 2005
PostSecret
This may have been posted here before, but the $%^&* google-based search hasn't indexed the blog yet, so I can't tell.
See a secret...Share a secret
(And yeah - sorry for posting something serious. To make up for it, here's some really bad writing.)
Leaving this soon-to-be Schmonzforsaken town
My last hurrah as a Clevelander will be at Becky's tomorrow (Wednesday), starting around 6 - 6:30. If you're reading this and aren't one of those asshat commenters, you're invited. Come experience the end of a Schmonzera at a joint with some local color and/or flavor.
Rebuild The Wall
I don't have any particular reverence for (fur) Pink Floyd, but they were playing this crap in Chipotle today. In the name of Christ, people were trying to eat.
company names
I wonder what made somebody think that a misspelling of "intelligence" would be a good name for a company?
Calling all anchorbutts!!
I call on all Anchorbutt members to welcome non-members who wish to post intelligent or useful comments.
I call on all Anchorbutt members to mock and insult asshats who post vacuous comments strictly to drive traffic to their crappy web sites.
I guess this blog now gets enough traffic to be considered a place to fish for eyeballs, so our only options are (1) disable comments, (2) vigilantly delete the trash, or (3) respond in our own sarcastic way.
I pick #3. Who's with me?
08 August 2005
Know any...
... good dive bars, in Cleveland or elsewhere?
There was a place called 'The W. 3rd Cafe' that was down the street from 'Pat's In The Flats', we used to get a great $4 burger or $5 steak dinner there. 'The Knotty Pine' in Cleveland Heights is a classic. If you ever make it out to a Lake County Captains baseball game, there's a place by the stadium called 'Beanie's Lounge' (that's what it says on my charge receipt, at least). Just found that one, and it was awesome.
I guess for me the classic dive bar has watery beer, cheap eats, a jukebox full of midwest rock, and mostly vinyl seating. It's never too crowded to walk to the john, it's never too loud to talk to your pals. No one-armed-one-horned-flying-purple-people-tini's, no dress code, no meat market.
There is such a thing as too-divey I recently discovered at 'Grilly's', on Lorain near 25th. But I think if I put in some time there, even that would feel homey and comfortable and slightly sticky. On the first visit, it's only one for three.
Some things about women amaze...
... others repulse (SFW, pretty much). What is wrong with kids today?
It's probably important...
... that someone is keeping track of this kinda stuff (NSFW). For the sake of human knowledge.
07 August 2005
06 August 2005
05 August 2005
Which file extension...
...are you? I am ogg.
Incidentally, I found this by clicking reload a few times on Russ' LiveJournal image upload link.
Spamusement
Dude makes "poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines!" Some of my favorites:
- you were wrong cabinet sanchez
- Play video p0ker with the Emperor
- hide your license plate Grover
- making whoppy have never been this staisfying
- let yoda refinance your house
- identify brontosaurus crockery shabby taunt
- Does your girl like surprises?
- My penis hurts after a big session (this link dedicated to Russ)
04 August 2005
03 August 2005
Computer behavior in movies
You can gain access to any information you want by simply typing "ACCESS ALL OF THE SECRET FILES" on any keyboard.
02 August 2005
01 August 2005
You've got to pray...
... that you don't get stalked on a dark moonless night in an old, abandoned amusement park. Seriously, you've got to.
Greatest Rock Guitar Solos
These arbitrary lists are always fodder for violent disagreement. Let the bickering begin!!
I didn't see Limozeen in the list anywhere. 
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