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Thursday, July 26, 2001

A Modest Proposal.

If I may be so bold, I think I have a solution to this hotly debated issue. While example (a) shows better usability in testing, and some find example (b) more aesthetically pleasing, I think you'll find my solution (c) unites the two into an infinitely more exciting user experience.

05:17 PM PST (link)

Confused.

I'm definitely running on fumes today. I've sent wrong messages to several people on ICQ so far today, thankfuly nothing embarrassing ("Yip! Yip! Yip!"), but that's nothing. This morning I got off the train and started up the stairs to the station. This is what you would have heard in my head:

"People...in my way...ooh, he's cute...escalator...walkers on the left, standers on the right, people...Hmm, they changed the advertising in the station...turnstyle......move it dork!..phew! What's that smell? Funny odor, must be adhesive from the new ads they put up...the light in here is different too...wait, what's going on?...Wait, I'm at the wrong stop!"

Yeah, I'm running on fumes, all right...

04:51 PM PST (link)

Tuesday, July 24, 2001

Well, Duh.

According to theSpark.com's Gay Test, I'm 67% gay—gayer than 2/3 of other gay men. Um, hello! I like that you don't have to be gay to take the test, though there's only two options for gender and orientation. At the same time I also like the instructions for bi people: "If you're totally bisexual, pick whatever you feel like today."

11:21 AM PST (link)

Monday, July 23, 2001

Mooch-ass Grassy-ass.

I can't help but think of Greater Tuna everytime I see a site that uses Phonetic Spellings in English for Spanish phrases. "Loopy! This coffee isn't very Cal-Eye-En-Tay!...Let me call you back...."

01:26 PM PST (link)

Sunday, July 22, 2001

Ohmygod!

The water I was drinking totally shot out my nose. Weeee! [Link from Tom]

04:32 PM PST (link)

Cocktail Talk.

Indeed, Huntington, it's odd timing that Dean mentioned the Sidecar, as my father mentioned it at dinner recently as one of the cocktails he used to drink. I'll have to try it at a better public house near me. It was odd to hear him talk about liquor in the first place. Neither of my parents were particularly heavy drinkers, more likely to have coffee than cocktails and milk with meals than beer or wine.

I'm still trying to find my current cocktail. In school I passed through a bloody Mary phase, which was short-lived because it's usually made too spicy for me--I really just wanted a V8 and Vodka. One of my favorites in Santa Barbara was the Jagermeister and Dr Pepper, which was sickeningly sweet but effective. I moved to the city and went to So What and got wasted on Long Island Iced Teas, which are none-too-subtle and not exactly appropriate for casual drinking. So for many years I've been drinking Gin and Tonics as a sipping drink, which is fine and all, and there's always the 7 and 7, when I have to make a decision quickly and don't want gin. But I've wanted something different lately, so I've been auditioning cocktails to fit.

I tried the Sazerac, which was pretty good, but it's just not me; I couldn't help but think of Chuck the whole time. I'm fond of the Mojito, but it's difficult to find a bar with fresh mint (or a restaurant where the dessert chef will let that much mint off their prep area.) Besides, that'll be a summer fling; come October I'll want something hearty and warming again. I've never liked Cosmopolitans, and yes, it shouldn't bother me but it does that everybody drinks Cosmos these days. I want a cocktail that's set off from the crowd, but not too out of reach for the average bartender, that most importantly I'll actually enjoy.

Maybe I'll just have another coffee, please.

04:32 PM PST (link)