often: reading, writing, music, intelligent conversation, silly conversation, inline skating, NPR (esp. science friday and this american life), web site development
occasionally: snowboarding (not in minnesota), windsurfing (not in the winter)
Music
rock and roll - jazz - blues
Todd Snyder fan
Movies
Television
television?
who wants to discuss television?
why even have a category called television? let's talk about something else.
i was at a winery in stillwater with my friend, bob. we tested a merlot
(pre-sideways). there were some oyster crackers on the counter next to a
bowl of what looked like oil. i dipped a cracker in the oil and ate it. i
asked the clerk,"is that oil?"
she said, "no. it's for spitting out your wine."
bob said, "sorry, we're beer drinkers."
Books
Recently:
Blink and The Tipping point (Malcolm Gladwell)
The Davinci Code (who hasn't?)
Harold And The Purple Crayon - really! Latest:
State of Fear (Michael Crichton).
she said, "if you let him out, he will get a taste of the outdoors and
will always want to go outside. but if you keep him inside, he will get used
to it. i want him to be an indoor cat."
that day, the kat was looking out the window at a bird. i said, "this is
not fair. how would you like it if someone decided to keep you inside all
the time?"
i let the kat out. it came back with a dead bird. the old lady next door
started complaining that the cat was eating songbirds. eventually the kat
went psycho on someone and she had to put him down.
i will take my chances outdoors
OutdoorKat
i went to my first opera with a friend (the one with the kat).
at some point during the show, they played a familiar piece
from beethoven's fifth symphony.
she asked me, "do you recognize this song?"
i said, "yeah. this is the part where wile e. coyote realizes
that the cave he is about to enter was painted onto the cliff
wall by the road-runner
