mathowie: did you ever get

mathowie: did you ever get your affiliate check for that?
damptrousers: come to think of it…
mathowie: probably lost in the mail…
damptrousers: it’ll arrive in a week or so, i’m sure…all ‘thraxed up.
mathowie: oooh. I’m going to start using that in casual conversation.
mathowie: all ‘thraxed up
damptrousers: it’ll be all the rage with the kids in a few weeks. “your moms won’t let you go to that party? that’s thraxed, yo.”
mathowie: that’s even better.
damptrousers: hey, should i post this conversation to my “Web Log”?
mathowie: yeah, more AIM logs!
damptrousers: whee!

Good God, there’s gotta be

Good God, there’s gotta be something else to talk about here, but I’m just not thinking of anything good right now.

Oh, here’s something. Why I like Ariana: “I’m sick, sick, sick of the patriotic schmaltz trade that has sprung from the WTC attacks. I’m sick of the ‘Bin Laden: Wanted Dead or Alive’ t-shirts, the ‘IT’S PERSONAL: 9/11/01’ bumper stickers. It’s shallow nationalism of the worst, most puerile kind, and I’m so tired of it.”

Went to a dot com

Went to a dot com auction today in Silicon Valley with Matt and Cory. The auction was surprisingly light on Aerons, but there were craploads of computing equipment…much of it fairly down to earth. Not the picture of dot com excess I was expecting, but you’ve gotta think they got rid of all the fun stuff (foosball tables, video games, juice machines, etc.) pre-auction at higher prices.