The Only Absolute Number is Zero

My dad, the wise man that he is, said in regard to my attempts to quit smoking, “The absolute number is zero”. I’m sure it is a quote from someone else, since my dad is no mathematician. However, he speaks the truth. As of just before bedtime on Friday November 9th, I was able to not have a single cigarette for a solid week. However, some stress and anxiety that came up over...

No Country for Old Men = Awesome!

Quick stab… Over the weekend, Jon, Adam, and I went to catch No Country for Old Men at the Uptown Theater before it opens nationwide tomorrow. I have to say, it was a trip of a movie. I loved it. I am no expert on the Coen Bros work, but going from the Big Lebowski to Oh Brother Where Art Though and then seeing this flick… snap. It is a dark comedy if you are looking for it. There...

This week in health news…

In my best News Anchor voice : “A week ago, an exasperated and overworked Blaine came down with a wicked cold just as he anxiously approached a long weekend. In a slight act of desperation, he made a last minute appointment with the doctor consuming a good portion of one of his two vacation time days he took off. At the doctor, he learned that years of bad posture and months of smoking had...

Not All Jokes Are Funny…

I was listening to Podcaust, Sarah’s friend Rob’s Podcast about dork shit. I love it. Anyway, the last episode, they mentioned whysoserious.com and the viral marketing for the new Batman movie. I have heard Heath Ledger is to play The Joker. The pictures on the site and some from google images make me really excited to see this movie. I really liked the Batman Begins movie, and I...

I Have a Hand Gesture for you

I was using Google as spell check again for steple.. err… steepl... er “Did you mean steeple?” YES. Anyway, I found an archive of hand gestures including the Steeple, which I do all the time. The site is cool as it lists a bunch of the anthropological origins and such. There is a whole section just on gestures themselves. The site index sorta sucks, but there are a few others....