Bornfamous

Words of wisdom from The Republic of Love by Carol Shields [now, if I could just learn from them]:
“… I believe in one thing, and that one thing is routine. I didn’t always. I used to look at my mother with her Monday wash and her Tuesday ironing and think, Oh my God, spare me. [...]

I finally finished The Great Escape: “If I hurried, I could make it in time.”
Hope you like it.

U.N. approves bold declaration on AIDS:
The declaration… calls for legislation and regulations to protect the rights of infected citizens and states explicitly that “empowering women is essential for reducing vulnerability,” noting that social exclusion, illiteracy and sexual exploitation have contributed to new infections.
The document calls for eliminating “harmful traditional and customary practices,” which appears to [...]

tales of flatmate hell #1: the electricity bill: “Sam B was the first to stand up, halfway through a movie, stretch and say ‘I’m not watching this anymore. I’m going to go take a meter reading so I don’t end up paying for the rest of this shit.’ We giggled, but he went and did [...]

Find an organic farm in your area.

Okay, be honest: how annoying is the new “fade-in-on-entering” effect, really? You can only see it if you click here from another site, not from a bookmark. I can’t even see it, dammit. Does it even work? I found it on this site and I liked it, so I looked at the code and found [...]

African leaders make moving pleas for help in AIDS crisis: “The future of our continent is bleak, to say the least,” Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said.

FLIGHTS OF FANCY: “Keepers climb a catwalk over the cages, and wait with outstretched arms for the birds to land. The macaws, weighing 3 or more pounds and measuring as much as 3 feet from beak to tail, hit with a “thunk,” and it can be a scramble to catch and cage the first [...]

Zeldman speaks: “Big Business is now discovering that old methods don?t work in this new medium, but Big Business is not learning from its discoveries. Like a rejected suitor who badmouths a woman because she isn?t interested in him, Big Business now proclaims that the Web is ?cold,? that the Web is dead, that the [...]

I finally put up a pic so you can see who’s talking, at the bottom of the left column. I’m camera shy, so don’t expect any more.

People think that we don’t like cats because we’re allergic. That is SO not true! This reminds me of what I miss about cats.

I know you’re wondering what to get me for my birthday [which is coming up on AUGUST FIRST, in case you forgot]. No problem — all I want is a key chain. [Thanks, Adnan.]
You can do that, can’t you?

Southern California may be hit hard by global warming: “The decisions we make today on energy — renewable energy, transportation, conservation — these are literally creating the climate our children and our children’s children will live in.”
And don’t think the kids aren’t aware of the future we are creating for them. My son is [...]

‘Sexiest Geek Alive’ computed: “Think geeks are sexy?
Some people do, and that’s why the “Sexiest Geek Alive” was crowned Wednesday evening at a convention in San Jose.”

For next year’s pageant, I think I’ll nominate my boss, GEMM CTO and nerdly studmuffin, Jim Hall. Don’t you agree?
He won’t have any trouble in the geekspeak talent [...]

I want one a them!
Kiss Kaskets: a real boxed set “POP CULTURE: Just when you thought the hard-rock act Kiss couldn’t possibly lend its likeness to a more outrageous merchandising scheme, the band has one-upped itself by rolling out a line of caskets. In a statement posted on its Web site, the group announced details [...]