It’s anniversary week in the Nosuch household. First the wedding, now the wife’s birthday. The good news is having them occur so close to each other means it’s unlikely I forget both. It also means only one period of frantic shopping to cover two of my essential spousal obligations. And, as time goes on, I [...]
Entries from September 2004
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag
September 17th, 2004 · Comments Off
Ouch
September 16th, 2004 · Comments Off
While I get all in a lather about a misplaced modifier on Big Brother 5, the real Big Brother goods are to be held across the Atlantic. The German version of Big Brother recently aired a female contestant getting her nipple pierced live during the show.
So I guess we’ve hardly got the market cornered on [...]
Tags: TV
Upgrade outrage
September 15th, 2004 · Comments Off
Monday’s email from T-Mobile (translated into honestese):
Dear Sidekick user:
We’re making a special, limited time offer to allow existing Sidekick customers to upgrade their phones for only $200 (instead of $300.) Sweet, eh?
In spite of the fact that Sidekick users are generally web-savvy folks, and even though as a cellular provider, you’d think we’d understand the [...]
Tags: Customer Service · Sidekick · Stupidity
Two years
September 14th, 2004 · Comments Off
In two years of being married to Conny
, I have learned
A kind deed goes a long way. A nice gift goes even further.
To avoid playing games like Pictionary with my wife on my team, out of fear of frightening our friends with our preternatural spousal telepathy.
Packing a few essential sex toys while traveling is [...]
Tags: Conny
Remembering
September 13th, 2004 · Comments Off
I started my September 11th this year much the same way I started it three years ago: sick.
Though, three years ago, it was a work day, and being sick kept me from going to work. Seeing as I work right next to where the World Trade Center was, and I would have been walking through [...]
Tags: Remembering

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