http://badmetaphor.net the half-written book of my life. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:23:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I first decided to live with my roommate Andy, he had been having some difficulties with his former roommate. They had had a falling out over ordinary roommate quibbles (chores, utilities, etc), blown up to extraordinary proportions. Such that for the past six months, he had been ... http://badmetaphor.net/2008/07/04/in-shock/ Today one of the budget dragon ladies yelled at me for something more or less out of my control. It's the end of the fiscal year, when we are supposed to play "whack-a-mole" with the budget. Here's the trick - if your department doesn't spend all of its ... http://badmetaphor.net/2008/07/02/spinning-wheels/ I have been neglecting coverage of Lawrence area crazies these days. I still don't think anyone can top Dennis, who bicycles around downtown in little girls' clothes and professes a deep love of Sheryl Crow; or Precious Love, who warped into our town from the early 70's, wearing a ... http://badmetaphor.net/2008/06/27/the-wonderful-wedding-of-white-owl-and-child-bride/ Congratulations Stephanie! At the end of a nail-biter finale episode, in which sour-faced villain Lisa seemed to be getting the winner's edit, sanity prevailed and the more consistently strong competitor took the gold. Hoorah! I do have to grudgingly admit that Lisa cooked her ass off during the final, ... http://badmetaphor.net/2008/06/12/the-world-is-right-again/ Once again, Lisa fucked up badly, but benefited from someone else screwing up even more. Not only that, but she further justified audience hatred by petulantly whining to the two (real) top chefs: "I know you're sad Antonia is going home but the least you could have done ... http://badmetaphor.net/2008/06/06/top-chef-the-91-percenters/ When I came into work this Monday, I noticed that the stairs by my office were taped off, with bright red police tape instead of the usual "Caution: Wet Floor Signs." Thought nothing of it, until one of the janitors mentioned that the fire marshall was in the ... http://badmetaphor.net/2008/06/05/okay-okay-we-get-it-already/ On my walk to work this morning, I saw a raccoon trotting calmly along the side of a busy road. I thought it was a cat at first until I got a closer look. I was a little alarmed, not being accustomed to seeing raccoons outside of dumpsters at ... http://badmetaphor.net/2008/06/02/wildlife-sighting/ Just caught the last Top Chef episode on the DVR last night, and oh, the pain. Dale, though prone to bouts of frightening immaturity (see: punching locker, grabbing crotch threateningly), went far too soon, especially considering the caliber of some of the remaining contestants on the show: Hate hate hate! ... http://badmetaphor.net/2008/05/23/kitchen-nightmares/ Slightly related to my last post - a couple I know is having twins next week! A few months ago I had asked the mother if she knew the gender of the babies yet; she replied that they knew but didn't feel that they wanted to share that information ... http://badmetaphor.net/2008/05/09/baby-booties/ Listening to NPR yesterday I caught this story on the air, about two families taking two different approaches towards the apparent gender identity confusion of their sons. The remarkable thing about the story is how young the boys are - both boys were just two years old (!) when ... http://badmetaphor.net/2008/05/08/a-boy-named-sue/