http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ There is no charge for awesomeness en Vox Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:30:22 -0400 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/qotd-looking-back.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Grumpy Geek) http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/qotd-looking-back.html?_c=feed-rss http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/qotd-looking-back.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:30:22 -0400 What part of your childhood do you miss the most? Submitted by Maretta. Good question. So many memories, mostly fond, but some not. Most people can probably say the same about their childhood. My mom has always been a good and prolific cooker ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/qotd-looking-back.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22524091c549d0100a7eb1050000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd looking back http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/summer-of-comedy.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Grumpy Geek) http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/summer-of-comedy.html?_c=feed-rss http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/summer-of-comedy.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:25:00 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22524091c549d00fad69bebae0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22524091c549d00fad69bebae0005-50si" alt="Lisa Lampanelli" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I'm finally trying to get out a little more this summer. More than my nightly bicycle rides. Saw Eddie Izzard. He's refining a new routine that will be filmed as an HBO special in November. He was very funny. Freely admits he gets his whole r... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/summer-of-comedy.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22524091c549d00fae8ce44c6000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> summer comedy http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/cats-got-no-soul.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Grumpy Geek) http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/cats-got-no-soul.html?_c=feed-rss http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/cats-got-no-soul.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:35:48 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c22524091c549d00fad69be36c0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22524091c549d00fad69be36c0005-50si" alt="Shaolin Satellite" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I'm sitting here doing my workout, grooving to Thievery Corporation. I'm getting funky, white boy style. The cats are looking at me like I'm crazy. Cats ain't got no soul. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/cats-got-no-soul.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22524091c549d0100a7eab176000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> acid jazz thievery corporation http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/word-of-the-day.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Grumpy Geek) http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/word-of-the-day.html?_c=feed-rss http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/word-of-the-day.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:39:26 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22524091c549d00fa968882780003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c22524091c549d00fa968882780003-50si" alt="Phish Food" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I have just one word of the day. Ok, technically they're two: Phish Food. Chocolate ice cream with gooey marshmellow, a caramel swirl, and chocolate fudge fish. This is about as good as it gets in the world of chocolate ice cream variants. Mu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/word-of-the-day.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22524091c549d00fa968883130003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> good food ben & jerry's phish food ice cream. http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/my-mood.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Grumpy Geek) http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/my-mood.html?_c=feed-rss http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/my-mood.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:49:31 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22524091c549d00fae8cac819000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22524091c549d00fae8cac819000b-50si" alt="Garfield" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Killer sinus headache kept me sidlined in bed all morning. Excluding four trips to the bathroom. It was ugly. Thankfully, the drugs are beginning to kick in and, at the risk of sounding like Hunter S. Thompson, I'm starting to feel a little m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/my-mood.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22524091c549d00fa9686d9dc0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> i hate mornings http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/hallelujah.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Grumpy Geek) http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/hallelujah.html?_c=feed-rss http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/hallelujah.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:53:43 -0400 Yesterday was a banner day. Got my income tax refund, finally, only a month after it should have arrived. And I got laid. What more can a guy ask for? Oh, went riding on the bicycle today. A large band of thunderstorms was making its was acro... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/hallelujah.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22524091c549d00fad698da490004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rain money sex happy http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/there-is-no-charge-for-awesomeness.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Grumpy Geek) http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/there-is-no-charge-for-awesomeness.html?_c=feed-rss http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/there-is-no-charge-for-awesomeness.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:17:13 -0400 Saw Kung Fu Panda last night. Very amusing, and the source of my new tag line. The hero imagines himself saving the poor, helpless villagers from marauding bandits. After single-handedly kicking the bad guys' asses, the villagers ask if there'... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/there-is-no-charge-for-awesomeness.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22524091c549d00fa9685d8e40003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> olympics awesomeness kick ass kung fu panda http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/some-quick-notes-and-comments.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Grumpy Geek) http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/some-quick-notes-and-comments.html?_c=feed-rss http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/some-quick-notes-and-comments.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:10:20 -0400 I've been meaning to write some longer entries on these topics. When I'm out and about during my day I think about blogging certain events. I even come up with a theme and opening sentence. The problem is it stops there. I don't know how to fi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/some-quick-notes-and-comments.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22524091c549d00fae8c8e785000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> wine bicycling things and stuff that take time http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/the-lion-in-summer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Grumpy Geek) http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/the-lion-in-summer.html?_c=feed-rss http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/the-lion-in-summer.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:24:11 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22524091c549d00fa968110d50003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22524091c549d00fa968110d50003-50si" alt="Stinky before lion cut" /></a> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22524091c549d00fae8c4fcd9000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22524091c549d00fae8c4fcd9000b-50si" alt="Stinky after lion cut" /></a> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22524091c549d00fad692a1ca0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22524091c549d00fad692a1ca0005-50si" alt="I am Puss. In Boots." /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Stinky is one of those cats that no matter how much I brush him, his fur always seems to get mottled and nasty. It's like he's constantly got chewing gum stuck in his fur. I don't know what he's getting into; he's just one of those cats who neve... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/the-lion-in-summer.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22524091c549d00fad69380260004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cats are cute stupid cat pictures http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/dumb-ass-car-drivers.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Grumpy Geek) http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/dumb-ass-car-drivers.html?_c=feed-rss http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/dumb-ass-car-drivers.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:31:12 -0400 Dear Mr. Car Driver: It was nice running in to you the other day (thankfully, not literally) at the intersection while I was riding my bicycle. You were going East, I was going South. We almost touched. I know that I'm an imposing figure, all ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://grumpygeek.vox.com/library/post/dumb-ass-car-drivers.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22524091c549d00fae8c455fe000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> bicycling