You know what’s cool? The Internet. The Internet’s cool. I used my blog yesterday to bitch and moan and blow off domestic steam, and in response my worthless self got several comments that made me laugh out loud and an Amazon.com gift certificate from Shegeki! CAN YOU STAND IT?!?! Of course you can’t. It’s too […]

And this little ivy-growing-on-a-telephone-pole guy already knows it:

Not that I needed yet another IM application, but I downloaded Google Talk today anyway. It’s adorable. If you have a gmail account, you can use it too. (It’s still in beta.) My gmail addy is mushmook@gmail. If you need a gmail account, let me know, I’ve still got invites.

The only thing I’ve ever wanted my TiVo to record was the final episode of Six Feet Under. It failed to record it. It recorded every other episode this season with no problem, it just forgot the final freaking episode of the whole show. Dumb thing. Luckily, Shigeki put the episode up on his site […]

Okay, it’s official. Google has a crush on me. I added a gallery to my site last week (old pics of our 2004 trip to the Telluride Blues ‘n’ Brews fest). THREE DAYS LATER, I was third for the search string “Telluride Blues 2004.” Third! That’s just crazy! Do you know how they do these […]

A guy in Support transferred a call to me, saying, “Angela was on hold for you regarding a personal matter?” “Uh, okay,” I said. He clicked off and I said, “Thank you for holding, this is Michelle. May I help you?” “Is this Michelle?” “Yes.” “Michelle Mook?” Ah. I know that style. This is a […]

God, I miss coffee. I love coffee. I used to drink a cup every morning. I love the smell of coffee, the ritual of making coffee, and the nice buzz I used to get from drinking it. I don’t drink it any more, of course, because I now function in a state of constant ampedness […]

“This is the new America. Our crazed sense of entitlement, our nearly rabid desire for easy access to mountains of bargain-basement junk has led to the upsurge of soulless big-box shops which has, in turn, led to a deadly sense of prefabricated, vacuous sameness wherever we go. And here’s the kicker: We think it’s good. […]

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