I'm Confused Archives

14 March 2007Douglas Coupland, Babbling Idiot
It's disconcerting when your preconceived notions of a person don't come close to meeting with reality. It fucks with your world view. I'm a huge fan of Douglas Coupland. I have been since I read Generation X back in college....
11 December 2006Thank God Someone Is Finally Getting to the Bottom of This*
Iran opens Holocaust conference By Associated Press Monday, December 11, 2006 - Updated: 09:12 AM EST TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Monday opened a conference that it said would examine whether the Holocaust took place, claiming the meeting was an...
14 June 2006My Kingdom for a Bratwurst
I don't know how this is possible since everyone here is in decent shape, many in really good shape and none whatsoever obese, but it seems that Swiss (and the British as well now that I think about it) subsist...
04 May 2006You Have Been Warned!
Has anyone else seen these billboards? What's the story? Is this some kind of viral/guerilla marketing or the work of some end times whackjob? UPDATE: looks like it might be a promotion for a movie....
14 April 2006Pen Pals?
I just received this odd email: Hai , I have the feeling that this piece of mail will reach you in a perfect state of mind and in a better healthy codition. While searching through the members.yahoo.com I came accross...
01 February 2006How Stupid Are Americans?
This stupid (or maybe stoopid, in this case): Yesterday I was having lunch with two women from the web conference, one from Florida and and the other from Buenos Aires. So we're sitting in the restaurant and the girl from...
05 October 2005Better? Same? Worse?
If they can put a drop in your eye to dialate your pupil, why can't they put another drop in to constrict it when they're done poking around in there?...
06 August 2005Why Do I have to Deal With This Shit?
It all started innocently enough, as these things often do. I woke up on my birthday, checked my email and came across this one from Wells Fargo: Bank Online: It's Easy, Secure & It Pays Get $20 for Accessing Your...
23 February 2005You've Got to be Anti-Semitic as Hell Not To Want to Take a Day Off From School...
Iraqi students denounce 'Zionist plot' to extend weekend Personally, I wish there was a Zionist plot to make a Monday part of the weekend. (Thanks to my brother Brian for pointing out this article.)...
11 February 2005Can't Believe It's Friday Already
I don't know what's wrong with me, but I could have sworn it was Thursday. I was so fooled, I didn't even dress casually for the office. It's amazing how fast the week goes by when you're looking forward to...
07 February 2005This is a Joke, Right?
By "this", I mean this....
20 January 2005SpongeBob SquarePants: OUTED
Evil has a new name, and that name is SpongeBob. That is, of course, only if you take seriously anything radical cleric James Dobson has to say. If you think he's a loco wingnut, as I do, then you can...
22 December 2004Geee-Minny
These people will find anything to complain about. SAVE MERRY CHRISTMAS! For my part, I will be shopping at Macy's as much as possible....
13 October 2004Kill Me Ambiguously
I'm an atheist so maybe you can understand why I can't justify the "conservative" position on abortion, stem cell research and the death penalty. Presumably they all come from the 6th Commandment, Thou Shall Not Kill. I get that. And...
24 November 2003I'm 33, Which is Almost 35, Which is Almost Mid-30s*
What would you do if you were me? Ok. So I'm on the cusp of making a major life decision here. The Peace Corps is done (at least for the moment) and I have a lot of options for my...
01 August 2003Little Lost Friend
Yesterday I looked in my box to get my mail (we get mail on Tuesday and Thursday) and there was something horrible inside: a letter stamped, "Return to Sender - Moved Not Forwardable". It was addressed to Anita Torres. Anita...