Archives for March 2000

For about five minutes

March 31, 2000 by Michael Boyle

five years (or ten?) ago companies gave out mousepads and got the desired reaction – “ooh, these guys must be pretty hi-tech!” Once those five minutes were up though, most just dropped them in their schwag bag and moved along. When will someone give out mousepads – but as an ironic gesture? This question arose during a viewing of the extremely questionable Thomas Crown Affair.

Jish

March 31, 2000 by Michael Boyle

spreads the love (if the direct link works – doesn’t seem to be).

Traded up

March 31, 2000 by Michael Boyle

from a “Contrast media and platelet activity” descriptive mousepad to a “Sixth Sense” mousepad tonight. Courtesy of Blockbuster.

My mind

March 31, 2000 by Michael Boyle

wants to go to a bar and drink beer until the wee hours. My body is insisting that it is ill with a cold.

Body floss:

March 31, 2000 by Michael Boyle

I was having a discussion about shooting stuff out your nose (stuff you’ve tried to swallow), which naturally led me to consider brain flossing, and then my mind rested on the thought of R Crumb’s brother Max doing full body floss at the end of Crumb. It’s been that kind of day.