Wired Cola

The single best reason for writing stuff here is because I forget things, so this is a searchable online diary that allows me to catalog my life, only with snarky comments from you! That makes it more fun than a regular diary.

What, you didn't know? The Westwood Association of Mario Kart Almost Racing has a schedule. And like bowling night, deviations shall not be tolerated!
No, seriously, it's semi-regular. It's ongoing. And if you have a copy of Mario Kart Wii, you should be participating. Soon, we'll have scoring tables and everything.
How to join:

Actual things I did after work today:

• Took care of a doctor's appointment
• Helped my father-in-law buy a minivan (only a little)
• Played Mario Kart for 90 minutes
• fixed the hot water heater

I guess in retrospect, it was a pretty productive evening. Of course, I still have some tidying up to do before I can sleep.

Thanks to Wired Cola co-founder keith, we have this lovely . . . thing . . . to share with you.

Blah blah blah Best of 604 Blogs voting. Narvey is nominated for best political blog, trying to stir up false controversy by pointing out he's more than just a political blogger.

Real problem: Narvey's blog is called "Currents." Can you really vote for a blog with such a silly name?

In conclusion: don't vote, it's probably a waste of time.

Zeroth, I hardly ever post political content here. I don't think I have a lot of original or clever thoughts on the matter. I'm a pretty mainline right-wing kook, and I adhere to most of the standard right-wing kook principles. Kook kook ka-chook. So you know, yay Conservatives, and the Liberals and NDP are in league with Satan.

About three seconds later, we raced at each other and tried to bite each other's face.

This 1955 promotional film has a lot to answer for:

They look so happy! See also part two.

Today, with cyclocross season over, my club had our Toy Ride, so Jak and I rode out to the ride in Kits, starting at dawn.

Inspired by a co-worker who used to work in a call centre, and swears they really would use some of these when they got really bored.

A as in Aye
B as in Bee
C as in Cue
D as in Django
E as in Eye
F as in Fnese
G as in Gnat
H as in Hour
I as in Ita
J as in Jefe
K as in Knee
L as in Lee
M as in Mnemonic
N as in Nee
O as in Oll
P as in Phonetic
Q as in Qat
R as in Rhotic
S as in See
T as in Tse-tse
U as in Use
V as in Vie
W as in Why
X as in Xerxes
Y as in Yew
Z as in Zeus

Further Reading.

I can't remember where I found these two links. But this article says that lucky people are optimists, but also that their attitude has real effects on their outcomes. In other words, lucky people make their own luck, and you can make your own luck too.
And here's Louis CK pointing out that there's a lot of luck to go around: