December 2008
50 posts
Plane sitting at our gate is “probably not working” and our actual ride is late getting out of Vegas. “What lands in Vegas stays in Vegas.”✈
Dec 28th
Landed and all that.
Dec 24th
PSA begins out of dead silence the instant I “arrive” at urinal in airport: “You are a unique person…”  Gah! Awkward!
Dec 24th
Bus driver was kind enough to remind me that I hadn’t paid. Whoops, the Christmas spirit takes me away! 
Dec 24th
Forgot a container of Thai yellow curry w/ chicken and veggies on the living room table. You’ll have to break in, and fight the cat for it.
Dec 24th
GTF out of the way! My eyes are dilated and I can’t tell the difference between pedestrians and pavement!
Dec 24th
Beginning to regain vision. I think dilating my eyes was my optometrists way of punishing me for not seeing him in two years.
Dec 24th
“If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.”-Otto von BismarckAlso true of surveys. #GRR-whiney-wordsmiths
Dec 23rd
Yay for weird built in biological emergency alarm bells. Mine is triggered by bad arithmatic and oncoming seizures. Your mileage may vary.
Dec 22nd
Was having trouble with multiplying ratios in my sleep and thought “must be crashing.” Woke myself up and found I was 49 and plummeting. ☠☠☠
Dec 22nd
I may have just discovered the loophole that will get me a continuous blood glucose monitoring system! And all the people said: “Hell yeah!”
Dec 22nd
Aside from myself, there is not a single person in all of Sacramento who will eat my wife’s spaghetti sauce tonight. More for me bitchez! ☻♨
Dec 22nd
Folks, it doesn’t have to be like this. The world can be radder, all we have to do is show up and make it so. Stop failing please. K-thanks.
Dec 21st
Pleased to find out I’m not the only hubby to do the happy dance every morning. Baffled as to why the ladies don’t appreciate it so much.
Dec 20th
Ginger Elizabeth’s Chocolatier is still the best place in town to get the good stuff, and a $30 parking ticket. Mmmmm-dammit! ☺☹
Dec 20th
To the chagrin of dude playing video games in the crapper, I was sure to flush and make awkward sounds when he started taking phone calls. ☻
Dec 18th
It’s hard to be taken seriously by the media when you don’t allow your constituents to speak publicly.
Dec 17th
Holiday party season and surprised at the non-controversy when folks hear I work with rape crisis centers. Suddenly better than Wallstreet.
Dec 16th
http://twitpic.com/skdr - SBarkles-Great dog supply/washin’ shop if you’re in Folsom: http://piurl.com/vHw
Dec 14th
http://twitpic.com/s33z - Best cookies around! http://piurl.com/ukX : current location
Dec 12th
Sorry ‘bout the multi-posts. Not trying to show off but if you’re in Sacto and haven’t been to Ginger Elizabeth’s you’re wasting your time.
Dec 12th
Hey Daschle, now that Obama has an eye for you it’s time to square up with your pre-anthrax district office mailboy intern. Hook-me-up!
Dec 11th
Anyone using the thesis theme for wordpress? Please dm me your thoughts/expertise reauired for customization. Also, thanks, you’re rad.
Dec 11th
Blagojevich has convinced me that I don’t have the chops to be Governor. I don’t know how to be so blatantly stupid with a straight face.
Dec 10th
Hey WymanDesign! By being the only obnoxious website playing music without my permission, you just got offed from my potential vendors list.
Dec 10th
Anyone calling in gay today?
Dec 10th
Ok, Schriver,Schwarzenegger, tree, check, check, check. Now it’s time for some mothaf**king Rick Springfield!
Dec 10th
At the Christmas tree lighting. Varsity Fan Club is performing and I can actually hear the State weeping in shame. Pitiful. Pit-i-ful.
Dec 10th
Even Mario Lopez is blushing.
Dec 10th
“Do you know who I am?!?! I am the Outrage! How dare you question me so!” That’s what I said in my head anyway. ☝
Dec 9th
http://twitpic.com/qtll - Kiss? ♥
Dec 7th
Is eggnog supposed to be flammable? Note to self: cut back on booze in Coombs recipe.
Dec 7th
When a machine tells you it is prepared to annihilate your calendar and inbox, and you respond “Can’t get any worse” It’s time to go home.
Dec 5th
“Cal Sync detected that you’ve deleted 1429 events from Outlook. This will delete 1429 events from Google Calendar. Proceed?” Uh, no thanks?
Dec 5th
Alternative MBA for folks wanting to work with Seth Godin. And it’s free! I’d apply, but not sure how to pay mortgage. http://bit.ly/agRC
Dec 5th
I’m wearing the 1000 yard stare more and more lately.
Dec 4th
I’ve discovered what I want my diabetic legacy to be: low-carb vodka! Just saying it warms my belly. #totallyawesomeideas
Dec 4th
TGIW! http://bit.ly/layL
Dec 3rd
5:02PM and website has been resurrected. Insert appropriate glorious sporting metaphor here. I’m going home. <Pumps fist, hums fanfar …
Dec 3rd
http://twitpic.com/psow - After a long day with an unstable website, there’s nothing like a Big-Gulp o’ wine and getting knee deep in this:
Dec 3rd
I’ve been spending a lot of time on hold lately and discovered this robo-operator hack: http://bit.ly/k47s Seriously, I give you permission!
Dec 3rd
I won’t lie. Today, I am a cranky savant. Effective, but poorly socialized.
Dec 3rd
Do people even think about their hold music and whether or not it makes customers want to bang head on table to the beat? My forehead hurts.
Dec 3rd
No, Srsly. I want to pay $1600 for something that I could get for $99. Also, could you make it miserable for anyone to clean up after me?
Dec 3rd
Hey, “expert.” Please stop being mediocre at your job. It hurts us all.
Dec 3rd
Tragedy has struck the Coombs household. The score stands: hardwood floor-1, Macbook-0
Dec 2nd
Allright @harper, @jennbc has told me you are the shizz but now you’ve proved it. How do we do the inverted script, lil’ poop and flame??
Dec 2nd
My boss, @smbmcb, just referred to my board presentation as “like standing on the deck of a sinking ship.” I don’t take it personally. ☠
Dec 2nd
Inspirational QOTD “You blew my chacha!”
Dec 2nd
http://twitpic.com/peer - This is what an invalidated warrantee looks like.
Dec 1st