Asymptomatic

There must be intelligent life down here

Mom on Jeopardy
May 21, 2004

Last Tuesday, Mom went to the Lowes hotel in Philly for Jeopardy tryouts. She had to fill out some test questions, and got to meet some of the clue crew and Sean, Jeopardy’s biggest winner. She says the test is harder than the show, mostly because there was no consistency between questions like there are in the categories on TV. Hopefully she gets called for the show soon (a trip she’ll have to pay for herself) because it takes 120 days after your show airs before they send you a check.

Paul Green's School of Rock
May 21, 2004

We’ve been hearing a lot of stray music coming fromthe lot behind the house at night. I had assumed that it was the gymnastics facility having some kind of exhibition, but the music has always been loud and rock-like, and not what I would typically associate to gymnastics.

So after I shoed away a minivan full of teens from in front of my house tonight, I wandered out to the lot to see what was causing all of the commotion.

Total Makeover
May 19, 2004

I was talking to Berta last night about how I need to remake myself.  She said I needed to start making lists.  And yet, while I loathe lists, I need some way to keep track of what I want to do with myself.

I'm Having a Good Day, No Matter What
May 17, 2004

If you didn't notice, I've been working very hard on my Blog Software Breakdown, a comparison chart of different blogging tools.  I've actually gotten quite a good reaction to it, and it seems like I've finally proven to myself that I can accomplish something on the web if I really set out and put forth the effort to make it work.

People who haven't been reading this blog will not know what a significant thing this is - it validates a lot of what I do online.  Hopefully my next big idea will go over even better, but I dare not reveal the true nature of the secret project.