Eeeeeewwwwhhhh....

A couple of years ago, my wife was driving through Auburn, south of Seattle while our then 6-month-old son slept in the car. She saw signs for a multi-family garage sale and being a fan of garage sales, she went to it. Within a few seconds, she sensed that it wasn't multi-family at all but just some guy's house. The guy came out and said "come on in! The stuff is around back!" But my wife got a weird feeling about the whole enterprise, thanked the guy politely and drove away. Just had a creepy feeling. Turns out the guy's name was Gary Ridgway. He was in the papers recently.

HULK GET FLEXIBLE!

How could it get any worse?

Here's how: get the King of Queens involved.

The Real Reason I Left Amazon.com

To go work for a startup that never quite worked out.

An e-mail conversation with Jeannie Yandel about the Cubs victory.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeannie Yandel
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:45 AM
To: John Moe
Subject: haHAha

Am I kind of freaking out? Yes, yes I am.



-----Original Message-----
From: John Moe
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:47 AM
To: Jeannie Yandel
Subject: RE: haHAha

Don't ji--I'm not even going to say it. Don't j-word it. Kerry Wood is the son of a god and a bull.



-----Original Message-----
From: Jeannie Yandel
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:49 AM
To: John Moe
Subject: RE: haHAha

He and mark prior have been pitching with each other’s mitts. If I hadn’t already been crying last night when I learned that, it would have made me burst into tears.

No j-wording here. Not saying anything about any kind of future. Just, presently, freaking out. In this moment. Because of the 95-year losing streak being broken. That’s it.



-----Original Message-----
From: John Moe
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:52 AM
To: Jeannie Yandel
Subject: RE: haHAha

4 states have been admitted to the union since the last time the Cubs won a post-season series of any kind.

Go Red Sox.



-----Original Message-----
From: Jeannie Yandel
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:56 AM
To: John Moe
Subject: RE: haHAha

Both of my grandfathers were born, grew up, got married, had kids, watched them get married and have kids, got sick, and died since the last time to cubs won any post-season series. It occurs to me that if the red sox make it too that could be a sign of the apocalypse. Or that bud selig is fixing this to get people excited about baseball again. I probably need a valium.



-----Original Message-----
From: John Moe
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:57 AM
To: Jeannie Yandel
Subject: RE: haHAha

Breathe into a paper bag and just think about Dontrelle Willis for a while. Braden Looper, Jeff Conine, Juan Pierre. Stay tethered to the present.



-----Original Message-----
From: Jeannie Yandel
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:58 AM
To: John Moe
Subject: RE: haHAha

Yes. Ok.

Ok.

Parenting Pros & Cons

Pro: rediscovering the very world you live in through the eyes and thoughts of a child, learning how to play all over again, giving and receiving unconditional love.

Con: Dude, when am I ever going to get to see Bubba Ho-Tep?! Man!

Because He Sits Wherever He Wants

This story may end tragically but for the moment you have to love the line "A witness told police she later saw the gorilla sitting at a bus stop on a street near the zoo." Cause he's all, "I'm so out of here! What time does the damn 116 get here?" And he's all "In retrospect, I should have arranged a getaway car." and then he's all "Okay, the secret is to blend. Maybe I should pick up a USA Today."

Their Love Was That Powerful

I remember seeing an interview with George Plimpton years ago where he said that he couldn't imagine outliving Robert Palmer, how life would just seem empty without Robert. So perhaps today's news makes some sense. And as everyone knows, the original title of Palmer's hit song was "(George Plimpton is) Simply Irresistible".

Conversation At The Toy Store Between Myself And My Son Charlie (Almost Three)

CHARLIE: Dad, I want to tell you something. I had this farm toy when I was a baby. Mom bought it for me. Mom bought it when I was six babies.
ME: What? You were six babies?
CHARLIE: Yes. No. I was eight babies. I was eight babies, Dad.
ME: Really? I don't remember that.
CHARLIE: Dad, do I have pipes inside me?
ME: Uh...what?
CHARLIE: Pipes! Pipes! Do I have them in me?
ME: Well, sort of. I guess.
CHARLIE: Do I have batteries in me?
ME: No. You don't have any batteries in you.
CHARLIE: We need to get some batteries for me.

Only A Game

It's a show about sports from NPR. Normally, sports and public radio go together like a horse and architecture, but this is a really good show. On this week's episode, I did a story about Pat Borders.

The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld, Vol. II
Enjoy.

HURRY!
Go to Cat Town! Right away! GO!

You Know What's Hard?
Awexome is hard.

Wow.
Some people look at a busy bridge and see only traffic snarls and headaches. Other people look at it and see, well, a bitchin' condo. Check out this report from pal Charles Kiblinger.

Trying to Get Back On Pace...

Sometimes I like to think that people who die in a certain constrained time period form rock bands in heaven. In the latest lineup, I think I would go with Zevon on bass, Cash on guitar, and Ritter on drums. Then, if God is understanding, that leaves Leni Reifenstahl to play keyboards and Indiana governor Frank O'Bannon to show up for rehearsals with a xylophone but they won't let him play cause this isn't that kind of a band.

I'm So Sorry

Been a replacement midday host on the radio. Almost done.

Here is a band that does Beatles covers performed as Metallica: Right here.

I love you all. Or both.

This was really on the Associated Press today

A 24-year-old man who led Snohomish County sheriff's deputies on a bizarre chase through the Evergreen State Fair on was seriously hurt when he tried to jump aboard a moving train.
The man, a fair employee, was seen on the midway Tuesday afternoon smoking "an unknown narcotic" from a glass pipe, a sheriff's spokesperson said. He was fired on the spot.
The man attempted to steal money from another carnival worker, then went to a women's restroom, where he exposed himself.
When deputies arrived, the man put on his pants, took off his shirt, and fled through a window in one of the restroom's stalls.
He groped women as he ran, then scaled a chain-link fence to U.S. 2, where he attempted to steal a car from a woman.
When that failed, he ran across the highway to a train and tried to jump aboard, even though it was traveling about 45 miles per hour.
He was knocked back by the train, and was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with multiple fractures. He was reported in serious condition Tuesday night.
When he's released, he'll likely be charged with indecent liberties and attempted robbery.

Did I ever show you this?
I think you'd like this.

Rethinking Iraqi Policy
Problem? Snipers. Solution? A new kind of soldier.

Who is David Bessler?
Well, really, who isn't David Bessler? For fun the most plus excellent, go to "stretch my friends" in the pull down menu. For funnerness still, go to the pipecleaner dance.