Kid Tetris

Accumulated mental detritus:

-In a discussion with someone, they said they prefer basketball to baseball. I commented that baseball is really the only major team sport in America that doesn't require any great size or height (or speed, when you get right down to it), so by professing a preference for basketball they are sort of expressing a preference for certain structural inequities or a built-in lack of justice. And in so doing I reminded myself of that episode of The Simpsons where Marge was "Cycle Slut of the Month" and her listed turn-ons were thievery and liquor, while her turn-offs were underpants, pedestrians and justice. That Simpsons reference is the entire reason I mention it here.

-I could do without the word "coalition," too.

-Only the "coolest" people on Earth can spice up idle conversation by offhandedly inserting Simpsons quotes. "I will argue that what we had was an eating boostafazoo of serious proportions." I value my many rewarding friendships.

-The government should reconsider having people who look or sound like televangelists speak on its behalf.

A few of the "The (Collective Noun)" band names on a playlist:
The Ataris
The Black Keys
The Books
The Constantines
The Damnwells
The Delgados
The Flaming Lips
The Microphones
The Monks
The Mountain Goats
The New Pornographers
The Pixies
The Posies
The Roots
The Sorts


A few others that don't in the letter 's'
The 1985
The 6x7
The Clash
The Clientele
The Dismemberment Plan
The Faint
The Fire Theft
The Jam
The Mercury Program
The New Year
The Notwist
The Pale
The Sea and Cake
The Who


-When bored and in a car, add letters to the end of words you see on signs and see if the words sound really weird. "Burger Kingk" for example. Who finds ground beef to be kinky? I don't, but I'm sure there's someone who does.

-When I was at an A's game at Network Associates Colisuem (previously known as Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum) there was this huge sign that said, "Meet me at The Net." This kind of contrived sloganeering is really gross. "Sodo Mojo" isn't any better. It might be worse, because I've actually heard people actually use it once or twice.

-There was an SNL sketch where uninformed people told the story of the Civil War. That could be a remarkably entertaining show. Pick people who fail the GED test to discuss current events or world history in a roundtable format. Everyone knows that (sometimes) the people on Jay Leno will miss the question on purpose because they want to get on TV. We don't want fame whores. We just want genuinely stupid people. Because, in small enough doses, ignorance is hilarious.

If you get on an elevator, going down, on the 2nd floor (not the 3rd floor labeled the 2nd) and someone else is already on this elevator - there's probably not a real good reason to hit the already lit "*1" floor button. Because in doing that, you are giving the impression that you believe the person or people already on the elevator are just sort of riding it up and down with no real purpose or destination - just passing time on the elevator, without actually pushing any buttons.

-Another fun thing to do is purposely misspell certain words (like "colege" or "unversity") to see if they show up in job advertisements. Or other words that you just don't normally associate with employment - like "transcendental."

-I've never really thought about getting a tattoo, but I think a portrait of Terry Hatcher as Lois Lane would be pretty classy.

-Raisins are so gross.

-This list isn't numbered, but I'm not going to go back and number it. This could be me becoming slightly less crazy or slightly more lazy.

-Whenever I see "Boy Meets World" reruns, I just want to smack the life out of Cory and Shawn.