from xkcd

I realized today that I don’t think I actually ever saw the Tyson / Spinks fight. Back in 1988, my friend Jesse’s folks agreed to get the show on pay per view. I don’t remember what I was doing - bathroom break, or perhaps I lost the coin toss on who had to get the popcorn from the kitchen downstairs. But I do remember Jesse shouting “The fight’s starting!” and by the time I got back to the TV - it was over.

91 seconds. In 91 seconds, he knocked out a guy who’d never even been knocked down, whose knees had never touched a mat before.

I never watched boxing again.

from phd comics

I recently switched over to T-Mobile after triumphantly talking my way out of my Verizon contract. Verizon’s phones suck, but I have to give it too them, their service is remarkable. I never truly appreciated Verizon’s signal strength until I got into the elevator at work while on the phone only to have my call summarily dropped. When I looked at my phone, there were three ominous letters where the bars should have been…

SOS

Waiting on a corner to cross the street in Times Square, the radio of one of New York’s Finest begins to squawk just behind me.

All West 5-0. Suspect is a black male. Approximately 6 feet tall.

My ears perk up…

Wearing a winter hat and a black coat.

I look down at my overcoat and lightly touch my hand to my winter hat. As I turn to look the police officer in the eye, the dispatcher adds:

… and Timberlands.

I smile at the cop and say, “glad I didn’t wear Tims today…”

And I had nothing to do with it! Welcome Mom - get your network on.

It didn’t involve an F, but I have attempted this feat in my life.

(via the always eerily on point xkcd… and remember, don’t forget to mouseover the comic…)

It’s rare, but some days I can count the number of words I say on two hands. Yesterday was one of those days.

Hello. Yes. No Thanks. Thank you.

Hey. That’s it. Thanks.

The first music video I ever saw remember seeing. It’s from 1984, so I must have seen other videos before this. I imagine I am going to lose an evening searching for a video I can remember that came out on MTV before this one.

Can you call it from the still? I’ll take your word for it. Claim victory in the comments.

Below are the titles to 10 blog posts that never saw the light of day (as noted in the Drafts section of Wordpress).

1. Small Kindnesses
2. Why follow?
3. Rivalry
4. Out of Sight. Out of Mind.
5. Simile and Metaphor in Hip Hop
6. A Million Penguins
7. Disclaimer
8. A Broken Record Store
9. Time was. Time is. Time shall Be.
10. They Found the White Gene