http://www.popeonabomb.com The Only Blog Worth Reading Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:23:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The best things happen on weekends: new Pixar movies and (for some people) sex. And this weekend I only had to pay $8.25 for one of those. Friday evening I joined the rest of the civilized world and saw Wall-E, Pixar's newest release. I've been excited about the movie from ... http://www.popeonabomb.com/2008/06/monday-june-30-2008/ Instead of playing sports in high school, I played academic bowl. Any athlete can get laid after scoring the tie-breaking touchdown in the final seconds of the big homecoming game, but it is far more difficult to "get with a lady" (as they say on the streets) after reciting the ... http://www.popeonabomb.com/2008/06/tuesday-june-24-2008/ I spent today waiting for Comcast to arrive and set up my internet, telephone, and cable. I don't want to use Comcast, but there aren't any other viable options. The installation guy showed up, but thanks to the dolts at customer service, who messed up my address, none of the ... http://www.popeonabomb.com/2008/06/friday-june-6-2008/ Spoiler Alert: This is a spoiler alert in that I'm telling you how fucking awful the movie is. I lucked out and got my favorite seat. The one right in the middle of the theater - not too close, not too far, and right in the sweet-spot of ... http://www.popeonabomb.com/2008/06/wednesday-june-4-2008/ http://www.popeonabomb.com/2008/05/wednesday-may-28-2008/ Quote: "The stand-up comedian and the girl in the monkey suit are who make out. I don't think I've ever said that before." - Laura, on the opportunities of speech that the Tila Tequila reality show provide. I am back in my home town, roofing for my father, until ... http://www.popeonabomb.com/2008/05/monday-may-12-2008/ Great moments in chat history... Me: "What's going on with you lately?" Michael: "Not much. Staying busy. You know the drill. Trying to juggle three separate group projects that are due in the next week so that's going to be exciting." Me: "Good thing you have a wife, because ... http://www.popeonabomb.com/2008/05/friday-may-9-2008/ The Surprise: Laura and I are moving to San Francisco. She accepted an excellent job offer in SF; she leaves May 14th; and she starts work May 19th. And I'll head that direction at the start of June. If her hopes in SF didn't work out, we had planned on ... http://www.popeonabomb.com/2008/04/friday-april-25-2008/ Over the last two years, college has continued to interfere with the consistency of my blog. The last several weeks I've had one major test, 3 major papers, 1 minor paper, 10 autobiographical writings to rewrite, and work. Of those, the test and the three papers were due this week. ... http://www.popeonabomb.com/2008/04/thursday-april-17-2008/ This morning I watched a show on the Discovery channel that discussed whether or not ancient monuments of mankind had been built with alien technology. It is called the "ancient astronaut theory." The argument is that ancient man couldn't possibly have been intelligent enough to ... http://www.popeonabomb.com/2008/03/monday-march-31-2008/