Grant Dobbe

i don’t want to go to bed
but i should
for that matter, i don’t want to go to work tomorrow
but i should
in fact, all i really want to do is lay somewhere warm and sunny and alternate between
swimming and lazing about
or sit in front of a fireplace and read books and drink warm broth
but instead i must answer email and write code
there are so many things that
i should do

i just gave a presentation about podcasting to an entire small business. 20 people looked to me expectantly while i tried to explain the mechanics and benefits of podcasting. it was one of the most nerve-wracking things i’ve done in some time.

i was jittery and nervous. the thing is, it seems like they really bought into what i had to say. and i think i managed to convince them that it was worth their time and effort. when i walked out, i was still jittery, but i think it had more to do with an adrenaline rush than anything else.

i think i could get used to this.

For any given Facebook group with n members, there are x^2 groups dedicated to sub-niches of that group and x groups dedicated to the consumption of alcohol, where x is the natural log of n times the number of cans left in the closest six-pack of cheap beer.*

Yes, I know I’m a geek.

*This number is also known as Budweiser’s constant.

Zorb Limited © 2005:

i… words.

cbs5.com – ‘Virgin Mary’ Seen In Texas Grocery Store Freezer:

first of all, why is this news? water freezes. it’s been freezing for billions of years. sometimes, it freezes in fantastical and beautiful shapes, kinda like clouds sometimes form shapes in the sky. this is not news; it’s second grade science. now, i know i’m not a reporter, but i can think of a few news stories i’d rather see. like, say, the genocide in darfur, or the war in iraq, or any number of other more important things. there are even better human interest stories, like volunteers at nursing homes or people who write letters to soldiers. and yet, we have to waste a web page and a minute of broadcast news time to cover this “story”. liberal media, my ass.

second, if god does exist and wanted to send some sort of message to humanity, or even a small town in texas for that matter, i would like to think that his/her/their chosen platform wouldn’t be a grocery store freezer.

spontaneously igniting one of those government-issue shrubs outside the post office might do nicely; it connects the old testament “power and majesty” with the hum-drum of small town life.

ugh. i need coffee.